WORLDS WORST MILITARY DISASTERS
WORLDS WORST MILITARY DISASTERS From the fall of Constantinople in the fourth century to the defeats at Little Big Horn, Stalingrad, and Mogadishu, this fascinating history explores the worst…
Specifikacia WORLDS WORST MILITARY DISASTERS
WORLDS WORST MILITARY DISASTERS
From the fall of Constantinople in the fourth century to the defeats at Little Big Horn, Stalingrad, and Mogadishu, this fascinating history explores the worst military disasters ever . . . The eye-opening accounts go back to Marathon in 490 BC and downfalls in ancient Rome, and proceed through such debacles as the Crusades in Jerusalem during the Dark Ages; the Battle of Bosworth in the Medieval era; the destruction of the Spanish Armada in the early modern period; Antietam and the retreat from Moscow in the Imperial age; and Pearl Harbor, Bravo Two Zero, and Mogadishu in our own, modern times. and what caused them.Even the strongest, smartest, best-equipped armies sometimes get it wrong, and these are the biggest military catastrophes in history--remarkable stories of embarrassing and unlikely defeats, technical failures, and miscommunications.
Each fascinating, highly
Worlds Worst Tsunamis
Worlds Worst Avalanches
Worlds Worst Teachers
Worlds Worst Children 3
Worlds Worst Children 2