100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 1. jan. 2000 - 474 sider Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.–A.D. 1991. |
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... Britain the only way France could , that is , economically . By denying European markets to British mer- chants , Napoleon hoped to put economic pres- sure on the British government , much as the American colonists had done to Britain ...
... Britain the only way France could , that is , economically . By denying European markets to British mer- chants , Napoleon hoped to put economic pres- sure on the British government , much as the American colonists had done to Britain ...
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... Britain on a basis that she would regard as compatible with her national honor to accept . " Churchill's response was a masterpiece of oratory : " We shall fight in France , we shall fight on the ... BRITAIN 381 Battle of Britain (1940),
... Britain on a basis that she would regard as compatible with her national honor to accept . " Churchill's response was a masterpiece of oratory : " We shall fight in France , we shall fight on the ... BRITAIN 381 Battle of Britain (1940),
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... Britain , stiffened En- glish resolution and helped lead to Germany's loss of the war " ( Baldwin , Battles Lost and Won , p . 85 ) . City buildings and civilians could not stop a German invasion ; aircraft could . Air su- periority was ...
... Britain , stiffened En- glish resolution and helped lead to Germany's loss of the war " ( Baldwin , Battles Lost and Won , p . 85 ) . City buildings and civilians could not stop a German invasion ; aircraft could . Air su- periority was ...
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