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Author : Rosie Peet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Batman (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 1480669792
Introduces the DC comics superheroes, including Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman, as they battle to save the day.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Parragon
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-07
Category : Battles
ISBN : 1472340094
Explore the key conflicts that have shaped history. Using dramatic illustrations and clear-cut diagrams, 'Great Battles & Armies' delves into the tactics used by the boldest military geniuses as well as the courage of soldiers who were part of the most powerful armies in history. The cutaway illustrations bring the conflicts to life and allow you to step onto the battlefield to peer behind the scenes and explore the tactics and weapons of diverse armies and their brilliant leaders. --Page 4 of cover.
Author : Joe Giorello
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-10
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1947076108
Filled with historic photographs, maps, and short, powerful chapters, "Great Battles for Boys" captures the attention of even reluctant readers. History leaps off the page through the blood, sweat, and sacrifice of soldiers fighting America's earliest battles, from Bunker Hill and San Juan Hill to The Alamo and The Lost Battalion of WWI.
Author : Martin J. Dougherty
Publisher : Parragon Pubishing India
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Battles
ISBN : 1445424363
This book provides an accessible, highly illustrated introduction to 30 of history's most famous battles, including Marathon, Hastings, Waterloo and D Day. It features more than 250 colour and black and white photographs and artworks illustrating the uniforms, tactics and military technology of the era. Includes full colour tactical maps of battles from a bird's eye view. Also available: Great Battles of World War II, Fighter, Weapons of World War II.
Author : Rosie Peet
Publisher : DK Children
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1465490477
Learn the way of the Ninja Learn to be a ninja with Master Wu and the heroes of Ninjago This fun LEGO(R) NINJAGO(R) book teaches children all about their favourite ninja heroes - their training, weapons, skills and amazing Spinjitzu powers. Kids will discover Kai, Nya, Lloyd, Jay, Cole and Zane's newest adventures in this book for children learning to read. Packed with colourful images from the latest LEGO NINJAGO sets and minifigures, the book will help young fans of the LEGO NINJAGO TV series learn to love reading. Combining DK's four-level reading scheme with the popular LEGO NINJAGO theme, LEGO NINJAGO How to be a Ninja is at Level 2. Exciting images, simple vocabulary, and a fun quiz will engage young readers and help them build confidence in reading. (c)2020 The LEGO Group.
Author : Owen Rees
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473881778
This book presents a selection of eighteen land battles and sieges that span the Classical Greek period, from the Persian invasions to the eclipse of the traditional hoplite heavy infantry at the hands of the Macedonians. This of course is the golden age of the hoplite phalanx but Owen Rees is keen to cover all aspects of battle, including mercenary armies and the rise of light infantry, emphasising the variety and tactical developments across the period. Each battle is set in context with a brief background and then the battlefield and opposing forces are discussed before the narrative and analysis of the fighting is given and rounded off with consideration of the aftermath and strategic implications. Written in an accessible narrative tone, a key feature of the book is the authors choice of battles, which collectively challenge popularly held beliefs such as the invincibility of the Spartans. The text is well supported by dozens of tactical diagrams showing deployments and various phase of the battles.
Author : Simon Elliott
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399069878
Dr Simon Elliott describes eight of the greatest, most decisive of the Roman Empire of the first to third centuries. The list includes battles fought from the highlands of Scotland and the forests of Germany to the deserts of the Middle East. They show how the vaunted Roman legions adapted to extremes of terrain and climate as well as a wide array of very different foes, from the wild Caledonian tribes to the sophisticated, combined-arms armies of Sassanid Persia with their war elephants and superb cavalry. Some of the battles even pit the Roman legions against their own kind in brutal civil wars. After an introductory chapter on the Imperial Roman army, detailing its organization, equipment, tactics and doctrine, the author moves on to describing each battle in detail. He sets the strategic context and background of the chosen engagement before analysing the size and composition of the opposing forces, also detailing the nature of the enemy faced. The manoeuvres leading up to the battle are described, followed by deployment and the course of the fighting itself. Finally, the aftermath and implications of the battles outcome are assessed. The well-researched and engaging text is supported by clear maps.
