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INDEX
A
Abbasid Caliphate 144
Abd al-Rahman 215, 272–73, 276
Abu al-Hasan 99–103
Abu Malik 102
Abu ‘Umar 103
Achilles 208, 210
Acre, Siege of 280
Actium, Battle of 14, 18, 25, 35–9, 136
Adrianople, Battle of 328–31
Adwa, Battle of 82–3, 120–3, 265, 320
iEthelnoth, Ealdorman of Somerset 92
iEthelstan, King of England 93
Aetius, Flavius 25, 270, 271
Afghanistan 85
Afonso IV, King of Portugal 99, 102–3
against the odds 15, 23, 82–133, 84–5
Agamemnon 210
Agincourt, Battle of 104–7
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius 38–9
Ain Jalut, Battle of 25, 84, 143–45
air reconnaissance 251, 254
aircraft
Fleet Air Arm 356–7, 368
long-range 197
Stealth 203
aircraft carriers 358–60
airpower 187–94, 357–60, 368
Ajax 208
al Din, Shaykh 126
Al Qaeda 85
Al-Andalus 214, 272, 276
al-Arabi, Suleiman 215
Al-Husein 215
al-Khalil, Ibrahim 124
Alam Halfa, Battle of 247–9, 321
Alans 329
Alatheus 329, 330, 331
Alavivus 329
Albertone, General Matteo 122, 320
Alexander I, Tsar of Russia 22, 65, 67, 283, 286
Alexander III the Great, King of Macedonia 9, 28, 30–2, 41, 71, 137, 140
Alexander, General Harold 314
Alexander Nevsky, Prince 25, 224–6
Alfonso XI, King of Castile 99–103
Alfred the Great, King of Wessex 91–3
Algeria 85
Ali, Uluch 152, 153
Ali Pasha, Admiral 151, 153
Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal 111
Allenby, Gen. Edmund 305
Alp Arslan, Sultan 220–4
Ambrose, St 97, 99
ambushes 207, 212, 214, 216, 217, 219, 221
Amer, Abd al-Hakim 256
American Civil War 20, 137, 262–3, 264, 293–9, 321
American Indian tribes 15, 243–6
American War of Independence 240–3
amphibious operations 146, 205, 228–9, 249, 252
Anders, Gen. Władisław 315, 317
Anglo-Saxons 42–7, 91–3, 137
Anglo-Zulu Wars 116–20
Ankokuji Ekei 337
Anne, Queen of England 230
anti-Semitism 256
Antonov, Gen. Alexei 253
Antony, Mark 14, 35–9
Apollo 42
Arab invasions 272–6
Arab states 256–9
archaeology 13–14
archers, mounted 140–2, 280
Ardennes Forest 254, 288
Argentina 366–9
Ariames 142
Arimondi, Gen. Giuseppe 122
Arnold, Gen. Henry ‘Hap’ 199
Arsuf, Battle of 21, 279–82
art, battles recorded in 9
Artavasdes II, King of Armenia 141
Artimisium, Battle of 87
asymmetric warfare 15, 85, 201
Athens 86, 87, 88, 266–8
Atlantic, Battle of the 195–7, 355
atomic bombs 198–201
Attila the Hun 25, 137, 269–71
Augustus, Emperor see Octavian
Austerlitz, Battle of 21, 22–3, 24, 65–9
Australia 128, 130
Austria 57–61, 65–9, 113–15, 168–71, 171–5, 230, 234–7, 287–90, 321, 338–41
Ayyubid dynasty 144
Aztec Empire 226–9
B
Baden, Louis-William, Margrave of 231
baggage trains 19–20
Bagration 253–5
Bagration, Prince Pyotr 69, 254, 284, 286
Baibars 144, 145
Balkan War, First 181–3
Bannockburn, Battle of 22, 50–3
Baquedano Gonzalez, Gen. Manuel 300–1
Baraguay d’Hilliers, Mshl. 170
Baratieri, Gen. Oreste 121, 122, 123
barbarians 269–71, 328–31
Barbusse, Henri 305
Barras, Adm. Comte de 241
Barres, William des 282
Basil II, Byzantine Emperor 216–19
Basques 215–16
Bathurst, Capt. Walter 293
Batista, Fulgencio 85, 132–3
Battle Abbey 43
battles
common characteristics of 17
obsolescence of 25
origins of 14
and war 12, 13
battleships 192, 193, 194, 355–8
Bautzen, Battle of 161, 287–8
Bavaria 230–4, 277
Bavaria, Maximilien Wittelsbach, Elector of 230, 232, 234
Bayeux Tapestry 44–5
Beauharnais, Prince Eugène 285
Beauregard, Gen. Pierre 294, 295–6
Bee, Gen. Barnard 295
Belgium 187, 188, 349
Belgrade, Siege
of 108–10
Below, Gen. Fritz von 305
Benedek, Gen. Ludwig von 170, 173–4, 175
Benedict XII, Pope 99, 102
Bengal 110–13
Benteen, Capt. Frederick 244, 245, 246
Berbers 272, 273
Bernadotte, Mshl Jean Baptiste 65, 288
Beurnonville, Gen. Pierre de 60
Bidault, Georges 364
