Ultimate Battles Box [3-disc] DVD

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BATTLE OF GAUGAMELA (331 BC):
ALEXANDER DEFEATS THE PERSIANS AT GAUGAMELA

In 331 BC, the two most powerful armies in the world met outside a small village in what is now part of Northern Iraq. On one side stood Alexander the Great, the young King of Macedon, with his small but highly trained force. Opposing him was Darius, the King of Persia, and his army of 250,000 warriors. What took place at the Battle of Gaugamela is viewed as one of the greatest military engagements of the ancient world. Ultimate Battles: Alexander the Great – Battle of Gaugamela reveals how Alexander’s brilliant military tactics allowed him to prevail against seemingly overwhelming odds to become the master of the known world.

BATTLE OF WATERLOO (1815):
A UNITED EUROPE TAKES ON NAPOLEON

On 15th June 1815 the fate of Europe rested in the hands of two distinguished generals. Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of France, had marshalled his forces together in an attempt to control the entire continent. Opposing him was an army of British, Dutch and Prussian Allies, led by the brilliant commander The Duke of Wellington. At Waterloo, 200,000 troops clashed in a brutal battle that changed the course of world history.

Ultimate Battles: Waterloo highlights the tactics employed during this brutal one-day confrontation and  how it became the last stand, and ultimate defeat, for one of the greatest military geniuses to have ever lived.

BATTLE OF THE BULGE (1944):
HITLER’S LAST GAMBLE IN THE WEST

In December 1944, Hitler launched 200,000 troops and over 500 tanks against Allied lines in Belgium in a desperate attempt to stave off defeat. Caught off guard, the Allied forces were pushed back, with the new frontlines forming a bulge into their controlled territory. For the next 41 days the two opposing armies engaged in fi erce pitched battles that would eventually claim more that 160,000 casualties and determine the outcome of World War II.

Ultimate Battles: Battle of the Bulge details how the tactics of the Allied forces repelled this massive offensive, breaking the back of the German army and exposing Hitler to the Red Army in the East and ultimate defeat.