Outnumbered, Outgunned, Undeterred

Twenty Battles Against All Odds

Rob Johnson

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Year: 2012
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780500770863
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Outnumbered, Outgunned, Undeterred tells the remarkable true stories of 20 battles or campaigns in which a force overcame the odds to challenge, or triumph over, a stronger opposition. It presents historical examples from 1777 to the present day, analysing the tactics and courage that swung events in favour of the underdog. Each chapter is accompanied by a large illustration or photograph of the conflict in question, as well as a specially commissioned battle plan in two colours. Rob Johnson, a noted expert in the history of war, analyses each of the examples and shows, through vivid narratives and specially commissioned battle plans, how they provided inspiration both at the time and since proof that whatever the odds, fortune favours the brave.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• About the Author
• Other Titles of Interest
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 /// George Washington and the American Patriots at Yorktown, 1781
• 2 /// The United States Marines at Tripoli, 1803–5
• 3 /// Napoleon’s Six Days’ Campaign, France, 1814
• 4 /// Simón Bolívar and the Liberation Movement, South America, 1813–25
• 5 /// The War for Independence, Greece, 1821–29
• 6 /// The British Army at Delhi, India, 1857
• 7 /// The Battle of Burnside’s Bridge at Antietam, America, 1862
• 8 /// The French Foreign Legion at the Battle of Camerone, Mexico, 1863
• 9 /// Lord Roberts and the March from Kabul to Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1879–80
• 10 /// Christiaan De Wet and Boer Resistance, South Africa, 1900–2
• 11 /// The Devons at Bois Des Buttes, France, 1918
• 12 /// The Battle of Warsaw, Poland, 1920
• 13 /// The Winter War, Finland, 1939–40
• 14 /// The Battle for the Bataan Peninsula, Philippines, 1941–42
• 15 /// The Struggle for Stalingrad, Russia, 1942–43
• 16 /// The Defence of Kohima, Burma–India Border, 1944
• 17 /// The Retreat from Chosin Reservoir, Korea, 1950
• 18 /// The Defence of the Golan Heights, Israel, 1973
• 19 /// The Battle of Debecka, Iraq, 2003
• 20 /// The Defence of the Platoon Houses and the Battle of Wanat, Afghanistan, 2006–8
• Conclusion
• Further Reading
• Index
• Copyright