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Language: en
Pages: 66
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Language: en
Pages: 166
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Written by an expert on the Prussian army of the Napoleonic era, this is a fascinating insight into the 18th-century evolution of the Prussian forces into the w
Language: en
Pages: 68
Pages: 68
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
In an age when infantry units manoeuvred and fought in rigid blocks, the idea of encouraging initiative and allowing a unit to 'skirmish' was regarded as revolu
Language: en
Pages: 66
Pages: 66
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
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