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Acre 1291 Bloody Sunset of the Crusader States (Campaign 154) ... Author: David Nicolle Illustrator: Graham Turner ... Paperback; June 10 2005; 96 pages ... In April 1291, a Mamluk army laid siege to Acre, the last great Crusader fortress in the Holy Land. For six weeks, the siege dragged on until...
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Actium 31 BC
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In 32 BC, the Roman Republic descended into civil war between the forces of the Octavian in the west and the famous lovers Cleopatra and Marc Antony in the East. Acting quickly, Octavian managed to trap his foes in the Gulf of Actium. In the ensuing battle, Anthony and Cleopatra manage to escape,...
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Agincourt 1415
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Agincourt 1415 Triumph against the odds (Campaign 9) ... Author: Matthew Bennett ... Paperback; May 23 1991; 96 pages ... Agincourt is one of the most evocative names in English military history. Henry V's forces were tired, hungry, and faced a French army three to six times more numerous. However,...
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Alamo 1836
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The Alamo 1836 Santa Anna's Texas Campaign (Campaign 89) ... Author: Stephen L Hardin Illustrator: Angus McBride ... Paperback; September 25 2001; 96 pages ... On the morning of 6 March 1836 around 1,100 Mexican soldiers under Generalissimo Santa Anna stormed a small mission outside San Antonio,...
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Amiens 1918
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Through the spring of 1918 Germany had been on the offensive on the Western Front but had failed to break the Allies at any point. In July they had been forced back from the river Marne and were once again on the defensive. The Allies were now ready to increase the pressure. The Amiens area was...
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Balaclava 1854
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Balaclava 1854 The Charge of the Light Brigade (Campaign 6) ... Author: John Sweetman ... Paperback; September 27 1990; 96 pages ... The port of Balaclava was crucial in maintaining the supply lines for the Allied siege of Sevastapol. The Russian attack in October 1854 therefore posed a major threat...
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Bannockburn 1314
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Bannockburn 1314 Robert Bruce's great victory (Campaign 102) ... Author: Peter Armstrong Illustrator: Graham Turner ... Paperback; March 25 2002; 96 pages ... Bannockburn was the climax of the career of King Robert the Bruce. In 1307 King Edward I of England, 'The Hammer of the Scots' and nemesis of...
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Berlin 1945
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Berlin 1945 End of the Thousand Year Reich (Campaign 159) ... Author: Peter Antill Illustrator: Peter Dennis ... Paperback; October 10 2005; 96 pages ... By mid-April 1945, Hitler's Third Reich was staring into the abyss. Less than 60 miles to the east, the Red Army was poised to seize the German...
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Boudicca's Rebellion AD 60-61
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When the Romans occupied the southern half of Britain in AD 43, the Iceni tribe quickly allied themselves with the invaders. Having paid tribute to Rome, they continued to be ruled by their own kings. But 17 years later when Prasutagus, the king of the Iceni, died the Romans decided to incorporate...
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Brandy Station 1863
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The road to Gettysburg began at Brandy Station on 9 June 1863. Early on that morning, General Pleasanton launched his men across the Rappahannock at Beverley's Ford to the north of Brandy Station and Kelly's Ford to the south. General JEB Stuart was caught unaware by these maneuvers and his lines...
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Caen 1944
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Caen 1944 Montgomery's break-out attempt (Campaign 143) ... Author: Ken Ford Illustrator: Peter Dennis ... Paperback; August 20 2004; 96 pages ... One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen. General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to...
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Chancellorsville 1863
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Chancellorsville 1863 Jackson's Lightning Strike (Campaign 55) ... Author: Carl Smith Illustrator: Adam Hook ... Paperback; September 25 1998; 96 pages ... Following the debacle of the battle of Fredricksburg in December 1862, Burnside was replaced as commander of the Army of the Potomac by General...
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Chateau Thierry & Belleau Wood 1918
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In March 1918 the newly arrived American Expeditionary Force fought two actions that helped defeat the last German offense of World War I. At Chateau Thierry a combined French and American force threw the Germans back before they reached Paris. Building on this success the US 2nd Marine Division was...
