The longest afternoon : the 400 men who decided the battle of waterloo
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Published
New York : Basic Books, 2015.
ISBN
9780465064823, 0465064825
Physical Desc
xvii, 186 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Status
EPHRATA PUBLIC LIBRARY
940.274 SIMMS
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940.274 SIMMS
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Published
New York : Basic Books, 2015.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780465064823, 0465064825
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent with yet another war. Near the small Belgian municipality of Waterloo, two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe -- Napoleon's forces on one side, and the Duke of Wellington is on the other. With so much at stake, neither commander could have predicted that the battle would be decided by the Second Light Battalion, King's German Legion, which was given the deceptively simple task of defending the Haye Sainte farmhouse, which dominated a crucial crossroads on the way to Brussels. In The Longest Afternoon, Brendan Simms recounts how these 400-odd riflemen beat back wave after wave of French infantry until finally forced to withdraw, but only after holding up Napoleon for so long that he lost the overall contest. Their actions decided the most influential battle in European history. - Jacket flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Simms, B. (2015). The longest afternoon: the 400 men who decided the battle of waterloo . Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Simms, Brendan. 2015. The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo. Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Simms, Brendan. The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo Basic Books, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Simms, Brendan. The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo Basic Books, 2015.
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