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CD-ROM: Lexikon der 1000 Uniformen aus aller Welt, Militäruniformen der Welt - von den Anfängen bis heute 
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  • CD-ROM: Lexikon der 1000 Uniformen aus aller Welt, Militäruniformen der Welt - von den Anfängen bis heute.
  • 1 CD-ROM. Für Windows 98SE/XP/Vista. Beilage: Begleitheft
  • Alle Uniformen in einem Bildschirmschoner. Mit Uniformen-Quartett. 2008


9783815566381
Crew: Gurkhas at War. The Terrifying True Story of the Most Deadly Force in the World. Paperback 
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  • Gurkhas at War. The Terrifying True Story of the Most Deadly Force in the World. Paperback
  • Bob Crew
  • 288 pages, 8 illustrations. 2004


9781843580928-8
Essential Histories 01 Nicolle: The Crusades. Paperback 
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  • Crusades. Paperback
  • David Nicole
  • 96 pages. Born amid immense suffering and bloodshed, the Kingdom of Jerusalem remained a battlefield for almost 200 years. The enduring conflict created frictions that survived for more than 700 years.


1841761796
Essential Histories 04 Gallagher: American Civil War 4. The War in the East 1861 - May 1863. Paperback 
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  • American Civil War 4. The War in the East 1861 - May 1863
  • 96 pages. This volume focuses on events in the Virginia theater during the conflicts first two years, highlighting Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses, leadership and strategy on each side, and the ways in which events on the battlefield influenced politics, diplomacy, and debates about emancipation.


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Essential Histories 05 Krick: American Civil War. The War in the East 1863 - 1865 
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  • American Civil War 5. The War in the East 1863 - 1865
  • 96 pages. The third year of the war opened with Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North, which achieved considerable success before the fateful three-day clash at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac suffered more than 50,000 casualties


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Essential Histories 07 Fremont-Barnes: The French Revolutionary Wars 
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  • French Revolutionary Wars. Essential Histories 7
  • by Fremont-Barnes
  • 96 pages, many illustrations, maps. The French Revolutionary Wars marked a radical break from the conflicts of the past both in political and military terms.


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Essential Histories 08 Malkasian: The Korean War 1950 - 1953 
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  • Korean War 1950 - 1953
  • 96 pages. The West demonstrated their resolve to thwart Communist aggression. Conversely, Communist aggression convinced American leadership of the need to engage in a massive rearmament. Furthermore, it was the only time in the Cold War when the armed forces of the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and the United States were in direct combat with one another.


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Essential Histories 09 Fisher: Napoleonic Wars 2: The Empire Fight Back 1808-1812 
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  • Napoleonic Wars 2: The Empire Fight Back 1808-1812
  • by Fisher
  • In 1807, after negotiating the Treaty of Tilsit, Napoleon seemed a colossus astride Europe. Three great Empires had fallen to him: now Prussia was his vassal, Austria was humbled, Russia seemed his willing accomplice Britain was shut out of Europe and seemed almost irrelevant. Never had a man so dominated Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire


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Essential Histories 10 Engle: American Civil War 1. The War in the West 1861 - July 1863 
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  • American Civil War 1. The War in the West 1861 - July 1863
  • 96 pages. The American Civil War's vast Western Theater witnessed enormously important military campaigning and served as the proving ground for generals who would achieve final Union victory. Major General Henry W. Halleck constructed a blueprint for early northern success, entrusting to Ulysses S. Grant the execution of his plans.


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Essential Histories 12 Bennett: Campaigns of the Norman Conquest 
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  • Campaigns of the Norman Conquest
  • Bennett
  • 96 pages. The Norman Conquest linked the English kingdom with Europe, especially France, for 500 years. It completely changed the nation's aristocracy, church and administration bringing in a new language and cultural influences. This was reflected in art and architecture too, especially military architecture: the castle.


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Essential Histories 14 Simkins: The First World War 1: The Western Front 1914 - 1916 
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  • First World War 1: The Western Front 1914 - 1916
  • Simkins
  • In this, the first of two volumes on the Western Front, Professor Peter Simkins describes the course of fighting from the German invasion of Belgium in 1914 to the close of the titanic battles at Verdun and the Somme in 1916. It follows the transition from the war of movement in the late summer and autumn of 1914, through the imposition of the trench deadlock to the first great battles of attrition in the middle period of the conflict.


