Great Battlefield of the WorldBrings to life thirty of the most important battles in history, from Hannibal's victory at Cannae in 216 B.C. to the surrender of French forces at the Vietnamese battle of Dien Bien Phu. Color illustrations, graphics, maps, and photos. |
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Great Battlefields of the World: Stunning 3-dimensional graphics recreate ... John MacDonald No preview available - 2015 |
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advance Airborne Allied ammunition armour Arnhem artillery assault attack Austrian battalions batteries battle Battle of Colenso battlefield bayonets began Blenheim Boer bombardment Brigade British casualties cavalry Cemetery Ridge centre charge Colenso Colonel command Confederate Corps Custer defeat defenders deployed Dervishes Division Duke east East Prussia enemy English fell field fighting fire force forward France French front Gandesa garrison German Gettysburg ground guns Gustavus heavy Highlanders Hill horse Hougoumont infantry Iwo Jima Jacobite Japanese Kerreri King km 1 ml Kohima La Haye Sainte land left flank machine-gun Marlborough Marshal military mounted moved musket Napoleon night offensive Oldbridge Omdurman ordered Port Arthur position Prince ranks rear Redoubt regiments reinforcements retreat Ridge rifle right flank River road Roman Rommel Royalist Russian Schwaben Redoubt shot soldiers Solferino Somme Suvla Suvla Bay sword Thiepval troops victory Viet Minh village weapon Wellington William wounded