History's Greatest Battles: From the Battle of Marathon to D-Day

by Nigel Cawthorne

Overview

Great battles mark history's turning points where cultures and ideologies clash. Some battles are won by inspired leaders, some by superior weaponry, while others are won by a sheer dogged refusal to surrender in the face of overwhelming odds.

This gripping account introduces 40 battles which changed the course of history, from the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC to the Vietnamese defeat of the French army at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. It includes the extraordinary generalships of Napoleon, Wellington and Marlborough, among others, as well as the victories of ordinary soldiers who, through their courage, determination and sacrifice, changed the course of history.

Includes:
• Siege of Jerusalem, 79 CE
• The Battle of Hastings, 1066
• The Battle of Yorktown, 1781
• The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
• D-Day, 1944

Brought to life by photographs, maps and artwork of the battles, this book gives an expansive account of the most pivotal battles in the history of war and how they were lost or won.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781398821545
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	753,586
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Nigel Cawthorne is a graduate of University College, London, where he studied Physics before turning to writing as a career. He has been a writer and editor for over 35 years. He has written, contributed to and edited over 100 books. His other historical titles include: The Bamboo Cage, The Empress of South America, Daughter of Heaven, World at War, The Battles of World War II, Vietnam - A War Lost and Won, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Sex Lives of the Great Dictators. He lives in London.

Nigel Cawthorne studied at University College, London, where he gained an Honours degree in Physics, before turning to writing as a career. He has been a writer and editor for over 25 years, the last 21 freelance. He has written, contributed to and edited more than sixty books, including Fighting Them On The Beaches: D-Day, 6 June 1944, The Battle of Britain, Vietnam: A War Lost and Won, Stalin, and The Story of the SS. His work has also appeared in over a hundred and fifty newspapers, magazines and partworks on both sides of the Atlantic - from the Sun to the Financial Times, and includes contributions to Nam, Eyewitness Nam and The Falklands War. Nigel also visited Vietnam with the legendary Tim Page, where he researched the material for Nam, Eyewitness Nam, and The Bamboo Cage. He is also the creator of websites on the Battle of Hastings, and Pearl Harbor.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Marathon, 490 BCE
Granicus, 334 BCE
Cannae, 216 BCE
Alesia, 52 BCE
Teutoburger Wald, 9 CE
Jerusalem, 79 CE
Châlons-sur-Marne, 451 CE
Tours, 732
Hastings, 1066
Crécy, 1346
Agincourt, 1415
Constantinople, 1453
Bosworth, 1485
Lepanto, 1571
Blenheim, 1704
Culloden, 1746
Plassey, 1757
Quebec, 1759
Yorktown, 1781
Trafalgar, 1805
Austerlitz, 1805
Moscow, 1812
Waterloo, 1815
Sebastopol, 1854-55
Gettysburg, 1863
Vicksburg, 1863
Kut-al-Amara, 1916
Baghdad, 1917
Cambrai, 1917
Dunkirk, 1940
Tobruk, 1941
Crete, 1941
Alamein, 1942
Stalingrad, 1942-43
Kursk, 1943
Kohima and Imphal, 1944
D-Day, 1944
Iwo Jima, 1945
Berlin, 1945
Dien Bien Phu, 1954