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World Wars


World War I
The aftermath of shelling during the Battle of the Somme, Mark V tanks cross the Hindenburg Line, HMS Irresistible sinks after hitting a mine in the Dardanelles, a British Vickers machine gun crew wears gas masks during the Battle of the Somme, Albatros D.III fighters of Jagdstaffel 11
World War II
Chinese forces in the Battle of Wanjialing, Australian 25-pounder guns during the First Battle of El Alamein, German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front in December 1943, American naval force in the Lingayen Gulf, Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Instrument of Surrender, Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad




Franco-Prussian War Collage of Franco–Prussian War imagery
Prussian infantry at the Battle of Spicheren, Jeanniot's 1886 La ligne de feu ( Battle of Mars-La-Tour), Werner's depiction of the capitulation of Sedan, Neuville's 1873 Les dernières cartouches Battle of Bazeilles


Second French Empire of Napoleon III

France French Empire
(until 1870)
France French Republic
(after 1870)

German states of the North German Confederation

German Empire North German Confederation
(until 1871)
Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Prussia

Baden
  Bavaria
Württemberg
Hesse-Darmstadt

  German Empire
(after 1871)
A Blaze of Glory
Author Jeff Shaara
Country United States
Language English
Subject American Civil War
Genre Historical novel
Publisher Ballantine Books
Publication date
2012
Pages512
ISBN 0-345-40492-0
Followed by The Killer Angels