This book provides an accessible, highly-illustrated introduction to 30 of history"s most famous battles, including Marathon, Hastings, Agincourt, Saratoga, Trafalgar, Waterloo, Gettysburg, the Somme, Stalingrad, D-Day, and many more. It includes full-color tactical maps that allow the reader to grasp at a glance the decisive moves of the battle. It features more than 250 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations depicting the uniforms, tactics, and military technology of the era.