Impossible Victories Ten Unlikely Battlefield Successes PDF

Introduction
1. ‘That Astonishing Infantry’ 11 The Albuera Counter-Attack, 16 May 1811
2. Scarlet and Grey 37 The Battles of Chippewa and Lundy’s Lane, July 1814
3. Mission Impossible 65 The Reliefs of Lucknow, 1857
4. The Taking of the Taku Forts, 1859 and 1860 95
5. Dargai, 20 October 1897
6. The Storming of San Juan Ridge,Cuba, 1 July 1898
7. Mounted Action 140 The Charges at Beersheba and Huj, Palestine, 1917
8. Leading the Way 163 US Rangers at the Pointe du Hoe and Omaha Beach,D-Day, 6 June 1944
9. Crown of Thorns 174 The Struggle for Hill 112, June/July 1944
10. Dak To 200 Ngok Kom Leat and Hill 875 – South Vietnam,1967
Bibliography 216
Index 219
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Bryan Perrett was educated at Liverpool College. He served in the Royal Tank Regiment and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. A professional military historian for many years, his books include A History of the Blitzkrieg and Knights of the Black Cross: Hitler’s Panzerwaffe and its Leaders. His treatise Desert Warfare was widely consulted during the Gulf War. His most recent works, including Last Stand!, At All Costs! and Against all Odds! examine aspects of motivation. During the Falklands and Gulf Wars, Bryan Perrett served as Defense Correspondent to the Liverpool Echo. He is the author of The Hunters and the Hunted (2012), Why the Germans Lost (2013) and Why the Japanese Lost (2014), all published by Pen and Sword Books.