"Few battles attract such interest as does the Battle of Kursk. Operation Zitadelle - the code name given by Hitler to the Wehrmacht's last offensive on the Eastern Front in July 1943 - has acquired an almost mythic status as one of the greatest clashes of armour in the history …
The earliest battle in history which can be reconstructed in detail, Qadesh pitted the two great warriors of the age against each other, Muwatallish of Hatti and the great warrior-Pharaoh Rameses II. With the Hittites gaining the initial advantage, all seemed lost until Rameses …
Qadesh 1300 BC: Clash of the warrior kings
by Healy, Mark
fromOsprey military campaign series
Oldtidens krigshistorie. Beskrivelse af det første slag i krigshistorien, som det har været muligt at rekonstruere. Slaget ved Kadesh, der i det 2 århundrede f. Kr. var en vigtig fæstning beliggende ved Orontes floden i det nordlige Libanon, blev udkæmpet i år 1300 f. Kr. mellem…