ISBN: 9780750965149
Publisher: The History Press
Format: Collection

From the Battle of Hastings in 1066 to the Battle of Goose Green during the Falklands War in 1982, this ten-book collection will help anyone fascinated by our past learn all about military history and the various wars and battles that have occurred - and how they have shaped the world we live in today.

Complete with photographs of the battlefields, illustrations of the key events and easy-to-read maps, each book is packed with fact boxes that will explain how each event contributed to worldwide change.

From the king that died during conflict in Hastings to the Wars of the Roses, and the bloodiest battles of the First World War - the Somme, Passchendale, El Alamein - to Iwo Jiima, you will be fascinated, appalled and intrigued by these blow-by-blow accounts.

Titles in this collection (10)

• Hastings 1066 - Jonathan Trigg
• Bosworth 1485 - Mike Ingram
• Waterloo 1815 - Gregory Fremont-Barnes
• Isandlwana 1879 - Edmond Yorke
• Somme 1916 - Andrew Robertshaw
• Passchendaele 1917 - Chris McNab
• El Alamein 1942 - Pier Paolo Battistelli
• Arnhem 1944 - Chris Brown
• Iwo Jima 1945 - Andrew Rawson
• Goose Green 1982 - Gregory Fremont-Barnes