Mark Healy

A highly illustrated account of what is rightly regarded as one of the greatest battles of military history. Hannibal's stratagem has become a model of the perfectly fought battle and is studied in detail at military academies around the world. At Cannae, the Romans confronted Hannibal with an army of 80,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. Hannibal faced them with 40,000...

Kursk 1943 by Mark Healy is illustrated throughout and provides a focused examination of the German army's attempt to hem in the Soviets. In the summer of 1943, the German army stood poised for a major offensive. The attack was aimed at the Kursk salient, which the Germans intended to isolate, trapping large numbers of Russian troops and paving the...

The most important and dramatic carrier battle of World War II, which completely changed the fortunes of both Japan and America. One of the most important naval battles in history, Midway was fought barely six months after the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The badly damaged USS Yorktown was repaired in just 48 hours and, with Enterprise and Hornet,...