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A highly illustrated account of the bitter struggle for the Philippine island of Luzon between the United States and Japan, the largest land campaign in the Pacific War.

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Constructed throughout the 1930s, the Maginot Line was supposed to form the ultimate defence against a German invasion of France. This book uses maps and period photographs to tell the story of the five German operations launched against the Maginot Line.

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In 1881 the tension between Britain and the Boer farmers of southern Africa that had existed for 75 years boiled over into open conflict. This concise, illustrated volume examines this conflict in detail.

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An account of the epic siege of the island fortress of the Knights Hospitaller by the Turkish Army of the Emperor Suleiman. The six battle scenes in the book depict the brutal fighting and acts of bravery by the 500 Knights who held out against 30,000 Turkish soldiers for four months.

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On 26 August 1071 a large Byzantine army under Emperor Romanus IV met the Saljuq Turk forces of Sultan Alp Arslan near the town of Manzikert. The battle ended in a decisive defeat for the Byzantine forces, with the Byzantine emperor captured and much of his fabled Varangian guard killed. This title deals with this battle.

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This title follows the campaigns of Marathon. When the Ionian Revolt broke out in 499 BC, Athens angered the Persians by sending assistance to the Greeks of Asia. Having crushed the revolt, the Persian king, Darius, decided to punish Athens and landed his forces at Marathon 26 miles from the city.

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One of the 'What Ifs' of military history Marengo is the Battle that established Napoleon reputation.

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This work shows that the entry into the English Civil War of the Scots on the side of Parliament radically changed the balance of power in the North of England. The Royalists were forced onto the defensive and the Marquis of Newcastle found his army besieged in York.

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The campaign at Megiddo, covered in detail in this text, featured the last great cavalry action in modern warfare and featured the exploits of Lawrence of Arabia. It laid the foundations for the modern "Blitzkrieg" style campaign, producing a profound change in military thought and practice.

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The battle of Meiktila was the decisive battle of the Burma campaign and resulted in the liberation of Burma, the capture of Rangoon and the virtual destruction of the Japanese Burma Area Army. This work details every stage of this formidable battle.

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A concise, illustrated exploration of the most successful set-piece attack of World War I.

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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 research and combat maps, this book tells the dramatic story of the Japanese assault on Midway Island and the American ambush that changed the face of the Pacific war.

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Seventeen hundred years ago, the emperor Constantine marched on Rome to free Italy from the tyrant Maxentius and reunify the complete Roman Empire. The defining moment of the campaign was the battle of the Milvian Bridge. This illustrated book examines how Maxentius' poor choice of battleground was to ultimately doom his army to defeat.

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This work covers the longest and hardest-fought engagement of the entire War of Independence. His actions at Monmouth led to the dismissal and ultimate court martial of General Charles Lee, Washington's controversial and mercurial lieutenant.

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This book examines the first military encounters of the Seven Years' War. When the French built forts along the Ohio River valley to support their claims to the area, a clash with the British became inevitable, and when in 1753 they refused to evacuate the region, British thoughts turned to eviction.

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The first major clash of the Great War, Mons came as a nasty shock to the Imperial German Army. Assured by their commanders that they would sweep the French and their British allies in the BEF into the sea in a matter of weeks, they were stopped in their tracks at Mons by a numerically inferior British force.

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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 were slaughtered from only 360 Roman dead.

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In late September 1941, the war in the east was approaching a climax. After inflicting a defeat on the Soviet armies at Kiev in early September, Hitler re-directed the victorious Wehrmacht armies toward Moscow. This title details the battle that took place right up to the suburbs of Moscow itself.

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Japan in the 16th century was made up of effectively independent kingdoms led by warrior leaders. The author examines this period of Japanese history, looking at the commanders and armies and the way in which the destruction of the elite Takeda army affected the Samurai on all sides.

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Using first-hand accounts of 14 June 1645 war between Charles I's Royalist Army and Parliament's New Model Army, the author introduces the origins of the campaign, explores the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing armies, and describes the engagement.

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A highly illustrated account of the often-overlooked Franklin-Nashville campaign during the American Civil War between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of Cumberland which could have changed the result of the whole conflict.

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For the British, New Orleans was an unfortunate sideshow. For the Americans, it was the one major, unequivocal land victory of the War of 1812. This lively account describes a campaign of intrigue, muddle, and accident, featuring a cast of colorful characters, led by a future U.S. president. 90 illustrations.