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The Gettysburg Campaign
June - July 1863 |
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This history describes the Gettysburg Campaign, which culminated in the three-day battle in Pennsylvania, 1-3 July 1863. This was the bloodiest battle ever in North America, and the bloodiest battle outside Asia between 1814 and 1914. Considered the turning point of the American Civil War, this history presents the origins of the campaign, including those factors immediately preceeding that influenced its causes and its course.
Integral to the detailed textual history are comprehensive, multi-level and interactive static and animated maps giving minute by minute descriptions of the course of the battle and the campaign. Further incorporated into this history are a detailed, multi-level Order-of--Battle, biographies of senior officers, in-depth description and analyses of weapons, tactics and systems used at Gettysburg as well as an extensive bibliography and internet links.
All information is inter-linked, allowing for un-precedented flexibility to the reader, as well as the ability to drill down into greater and greater levels of detail.
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The Battle of Jutland
31 May - 1 June 1916 |
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The Battle of Jutland was the greatest clash of battleships in history when the Royal Navy and German High Seas Fleet encountered one another in late May, 1916. The German Naval Command conceived of an expedition to trim down the larger British fleet through a carefully planned raid. However, British Naval Intelligence had broken German naval codes and the hunter became the hunted.
Integral to the detailed textual history are comprehensive, multi-level and interactive static and animated maps giving minute by minute descriptions of the course of the battle and the campaign. Also incorporated into this history are a detailed, multi-level Order-of--Battle, detailed descriptions (including over 300 photographs) of all the participating ships, biographies of senior officers, in-depth description and analyses of weapons and systems used at Jutland, an extensive bibliography and internet links.
As with all Pentagoet Histories, the information is inter-linked, allowing for unprecedented flexibility to the reader, as well as the ability to drill down into greater and greater levels of detail. |
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France 1940
May - June 1940 |
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France 1940 details the cataclysmic campaign in France, Belgium and the Netherlands when Germany unexpectedly triumphed over the larger and more powerful Allied forces. Germany's victory was due to careful planning, innovative execution and a great deal of luck.
Included in this history are detailed Order-of--Battle information, detailed descriptions (including photographs) of all key weapons and systems, biographies of senior officers, in-depth description and analyses of weapons and systems used in the campaign, extensive bibliography and internet links, and comprehensive static and animated maps giving minute by minute desription of the course of the campaign.
As with all Pentagoet Histories, the information is inter-linked, allowing for unprecedented flexibility to the reader, as well as the ability to drill down into greater and greater levels of detail.
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The Penobscot Expedition
June - August 1779 |
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The Penobscot Expedition was the American rebel attempt to retake a key British outpost on the coast of Maine in 1779. The Americans assembled their largest fleet of the Revolutionary War for the mission. After a spectacularly successful amphibious assault by the Continental Marines, the effort dissipated into a siege that culminated in the worst American naval disaster until Pearl Harbor.
Integral to the detailed textual history are comprehensive, multi-level and interactive static and animated maps giving minute by minute descriptions of the course of the battle and the campaign. Also incorporated into this history are a detailed, multi-level Order-of--Battle, biographies of senior officers, in-depth description and analyses of weapons and systems used during the Revolution, an extensive bibliography and internet links.
As with all Pentagoet Histories, the information is inter-linked, allowing for unprecedented flexibility to the reader, as well as the ability to drill down into greater and greater levels of detail. |
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