The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759: Hawke and the Defeat of the French Invasion 9781848841161, 9781844681662, 1848841167

The 1759 Battle of Quebec: The History and Legacy of Britain’s Most Important Victory of the French & Indian War

*Includes pictures *Explains the development of French and British colonies in the New World *Includes accounts of the f

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The Battle of Milne Bay 192567567X, 9781925675672

By 1942 the formidable Japanese military had conquered swathes of territory across south-east Asia and the Pacific Ocean

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Politics of Illusion: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Reexamined 9781685855840

Based on an innovative series of meetings that brought together former CIA officials, former anti-Castro Cuban operative

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The French Defeat of 1940: Reassessments 9780857457172

Why France, the major European continental victor in 1918, suffered total defeat in six weeks at the hands of the vanqui

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Charlemagne’s Defeat in the Pyrenees: The Battle of Rencesvals 9789048553297

The Battle of Rencesvals is the one of the most dramatic historical event of the entire eighth century, not only in Vasc

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The French Invasion of Russia and the Battle of Leipzig: The History and Legacy of the Defeats that Forced Napoleon into Exile at Elba

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by soldiers and generals *Includes a bibliography for furt

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The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs 9781439100479

A “balanced, engrossing account” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of the Bay of Pigs crisis drawing on long-hidden CIA d

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The Battle of Lepanto: The Brutal Defeat of the Ottoman Empire (History) 9782806272973, 9782806272980

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Lepanto in next to no time with this conc

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A Military History of the Western World: From the Defeat of the Spanish Armada to the Battle of Waterloo [2]

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The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: The History and Legacy of the Roman Empire's Greatest Military Defeat

*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts describing the battle *Includes online resources and a bibliography for fu

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