Outnumbered, outgunned, undeterred: twenty battles against all odds

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George Washington and the American patriots at Yorktown, 1781 -- The United States marines at Tripoli, 1803-5 -- Napoleon's six days' campaign, France, 1814 -- Simón Bolívar and the liberation movement, South America, 1813-1825 -- The war for independence, Greece, 1821-29 -- The British army at Delhi, India, 1857 -- The battle of Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, America, 1862 -- The French Foreign Legion at the Battle of Camerone, Mexico, 1863 -- Lord Roberts and the march from Kabul to Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1879-80 -- Christiaan de Wet and Boer resistance, South Africa, 1900-2.;How military forces have prevailed against the odds, explained through vivid narratives and specially commissioned battle plans. George Washington and the American patriots at Yorktown, 1781 -- The United States marines at Tripoli, 1803-5 -- Napoleon's six days' campaign, France, 1814 -- Simón Bolívar and the liberation movement, South America, 1813-1825 -- The war for independence, Greece, 1821-29 -- The British army at Delhi, India, 1857 -- The battle of Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, America, 1862 -- The French Foreign Legion at the Battle of Camerone, Mexico, 1863 -- Lord Roberts and the march from Kabul to Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1879-80 -- Christiaan de Wet and Boer resistance, South Africa, 1900-2. The Devons at Bois des Buttes, France, 1918 -- The Battle of Warsaw, Poland, 1920 -- The winter war, Finland, 1939-40 -- The battle for the Bataan Peninsula, Philippines, 1941-2 -- The struggle for Stalingrad, Russia, 1942-3 -- The defence [i.e. defense] of Kohima, Burma-India border, 1944 -- The retreat of the Golan Heights, Israel, 1973 -- The Battle of Debecka, Iraq, 2003 -- The defence of the platoon houses and the Battle of Wanat, Afghanistan, 2006-8.