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Coral Sea 1942
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The Battle of the Coral Sea is unique in the annals of naval history. It is the first battle in which enemy fleets never came within sight of one another. Instead, aircraft launched from carrier decks were sent out to attack the enemy with bombs and torpedoes. In May of 1942, the Japanese fleet...
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D-Day 1944(4) Gold and Juno Beaches
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D-Day 1944 (4) Gold & Juno Beaches (Campaign 112) ... Author: Ken Ford Illustrator: Kevin Lyles ... Paperback; November 13 2002; 96 pages ... Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the greatest sea-borne military operation in history. At the heart of the invasion and key to its...
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Dunbar 1650
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Dunbar 1650 Cromwell's most famous victory (Campaign 142) ... Author: Stuart Reid Illustrator: Graham Turner ... Paperback; June 24 2004; 96 pages ... Having already allied with his father, the Scots' acceptance of Charles II as king in 1649 caused deep suspicion in England. In July 1650, Oliver...
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Dunkirk 1940 Operation Dynamo
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The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from Dunkirk is one of the most dramatic and famous episodes of the Second World War. Dunkirk 1940 assesses Operation Dynamo from start to finish, with reference to the plans, forces and operations involved. It is a unique and comprehensive...
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Easter Rising 1916
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When the outbreak of World War I delayed home rule for Ireland, a faction of Irish nationalists decided to take direct action. On Easter Monday 1916, a rebellion was launched from the steps of the Dublin General Post Office and the existence of an Irish Republic proclaimed. The British response was...
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Ebro 1938
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The Ebro 1938 Death knell of the Republic (Campaign 60) ... Author: Chris Henry Illustrator: Adam Hook ... Paperback; March 26 1999; 96 pages ... The last major Republican offensive of the Spanish Civil war, the Battle of the Ebro was a vitally important episode in the Spanish conflict and, although...
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El Alamein 1942
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El Alamein 1942 The Turning of the Tide (Campaign 158) ... Author: Ken Ford Illustrator: Howard Gerrard ... Paperback; September 10 2005; 96 pages ... General Auchinleck, British C-in-C Middle East and commander of the 8th Army, chose to stop Rommel's advance into Egypt in 1942. The first battle of...
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Falaise 1944
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Falaise 1944 Death of an army (Campaign 149) ... Author: Ken Ford Illustrator: Howard Gerrard ... Paperback; March 10 2005; 96 pages ... The battle around Falaise in Normandy during August 1944 saw the destruction of the German Seventh army. This book details the chain of events which led to the...
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Fall of English France 1449-53
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Despite the great English victories at Cr cy, Poitiers and Agincourt, the French eventually triumphed in the Hundred Years War. This book examines the last campaign of the war, covering the great battles at Formigny in 1450 and Castillon in 1453, both of which hold an interesting place in military...
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First Crusade 1096-99
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The First Crusade 1096 99 Conquest of the Holy Land (Campaign 132) ... Author: David Nicolle Illustrator: Christa Hook ... Paperback; August 20 2003; 96 pages ... In 1095 the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I appealed to the Christian states of western Europe for help against the Turks who had swept...
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Fornovo 1495
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Fornovo 1495 France's Bloody Fighting Retreat (Campaign 43) ... Author: David Nicolle Illustrator: Richard Hook ... Paperback; September 15 1996; 96 pages ... In the year 1495, Charles VIII was the youthful King of France, the most powerful state in medieval Europe. A dreamer who saw himself as the...
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Gettysburg 1863
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Gettysburg 1863 High tide of the Confederacy (Campaign 52) ... Author: Carl Smith Illustrator: Adam Hook ... Paperback; January 15 1998; 128 pages ... The Confederate invasion of the Northern states was General Lee's last great gamble. By taking the war to the Union he hoped to force Lincoln into...
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Granicus 334 B.C.
