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Battle For Empire
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Author : Tom Pocock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-06-07
Battle For Empire written by Tom Pocock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-07 with Anglo-French War, 1755-1763 categories.
The first world war was notthat which began in 1914, but the co-called Seven Years War which, in 1756, brought into being global conflict. The new factor which dramatically altered the course of history was British sea power. With the support of the navy, a few thousand men dispossessed the French of their fledgling North American empire and saw them, and the Dutch, utterly vanquished in India. Attacks on Cuba and the Philippines crippled the Spanish Empire. Through feats of extraordinary courage and endurance, fighting merchant adventurers such as Robert Clive laid the foundations of an Indian empire. In North America, soldiers such as the Virginia militia officer, George Washington, the future first President of the United States, and James Wolfe, who died in the battle for Quebec, determined that Canada would be British - not French. In this vivid account of this first 'modern' war, Tom Pocock uses the testimony of eye-eitnesses to dramatic effect. Nigel Nicolson, The Spectator "Pocock's book makes enthralling reading... his prose is excellent." Admiral Sir Jock Slater, First Sea Lord, in The Times "Tom Pocock has written another stirring popular history... Pocock vividly brings his work to life. The lessons of history are brought to life by Tom Pocock and his latest book is a thoroughly good read." Lawrence James, Evening Standard "Tom Pocock has caught the flavour of this age. He is a first-rate story-teller, writing with an appropriate gusto about his robust heroes."
Battle For Empire
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Author : Tom Pocock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-12-17
Battle For Empire written by Tom Pocock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-17 with Anglo-French War, 1755-1763 categories.
The first world war was not that which began in 1914, but the so-called seven year's War which, in 1756, brought into being global conflict. The new factor which dramatically altered the course of history was British sea power. able to choose their battlegrounds, the British mounted a succession of daring amphibious attacks. with the support of the navy, a few thousand men dispossessed the French of their fledgling North American empire and saw them, and the Dutch, utterly vanquished in India. Attacks on Cuba and the Philippines crippled the Spanish Empire. Through feats of extraordinary courage and endurance, fighting merchant adventurers such as Robert Clive laid the foundations of an Indian empire.
The Battle For Empire
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Author : Jock Haswell
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1976
The Battle For Empire written by Jock Haswell and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Anglo-French War, 1666-1667 categories.
Empires Of The Sea
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Author : Roger Crowley
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2008-07-01
Empires Of The Sea written by Roger Crowley and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-01 with History categories.
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written his most mesmerizing work to date–a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar and features a cast of extraordinary characters: Barbarossa, “The King of Evil,” the pirate who terrified Europe; the risk-taking Emperor Charles V; the Knights of St. John, the last crusading order after the passing of the Templars; the messianic Pope Pius V; and the brilliant Christian admiral Don Juan of Austria. This struggle’s brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malta, in which a tiny band of Christian defenders defied the might of the Ottoman army; the savage battle for Cyprus; and the apocalyptic last-ditch defense of southern Europe at Lepanto–one of the single most shocking days in world history. At the close of this cataclysmic naval encounter, the carnage was so great that the victors could barely sail away “because of the countless corpses floating in the sea.” Lepanto fixed the frontiers of the Mediterranean world that we know today. Roger Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality, technology and Inca gold. Empires of the Sea is page-turning narrative history at its best–a story of extraordinary color and incident, rich in detail, full of surprises, and backed by a wealth of eyewitness accounts. It provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations.
Battle For Empire
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Author : Tom Pocock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-09
Battle For Empire written by Tom Pocock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09 with categories.
Battle for Empire explores the conflict between 1756 and 1763, generally known as the Seven Years War, which laid the foundations of the British Empire and set the scene for Britain's global dominance that lasted nearly two centuries.
Deeds That Won The Empire
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Author : W. H. Fitchett
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-16
Deeds That Won The Empire written by W. H. Fitchett and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-16 with History categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Deeds that Won the Empire" (Historic Battle Scenes) by W. H. Fitchett. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Battle Of Plassey 1757
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Author : Stuart Reid
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-05-30
The Battle Of Plassey 1757 written by Stuart Reid and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-30 with History categories.
Britain was rapidly emerging as the most powerful European nation, a position France long believed to be her own. Yet with France still commanding the largest continental army, Britain saw its best opportunities for expansion lay in the East. Yet, as Britains influence increased through its official trading arm, the East India Company, the ruler of Bengal, Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah, sought to drive the British out of the subcontinent and turned to France for help.The ensuing conflict saw intimate campaigns fought by captains and occasionally colonels and by small companies rather than big battalions. They were campaigns fought by individuals rather than anonymous masses; some were heroes, some were cowards and most of them were rogues on the make. The story is not only about Robert Clive, a clerk from Shropshire who became to all intents and purposes an emperor, but also about Eyre Coote an Irishman who fought with everyone he met, about Alexander Grant a Jacobite who first escaped from Culloden and then, Flashman-like was literally the last man into the last boat to escape Calcutta and the infamous Black Hole. The fighting culminated in Robert Clives astonishing victory at Plassey where just 3,000 British and sepoy troops defeated Siraj-ud-Daulahs Franco-Bengali army of 18,000 in the space of only forty minutes. The victory at Plassey in 1757 established Britain as the dominant force in India, the whole of which gradually come under British control and became the most prized possession in its empire. Few battles in history have ever had such profound consequences.
Deeds That Won The Empire
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Author : William Henry Fitchett
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27
Deeds That Won The Empire written by William Henry Fitchett and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with categories.
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Tannenberg
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Author : Dennis E. Showalter
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2004
Tannenberg written by Dennis E. Showalter and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
The battle of Tannenberg (August 27-30, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory over Russia-indeed the Kaiser's only clear-cut victory in a non-attritional battle during four years of war. In this first paperback edition of the classic work, historian Dennis Showalter analyzes this battle's causes, effects, and implications for subsequent German military policy. The author carefully guides the reader through what actually happened on the battlefield, from its grand strategy down to the level of improvised squad actions. Examining the battle in the context of contemporary diplom.
The Eagle Of The Empire
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Author : Cyrus Townsend Brady
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-07-22
The Eagle Of The Empire written by Cyrus Townsend Brady and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-22 with categories.
The Battle of Waterloo, which was fought just one hundred years ago and with which the story in this book ends, is popularly regarded as one of the decisive battles of the world, particularly with reference to the career of the greatest of all Captains. Personally some study has led me to believe that Bautzen was really the decisive battle of the Napoleonic wars. If the Emperor had there won the overwhelming victory to which his combinations and the fortunes of war entitled him he would still have retained his Empire. Whether he would have been satisfied or not is another question; and anyway as I am practically alone among students and critics in my opinions about Bautzen they can be dismissed. And that he lost that battle was his own fault anyway!