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ISBN: 9781845298852 - The Mammoth Book of Modern Battles
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The Mammoth Book of Modern Battles

Jon E. Lewis

ISBN: 9781845298852
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Constable and Robinson


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From the start of the 20th century to the major offensives, this title presents fifty accounts of the battles that made the modern world. It covers various major conflicts, from two world wars, through Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia, Chechnya, to Iraq and Afghanistan. It features battles such as: the Somme, Passchendaele, Battle of Britain, and Iwa Jima.

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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 Storm, Kabul, Baghdad, and Basra.
 
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