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Granicus River was Alexander's first great victory over the Persians, where he demonstrated the heroic style of active and decisive leadership that was the hallmark of his career. In the initial engagement, Alexander's 5,000 cavalry, supported by archers and javelin men, routed a force of 20,000...
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Guadalcanal 1942
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Guadalcanal 1942 The Marines Strike Back (Campaign 18) ... Author: Joseph Mueller ... Paperback; September 25 1992; 96 pages ... On what was a virtually unheard of Pacific island, the United States shattered the myth of Japanese invincibility. In the first American amphibious assault of the Second...
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Hattin 1187
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Hattin 1187 Saladin's Greatest Victory (Campaign 19) ... Author: David Nicolle ... Paperback; January 28 1993; 96 pages ... In 1187, Christian Europe was shaken by events in the Middle East. This volume tells the story of those momentous months - the campaign leading to the Muslim capture of...
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Iraq 1941
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The events in Iraq in 1941 had crucial strategic consequences. The country s oil reserves were a highly coveted prize for the Axis powers, and its location provided a corridor in the defence of Palestine and the Suez Canal. Had Iraq fallen to the Axis powers, Britain could have lost its foothold in...
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Ireland 1649-52 Cromwells Crusade
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Following the execution of King Charles I in January 1649, the English Parliament saw their opportunity to launch an assault on the Royalist enclave in Ireland. Oliver Cromwell was appointed as Deputy of Ireland to lead a campaign to restore direct control and quell the opposition. The first battle...
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Japan 1945
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In this 200th Campaign series title Clayton Chun examines the final stages of World War II as the Allies debated how to bring about the surrender of Japan. He details Operation Downfall (the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands).Chun explains why these plans were never implemented, before...
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Jena 1806
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Jena 1806 Napoleon Destroys Prussia (Campaign 20) ... Author: David Chandler ... Paperback; January 28 1993; 96 pages ... Forewarned of Prussia's intention to declare war on France, Napoleon decided to strike first with a bold advance from Wurzburg into Saxony. On 14 October the double battle was...
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Kalka River 1223
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Kalka River 1223 Genghiz Khan's Mongols invade Russia (Campaign 98) ... Authors: David Nicolle, Viacheslav Shpakovsky Illustrator: Victor Korolkov ... Paperback; November 25 2001; 96 pages ... In 1221, Genghiz, Great Khan of the Mongols, ordered an armed reconnaissance expedition into Russia...
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Kohima 1944
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In March 1944 the Japanese Army launched Operation U-Go, an attack on Assam in India intended to inspire a rising against British rule. A month earlier the Japanese had launched Operation Ha-Go, which was intended as a feint to draw British attention away from the Imphal area. But British forces...
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Leipzig 1813
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Leipzig 1813 The Battle of the Nations (Campaign 25) ... Author: Peter Hofschr er ... Paperback; September 30 1993; 96 pages ... The battle of Leipzig was, in terms of the number of combatants involved, the largest engagement of the entire Napoleonic Wars. It was the only battle of the wars in which...
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Leningrad 1941-44
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Hitler's protracted siege of Leningrad resulted in one of the most brutal campaigns on the Eastern Front during World War II. The German Army Group North was able to isolate the city and its garrison for a period of 900 days, during which an estimated 1.5 million Soviets died from combat, disease...
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London 1917-18
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On a sunny May afternoon in 1917, the peace of an English seaside town was shattered when a flight of German Gotha bombers appeared without warning. Twenty-three Gothas had set out to attack London in this first bomber raid, but heavy cloud forced them to target Folkestone and the Shorncliffe army...
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Lutzen 1632
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L tzen 1632 Climax of the Thirty Years War (Campaign 68) ... Author: Richard Brzezinski Illustrator: Graham Turner ... Paperback; February 25 2001; 96 pages ... The Thirty Years War, a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants, raged across Europe between 1618 and 1648, devastating huge...
