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 18
... allies in the Peloponnesian League against Athens and its allies in the Delian League . Since the defeat of the Persian invaders at Salamis and Plataea in 480 and 479 B.C. , Athens had risen to the top in Greek politics . As the leading ...
... allies in the Peloponnesian League against Athens and its allies in the Delian League . Since the defeat of the Persian invaders at Salamis and Plataea in 480 and 479 B.C. , Athens had risen to the top in Greek politics . As the leading ...
Page 367
... Allies to the exact time and place of the attack , and the Allies were able to forestall that attack as well . To the east , the Third Army made almost no progress , while to the west of Reims the First and Seventh crossed the Marne ...
... Allies to the exact time and place of the attack , and the Allies were able to forestall that attack as well . To the east , the Third Army made almost no progress , while to the west of Reims the First and Seventh crossed the Marne ...
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... Allies . Only two German fighter planes strafed the beaches the morning of the invasion , so Allied aircraft were ... Allies in a position to break out , but , when they did , it became a race for the Rhine . The blitzkrieg , which the ...
... Allies . Only two German fighter planes strafed the beaches the morning of the invasion , so Allied aircraft were ... Allies in a position to break out , but , when they did , it became a race for the Rhine . The blitzkrieg , which the ...
Contents
Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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