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J ON E. L EWIS is an historian and writer. His many books include The Mammoth Book of True War Stories, The Mammoth Book of War Letters and Diaries, The Mammoth Book of How It Happened: World War I and The Mammoth Book of How It Happened: World War II.
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T HE M AMMOTH B OOK OF
Battles
Edited and with an Introduction
by Jon E. Lewis Constable & Robinson Ltd
Constable & Robinson Ltd
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First published in the UK as The Mammoth Book of Battles, 1999
by Constable & Robinson
This revised and updated edition published by Robinson,
an imprint of Constable & Robinson, 2009
Collection and editorial material Jon E. Lewis 1999, 2009
All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
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UK ISBN 978-1-84529-885-2
eISBN 978-1-78033-283-3
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First published in the United States in 2009 by Running Press Book Publishers
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Acknowledgments
The editor has made every effort to locate all persons having any rights in the selections appearing in this anthology and to secure permission from the holders of such rights. Any queries regarding the use of material should be addressed to the editor c/o the publishers.
Parts of this work previously appeared in the partwork War Monthly, unless otherwise stated all material is copyright Marshall Cavendish Partworks Ltd.
Introduction copyright 2009 Jon E. Lewis.
Spion Kop is an extract from Great Military Battles by Howard Green. Copyright 1971 Leo Cooper Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the publishers.
Tsushima is an extract from Great Battles of the 20th Century, edited by Barrie Pitt. Copyright 1977 Phoebus Publishing and BPC Publishing Ltd.
The Marne by Robert B. Asprey is reprinted from Great Military Battles, ed. Cyril Falls, Spring Books, 1969. Copyright 1964 George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd.
Megiddo by Basil Liddell Hart is an extract from The RealWar, Faber & Faber, 1930. Copyright 1930 Sir Basil Liddell Hart.
Battle of Britain 1940 by Christopher Dowling was first published in Decisive Battles of the Twentieth Century, edited by Noble Frankland and Christopher Dowling, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1976. Copyright 1976 Dr Christopher Dowling. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
Dunkirk by Peter Young is reprinted from The British Army 16421970, William Kimber, 1967. Copyright 1967 William Kimber & Co Ltd.
Stalingrad by E. D. Smith is reprinted from Decisive Battles of Hitlers War, ed. Antony Preston, New Burlington Books, 1977. Copyright 1977 Quarto Ltd.
Midway by Donald Macintyre is reprinted from History of the Second World War, ed. Basil Liddell Hart, Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd, 1989.
The Battle of the Atlantic by Herbert A. Werner is an extract from Iron Coffins, Da Capo Press, 1998. Copyright 1969 Herbert A. Werner.
Ardennes is an extract from World War 193945: A Short History by Peter Young. Copyright 1966 Brigadier Peter Young. Reprinted by kind permission of Mrs Mary Delion and London Management and Representation Ltd.
El Alamein is an extract from Decisive Battles of the Western World by J. F. C. Fuller, Vol III. Copyright 1974 J. F. C. Fuller. Reprinted by permission of David Higham Associates.
Imjin River by A. H. Farrar Hockley and E. L. Capel is an extract from Cap of Honour by David Scott Daniell. Copyright 1951 David Scott Daniell and 1975 The Gloucestershire Regiment.
Hamburger Hill is an extract from Vietnam: The Decisive Battles by John Pimlott, Marshall Editions, 1990. Copyright Marshall Editions Developments Ltd 1990. Reprinted by permission of Marshall Editions Developments Ltd.
Jerusalem by Ashley Brown was first published in The Elite: Special Forces of the World, Marshall Cavendish 1987. Copyright 1987 Marshall Cavendish Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Marshall Cavendish Ltd.
Wireless Ridge is an extract from 2 ParaFalklands by MajGen John Frost, Buchan & Enright Publishers Ltd. Copyright 1983 by Maj-Gen John Frost.
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