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Maginot Line 1940 Battles of the French Frontier
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Constructed throughout the 1930s, the Maginot Line was supposed to form the ultimate defence against a German invasion of France. However, different sections of the line were built at different times and the strength of various sections varied widely. During their Blitzkrieg invasion, the Germans...
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Marathon 490 BC
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Marathon 490 BC The first Persian invasion of Greece (Campaign 108) ... Author: Nicholas Sekunda Illustrator: Richard Hook ... Paperback; October 18 2002; 96 pages ... The story of the Marathon campaign is an epic of the Ancient World. When the Ionian Greeks revolted against their Persian overlords...
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Marshall Islands 1944
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The Marshall Islands 1944 Operation Flintlock, the capture of Kwajalein and Eniwetok (Campaign 146) ... Author: Gordon Rottman Illustrator: Howard Gerrard ... Paperback; October 22 2004; 96 pages ... Following the capture of Tarawa in November 1943, American eyes turned to the Marshall Islands....
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Meiktila 1945
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Meiktila 1945 The battle to liberate Burma (Campaign 136) ... Author: Edward Young Illustrator: Howard Gerrard ... Paperback; May 25 2004; 96 pages ... In the spring of 1944, Japanese 15th Army was shattered at Imphal and Kohima, allowing General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, to liberate...
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Messines 1917
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At 0310 hours on 7 June 1917, the pre-dawn gloom on the Western Front was shattered by the pillars of fire' the rapid detonation of 19 huge mines, secreted in tunnels under the German lines and containing 450 tonnes of explosives. Admitted by the Germans to be a masterstroke', the devastating blasts...
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Metz 1944
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General George Patton's most controversial campaign was the series of battles in autumn 1944 along the German frontier which centered on the fortified city of Metz. It took nearly four months, from September to December 1944, for Patton's Third Army to capture the Metz-Thionville fortified zone. In...
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Midway 1942
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In less than one day, the might of the Imperial Japanese Navy was destroyed and four of her great aircraft carriers sank burning into the dark depths of the Pacific. Utilizing the latest research and detailed combat maps, this book tells the dramatic story of the Japanese assault on Midway Island...
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Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274, 1281
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From his seat in Xanadu, the great Mongol Emperor of China, Kubla Khan, had long plotted an invasion of Japan. However, it was only with the acquisition of Korea, that the Khan gained the maritime resources necessary for such a major amphibious operation. Written by expert Stephen Turnbull, this...
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Mons Grapius AD83
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In AD 77, Roman forces under Agricola marched into the northern reaches of Britain in an attempt to pacify the Caledonian tribesman. For seven years, the Romans marched and battled across what is now Scotland. Finally, in AD 83, they fought the final battle at Mons Graupius where 10,000 Caledonians...
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Nez Perce 1877
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With the wars between the US and the Native Americans drawing to a close, one tribe in Eastern Oregon continued to resist. The Nez Perce, led by the Red Napoleon' Chief Joseph, refused to surrender and accept resettlement. Instead, Chief Joseph organized a band of 750 warriors and set off for the...
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Niagara 1814 Final Invasion
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The War of 1812 has the strange distinction of being largely forgotten by both of its main participants, and yet its outcome was critically important to the future of North America. In 1814, the Americans launched a last offensive in an attempt to seize Canada. This Niagara campaign saw a number of...
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Nile 1798
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On the night of 1 August 1798 a British fleet under the command of Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson met a French fleet under the command of Admiral Fran ois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers. By morning the British had won a near-complete victory: only two of the 13 French ships-of-the-line escaped and the rest...
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Nomonhan 1939
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Normandy 1944
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Normandy 1944 Allied Landings and Breakout (Campaign 1) ... Author: Stephen Badsey ... Paperback; January 25 1990; 96 pages ... D-Day, 6 June 1944, saw the largest amphibious landing operation in history. From ports and harbours on the southern coast of England, an armada of troopships and landing...
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Okinawa 1945
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Okinawa 1945 The last battle (Campaign 96) ... Author: Gordon Rottman Illustrator: Howard Gerrard ... Paperback; March 25 2002; 96 pages ... By the spring of 1945 the Allies were sweeping all before them in the Pacific War against Japan, and a series of victories had reclaimed many of the islands...