Bismarck, sinking of the 355–8
Bixio, Nino 74
Black Hole of Calcutta 111
Blenheim, Battle of 21, 206, 230–4
Blitzkrieg 187–9, 248, 258
Bloody Ridge (Edson’s Ridge), Battle of 310
Blücher, Gen. Gebhard von 287, 288–9, 342, 343, 346
Bohemia 277, 278, 279, 289
Bolivia 299–301
bombs 181, 182, 183, 187, 191, 198–201, 320, 358, 359, 360
Bonaparte, Napoleon see Napoleon I, Emperor
booty 14, 19, 20, 103, 183, 272, 286, 334
Borodino, Battle of 264–5, 282–6
Botanietes, Theophylactus 217–18
Bougainville, Col. Louis-Antoine 238
Bourbon, Jean I, Duke of 105
Bourbon monarchy 72–4
Brandenburg, Duke of 159
Breitenfeld, Battle of 24, 158–61
Brian Boru, King of Ireland 94–6
Britain 62–5, 110–13, 116–20, 124–30, 175–7, 184–6, 187–92, 195–7, 202–3, 237–43, 247–55, 287–93, 305–8, 314, 315, 316, 341–6, 349, 351, 355–8, 366–9
see also England; Ireland; Scotland
Britain, Battle of 25, 190–2
British East India Company 110, 111, 112–13
British South Africa Company 176, 177
Brodar the Dane 95
Bromhead, Lt. Gonville 117
Bruce, Edward 51
Bruce, Robert
see Robert I, King of Scotland
Brunswick, Karl, Duke of 59–61
Brusilov Offensive 304
Budionny, Semyon 76–7
Buendía, Gen. Juan 300
Bulgaria 181–3, 216–19
Bulksü, Horka 277, 279
Bull Run, First Battle of 293–6, 321
Bülow, Gen. Karl von 350, 351
Burgundians 270
Busch, FM Ernst 254
Buxhouden, Gen. Frederick 69
Byzantine Empire 216–24, 331–4
Bzhishkian, Gaia (Gai Khan) 77, 78
C
Caesar, Julius 35, 38, 89–91, 140
Callixtus III, Pope 108, 110
Calvinus, Gnaeus Domitius 90
Camacho, Col. Eliodoro 301
Cambrai, Battle of 134–5, 184–6
Campero, Gen. Nircisco 300
Canada 237–40, 252, 307, 315
Candarli Halil Pasha 331, 334
Çannae, Battle of 33–5, 324, 325, 328
cannons 143–4, 145, 150, 151–2, 155, 332
Capistrano, Giovanni da 109, 110
Carl Johann, King of Sweden 65, 288
Carlos II, King of Spain 230
Carrhae, Battle of 84, 91, 137, 140–3, 207, 277
Carthaginians 33–5, 324–8
Casillas Lumpuy, Col. Joaquin 131, 132
Castries, Col. Christian de la Croix de 364, 366
Castro, Fidel 84, 85, 131
Catalaunian Fields (Chalons), Battle of 269–71
cataphracts 142
Cavour, Count Camillo di 168
Celts 212
Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus 116–17, 120
Chacabuco, Battle of 70
Châlons, Battle of 269–71
Chamberlain, Col. Joshua 298
Chancellorsville, Battle of 296
Chanson de Roland 25, 214
Chard, Lt. John 117
Charlemagne, Emperor 214–16
Charles I, King of England 162–4
Charles VI, King of France 104–7
Charles XII, King of Sweden 164–8
Charles Martel 272–6
Chataldzha bombs 181, 183
Chelmsford, Lord Frederic 116–17, 120
Chile 70–2, 299–301
China 47–50
Chotusitz, Battle of 235
Christianity 16, 40, 41, 42, 57–9, 93, 99–103, 108–10, 150–3, 214, 216, 226, 272, 276, 279–82, 331, 333, 334
Chuikov, Gen. Vasilov 312, 313–14
Churchill, Winston 125, 130, 195, 250
Clark, Gen. Mark 314
class war 17
Clausewitz, Carl von 61
Cleombrotus, King of Sparta 138–9
Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt 18, 36–9, 89
Clifford, Sir Robert 52
Clinton, Gen. Sir Henry 241
Clive, Col. Robert 110–13
Clontarf, Battle of 84, 94–6
Codrington, VAdm. Sir Edward 290–3
Collingwood, VAdm. Cuthbert 63, 64
colonial rule 85, 299, 364–6
communications 24, 190–2
Communism 17, 75, 259, 261, 364
concealment 207, 217, 219, 221, 245, 246, 250
conquistadores 226–9
Conrad the Red 277, 278, 279
conscription 17, 137, 300
Constance, Treaty of 99
Constantine I the Great, Emperor 10–11, 40–2
Constantine XI, Byzantine Emperor 331–4
Constantinople, Fall of 19, 108, 109, 320, 331–4
convoy system 195, 197
Copenhagen, Battle of 62
Cornwallis, Lt. Gen. Earl 240, 241–3
Cortés, Hernán 226–9
Cossacks 353–4
Cossinius, Lucius 212–13
courage 8, 12, 262–317, 264–5
Crassus, Marcus 91, 140–3, 213