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Essential Histories 16 Bagnall: The Punic Wars 264 - 146 B.C. 
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  • Punic Wars 264 - 146 B.C.
  • by Nigel Bagnall
  • 96 pages. The three Punic Wars which lasted nearly 100 years, from 264 BC to 146 BC, represented a struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean between the bludgeoning land power of Rome bent on imperial conquest and the great maritime power of Carthage with its colonies and trading posts spread around the Mediterranean.


9781841763552
Essential Histories 18 Horner: The Second World War (1) The Pacific 
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  • Second World War (1) The Pacific
  • by Homer
  • The War in the Pacific began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941 and ended with the atomic bombs on Hirsoshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 and the surrender in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.


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Essential Histories 20 Karsh: The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 
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  • Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988
  • Karsh
  • The Iran-Iraq War, which ended in August 1988, one month short of its eighth anniversary, was one of the longest, bloodiest and costliest Third World armed conflicts in the twentieth century.


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Essential Histories 21 Whitby: Rome at War AD 293-696. 
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  • Rome at War AD 293-696
  • Michael Whitby
  • In the early third century AD the Roman Empire was near the peak of its power: it controlled territory which stretched from the borders of Iraq to southern Scotland, and from the Sahara to the North Sea, while its influence extended beyond its formal frontiers.


9781841763590
Essential Histories 22 Simkins: The First World War 3. The Western Front 1917-1918 
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  • First World War 3: The Western Front 1917-1918. Essential Histories 22
  • by Peter Simkins
  • In this volume covering the war on the Western Front, Professor Peter Simkins describes the last great battles of attrition at Arras, on the Aisne and at Passchendaele in 1917. Then he moves on to relate the successive offensives launched by Germany in the spring and summer of 1918 in an effort to achieve victory or a favourable peace before American manpower proved decisive.


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Essential Histories 23 Hickey: The First World War 4: The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923 
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  • First World War 4: The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923
  • Matthew Hughes guides us expertly through the bitter fighting, covering in detail such renowned battles as Gallipoli, Caporetto and of course, Megiddo, where General Allenbys Egyptian Expeditionary Force smashed three Turkish armies in one of the most brilliant operations in the history of the British Army.


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Essential Histories 24 Jukes: The Second World War (5) The Eastern Front 1941-1945. 
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  • Second World War (5) The Eastern Front 1941-1945
  • Jukes
  • In this volume Geoffrey Jukes explains what led to Hitlers decision to instigate the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) and offers a concise account of the campaign that followed. After lightning victories over Poland and France, and believing that Stalin had had the Red Armys best generals shot in 1937-38, the Germans expected to win in only four months.


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Essential Histories 26 Heckel: The Wars of Alexander the Great 336-323 BC. 
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  • Wars of Alexander the Great 336-323 BC
  • Heckel
  • The age of Alexander and his conquest of the Persian (Achaemenid) Empire, which had existed for over two centuries, represents a watershed in the history of the world.


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Essential Histories 30 Finlan: The Second World War (3) The war at sea. 
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  • Second World War (3) The war at sea
  • This volume will encompass three major theatres of combat; the battles for the Atlantic, the war in the Mediterranean and the contest in the Indian Ocean.


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Essential Histories 31 Jukes: The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. 
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  • Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
  • Jukes
  • The Russo-Japanese war in 1904-1905 was the first defeat of a major European imperialist power by an Asian country. When Japanese and Russian expansionist interests collided over Manchuria and Korea, the Tsar assumed Japan would never dare to fight.


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Essential Histories 32 Hart: The Second World War (6) North West Europe 1944-45. 
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  • Second World War (6) North West Europe 1944-45
  • This book examines the seminal Northwest Europe campaign of the Second World War.


