A History of War in 100 Battles
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Galtieri, Gen. Leopoldo 367, 369
Ganelon 214
Garibaldi, Giuseppe 72–5, 169
Gaugamela, Battle of 28, 30–2
Gaul/Gauls 33, 34, 35, 269–71
Gehlen, Gen. Reinhard 253, 254
Geneva Conventions 18, 168
Genghis Khan 15, 47–50, 136–7, 144
Genoa 151, 153, 332, 334
George Brankovic, King of Serbia 108
George II, King of Great Britain 29
German States 96–9, 158–61, 224–6, 276–9
see also Bavaria; Prussia; Saxony
Germany 79–81, 184–92, 195–7, 198, 207, 224, 225, 226, 247–55, 269, 302–8, 311–17, 320, 321–51, 353, 355–8, 361–4
Gettysburg, Battle of 137, 262–3, 265, 296–9
Giap, Gen. Vo Nguyen 259, 365, 366
Gil, Capt. Gabriel 132
Giustiniani Longo, Giovanni 332, 334
Glaber, Caius Cludius 211–12
Gloucester, Gilbert de Clare, 8th
Earl of 52–3
Glyn, Col. Richard 117
Gneisenau, Lt. Gen. August von 342
Go-Yozei, Emperor of Japan 337
Goebbels, Joseph 81
Gordon, Gen. Charles George 124
Göring, Mshl. Hermann 190
Goths 269, 328–31
Grant, John 334
Grant, Ulysses 243
Grasse, RAdm. François de 241
Gratian 329–30
Graves, RAdm. Thomas 241
Gravina, Adm. Federico 62
Great Northern War 164–8
Great Plains, Battle of the 324
Greek War of Independence 290–3
Greeks, ancient 14, 20, 86–9, 138–40, 208–10, 266–8
grenades 181
Grouchy, Mshl. Emmanuel de 342
group solidarity 264
Grüningen, Dietrich von 225
Guadalcanal 308–11
guerrilla warfare 259–61, 312
Guevara, Ernesto ‘Che’ 28, 131–3
Gulf War
First 201–3
Second 203
gunpowder 136, 143–4, 145
Gustavus Adolphus II, King of Sweden 158–61
Guthrum 91–3
Gyrth Godwinson 45
Gyulai, FM Ferenc 168–9
H
Habsburg Empire 57–9, 113–15, 158–61, 172, 230, 234–7
Haig, Gen. Douglas 127, 184, 305, 307
Haller, Gen. Józef 77
Hampton Roads, Battle of 137
Hancock, Maj. Gen. Winfield 297, 298
Hannibal Barca 33–5, 137, 324–8, 338
Harald Hardrada, King of Norway 43, 44–5
Harfleur, Siege of 104
Harold Godwinson (Harold II), King of England 29, 42–7, 265
Harris, Air Chf. Mshl. Arthur 197
Hasdrubal 35
Hastings, Battle of 29, 42–7, 265
Hattin, Battle of 280
Hausser, Gen. Paul ‘Papa’ 80
heat 21–2
Hector 210
Heiden, Adm. Count Lodewijk van 290–1, 292
Helen of Troy 208, 210
Henry V, King of England 104–7
Hentsch, Lt. Col. Richard 351
Herodotus 20, 86, 87, 89, 210
Hill, Lt. Gen. Ambrose 297
Hindenburg, FM Paul von 347, 349
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 200
Hiroshima 198–201
Hitler, Adolf 16, 79, 80–1, 189, 190, 192, 225, 249, 250, 251, 252, 255, 354, 361, 362, 363
Hittites 207, 208, 296, 322–4
Ho Chi Minh 364, 366
Hobbes, Thomas 18
Hoflmann, Gen. Max 347, 348
Hohenfriedberg, Battle of 207, 234–7
Holland, VAdm. Lancelot 356
Holy Land 279–82
Holy League 57–9, 151–3
Holy Roman Empire 96
Homer 208, 209, 210
Hook, Pt. Henry 120
Hooker, Joseph 296
hope 21, 264–5
Horn, FM Gustav 161
Horton, Adm. Sir Max 197
Hoth, Gen. Hermann 362, 363
Howard of Effingham, Adm. Lord Charles 155, 157, 158
Howe, Col. William 238
Hue, Battle of 261
Hülegü Khan 144, 145
Hundred Years War 104–7, 146–50
Hungary 53–6, 108, 269, 271, 276–9
Huns 329
Hunyadi, Capt. Gen. János 108–10
Hunyadi, László 108
Hussein, King of Jordan 256, 258
Hussein, Saddam 201–3
Hyakutake, Gen. Haruyoshi 309, 311
I
Ibrahim Pasha 53–6, 290, 291
imperialism 121
