Author: Michael E. HaskewPublisher: Parragon Pubishing India
ISBN: 9781407555638
Category : Battles
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Provides detailed coverage and tactical maps of various historic battles from Cannae to Mogadishu.
Great Military Disasters
Author: Julian SpilsburyPublisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 178429215X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Great Military Disasters tells the dramatic stories behind the world's most calamitous conflicts. From the French army's failure to understand the impact of new technology at Crécy to Hitler's blatant overconfidence at Stalingrad, military historian Julian Spilsbury provides thrilling accounts of each disaster, covering exactly what went wrong, how and why. Of course, a disastrous outcome for one side meant victory for another, so as well as exploring the reasons the conflict ended in disaster, Great Military Disasters also reveals the key to victory. Eyewitness quotations add another dimension to this intriguing study of human incompetence of the gravest kind.
Author: James Moorhead Perry
Author: Charles Messenger
Author: Julian Spilsbury
Author: Geoffrey Regan
Author: Great Military Disasters
Author: Julian SpilsburyPublisher: Quercus
ISBN: 178429215X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Great Military Disasters tells the dramatic stories behind the world's most calamitous conflicts. From the French army's failure to understand the impact of new technology at Crécy to Hitler's blatant overconfidence at Stalingrad, military historian Julian Spilsbury provides thrilling accounts of each disaster, covering exactly what went wrong, how and why. Of course, a disastrous outcome for one side meant victory for another, so as well as exploring the reasons the conflict ended in disaster, Great Military Disasters also reveals the key to victory. Eyewitness quotations add another dimension to this intriguing study of human incompetence of the gravest kind.
Great Military Disasters
Author: ParragonPublisher: Parragon
ISBN: 9781445464367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book provides an accessible introduction of 24 of the greatest catastrophes in the history of warefare, including Cannae, Agincourt, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Charge of the Light Brigade, the destruction of the French army at Sedon, Midway, Stalingrad, Dien Bien Phu, and many, many more. It includes full-color tactical maps that allow the reader to grasp at a glance the decisive moves of the battle. It features over 180 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations of soldiers, uniforms, and military technology, bringing the rich history of these disasters to life.
Author: Charles Messenger