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Great Battlefields of the World

Great Battlefields of the World

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Great Look at famous battlefields.
Review: I first took this book out from the local library a few years ago, and still read it now, as it has found a position on my bookshelf. The illustrations in this book are truly amazing, from Cannae to Dien-Bien-Phu, they clearly show the terrain, and the troop deployments. The Author clearly defines what happens on the battlefield, and helpfull side columns and miscellaneous information pad out the package. This is a book I still love to read, and I assure you that any other military history buff will love it as well.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It is really neat, how they do it.
Review: It is a neat book. How they make the battlefields is like this: They get the land on the computer, and then they do it at all different angles, and then they get the artist to draw the troops, and even the exact weather conditions! It is really neat.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: greg's review
Review: The book is excellent especially since it starts with Hannibal at Cannae. It must have been difficult to choose battles and the ones covered were great. However, some changes and updates are in order:

Sea battles and air campaigns were completely ignored. The battle of Brittain should have been included as well as some ancient sea battles, especially between the Greeks and Persians.

Other interesting points:

Where are the african battles before the 19th century?

The book was a little too Europe centered.

Why no battles of Midway, Coral Sea or Pearl Harbor.

Kohima could have been left out.

Too much was written about Arnhem.

Why was Stalingrad left out.

The diagrams were superb.

The Falklands should be included in a new edition.

Warfare in Asia was amost completely ignored except for Port Arthur, especially the Mongols in China.

All in all a SUPERB book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: greg's review
Review: This book is the best! They go through about 25 different battles with great pictures of the whole battle. Using little troops and vechiles so you can see the battle from a sky perspective. Along with the pictures it gives you a huge amount of imformation on every battle in there. Some famous ones it covers are: Waterloo, Iwo Jima, Gettysburg.... If you like this, check out GREAT BATTLES OF WW2, GREAT BATTLEFEILDS OF THE CIVIL WAR

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: GREAT, GREAT BOOK! 1
Review: This book is the best! They go through about 25 different battles with great pictures of the whole battle. Using little troops and vechiles so you can see the battle from a sky perspective. Along with the pictures it gives you a huge amount of imformation on every battle in there. Some famous ones it covers are: Waterloo, Iwo Jima, Gettysburg.... If you like this, check out GREAT BATTLES OF WW2, GREAT BATTLEFEILDS OF THE CIVIL WAR

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT THE BATTLES IN THE PAST
Review: THIS BOOK SHOWED ME SOME OF HISTORY MOST IMPORTANT BATTLES. I REALLY ENJOYED THE WAY THEY SHOWED THEM, THE GRAPHICS WAS WELL DONE. YOU COULD REALLY SEE HOW THE BATTLE WOULD GO AND WHY TERRAIN KNOWLEDGE IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE OUTCOME. IF YOU REALLY LIKE MILATARY BATTLES YOU WILL ENJOY THIS

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This Book is a great military history book
Review: This book uses great computer-generated battlefeild layouts and descriptions on each battlefeild to help the reader understand the tactics and politics of the battle and the weaponary used in the battle from B.C. to the Korean War


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