improvization 320, 349
India 110–13, 315
Indian Wars 243–6
Indochina War see Vietnam War
infiltration 259–60
innovation 8, 12, 13, 134–203, 136–7
intelligence 195, 207, 235, 247, 248, 251, 253, 254, 258, 260, 356, 358–9
Iran-Iraq War 201, 202
Iraq 201–3
Ireland 94–6
Ireton, Gen. Henry 163, 164
irregular warfare 136
Isandlwana, Battle of 117, 120
Ishida, Mitsunari 335, 337
Islam 16, 19, 99–103, 108–10, 124, 144, 150–3, 183, 214–16, 272–6, 331, 334
Israel 256–9
Italy 72–5, 83, 96–9, 120–3, 168–71, 247–9, 265, 314–17, 320, 338–41
Ivanov, Gen. Nikola 182
J
Jackson, Sir George 289
Jackson, Brig. Gen. Thomas ‘Stonewall’ 293–6
Jameson, Leander Starr 176
janissaries 151
Japan 128–30, 178–81, 192–4, 198–201, 308–11, 318–19, 335–7, 358–60
jihad 17, 19, 99–103
Jin dynasty 47–50
Joffre, Gen. Joseph 303, 305, 350–1
John III Sobieski, King of Poland-Lithuania 57–9
John of Austria, Don 151–3
John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia 150
John Sigismund II, King of Hungary 55
Johnston, Gen. Joseph 294–5
Jordan 256, 258, 259
Jordanes 269
Jubal, Maj. Gen. 298
K
Kadesh, Battle of 206, 207, 322–4
Kallimachos 266, 268
Kara Mustafa Pasha 57–9
Karlowitz, Treaty of 59
Keegan, John 17
Keith, Sir Robert 51
Kellermann, Gen. François-Christophe 60–1, 341
Kempf, Gen. Werner 80
Khalifa ’Abdullahi 124, 125
Kharkov, Third Battle of 79–81
Khartoum, Siege of 124
Khe Sanh, Battle of 260, 261
Kimmel, RAdm. Husband E. 194
King, Adm. Ernest 197
Kitchener, Col. Horatio Herbert 124–7
Kleidion-Strumitsa, Battle of 216–19
Kleist, Gen. Paul von 188
Kluck, Gen. Alexander von 350–1
Knights Hospitaller 280, 282
Knights Templar 280
Kobayakawa, Hideaki 335, 336, 337
Kolin, Battle of 235
Konev, Gen. Ivan 362, 363
Königgrätz (Sadowa), Battle of 171–5
Konishi Yukinaga 337
Krasnov, Lt. Gen. Pyotr 353–4
Kuroda, Dom Daimia 337
Kursk, Battle of 81, 361–4
Kutuzov, FM Mikhail 68, 69, 282, 283–4
Kuwait 201–3
L
Laelius, Gaius 328
Lafayette, Maj. Gen. Marquis de 241, 242
Lake Peipus, Battle of 25, 224–6
Lame White Man 245
laser technology 203
leadership 8, 12, 26–81, 28–9, 282
Lechfeld, Battle of 276–9, 320
Lee, Gen. Robert E. 8, 137, 296–9
Leese, Gen. Oliver 314
Legnano, Battle of 28, 96–9
Leipzig, Battle of 287–90
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich 75, 78, 181, 352
Leofwine Godwinson 45
Leonidas, King of Sparta 87, 88
Leopold I, Emperor of Austria 57–9
Lepanto, Battle of 19, 136, 137, 150–3, 154
Leuctra, Battle of 138–40, 278
Leuthen, Battle of 113–15, 140
levies 17
Lewenhaupt, Gen. Adam 167
Li Ying 49
Libyan War 181
Lichtenstein, Jean-Joseph, Prince of 68
Ligny, Battle of 342
Lincoln, Abraham 293, 298, 299
Little Big Horn, Battle of the 243–6, 265
‘Little Boy’ 199
Livonians 225
Lloyd George, David 184
Lobengula Khumalo, King of the Matabele 175–7
Lombard League 97–9
London, Treaty of 290
longbowmen 105–7, 150
Longstreet, Gen. James 137, 297–8, 298
Lopatin, Gen. Alexander 312
Lorraine, Charles, Prince of 113, 114, 115, 235
Louis II, King of Hungary 54, 55–6
Louis XIV, King of France 230
Louis XVI, King of France 59
Louis XVIII, King of France 341
Louis-Philippe, King of France 274
Lucchese, Gen. 114, 115
luck 13, 320
Ludendorff, Gen. Erich 347, 349
Luftwaffe 190–2
Lupicinus 329
Lütjens, VAdm. Günther 356
