100 Greatest Battles

A highly illustrated introduction to some of the greatest battles in world history, from the iconic encounters of the Ancient World such as Thermopylae and Cannae, through to the major clashes of the 20th century epitomized by Stalingrad and Khe Sanh.

This concise study by renowned military historian Angus Konstam examines one hundred of the most famous battles from world history. It includes great naval engagements such as Salamis, Trafalgar, Jutland and Midway; pivotal land battles that decided the fate of nations, such as Hastings, Yorktown, Gettysburg and the Somme; and the impact of the new dimension of aerial warfare in the 20th century at Pearl Harbor, in the Battle of Britain and in the skies over Hiroshima.

This highly illustrated book features 100 full-colour battlescene artworks from Osprey's comprehensive archive and is the ideal introduction to the battles that changed the course of history.

Contents:

THE ANCIENT WORLD

• Marathon, 490 BC
• Thermopylae, 480 BC
• Salamis, 480 BC
• Plataea, 479 BC
• Leuctra, 371 BC
• The Granicus, 334 BC
• Cannae, 216 BC
• Zama, 202 BC
• Carrhae, 53 BC
• Alesia, 52 BC
• Pharsalus, 48 BC
• Actium, 31 BC
• The Teutoburgerwald, AD 9
• Strasbourg, AD 357
• Adrianople, AD 378
• Châlons, AD 451

THE MEDIEVAL WORLD

• Constantinople, AD 718
• Tours, AD 732
• Hastings, 1066
• Manzikert, 1071
• Hattin, 1187
• Lake Peipus, 1242
• Hakata Bay, 1281
• Bannockburn, 1314
• Kulikovo, 1380
• Tannenberg, 1410
• Agincourt, 1415
• Constantinople, 1453
• Castillon, 1453
• Bosworth, 1485
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• THE RENAISSANCE
• Tenochtitlan, 1521
• Pavia, 1525
• Cuzco, 1536–37
• Malta, 1565
• Lepanto, 1571
• Gravelines, 1588
• Sekigahara, 1600
• Osaka, 1614–15
• Lützen, 1632
• Marston Moor, 1644
• Vienna, 1683
• The Boyne, 1690

THE AGE OF REASON

• Blenheim, 1704
• Fontenoy, 1745
• Rossbach, 1757
• Leuthen, 1757
• Ticonderoga, 1758
• Quebec, 1759
• Saratoga, 1777
• Yorktown, 1781

THE NAPOLEONIC ERA

• Toulon, 1793
• The Nile, 1798
• Marengo, 1800
• Trafalgar, 1805
• Austerlitz, 1805
• Wagram, 1809
• Salamanca, 1812
• Borodino, 1812
• Leipzig, 1813
• Waterloo, 1815

THE AGE OF EMPIRES

• The Alamo, 1836
• Solferino, 1859
• Volturno, 1860
• First Bull Run, 1861
• Vicksburg, 1863
• Gettysburg, 1863
• Isandlwana, 1879
• San Juan Hill, 1898
• Tsushima, 1905

WORLD WAR I

• Tannenberg, 1914
• First Marne, 1914
• Verdun, 1916
• Jutland, 1916
• The Somme, 1916
• Cambrai, 1917
• Amiens, 1918
• Warsaw, 1920

WORLD WAR II

• Sedan, 1940
• The Battle of Britain, 1940
• Taranto, 1940
• Moscow, 1941
• Pearl Harbor, 1941
• Singapore, 1941–42
• Midway, 1942
• El Alamein, 1942
• Guadalcanal, 1942–43
• Stalingrad, 1942–43
• Kharkov, 1943
• Kursk, 1943
• Imphal and Kohima, 1944
• Saint-Lô, 1944
• Leyte Gulf, 1944
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945

THE MODERN AGE

• Inchon, 1950
• Dien Bien Phu, 1954
• The Golan Heights, 1967
• Khe Sanh, 1968
• Hue, 1968
• The Sinai, 1973
• Desert Storm, 1991