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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... success in acquiring control over the Holy Land . Once the Holy Land was lost after Saladin's victories , successive ... successes and failed to capture Jerusalem , he signed a treaty with Saladin and went home . He was taken prisoner ...
... success in acquiring control over the Holy Land . Once the Holy Land was lost after Saladin's victories , successive ... successes and failed to capture Jerusalem , he signed a treaty with Saladin and went home . He was taken prisoner ...
Page 363
... success . The other front commanders , jealous of his success , refused to launch their own at- tacks , as ordered , against the German positions north of the marshes . This allowed the Ger- mans to transfer an entire army south to help ...
... success . The other front commanders , jealous of his success , refused to launch their own at- tacks , as ordered , against the German positions north of the marshes . This allowed the Ger- mans to transfer an entire army south to help ...
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... successful . When the first German offensive began on 21 March 1918 along the Somme River , the Germans enjoyed more success than they had since the opening days of the war . The British Fifth Army was virtually destroyed as three ...
... successful . When the first German offensive began on 21 March 1918 along the Somme River , the Germans enjoyed more success than they had since the opening days of the war . The British Fifth Army was virtually destroyed as three ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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