The Victoria Cross wars : battles, campaigns and conflicts of all the VC heroes / Brian Best.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Best, Brian, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Victoria Cross--History.

Victoria Cross.

Great Britain--History, Military.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (574 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, [England] : Frontline Books, 2017.

Summary:

The British Empire at its height stretched around the globe. From Asia to the Americas, scores of countries were conquered or assimilated into the greatest commonwealth of nations in history. Many of these countries were won, and held, at the point of the bayonet, and British soldiers and sailors fought long and hard campaigns in deserts, mountains and jungles to maintain and expand the Empire. Fighting, though, means bloodshed; it also means bravery. Victoria Crosses were awarded in operations against Persia, Abyssinia and China, in New Zealand, Burma and Sudan, in the Perak War, the Andaman Islands Expedition and the Mashona Rebellion to name but a few of the forty-four different campaigns of the colonial era.The Victoria Cross Wars explains Britains involvement in these little-known and forgotten campaigns and details the battles and engagements that resulted in the granting of the most highly regarded award for valor in the face of the enemy. The greater conflicts of the twentieth century receive due treatment as do more recent operations in the troubled parts of the world.A total of 1, 358 VCs have been awarded since the cross of valor was first instituted in 1855, the latest of which was announced in February 2015. The stories behind the awarding of these medals have been repeated in countless anthologies but The Victoria Cross Wars explains not just what the men did, but why they were there and what they were fighting for.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Crimean War, 1854-56

Chapter 2 Persian War, 1856-57

Chapter 3 Indian Mutiny, 1857-59

Chapter 4 Third China War, 1860

Chapter 5 Taiping Rebellion, 1851-64

Chapter 6 Second New Zealand War, 1860-66

Chapter 7 Umbeyla Expedition, 1863-64

Chapter 8 Shimonoseki Expedition, 1863-64

Chapter 9 Bhutan War, 1864-65

Chapter 10 Fenian Raids - Canada, 1866

Chapter 11 Gambia Expedition, 1866

Chapter 12 Andaman Expedition, 1867

Chapter 13 Abyssinian War, 1867-68

Chapter 14 Lushai Expedition, 1872

Chapter 15 First Ashanti War, 1873-4

Chapter 16 Perak Expedition, 1875-76

Chapter 17 Quetta Incident, 1877

Chapter 18 Ninth Cape Frontier War, 1877-78

Chapter 19 Second Afghan War, 1878-80

Chapter 20 Anglo-Zulu War, 1879

Chapter 21 Sekukuni Campaign, 1879

Chapter 22 Basuto War, 1879-82

Chapter 23 Naga Expedition, 1879-80

Chapter 24 First Anglo-Boer War, 1880-81

Chapter 25 Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882

Chapter 26 Sudan War, 1883-5

Chapter 27 Third Burma War, 1885-93

Chapter 28 Manipur Expedition, 1891

Chapter 29 Hunza-Nagar Expedition, 1891

Chapter 30 Chitral, 1895

Chapter 31 Gambia, 1892

Chapter 32 Rhodesia, 1896

Chapter 33 North-West Frontier War, 1897-98

Chapter 34 Sudan Campaign, 1888-89

Plate section

Chapter 35 Crete, 1898

Chapter 36 Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902

Chapter 37 China, 1900

Chapter 38 War of the Golden Stool 1900-01

Chapter 39 Somaliland, 1902-3

Chapter 40 Kano-Sokoto Expedition, 1903

Chapter 41 Tibet Campaign, 1903-4

Chapter 42 First World War, 1914

Chapter 43 First World War, 1915

Chapter 44 First World War, 1916

Chapter 45 First World War, 1917

Chapter 46 First World War, 1918

Chapter 47 North Russia Expedition, 1919.

Chapter 48 The Arab Revolt - Iraq, 1920

Chapter 49 North-West Frontier, 1915-36

Chapter 50 Second World War, 1940

Chapter 51 Second World War, 1941

Chapter 52 Second World War, 1942

Chapter 53 Second World War, 1943

Chapter 54 Second World War, 1944

Chapter 55 Second World War, 1945

Chapter 56 Korean War, 1950-53

Chapter 57 Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, 1963-66

Chapter 58 Vietnam, 1959-75

Chapter 59 Falklands War, 1982

Chapter 60 Afghan War, 2001-14

Chapter 61 Second Iraq War, 2003-11

Index of Names.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473887381

1473887380

9781473887374

1473887372

9781473887398

1473887399