Publisher description for Impossible victories : ten unlikely battlefield successes / Bryan Perrett.
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This "top ten" list covers some of the most unlikely, unexpected, improbable, and even impossible military successes of the past 200 years. With accurate detail and adventurous drama, these accounts highlight the Albuera counterattack in the 1811 Peninsular War
the Battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane in 1814
the Charges at Beersheba and Huj in Palestine (1917)
the Rough Riders storming San Juan Hill
U.S. Rangers at Omaha Beach
and the Hill 875 attack in Vietnam. 248 pages, 29 b/w illus., 5 x 7 3/4.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Battles, Military history, Modern 19th century, Military history, Modern 20th century