The VictorsPeter Young History has shown that every great general earned his reputation on the basis of one great victory. "The Victors" describes the 16 battles in which the 16 most famous generals in modern history made their reputations. From both a strategical and tactical point of view, the ways the generals fought and won their greatest victories are presented in this book edited by the well-known military historian, Brigadier Peter Young. Some generals who made their reputations, such as Napoleon at Austerlitz, deserve the fame won on the field of battle that day. Others, like General Haig on the Black Day in 1918 or Marshal Petain at Verdun, have tarnished reputations despite their victories. In this book several historians examine the process of hero-building by analyzing the greatest generals of modern history in their most well-known battles. Illustrated with tactical and strategic maps, as well as hundreds of photos and paintings, many of them in color. "The Victors" will prove to be a standard work for students of military history. |
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250 | 6 |
HAIG AND THE BLACK DAY 1918 | 152 |
GUDERIAN AT THE MEUSE 1940 | 166 |
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1st Byelorussian Front advance Afrika Korps Alamein Allied Ardennes arrived artillery assault attack August Bastogne battalion battle battlefield Bazeilles began Berlin bombardment Brigade British campaign captured casualties cavalry Chancellorsville Chief of Staff Commander in Chief Confederate Corps counterattack decision defeat defense desert east Eighth Army enemy fighting final France front Galliéni garrison German Gettysburg Grant Guderian guns Haig headquarters Hitler Hooker III Corps Inchon infantry Jackson Joffre July June Koniev landing Lee's Ludendorff MacArthur maneuver Marines Marne Marshal Meade Meade's Meuse miles military Moltke Montgomery move Napoleon offensive officers operation orders Panzer Army Paris Patton position Potomac Pratzen reinforcements Rennenkampf Res Corps reserves retreat river road Rommel Russian Second Army sector sent siege soldiers Stalin strategic supplies tactical Tank Guards Third Army Tobruk troops Union forces units Verdun Vicksburg victory Wellington Wolmi XI Corps Zhukov