The Mammoth Book of Modern Battles

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Cover; Author biography; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Maps; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Introduction; 1 THE BOER WAR; Spion Kop (1900) Howard Green; 2 THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR; Tsushima (1905) C.P. Campbell; 3 THE FIRST WORLD WAR; The Marne (1914) Robert B. Asprey; Gallipoli (1915) Nigel Bagnall; Suez (1915) Anthony Burton; Verdun (1916) Brenda Ralph Lewis; Vimy Ridge (1917) Brenda Ralph Lewis; Passchendaele (1917) Hubert Essame; Cambrai (1917) Bryan Cooper; Megiddo (1918) Basil Liddell Hart; 4 ASIAN INCIDENTS; Khalkhin-Gol (1939) Alan Lothian.;From the start of the 20th century to the most recent major offensives, here are fifty accounts of the battles that made the modern world, described in superb detail by historians and writers including John Keegan, Alan Clark, John Strawson, Charles Mey, John Pimlott, and John Laffin. All the major conflicts are covered, from two world wars, through Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia, Chechnya, to Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the battles featured are: the Somme, Passchendaele, Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, El Alamein, Monte Cassino, Omaha Beach, Iwa Jima, Dien Bien Phu, Ia Drang, Hamburger Hill, Desert Sto. Cover Author biography Title page Copyright page Contents List of Maps List of Maps Acknowledgments Acknowledgments Introduction Introduction 1 THE BOER WAR Spion Kop (1900) Howard Green 2 THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR Tsushima (1905) C.P. Campbell 3 THE FIRST WORLD WAR The Marne (1914) Robert B. Asprey Gallipoli (1915) Nigel Bagnall Suez (1915) Anthony Burton Verdun (1916) Brenda Ralph Lewis Vimy Ridge (1917) Brenda Ralph Lewis Passchendaele (1917) Hubert Essame Cambrai (1917) Bryan Cooper Megiddo (1918) Basil Liddell Hart 4 ASIAN INCIDENTS Khalkhin-Gol (1939) Alan Lothian. 5 THE SECOND WORLD WARRiver Plate (1939) David Thomas Dunkirk (1940) Peter Young Battle of Britain (1940) Christopher Dowling Kiev (1941) John Strawson Leningrad (1941) Alan Clark Pearl Harbor (1941) Paul Hutchinson Singapore (1942) C.C.M. Macleod-Carey Santa Cruz (1942) Michael Orr Kokoda Trail (1942) John Laffin Stalingrad (1942) E.D. Smith Midway (1942) Donald Macintyre El Alamein (1942) J.F.C. Fuller Kursk (1943) Alan Wykes The Battle of the Atlantic (1943) Herbert A. Werner Sicily (1943) Hubert Essame Admin Box (1944) Patrick Turnbull Anzio (1944) John Keegan. Monte Cassino (1944) E.D. SmithOmaha Beach (1944) Nigel Bagnall Aachen (1944) Hubert Essame Ardennes (1944) Peter Young Berlin (1945) John Strawson Iwo Jima (1945) Paul M. Kennedy 6 THE KOREAN WAR Inchon (1950) Sydney L. Mayer Imjin River (1951) A.H. Farrar-Hockley and E.L. Capel 7 VIETNAM Dien Bien Phu (1953) Charles Mey Hamburger Hill (1969) John Pimlott 8 THE SIX-DAY WAR Jerusalem (1967) Ashley Brown 9 THE FALKLANDS WAR Wireless Ridge (1982) John Frost 10 THE PERSIAN GULF WAR Desert Storm (1991) Jon E. Lewis 11 AFGHANISTAN Tora Bora (2001) Johnny Verey.