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 112
... hoped to use their superior weight and mass to overwhelm the more numerous but lighter enemy . Henry the Fowler had ac- complished just that in his victory 30 years earlier , and Otto hoped to repeat his father's victory . Otto moved ...
... hoped to use their superior weight and mass to overwhelm the more numerous but lighter enemy . Henry the Fowler had ac- complished just that in his victory 30 years earlier , and Otto hoped to repeat his father's victory . Otto moved ...
Page 230
... hoped to pin the French flanks and take advantage of their in- ability to communicate with each other . This he did , and the commander in Blenheim called up substantial reserves to assist in the town's defense . Neither attack made ...
... hoped to pin the French flanks and take advantage of their in- ability to communicate with each other . This he did , and the commander in Blenheim called up substantial reserves to assist in the town's defense . Neither attack made ...
Page 332
... hoped to gain borderlands along the western Rhine after that war , but Bis- marck refused to cede any such territory to non- Germans . He then stood in the way of a proposed French purchase of Luxembourg from Holland . When Napoleon hoped ...
... hoped to gain borderlands along the western Rhine after that war , but Bis- marck refused to cede any such territory to non- Germans . He then stood in the way of a proposed French purchase of Luxembourg from Holland . When Napoleon hoped ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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