The Battle 100: The Stories Behind History's

What is the most important battle of all time?

Foreword

xi

1. Yorktown (1781)

1

(4)

2. Hastings (1066)

5

(3)

3. Stalingrad (1942-43)

8

(4)

4. Leipzig (1813)

12

(3)

5. Antietam (1862)

15

(4)

6. Cajamarca (1532)

19

(3)

7. Atomic Bombing of Japan (1945)

22

(4)

8. Huai-Hai (1948)

26

(4)

9. Waterloo (1815)

30

(4)

10. Vienna (1529)

34

(3)

11. Zama (202 B.C.)

37

(3)

12. Tenochtitlan (1521)

40

(3)

13. Normandy (1944)

43

(4)

14. Salamis (480 B.C.)

47

(3)

15. Saratoga (1777)

50

(4)

16. Spanish Armada (1588)

54

(4)

17. Gettysburg (1863)

58

(4)

18. Arbela-Gaugamela (331 B.C.)

62

(3)

19. Mexico City (1847)

65

(4)

20. Actium (31 B.C.)

69

(3)

21. Mecca (630)

72

(4)

22. Moscow (1941)

76

(3)

23. San Jacinto (1836)

79

(4)

24. Tours (732)

83

(3)

25. Indus River (1221)

86

(3)

26. Alesia (52 B.C.)

89

(3)

27. Sedan (1870)

92

(3)

28. Marathon (490 B.C.)

95

(3)

29. Quebec (1759)

98

(3)

30. Milvian Bridge (312)

101

(4)

31. Manzikert (1071)

105

(3)

32. San Juan Hill (1898)

108

(4)

33. Crécy (1346)

112

(3)

34. Tsushima Strait (1905)

115

(4)

35. Granada (1491)

119

(3)

36. Trafalgar (1805)

122

(3)

37. Adrianople (378)

125

(4)

38. Marne (1914)

129

(3)

39. Châlons (451)

132

(3)

40. Britain (1941)

135

(4)

41. Constantinople (1453)

139

(3)

42. Teutoburger Wald (9)

142

(3)

43. Valmy (1792)

145

(3)

44. Midway (1942)

148

(4)

45. Orleans (1429)

152

(4)

46. Manila Bay (1898)

156

(3)

47. Kursk (1943)

159

(3)

48. Blenheim (1704)

162

(3)

49. Vicksburg (1863)

165

(3)

50. Plassey (1757)

168

(3)

51. Chaeronea (338 B.C.)

171

(3)

52. Tet (1968)

174

(5)

53. Lepanto (1571)

179

(4)

54. Sardis (546 B.C.)

183

(3)

55. Poltava (1709)

186

(3)

56. Panipat (1526)

189

(3)

57. Syracuse (413 B.C.)

192

(4)

58. Breitenfeld (1631)

196

(3)

59. Metaurus River (207 B.C.)

199

(3)

60. Hampton Roads (1862)

202

(4)

61. Pydna (168 B.C.)

206

(3)

62. Pearl Harbor (1941)

209

(4)

63. Tannenberg (1914)

213

(3)

64. Dien Bien Phu (1954)

216

(4)

65. Poland (1939)

220

(3)

66. Leuctra (371 B.C.)

223

(3)

67. Carabobo (1821)

226

(3)

68. Cerignola (1503)

229

(3)

69. Bosworth Field (1485)

232

(3)

70. Austerlitz (1805)

235

(3)

71. Madrid (1939)

238

(4)

72. El Alamein (1942)

242

(3)

73. Sadowa (1866)

245

(3)

74. Lexington and Concord (1775)

248

(4)

75. Golan Heights (1967)

252

(4)

76. Inchon (1950)

256

(4)

77. Ayacucho (1824)

260

(4)

78. Port Arthur (1904)

264

(3)

79. Agincourt (1415)

267

(3)

80. Yenan (1934)

270

(3)

81. Hattin (1187)

273

(4)

82. Guadalcanal (1943)

277

(3)

83. Naseby (1645)

280

(4)

84. Kadesh (c.1290 B.C.)

284

(3)

85. Charleston Harbor (1864)

287

(4)

86. Desert Storm (1991)

291

(4)

87. Kovel-Stanislav (1916)

295

(3)

88. Santa Clara (1958)

298

(3)

89. Jidda (1925)

301

(3)

90. Malplaquet (1709)

304

(3)

91. San Pasqual (1846)

307

(3)

92. La Bicocca (1522)

310

(3)

93. Megiddo (c.1479 B.C.)

313

(3)

94. Rocroi (1643)

316

(3)

95. Carthage (146 B.C.)

319

(3)

96. Thames River (1813)

322

(4)

97. Paardeberg (1900)

326

(3)

98. Tel-el-Kebir (1882)

329

(4)

99. Vyborg (1918)

333

(3)

100. Little Big Horn (1876)

336

(5)

Index

341

(8)

Bibliography

349

(7)

About the Author

356

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The Battle 100: The Stories Behind History's Most Influential Battles

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