Great battles of the 20th century

Every century in the history of mankind has had its share of battlefield sagas. And the reasons, from the time of our earliest ancestors, have mainly been to do with man's need to acquire - be it wealth, power, or glory. On many occasions, too, people have gone to war to defend - or impose - an ideology. So, what did our leaders fight for? Follow the battle timeline of the century past - through the Boer War, the Vietnam War, the Falklands War and the Gulf War, among others. And of course, the grandest war theatre of all - the two World Wars! Read about some of the great battles - Tannenberg, Marne, Ypres, Leningrad, Guadalcanal and more. Yet, through all this, the world also saw the incredible victories of the champions of non-violence, fighting freedom movements for their nations. This book tells their story too.