Author : Michael E. Haskew
Publisher : Parragon Pubishing India
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 20,70 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Battles
ISBN : 9781407555638
Provides detailed coverage and tactical maps of various historic battles from Cannae to Mogadishu.
Author : Julian Spilsbury
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,21 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Battles
ISBN : 9781435124455
Author : James Moorhead Perry
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,53 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Julian Spilsbury
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 178429215X
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 : Charles Messenger
Publisher : Gallery Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,52 MB
Release : 1991-08-01
Category : Battles
ISBN : 9780831740160
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,55 MB
Release : 2011-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781445431833
Author : Julian Spilsbury
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 34,66 MB
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 178429215X
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 : Parragon
Publisher : Parragon
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 11,82 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445464367
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
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Military history
ISBN : 9780861248254
Author : Geoffrey Regan
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,81 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :
