Historic battles

Samenvatting

This book provides an accessible, highy-illustrated introduction to 30 of history's most famous battles, including Marathon, Hastings, Agincourt, Saratoga, Trafalgar, Waterloo, Gettysburg, the Somme, Stalingrad, D-Day and many, many more. Includes full-colour tactical maps that allow the reader to grasp at a glance the decisive moves of the battle. Features more than 250 colour and black-and-white photographs and artworks illustrating the uniforms, tactics and military technology of the era. Includes a full-colour fold-out world battle map, portraying all 30 battes to help put these conflicts into geographical context.