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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... campaign not only won for France a victory over one of Europe's premier nations , it gave France control of northern Italy . Napoleon , when not fighting the Austrians , was reorganizing the political structure of the north Italian ...
... campaign not only won for France a victory over one of Europe's premier nations , it gave France control of northern Italy . Napoleon , when not fighting the Austrians , was reorganizing the political structure of the north Italian ...
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... Campaign : Nelson and Napoleon in Egypt . New York : Barnes & Noble , 1973 . Locke , Raymond F. " Tecumseh : The First Advo- cate of Red Power , " in John R. M. Wilson , ed . Forging the American Character , vol . 1 . Englewood Cliffs ...
... Campaign : Nelson and Napoleon in Egypt . New York : Barnes & Noble , 1973 . Locke , Raymond F. " Tecumseh : The First Advo- cate of Red Power , " in John R. M. Wilson , ed . Forging the American Character , vol . 1 . Englewood Cliffs ...
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... Campaign and the Battle . London : Century Publishing , 1985 . Zaloga , Steve . The Polish Campaign , 1939. New York : Hippocrene Books , 1985 . Abahai , 214-216 Abd er - Rahman , 103–105 Abdullah BIBLIOGRAPHY 451.
... Campaign and the Battle . London : Century Publishing , 1985 . Zaloga , Steve . The Polish Campaign , 1939. New York : Hippocrene Books , 1985 . Abahai , 214-216 Abd er - Rahman , 103–105 Abdullah BIBLIOGRAPHY 451.
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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