Lützen, Battle of 161, 287–8
M
MacDonald, Angus Óg 51, 53
MacDonald, Capt. Donald 238
McDowell, Gen. Irvin 293, 294–5
Macedonians 30–2
machine guns 175–7, 307
MacMahon, Gen. Patrice 170
Magenta, Battle of 169
Magyars 276–9, 320
Mahdist War 16, 124–7, 307
Mahmud II, Sultan 290
Maipú, Battle of 70–2
Makonnen, Ras 121
Malaya 128–30
Malthus, Thomas 16
Mamluks 84, 144–5
Manassas, First Battle of 293–6, 321
Manhattan Project 198
manoeuvre warfare 14
Manonda 177
Manoury, Gen. Michel-Joseph 350
Manstein, FM Erich von 8, 28, 79–81, 314, 361, 362
Mantinea, Battle of 140
Manzikert, Battle of 220–4
Marathon, Battle of 89, 266–8
Marengo, Battle of 25, 338–41
Maria-Theresa, Empress of Austria 115, 235
Marinid Empire 99, 102
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of 206, 230–4
Marne, First Battle of the 349–51
Marsin, Count Ferdinand de 231, 234
Marxism 214
Mary I, Queen of England 154
Mashonaland 176
Masinissa, Prince of Numidia 324, 325
maskirovka (camouflaging of intentions) 253
mass artillery 164, 165–8
Matabele War, First 175–7
Maurice, Prince of the Palatinate 163
Maxentius, Emperor 40–1
Maxim, Hiram Stevens 175
Maxim guns 175–7, 307
Mazaeus 31
Meade, Gen. George 296, 297, 298, 299
Medici, Giacomo 74
Medina Sidonia, Duke of 154, 156, 158
Mehmed IV, Sultan 57
Mehmet II, Sultan 19, 108–10, 331–4
Mehmet Sükrü Pasha 182, 183
Melas, Gen. Michael von 338–41
Menelaus, King of Sparta 208, 210
Menelik, Emperor of Ethiopia 120–3, 264
Menendez, Brig. Gen. Mario 367, 368, 369
Menshikov, Prince Alexander 167
mercenaries 17
Merode, Comte de 21
Merovingian kingdom 272–6
Metaurus, Battle of the 35
Metternich, Prince 288
Mexico 226–9
Midway, Battle of 320, 358–60
Milan, Edict of 42
Milkov, Radul 181
Miltiades 266–8
Milton, John 226
Milvian Bridge, Battle of the 10–11, 40–2
Minin, S.K. 354
Mir Jafar 111, 112
Mir Madan 112
misinformation 207, 235, 241, 250, 254, 257, 259, 260
missiles 202
Mitchell, Brig. Gen. Billy 192, 194
Mithridates VI, King of Pontus 90
Moctezuma II, ruler of Tenochtitlán 227–8
Model, FM Walter 362–3
Mohács, Battle of 53–6
Mojan Chinchung 49
Mollwitz, Battle of 235
Moltke, Gen. Helmuth von (the Elder) 173, 175
Moltke, Gen. Helmuth von (the Younger) 349, 351
Möngke Khan 144
Mongols 15, 24, 25, 47–50, 84, 143–5, 264
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de 106
Montcalm-Gozon, Gen. Louis-Joseph de, Marquis de Saint Veran 238–9
Monte Cassino, Fourth Battle of 314–17
Montebello, Battle of 169
Montgomery, FM Bernard 247–9
Moore, Maj Gen. Jeremy 369
morale 13, 85, 258, 310
Moray, Earl of 52
Morcar, Earl 44
Mori, Hidemoto 335, 337
Morocco 99–103
Mount Vesuvius, Battles of 207, 211–14
Mowbray, Sir Philip 51
Mughal Empire 110–13
Murat, Mshl. Joachim 284, 288–9
Murchad 95, 96
Mussolini, Benito 211
Mustafa Kemal 183
Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) 200
Muwatalli II, King of the Hittites 322, 323
Mycale, Battle of 89
N
Nádasti, Gen. Franz 115
Nagasaki 198–201
Nagumo, VAdm. Chuichi 193, 358–60
Napoleon I, Emperor of France 5, 8, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 62, 64, 65–9, 70, 254, 282–90, 321, 338–46
Napoleon III, Emperor of France 168, 170, 171
Napoleonic Wars 21, 22, 23, 24, 62–9, 282–90, 341–6
Naseby, Battle of 20, 162–4
