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II, King of Macedonia Philip 382 B.C.-336 B.C Japan Okinawa Island Military campaigns Oorlogvoering Palau Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant) 1923-2001 Soldiers the Great Alexander 356 B.C.-323 B.C United States United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 5th. Battalion, 3rd. Company K.Filter By Subjects
II, King of Macedonia Philip 382 B.C.-336 B.C Japan Okinawa Island Military campaigns Oorlogvoering Palau Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant) 1923-2001 Soldiers the Great Alexander 356 B.C.-323 B.C United States United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 5th. Battalion, 3rd. Company K.Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith
Summary: "Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, from northern Greece to modern Pakistan, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new one in their place. He led from the front and was often wounded. He claimed to be the son of a god, but he was actually the son of Philip II. In Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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Summary: As a society, America needs from time to time to question the conduct of its foreign relations. WITH THE OLD BREED, by Eugene B. Sledge, provides the ultimate "reality check" by serving as a graphic reminder of the horrors America has periodically required its young men to endure for the higher cause of defending freedom. The battles of Peleliu (1944) and Okinawa (1945) were particularly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 1996