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  • The Russian Campaign of 1812

    The Memoirs of a Russian Artilleryman

    by Alexander Mikaberidze, Peter G. A. Phillips ...
    The inspiration for Leo Tolstoy's famous "War and Peace", this translation of Ilya Timofeyevich Radozhitskii's memoirs includes vivid accounts of the battles of Ostrovno, Smolensk, Lubino (Valutina Gora), Borodino, Moscow, Vyazma and Krasnyi.The first of three volumes, this book represents the first English translation of the memoirs that rank among the best in the vast Napoleonic memoir ... Read more

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  • A Storm in Flanders

    The Ypres Salient, 1914–1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front

    by Winston Groom ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of Forrest Gump: "A fascinating, evenhanded, page-turning account" of Ypres's pivotal WWI battles ( San Francisco Chronicle).The Ypres Salient in Belgian Flanders was the most notorious and dreaded territory in all of World War I—possibly of any war in history. After Germany's failed attempt to capture Britain's critical ports along the English Channel, a ... Read more

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  • The Illustrious Dead

    The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army

    by Stephan Talty ...
    A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water“Gripping . . . Talty brings international politics and science together in a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”—Jack Weatherford, author of the New York ... Read more

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  • Give Them a Volley and Charge!

    The Battle of Inkermann 1854

    by Patrick Mercer ...
    The day after the Battle of Balaklava, the Russians attempted an armed reconnaissance of the Allied right flank aimed at the exposed Inkermann position, but the remnants of the British 2nd Division bloodily repulsed them.This book describes the Battle of Inkermann - an engagement which lasted for less than twelve hours, but was one of the bloodiest single engagements in Europe between 1815 and ... Read more

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  • Waterloo 1815: Battle Story

    Battle Story

    by Gregory Fremont-Barnes ...
    One of the most decisive battles in military history, Waterloo saw the culmination of a generation of war to bring a definitive end to French hegemony and imperial ambitions in Europe. Both sides fought bitterly and Wellington later remarked that 'it was the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life'.In this bloody engagement, more than 20,000 men were lost on the battlefield that day by each ... Read more

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  • THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME – First & Second Phase (Complete Edition – Volumes 1&2) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Eyewitness history of 1916's Allied offensive: tactics, air power, first tanks

    by John Buchan, Reid Graybourne ...
    John Buchan's The Battle of the Somme – First & Second Phase offers a contemporary account of the 1916 offensive, tracing its strategic aims, battlefield geography, troop movements, and shifting fortunes across its opening and subsequent operations. Written in lucid, disciplined prose, it blends military narrative with patriotic interpretation, standing within the wartime documentary tradition ... Read more

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  • Swords Around A Throne

    Napoleon's Grande Armée

    by John R. Elting ...
    This authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon's most powerful weapon -- the Grande Armee which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers.Elting examines every facet of this incredibly complex human machine: its organization, command system, logistics, weapons, tactics, discipline, recreation, mobile hospitals, camp followers, and more. From the army's ... Read more

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  • The Armies of Bismarck's Wars

    The Army of Prussia—History, Uniforms, Weapons & Equipment, 1860–67

    by Bruce Basset-Powell ...
    The riveting story of the nineteenth-century rise of the Prussian army—a key factor in the unification of Germany—with maps and illustrations.On July 3, 1866, a Prussian force overwhelmed and defeated an Austrian army near the fortress city of Königgrätz in a bloody battle that lasted all day. At a stroke, the foremost power in Germany and central Europe had been reduced to a second rate player ... Read more

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  • Napoleon's Polish Gamble

    Eylau & Friedland 1807

    by Christopher Summerville ...
    Series series Campaign Chronicles
    Napoleon's 1807 campaign against the Russians came close to being his first defeat. At Eylau the Emperor was outnumbered by the army of the Russian commander Bennigsen, yet he accepted battle. His reputation was saved by the flamboyant Murat, who led one of the greatest cavalry charges in history. Christopher Summerville's gripping account of this bitterly fought clash and of Napoleon's subsequent ... Read more

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  • Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign

    by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C. G.C.B. ...
    Napoleon wrote "Cavalry is useful before, during and after the battle"; and so it was with his final campaign of Waterloo. Few campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars are as instructive as to the use (and mis-use) of cavalry; from the lethal French cavalry at Quatre Bras, to the initially brilliant, but ultimately badly executed, British heavies charging at Waterloo itself. Sir Evelyn Wood himself had ... Read more

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  • A Waterloo Hero

    The Reminiscences of Friedrich Lindau

    by Friedrich Lindau ...
    "A rare example of a memoir of a private soldier from the Napoleonic Wars . . . valuable insight into the daily life and preoccupations of Wellington's men" (HistoryOfWar.org).By all accounts, Friedrich Lindau was a remarkable soldier of the King's German Legion. He served with distinction under Wellington from Lisbon to as far as Bayonne, and was involved in all major engagements, including ... Read more

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  • Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry & Dragoon Tactics

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 188 - Elite
    During the Napoleonic Wars the supreme battlefield shock weapon was the heavy cavalry – the French cuirassiers, and their British, Austrian, Prussian and Russian counterparts. Big men mounted on big horses, the heavy cavalry were armed with swords nearly a metre long, used for slashing or thrusting at their opponents; many wore steel armour, a practice revived by Napoleon. They were tasked with ... Read more

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