Author : Joseph Pietrykowski
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848847101
An exploration of 17 critical military conflicts of the Hellenistic period in Western civilization. For almost two centuries, the Macedonian phalanx, created by Philip II and refined by his son, Alexander the Great, dominated the battlefields of the ancient world from the sweltering riverbanks of India to the wooded hills of Italy. As the preferred weapon of some of antiquity’s greatest commanders, this powerful military system took center stage in many of the largest and most decisive conflicts of ancient times. In Great Battles of the Hellenistic World, Joseph Pietrykowski explores the struggles that shook the ancient world and shaped history. From the structure and composition of the opposing armies, to the strategy of their campaigns, to the leadership decisions and tactics that decided the engagements, Great Battles of the Hellenistic World examines seventeen landmark conflicts from Chaironeia to Pydna over the course of 170 years of bloody warfare. “The writing is quite lively and interesting. . . . Of value to war-gamers because he sets the stage well and there is a lot of tactical detail. . . . An enjoyable book to read.” —Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Author : Archibald Wilberforce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Battles
ISBN : NYPL:33433082410279
Author : Anthony Livesey
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0785830960
Stunning 3-dimensional computer graphics recreate the most important battles of World War 1, from Passchendaele to Argonne. Includes an 8 page single gatefold.
Author : Joseph Pietrykowski
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844158386
Pietrykowski analyses the Macedonian art of war from its development under Philip II, perfection under Alexander the Great, and further adaptation under the Successor States. Focussing on twenty battles spanning the era of Macedonian primacy, we see the evolving just the forces, strategies and tactics employed by Hellenistic generals and gain an understanding of their successes and ultimate failures when facing new foes such as the Romans. Clear diagrams make the action easy to follow.
Author : John MacDonald
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0020345542
17 of the Greatest Battles of the Civil War Come Alive as Never Before For the first time, breakthrough computer graphics re-create every detail of the Civil War's most important battles. A team of experts has researched every aspect of every battle—from topography to troop strength—and, using the computer's latest capabilities, reconstructs the battlefields in vivid detail and analyzes why and how the winners won. Also included is a wealth of contemporary anecdotes, eyewitness accounts, character studies, paintings, drawings and period photographs that reveal a uniquely accurate picture of the most memorable battles of the Civil War. An amazing commander's view. Had the generals possessed these graphics, history might have changed. Here's how it works: From a standard 2-dimensional map, the computer constructs a sophisticated 3-dimensional graphic of the battle site. Then the artists overlay all the details of the battle: troop movement, weapon deployment, the state of the terrain, even the exact weather conditions.
Author : Alan Forrest
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191640308
Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams. It involved the deployment of huge armies and incurred heavy losses on both sides; for those who fought in it, Dutch and Belgians, Prussians and Hanoverians as well as British and French troops, it was a murderous struggle. It was a battle that would be remembered very differently across Europe. In Britain it would be seen as an iconic battle whose memory would be enmeshed in British national identity across the following century. In London news of the victory unleashed an outburst of patriotic celebration and captured the imagination of the public. The Duke of Wellington would go on to build his political career on it, and towns and cities across Britain and the Empire raised statues and memorials to the victor. But it was only in Britain that Waterloo acquired this iconic status. In Prussia and Holland its memory was muted - in Prussia overshadowed by the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig, in Holland a simple appendage to the prestige of the House of Orange. And in France it would be portrayed as the very epitome of heroic defeat. Encapsulated in the bravery of General Cambronne and the last stand of the Old Guard, remembered movingly in the lines of Stendhal and Victor Hugo, the memory of Waterloo served to sustain the romantic legend of the Napoleonic Wars - and contributed to the growing cult of Napoleon himself.
Author : Michael Dudley
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788284233
The Second World War was the final global conflict of the twentieth century. It involved more combatants, and a wider range of battlefield terrain than any other conflict in history, from the frozen plains of Russia to the baking Libyan desert, and from the atolls of the Pacific to the skies over Britain. In Great Battles of World War II, Michael Dudley has taken a fresh look at the crucial battles which decided the outcome of the Second World War, beginning with the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, a feat that boosted the morale of a nation during its darkest hour, and reaching a climactic end with the final bloody reckoning between the Red Army and the Third Reich amongst the ruins of Berlin.
Author : Murray Pittock
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191640698
The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite retreat from Derby several months before. But for all this, Culloden is a battle with great significance in British history. It was the last pitched battle on the soil of the British Isles to be fought with regular troops on both sides. It came to stand for the final defeat of the Jacobite cause. And it was the last domestic contestation of the Act of Union of 1707, the resolution of which propelled Great Britain to be the dominant world power for the next 150 years. If the battle itself was short, its aftermath was brutal - with the depredations of the Duke of Cumberland followed by a campaign to suppress the clan system and the Highland way of life. And its afterlife in the centuries since has been a fascinating one, pitting British Whig triumphalism against a growing romantic memorialization of the Jacobite cause. On both sides there has long been a tendency to regard the battle as a dramatic clash, between Highlander and Lowlander, Celt and Saxon, Catholic and Protestant, the old and the new. Yet, as this account of the battle and its long cultural afterlife suggests, while viewing Culloden in such a way might be rhetorically compelling, it is not necessarily good history.