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Explains the creation of the Victoria Cross and the issuing of the original warrants at the end of the Crimean War.

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A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrenched enemy.

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Offers an insight into ancient warfare. Taking a fresh approach to the battles of antiquity, this book draws together ancient evidence and modern scholarship to create a fresh means of examining the great clashes of the ancient world.

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First published in hardback in 2002 and in paperback in 2003 by John Murray (Publishers) Ltd. New paperback edition published in Great Britain by I.B. Tauris in 2013.

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The only history of the last months of World War One: out in paperback for the centenary.

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Now available in paperback, this book tells the detailed and engrossing account of the fighting in Ukraine in 1944, making use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers involved in the fighting, as well as partisans behind the German lines, to bring the story to life.

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A gripping tale of three crucial battles fought at the end of 1943 as Allied forces approached the Gustav Line in Italy.

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An absorbing study of the duels fought between the US Navy's escort warships and Hitler's U-boats between December 1941 and May 1945.

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An exploration of the underlying causes, the military campaigns, and the far-reaching consequences of the Great Indian Uprising of 1763.

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Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.-A.D. 1991.

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In this riveting book, political journalist Peter Snow and military historian Dan Snow bring to life the most intense and bitterly fought battles of the 20th century - from the apocalyptic terrain of the Western Front to the desert landscape of Iraq.

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Beginning with the advance of the French Army from the Rhine to the Danube, this volume describes the development of Macks' army at Ulm, the manoeuvres to Austerlitz and the counter attack that resulted in decisive defeat for the Austro-Russian army.

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In 1815 Britain's crack troops, fresh from the victories against Napoleon, were stunningly defeated near New Orleans by a ragtag army of citizen-soldiers under the commander they dubbed 'Old Hickory', Andrew Jackson. It was this battle that defined the United States as a military power to be reckoned with and an independent democracy here to stay.

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This work is a study of the military aspects of the first half of this important conflict (1618-1635). Each chapter deals with a particular battle, also examining wider questions of strategy, leadership, armaments, organization, logistics, and war finances.

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Probably no person saw more of the Anzacs in battle on Gallipoli than C.E.W. Bean. After sailing with the first convoy, he landed with them on that fateful first morning of April 25, 1915, and remained until the evacuation. His diary overflows with powerful descriptions of battle and touching eulogies to the common soldier.

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Covers the most important sieges in history. Examines actions of both attackers and defenders, exploring the motivations of both, as well as surveying technical and tactical innovations.

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In June 1940 the French Army that Europe had known and feared since Louis XIV vanished in the most overwhelming defeat ever suffered by the military force of a modern nation. This is the story of what really happened to that army. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make a

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This is the story of the three Australians, members of AATTV, who commanded and led a company of Nungs in the western jungle of Vietnam near Laos to report on the 2nd NVA Division. After joining forces with an American Marine artillery detachment they were attacked by the North Vietnamese in what was to become a bloody battle for both sides.

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Continuing where the author left off in Battles of the Thirty Years War, this companion volume details the military aspects of the final years of this important early modern conflict.

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When Erwin Rommel died--by forced suicide at Hitler's command--he left behind in various ingenious hiding places the papers that recorded the story of his dramatic career and the exact details of his ma