The Mammoth Book of Battles

580 Pages·1999·75.84 MB·English

by  Jon E. Lewis

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The Mammoth Book
of
BATTLES
Edited by
Jon E. Lewis
Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.
NEW YORK
Carroll & GrafPublishers, Inc.
19West 21st Street
NewYork
NY
10010-6805
UK
Firstpublished in the byRobinson Publishing 1995
First Carroll & Grafedition 1995
This edition 1999
Reprinted 2000
This collected edition copyright © Robinson Publishing 1999
Material from WarMonthly copyright © Marshall Cavendish
Partworks Ltd 1995
Maps byAndras Bereznay
Front coverpicture:
Indochinawars/VietnamWar 1964-75,AKG London/AP.
Back coverpicture: "The German offensive in theWest. Cavalry
advancing",WorldWar I/Western Front,AKGLondon.
All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication maybe
reproduced in anyform orby any means without the prior
written permission ofthe publisher.
ISBN 0-7867-0689-9
UK
Printed and bound in the
Contents
List of Maps vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
THE BOER WAR
1 1
The Reliefof Ladysmith (1900) Howard Green 3
THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
2 19
Tsushima (1905) C. P. Campbell 21
3 THE FIRST WrORLD WAR 31
Nun's Wood (1914) Peter Banyard 33
Gallipoli (1915) Nigel Bagnall 43
Suez (1915) Anthony Burton 57
Verdun (1916) Brenda Ralph Lewis 65
The Somme (1916) Ernest Shephard 11
Vimy Ridge (1917) Brenda Ralph Lewis 87
Passchendaele (1917) Hubert Essame 98
Cambrai (1917) Bryan Cooper 109
4 ASIAN INCIDENTS 119
Shanghai (1937) Michael Calvert 121
Khalkhin-Gol (1939) Alan Lothian 132
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
5 143
River Plate (1939) David Thomas 145
81
Battle ofBritain (1940) Christopher Dowling 156
Keren (1941) John Strawson 171
Kiev (1941) John Strawson 183
Leningrad (1941) Alan Clark 195
Pearl Harbor (1941) Paul Hutchinson 206
Singapore (1942) C. C. M. Macleod-Carey 214
Santa Cruz (1942) Michael Orr 221
Kokoda Trail (1942) John Laffin 233
Stalingrad (1942) Peter Young 243
El Alamein (1942) J. F. C. Fuller 254
Bou Arada (1943) Donald Gurrey 270
Kursk (1943) Alan Wykes 280
Sicily (1943) Hubert Essame 294
Admin Box (1944) Patrick Turnbull 307
Anzio (1944) John Keegan 31
Monte Cassino (1944) E. D. Smith 331
Omaha Beach (1944) Nigel Bagnall 341
Aachen (1944) Hubert Essame 359
Ardennes (1944) Peter Young 370
Berlin (1945) John Strawson 376
Iwo Jima (1945) Paul M. Kennedy 388
THE KOREAN WAR
6 401
Inchon (1950) Sydney L. Mayer 403
ImjinRiver (1951)A. H. Farrar-HockleyandE. L. Capel 41
VIETNAM
7 431
Dien Bien Phu (1953) Charles Mey 433
la Drang (1965) Ian Westwell 444
Hamburger Hill (1969) John Pimlott 451
8 THE SIX-DAY WAR 457
Jerusalem (1967) Ashley Brown 459
THE FALKLAND WAR
9 S 467
Wireless Ridge (1982) John Frost 469
10 THE PERSIAN GULF WAR 487
Desert Storm (1991) Jon E. Lewis 489