100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 2000 M01 1 - 474 pages Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.–A.D. 1991. |
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Page 345
... Japanese flanking move con- vinced Kuropatkin to withdraw to his original lines . That move both ceded the initiative to the Japanese and greatly reduced the morale of the Russian troops . Reinforced by the arrival of the Third Army ...
... Japanese flanking move con- vinced Kuropatkin to withdraw to his original lines . That move both ceded the initiative to the Japanese and greatly reduced the morale of the Russian troops . Reinforced by the arrival of the Third Army ...
Page 347
... Japanese as a major naval power . Historical Setting During 1894-1895 , Japan had made the world sit up and take notice when it easily defeated the nation of China in a war over Korea and the Liaotung Peninsula , which juts southward ...
... Japanese as a major naval power . Historical Setting During 1894-1895 , Japan had made the world sit up and take notice when it easily defeated the nation of China in a war over Korea and the Liaotung Peninsula , which juts southward ...
Page 350
... Japanese delegates convinced them to return the Russian vessels . That action had repercussions on U.S.- Japanese relations . Although the Japanese gov- ernment accepted the terms of the Portsmouth Treaty , the Japanese public was not ...
... Japanese delegates convinced them to return the Russian vessels . That action had repercussions on U.S.- Japanese relations . Although the Japanese gov- ernment accepted the terms of the Portsmouth Treaty , the Japanese public was not ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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