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Operation Barbarossa 1941 (2)
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Operation Barbarossa 1941 (2) Army Group North (Campaign 148) ... Author: Robert Kirchubel Illustrator: Howard Gerrard, Peter Dennis ... Paperback; March 10 2005; 96 pages ... Of the German Army Groups that attacked Soviet Russia, Von Leeb's Army Group North, tasked with seizing the Baltic States...
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Operation Crusader 1941: Rommel in Retreat
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Following a lull in the desert war which saw the Germans and British reinforce their armies, Rommel suddenly attacked British fortifications with an assault on the northern sector of the British line near Gazala. Pinning down the British in the north and outflanking the 1st Free French Brigade,...
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Operation Dragoon 1944
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Operation Dragoon, the Allied landings in southern France on August 15, 1944, was one of the most controversial operations of 1944, leading to a deep divide between United States and British planners. The US objective was to threaten the rear of the German armies occupying France by a landing on the...
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Operation Nordwind 1945: Hitler's last offensive in the West
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Operation Nordwind is one of the lesser known campaigns of World War II yet one of the more intriguing. Largely overshadowed by the Battle of the Bulge further north, Nordwind was the last great operation by the Waffen-SS Panzer divisions in the west, and the last time the Wehrmacht was on the...
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Operation Pointblank 1944
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Operation Pointblank was the code name for the United States Army Air Force's attempt to destroy German fighter capability through the use of daylight strategic bombing in advance of the D-Day landings. Launched in 1943, the operation immediately met with severe problems, most notably the horrible...
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Osaka 1615
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In 1614 Osaka Castle was Japan's greatest fortification, measuring approximately 2 miles in length with double circuits of walls 100 feet high. It was guarded by 100,000 samurai, loyal to their master: the head of the Toyotomi clan, Toyotomi Hideyori. The castle was seemingly impenetrable; however,...
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Otterburn 1388
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In his Chronicles, Froissart described Otterburn as the best fought and the most severe battle of his time. Fought at Redesdale, in Northumberland, in August 1388, the battle originated from the ongoing war between the Scots and the English but rapidly descended into a personal feud between the...
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Petersburg 1864-65 Longest Siege
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In 1864 General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by surrounding the city of Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines. The ensuing siege would carry on for nearly ten months, involve 160,000 soldiers, and see a...
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Pharsalus 48 BC
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In 48 BC, the stage was set for the final clash of the two titans of the Roman world and the odds were heavily in Pompey's favour, with 45,000 men against Caesar's 22,000. Having the dice loaded against him, however, seems to have stimulated Caesar's guile and genius for battle: guessing that Pompey...
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Philadelphia 1777
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A turning point in the War of Independence, the campaign for Philadelphia set in motion a series of events leading to the defeat of the British and eventual independence for the emerging American nation. From the landing of General William Howe's army at the head of the Elk River, to his eventual...
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Philippines 1941-42
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In the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese launched an attack on the Philippines to eliminate the United States' other major Pacific naval base. Catching the US forces completely by surprise, the Japanese bombed the major airfields and quickly gained air supremacy. They followed with a...
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Plataea 479 BC
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Plataea was one of the biggest and most important land battles of pre-20th century history. Close to 100,000 hoplite and light-armed Greeks took on an even larger barbarian army that included elite Asian cavalry and infantry, and troops from as far away as India, with thousands of Greek hoplites and...
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Poitiers AD 732: Charles Martel Turns the Islamic Tide
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In the early decades of the 8th century AD, Islamic forces were flooding into Europe through the Iberian peninsula, threatening Frankish and Burgundian territory and raiding it with ever-increasing ferocity. At the battle of Poitiers, also known as Tours, Christian forces under the Frankish leader...