Crassus, Publius 140, 143
Crazy Horse 245
Crécy, Battle of 146–50
creeping artillery barrage 304, 307
Crispi, Francesco 121, 123
Crixus 212
Cromwell, Oliver 162–4
Crook, Gen. George 244
crossbows 147–50
crusades 17, 21, 102, 109, 145, 279–82
cryptology 195, 358–9
Cuauhtémoc, ruler of Tenochtitlán 228–9
Cuban Revolution 28, 84, 85, 131–3
Cubela, Rolando 132
Custer, Lt. Col. George Armstrong 243–6, 265, 296
Custer, Tom 246
Cynoscephelae, Battle of 140
D
D-Day landings 146, 205, 206, 252
Da Nang, Battle of 261
Dabormida, Gen. Vittorio 122–3
Dabulamanzi, Prince 117, 120
Darius I the Great, King of Persia 266, 267
Darius III, King of Persia 30–2
Datis 266–8
Daun, FM Leopold 113, 114, 115
Davout, Marshal Louis-Nicolas 65, 69, 284
Dayan, Gen. Moshe 257
Daza, Hilarión 300
de Bohun, Henry 51, 52
deception 8, 12, 204–61, 206–7, 320
defeat 22–3, 24
Democritus 91
Desaix, Lt. Gen. Louis 338, 339, 340
Dettingen, Battle of 28
dictatorship, post-colonial 85
Dien Bien Phu, Battle of 264, 364–6
Digna, Osman 125
Dionysus 211
discipline 159, 162
dive-bombers 189, 192, 193, 196
Dônitz, Adm. Karl 195, 197
Doria, Gianandrea 153
double agents 207, 251
Dowding, Air Chf. Mshl. Sir Hugh 191
Drake, Sir Francis 155, 157–8
Dresden, Peace of 237
Dreyse, Johann von 171
Driesen, Lt. Gen. Wilhelm von 115
drill 159
Dumanoir, Adm. Pierre 63, 64
Dumouriez, Gen. Charles-François 60
Dunant, Henri 168, 170–1
Dunkirk, evacuation of 189
dynastic ambition
s 17
E
economics, and warfare 16
Edington, Battle of 84, 91–3
Edirne, Third Battle of 181–3
Edson, Col. Merritt 310, 311
Edward I, King of England 50, 51
Edward II, King of England 22, 50–3
Edward III, King of England 146–50
Edward, the Black Prince 147
Edward the Confessor, King of England 42, 43
Edwin, Earl 44
Egypt 124–7, 144–5, 256–9, 290–3, 321, 322–4
ancient 13, 14, 89
Einhard 214, 216
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D. 366
Eisenstein, Sergei 224, 225, 226
El Alamein, Second Battle of 247, 249, 321
electronic battlefield 25, 136, 192, 203
Elles, Lt. Col. Hugh 184, 185
encirclement 137, 278
England 50–3, 91–3, 104–7, 154–8, 162–4, 230–4
English Civil War 20, 162–4
Enigma 195, 247
Epaminondas 138–40, 278
Erlon, Count Jean Baptiste d’ 343
Ertür, Rakim 183
Escala, Erasmo 300
Eshkol, Levi 257
Ethiopia 83, 120–3, 264, 265, 320
Eudus, Duke 272–3, 276
Eurybiades, Admiral 88
Ewell, Lt. Gen. Richard 297, 298
F
Fairfax, Sir Thomas 162, 163, 164
Falkenhayn, Gen. Erich von 302–4, 351
Falklands, Battle for the 366–9
Fascism 17
‘Fat Man’ 200
Fatimid Caliphate 220
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 158, 159, 161
First World War 20, 25, 134–5, 183, 184–6, 189, 268, 269, 282, 302–8, 346–51
flank attack 137
Fletcher, Adm. Frank 309, 359, 360
flight in battle 23–4
Foch, Gen. Ferdinand 350
formation 159, 160–1
fortune, good 12, 319–69, 320–1
France 59–69, 85, 104–7, 168–71, 187–9, 214–16, 230–4, 237–43, 249–52, 264, 272–6, 282–92, 302–8, 315, 349–51, 364–6
France, Battle of 187–9
Francis I, Emperor of Austria 22
Francis II, King of the Two Sicilies 72–4
François, Gen. Hermann von 347, 348
Franconians 277, 278
Franks 214–16, 272–6
Franz-Joseph, Emperor of Austria 169, 170, 172, 174
Frederick I Barbarossa, Emperor of Germany 28, 96–9
Frederick II the Great, King of Prussia 17, 113–15, 140, 207, 234–7, 321
Frederick William II, King of Prussia 59–61
French Revolution 59
French Revolutionary Wars 20, 25, 59–61, 338–41
Friedrich-Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia 174
Fritigern 329, 330
Froissart, Jean 148
Fukishima Masanori 337
Fulford, Battle of 44
Furius, Lucius 213
G
Galerius, Emperor 41
galleasses 150, 151–2, 153, 154
Galiéni, Gen. Joseph 350, 351
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