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Essential Histories 33 Haldon: Byzantium at War AD 600-1453 
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  • Byzantium at War AD 600-1453
  • Haldon
  • In the middle of the sixth century the East Roman or Byzantine emperor ruled a mighty state stretching from the Euphrates in the East to the straits of Gibraltar in the West, and from the Danube and Alps in the North to the desert fringe north of the Atlas mountains


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Essential Histories 35 Havers: The Second World War (2) Europe 1939-1943. 
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  • Second World War (2) Europe 1939-1943. Essential Histories 35
  • In 1939 Europe was plunged into a second general conflagration, barely 20 years after the 'war to end all wars'. While many of the participants were the same as the First World War, this conflict was far more than a re-match of 1914-1918.


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Essential Histories 36 Souza: The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC 
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  • Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC.
  • The series of wars between the Classical Greeks and the Persian Empire produced the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, as well as an ill-fated attempt of Cyrus the Younger and his 10, 000 Greek mercenaries to overthrow the Persian king in 400 BC, which helped to inspire the conquests of Alexander the Great.


9781841763583
Essential Histories 37 Lannon: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. 
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  • Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
  • Lannon
  • Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 was of enormous international as well as national significance.


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Essential Histories 39 Fremont-Barnes: The Napoleonic Wars (4) The Fall of French Imperium 1813-1815. 
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  • Napoleonic Wars (4) The Fall of French Imperium 1813-1815
  • by Fremont-Barnes
  • Despite having lost over half a million men in the disastrous Russian campaign in 1812, Napoleon prepared to face Russia and Prussia in the coming spring.


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Essential Histories 41 Benn: The War of 1812 
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  • War of 1812
  • Carl Benn
  • The Forgotten War, The War Both Sides Won, The War Nobody Won: these are some of the perplexing names scholars have applied to the War of 1812-15, a bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico.


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Essential Histories 42 Goldsworthy: Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC. 
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  • Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC
  • by Goldsworthy
  • In January 49 BC Julius Caesar made the famous night crossing of the River Rubicon. This was the historic boundary between Italy and the provinces that no general was allowed to cross without permission from the Senate With this action he deliberately entered into a civil war that lasted four years and raged across Italy, Spain, Africa, Greece, Asia and Egypt. His opponent was Pompey the Great, a former ally but now Caesar's political enemy.


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Essential Histories 43 Gilliver: Caesar's Gallic Wars 58–50 BC. 
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  • Caesar's Gallic Wars 58–50 BC.
  • Author: Kate Gilliver
  • 96 pages. 2002. Julius Caesar was one of the most ambitious and successful politicians of the late Roman Republic and his short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gaul


9781841763057
Essential Histories 46 Turnbull: War in Japan 1467-1615. 
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  • War in Japan 1467-1615
  • by Turnbull
  • In 1467 the Onin War ushered in a period of unrivalled conflict and rivalry in Japan that came to be called the Age of Warring States (Sengoku Jidai). Setting the scene, he explains what led to Japan's disintegration into warring states after more than a century of peace; the years of fighting that followed; and the period of gradual fusion when the daimyo strove for the power to reunite Japan under a new Shogun.


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Essential Histories 47 Knecht: The French Religious Wars 1562-1598 
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  • French Religious Wars 1562-1598
  • by R.J.Knecht
  • 96 pages. The French Wars of Religion saw 30 years of warfare devastate France. Professor Robert Knecht offers a fascinating exposition of these dangerous times, when the power struggle between the king and his nobles, and the endless conspiracy and intrigue this created, repeatedly ended in bloodshed.
     


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Essential Histories 48 Collier: The Second World War (4) 
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  • Second World War (4) Essential Histories 48
  • 96 pages. This book explores the idea that the Mediterranean theater of the Second World War was the first truly modern war


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Essential Histories 50 Huffines: The Texan War of Independence 1835-1836. 
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  • Texan War of Independence 1835–1836
  • Author: Alan C Huffines
  • 96 pages. The Texas Revolution is remembered chiefly for the 13-day siege of the Alamo and its immortal heroes. This book describes the war and the preceding years that were marked by resentments and minor confrontations as the ambitions of Mexico's leaders clashed with the territorial determination of Texian settlers


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Essential Histories 54 Hicks: The Wars of the Roses. Paperback. 54 
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