Impossible victories : ten unlikely battlefield successes / Bryan Perrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perrett, Bryan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battles.

Military history, Modern--19th century.

Military history, Modern.

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2015.

Summary:

Victory on the battlefield is sometimes achieved against the odds victory snatched from the jaws of apparently inevitable defeat. A daring counter attack, an unexpected manoeuvre, a stubborn refusal to be beaten and the impossible victory is won. In the ten dramatic episodes in this book, military historian Bryan Perrett revisits battles from the Peninsula War of 1811 to Vietnam in 1967, via colonial action in two world wars.

Contents:

'That astonishing infantry': The Albuera counter-attack, 16 May 1811

Scarlet and grey: The battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, July 1814

Mission impossible: The reliefs of Lucknow, 1857

The taking of the Taku Forts, 1859 and 1860

Dargai, 20 October 1897

The storming of San Juan Ridge, Cuba, 1 July 1898

Mounted action : The charges at Beersheba and Huj, Palestine, 1917

Leading the way: US Rangers at the Pointe du Hoe and Omaha Beach, D-Day, 6 June 1944

Crown of thorns: The struggle for Hill 112, June/July 1944

Dak To: Ngok Kom Leat and Hill 875, South Vietnam, 1967.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473847507

1473847508

9781473847521

1473847524