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  • Napoleonic Light Cavalry Tactics

    Serier Bog 196 - Elite
    During the Napoleonic Wars all the major combatants fielded large numbers of light cavalry.These nimble, fast-moving regiments performed a variety of vital roles, from reconnaissance and keeping contact with the enemy during the movement of armies, to raiding, skirmishing, and the pursuit to destruction of beaten enemies. In practice, light cavalry were often also employed for battlefield charges ... Læs mere

    124,11 kr.

  • British Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792–1815

    Serier Bog 164 - Elite
    The British Army that faced Napoleon in the Peninsula was small by continental standards, but it consistently out-fought larger French armies, never losing a major open-field action.Its cavalry and artillery were standard; but its infantry achieved unique results, as their tactics were brought to a peak of professional perfection by Wellington. Using contemporary instruction manuals, first-hand ... Læs mere

    124,11 kr.

  • Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry & Dragoon Tactics

    Serier Bog 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 ... Læs mere

    124,11 kr.

  • Napoleonic Light Cavalry Tactics

    Serier Bog 196 - Elite
    During the Napoleonic Wars all the major combatants fielded large numbers of light cavalry.These nimble, fast-moving regiments performed a variety of vital roles, from reconnaissance and keeping contact with the enemy during the movement of armies, to raiding, skirmishing, and the pursuit to destruction of beaten enemies. In practice, light cavalry were often also employed for battlefield charges ... Læs mere

    126,61 kr.

  • British Light Infantry & Rifle Tactics of the Napoleonic Wars

    Serier Bog 215 - Elite
    Explains and illustrates the training and tactics of the Light Infantry and Rifle regiments, famously dramatized in the 'Sharpe' novels and TV films.In an age when infantry units manoeuvred and fought in rigid blocks, the idea of encouraging initiative and allowing a unit to 'skirmish' was regarded as revolutionary and fell out of favour in the years following the French-Indian and American ... Læs mere

    126,61 kr.

  • Nelson's Navy

    Serier Bog 48 - Elite
    Despite the many celebrated victories of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the role of the Royal Navy should never be overlooked.The 'wooden walls' formed the country's first and most important line of defence, and ranged throughout the world to protect Britain's trade-routes and in support of the land forces and overseas possessions.This book covers the huge variations in uniforms not ... Læs mere

    124,11 kr.

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  • Give Them a Volley and Charge!

    The Battle of Inkermann 1854

    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 ... Læs mere

    87,38 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • 1918

    A Very British Victory

    af Peter Hart ...
    The story of the huge mobile battles of 1918, which finally ended the Great War.1918 was the critical year of battle as the Great War reached its brutal climax. Warfare of an epic scale was fought on the Western Front, where ordinary British soldiers faced the final test of their training, tactics and determination. That they withstood the storm and began an astonishing counterattack, is proof ... Læs mere

    174,30 kr.

  • World War One

    Frontline News

    Throughout World War One, journalists risked their lives to bring news from the frontlines. Although America did not enter the war until April 1917, their newspapers had been full of news about the war since the summer of 1914. This is the story of the war using articles and interviews that were featured in regional newspapers from throughout the United States.In chronological order, the book ... Læs mere

    21,21 kr.

  • British Redcoat 1740–93

    af Stuart Reid ...
    Serier Bog 19 - Warrior
    During this period, the British army earned itself a formidable reputation as a fighting force. However, due to its role as a police force at home, and demonisation by American propaganda, the army was viewed as little removed from a penal institution run by aristocratic dilettantes. This view, still held by many today, is challenged by Stuart Reid, who paints a picture of an increasingly ... Læs mere

    91,69 kr.

  • Balaclava 1854

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    af John Sweetman ...
    Serier Bog 6 - Campaign
    Balaclava 1854examines in detail the crucial battle of Balaclava during The Crimean War.The port of Balaclava was crucial in maintaining the supply lines for the Allied siege of Sevastapol. The Russian attack in October 1854 therefore posed a major threat to the survival of the Allied cause.This book includes: the attack on the redoubts; the action of 'the thin red line' in which an assortment of ... Læs mere

    137,49 kr.

  • The Great War: 1914-1918

    af Peter Hart ...
    The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world historyIn this magnum opus, critically-acclaimed historian Peter Hart examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines cutting edge scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and ordinary soldiers. He focuses in particular on explaining how ... Læs mere

    114,11 kr.