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Remagen 1945
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In the aftermath of the battle of the Ardennes in February 1945, the Allies began steps for the final assault into Germany. The Rhine represented the last major geographical barrier to the Allied advance into Germany. In the event, fortune smiled on the US Army when the 9th Armored Division...
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Salamis 480BC: The Naval Campaign That Saved Greece
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In 480 BC, the Greek and Persian fleets met in a battle in the strait between Attica and the island of Salamis. Although outnumbered, the Greeks delivered a crushing victory that ended the Persian threat to homelands. This book draws on the findings of recent archaeological, technological and naval...
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Second Crusade 1148
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Despite minor setbacks, Christian Europe had enjoyed success on previous Crusader campaigns. Pursuing an ambitious but politically flawed strategy against an Islamic state friendly to their Crusader neighbours, the knights of the Second Crusade suffered a crushing defeat at Damascus in 1148. This...
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Sevastopol 1942: Von Manstein's Triumph
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In late July 1941, Hitler ordered Army Group South to seize the Crimea as part of its operations to secure the Ukraine and the Donets Basin, in order to protect the vital Romanian oil refineries at Ploesti from Soviet air attack. After weeks of heavy fighting, the Germans breached the Soviet...
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Six Day War (1) Sinai
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In May 1967, Egypt expelled the United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in the Sinai desert and deployed its army along its border with Israel, its moves coordinated with those of Jordan and Syria. By June, Israel realized that the international community would not act, and so it launched a...
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Six Day War (2) Jordan and Syria
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Following the lightening destruction of the Egyptian forces at the outbreak of the Six Day War, Israel turned to the forces of Jordan and Syria, with whom Egypt had signed a mutual-defence pact, and which had now entered the war. Jordan s army moved against West Jerusalem and central Israel, while...
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Solferino 1859
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The battle of Solferino, fought during the Franco-Austrian War of 1859, was the largest European battle since Leipzig in 1813. In the presence of three crowned heads of state Napoleon III of France, Emperor Franz-Joseph of Austria and Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont-Sardinia (later the King of all...
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Spartacus and the Slave War 73-71 BC
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In the year 73 BC, Spartacus broke out of a gladiatorial training school and formed an army of runaway slaves and people with little to lose. This army defeated two Roman armies and attacked several cities. ... Terrified lest the revolt spread, the government in Rome assigned Crassus and Pompey to...
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St Nazaire 1942
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St Nazaire 1942 The Great Commando Raid (Campaign 92) ... Author: Ken Ford Illustrator: Howard Gerrard ... Paperback; October 25 2001; 96 pages ... The raid on the port of St Nazaire in March 1942 by a sea-borne task force from British Combined Operations remains one of the most daring actions of...
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St. Mihiel 1918
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At 1:00 am on September 12, 1918, accompanied by rain and lightning, the American Army launched its first major offensive of World War I. Supported by French Colonial troops, the American IV and V Corps burst through the weakened German line at St. Mihiel and seized numerous objectives while taking...
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Tannenberg 1410
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Tannenberg 1410 Disaster for the Teutonic Knights (Campaign 122) ... Author: Stephen Turnbull ... Paperback; May 20 2003; 96 pages ... By 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania was coming to a head, partly as a result of the Order's meddling in...
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Teutoburg Forest AD 9
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Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!' supposedly yelled Augustus Caesar when he received the news of the disaster in the Teutoburg Forest. One of the greatest military disasters of the Roman Empire, Teutoburg Forest witnessed the near-total annihilation of three Roman legions at the hands of...
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The Arab Revolt 1916-18
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The Arab Revolt of 1916 18 was one of the most dramatic events of World War I. It resulted in the birth of the modern Middle East and also created one of the most enduring myths of the war: the story of Lawrence of Arabia. This book examines the revolt, describing and analyzing the background and...
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The Bismarck 1941
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The break of the German battleship Bismarck into the North Atlantic in May 1941 was one of the most dramatic episodes of World War II. It began with a battle between the Bismarck and the British battleship Prince of Wales and the heavy cruiser Hood. The Hood was blown to pieces, while the battered...