Nasser, Gamal Abdul 256, 257, 259
Nations, Battle of the 287–90
naval battles 24, 136, 137, 264, 355, 357–8
Navarino Bay, Battle of 290–3
Navarre, Gen. Henri 364
Ne’arin 323
Nebogatov, RAdm. Nikolai 179, 180, 181
Nelson, Adm. Horatio 26–7, 62–5, 237
Nestoritsa 217
Netherlands 187, 188, 230
Neva, Battle of the 225
New Model Army 162–4
New Zealand 315
Ney, Mshl. Michel 284, 342, 343
Ngo Dinh Diem 366
Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia 178
nick of time, in the 12, 319–69, 320–1
night goggles 202
Nile, Battle of the 62
Normandy, Invasion of 204–5, 206–7, 249–52
Normans 42–7
North, Lord Frederick 240
Noyan, Kitbuqa 144–5
Ntshingwayo, Chief 117
nuclear weapons 85, 136, 198–201
Numidians 34, 324, 325, 328
O
oblique formation/attack 137, 139, 140
Octavian 14, 25, 35, 38–9
Odda, Ealdorman of Devon 92
Odo, Bishop 44
Odo the Great 272–3, 276
Oenomaus 212
O’Higgins, Gen. Bernardo 70–1
Okey, Col. John 163, 164
Omdurman, Battle of 16, 124–7, 307
Operation Albatross 366
Operation Ba
gration 253–5
Operation Barbarossa 207, 224, 226, 255
Operation Blue 311
Operation Bodyguard 249, 250
Operation Castor 364
Operation Citadel 361, 363
Operation Desert Storm 201–3
Operation Diadem 315
Operation Fortitude 205, 206–7, 249–52
Operation Gericht 303
Operation Instant Thunder 202
Operation Kol’tso (‘Ring’) 314
Operation Overlord 249, 252
Operation Pegasus 261
Operation Rosario 367
Operation Rumyantsev 363–4
Operation Sea Lion 190, 192
Operation Sentinel 247
Operation Sutton 367–9
Operation Uranus 313, 320
Operation Victory 256
Orange, Prince Maurice of 158
Orban 332
organizational innovation 8, 16, 136–7, 159–61
Orléans, Charles, Duke of 105
Orodes II, King of Parthia 141–2
Osorio, Gen. Manuel 71
Ott von Bártokéz, FM Karl 339, 340
Otto I, King of Saxony 276–9
Ottomans 19, 20, 53–9, 108–10, 150–3, 181–3, 290–3, 320, 331–4
P
Pacific War 12, 16, 192–4, 308–11, 320, 358–60
Pacific, War of the 299–301
Palestro, Battle of 169
Papal States 151
Pappenheim, Gottfried zu 160, 161
Paris, Prince of Troy 208, 210
Paris, Treaty of 243
Park, Air VMshl. Keith 191
Parma, Alexander Farnese, Duke of 154, 156
Parthian Empire 140–3, 207, 277
Pashazade, Kemal 55
Patroklos 210
Patton, Gen. George S. 250
Paullus, Lucius Aemilus 33
Paulus, Gen. Friedrich 311–14
Pearl Harbor 16, 128, 181, 192–4, 198, 308, 358, 359
Pelopidas 138, 140
Peninsular War 70
Percival, Lt. Gen. Arthur 129
Persian Empire 16, 20, 30–2, 86–9, 266–8
Peru 299–301
Pétain, Gen. Philippe 303–4
Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia 164–7
phantom forces 250, 254, 257
Pharnaces II, King of Pontus 89–91
Pharsalus, Battle of 89
Phidippides 266
Philip II, King of Macedonia 30, 140
Philip II, King of Spain 151, 154, 158
Philip VI, King of France 146–50
Pickett, Maj. Gen. George 297, 299
Piłsudski, Mshl. Józef 75–9
Piroth, Col. Charles 365
Plains of Abraham, Battle of the 207, 237–40
Plassey, Battle of 110–13
Plataea, Battle of 89
Poitiers-Tours, Battle of 272–6
Poland 75–9, 314–17
political organization 14, 16, 17
Poltava, Battle of 19, 164–8
Pompey, Gnaeus 89, 140
Poniatowski, Prince Josef 285
population growth 16
Portugal 99–103
Prada, Manuel 301
prehistory 13
Priam, King of Troy 208
Pripet Marshes 253, 254–5
Prittwitz, Gen. Max von 346, 347