A stunning new look at 30 of the most significant battles in world history, this book includes fully illustrated and vividly told accounts of fascinating battles from ancient to modern times. 3-dimensional graphics reveal troop plans and detailed features including weapons innovations reveal how many battles were won and lost.

From cold war bunkers to Civil War sieges - Britain is littered with sites of military significance. This book shows the amateur enthusiast how to unlock the drama of a battlefield in his or her own area. It explains how to read a military map and apply it to the ground, how to interpret the clues in the landscape and where to find the evidence.

An analysis of the way in which terrain affects how battles are fought – and ultimately how it impacts history – provides essays on historical conflicts complemented by vintage and modern maps.

Provides historical information about battles from Gaugamela in 331 B.C. to Desert Storm, and uses printed transparent overlays to demonstrate what the battlefields looked like at the time of battle and as they look today (view table of contents)

Product Description: Battle often takes place in a landscape that offers natural features helpful to the tactics of attack, defence - or even retreat. Rivers, the most impossible of natural barriers to overcome, concentrate military attention on their crossing points; major battles have been fought through the ages to capture control of strategically important bridges...read more