Historic Battles - Decisive Conflicts That Have Shaped History

This book provides an accessible, highly illustrated introduction to 30 of history's most famous battles, including Marathon, Hastings, Agincourt, Saratoga, Trafalgar, Waterloo, Gettysberg, the Somme, Stalingrad, D-Day and many, many mor. It includes full-colour tactical maps that allow the reader to grasp at a glance the decisive moves of the battle. It features more than 250 colour and black-and-white photographs and artworks illustrating the uniforms, tactics and military technology of the era. It also includes a full-colour fold-out world battle map, portraying all 30 battles to help put these conflicts into geograhical context...