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The First Battle of the Marne 1914: The French 'miracle' halts the Germans
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The battle of the Marne was one of the decisive encounters of the World War I, saving France from a catastrophic defeat that would almost certainly have knocked her out of the war. Germany's failure to defeat the French committed her to a war on two fronts, which would lead to trench warfare and the...
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The Fourth Crusade 1202–04
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The Fourth Crusade was the first, and most famous of the diverted' Crusades, which saw the Crusade diverted from its original target, Ayyubi Egypt, to attack the Christian city of Zadar in modern Croatia instead, an attack that was little more than a mercenary action to repay the Venetians for their...
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Thermopylae 480 BC
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Thermopylae resonates throughout history as a battle involving extreme courage and sacrifice. It was in this rocky pass in northern Greece that Leonidas, king of the Spartans and commander-in-chief of the Greek force, delayed the Persian hordes for three days against overwhelming odds. Finally...
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Ticonderoga 1758
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Ticonderoga 1758 Montcalm's victory against all odds (Campaign 76) ... Author: Ren Chartrand Illustrator: Patrice Courcelle ... Paperback; October 25 2000; 96 pages ... On 5 July 1758 General Abercromby's expedition against Fort Carillon set off from its camp. Within hours, tragedy struck. Some...
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Trafalgar 1805
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Trafalgar 1805 Nelson's Crowning Victory (Campaign 157) ... Author: Gregory Fremont-Barnes Illustrator: Christa Hook ... Paperback; August 10 2005; 96 pages ... Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's decisive victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain on 21 October 1805 remains one of the greatest...
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Vienna 1683: Christian Europe Repels the Ottomans
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The capture of the Hapsburg city of Vienna was a major strategic aspiration for the Islamic Ottoman Empire, desperate for the control that the city exercised over the Danube and the overland trade routes between southern and northern Europe. In July 1683 Sultan Mehmet IV proclaimed a jihad and the...
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Wabash 1791
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The battle of the Wabash, or St Clair's Defeat, was the greatest ever victory of American Indians over US Army forces. In 1791, Revolutionary War commander Arthur St Clair led a hastily recruited American army into Ohio in an attempt to wrest control of the area from its Indian inhabitants. Hindered...
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Wake Island 1941
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On the same day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they also launched air attacks on Wake Island, an American marine and naval base in the Pacific. Three days later a Japanese invasion force stormed the island, but were bloodily repulsed by the scratch force of marines, sailors and even...
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Walcheren 1944
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Although the Alllies captured Antwerp in September 1944, the port itself could not be opened due to the continued German presence on the island of Walcheren, which guarded the port entrance. In November, the Allies launched an assault on the island, using a number of Commando units. Supported by...
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Warsaw 1944
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Defeated and occupied in 1939, Poland had suffered under the Nazi heel for nearly five years. Undaunted, however, the Poles formed an underground army, the Armia Krajowa (Home Army), and waited for a moment of German weakness. That moment seemed to have arrived in July 1944 as the Soviet armies...
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Waterloo 1815
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Waterloo 1815 The Birth of Modern Europe (Campaign 15) ... Author: Geoffrey Wootten ... Paperback; May 28 1992; 96 pages ... Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than twenty years of war, it was indeed a close-run affair, matching two of the world's...
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Yom Kippur War 1973(1)
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The Yom Kippur War 1973 (1) The Golan Heights (Campaign 118) ... Author: Simon Dunstan Illustrator: Howard Gerrard ... Paperback; August 20 2003; 96 pages ... At 1345hrs on 6 October 1973, Israeli spotters in the observation post atop Mount Hermon saw Syrian gunners below them removing the...
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Yom Kippur War 1973(2) Sinai
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The Yom Kippur War 1973 (2) The Sinai (Campaign 126) ... Author: Simon Dunstan Illustrator: Kevin Lyles ... Paperback; April 20 2003; 96 pages ... Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War' sowed the seeds of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. At 1400hrs on 6 October 1973 the Egyptian army launched an assault...
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