DK History’s Greatest Battles

The Most Decisive, Significant and Bloodiest Days of War

This unique collection is an insightful multimedia analysis of five decisive battles that will go down in history as the most massive, decisive and bloodiest days of war.  Listen to audio commentary as you view hundreds of archival photographs and historical paintings by the greatest war artists of the period. 

You will explore the strategic battlefield plans, understand the circumstances leading up to war, meet the larger than life personalities of key generals and experience the enormity of the sacrifice of the fallen.

Read through the articles linearly or bookmark your progress to come back to it later, or skip directly to sections you want to read.  This comprehensive collection accurately depicts all aspects of war, the men who fought them, the aftermath, and the lessons learned for future generations.  Through striking visuals and compelling audio, you will experience the tragic setbacks, the hard-won victories, the moments of glory and the real cost of these monumental clashes which forever changed history.


DK History’s Greatest Battles features:

• Gettysburg
  The bloodiest battle of the Civil War, with more than 51,000 casualties, resulting in a hallmark victory for the Union Army.
• D-Day
  The largest military force ever amassed for invasion turned the tide of World War II.  As that pivotal day ended with 20,000 casualties and so much at stake, it earned the nickname of "The Longest Day".
• Verdun
  The lengthiest battle in world history, situated on a tiny piece of land resulting in 700,000 casualties, fought only for national prestige during World War I.
• Austerlitz
  Napolean's French troops trick the Russian and Austrian emperors' forces and claim their greatest victory.
• Culloden
  The infamous "Well of the Dead" marks the spot where the fighting was most fierce in this final battle for monarchy control of mainland Britain in 1746.

DK History’s Greatest Battles System Requirements:

Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista 32-bit ONLY! (not windows 7 compatible) 

800 MHz Pentium processor or higher

512 MB of RAM

640 x 480 display

16-bit color screen

CD-ROM drive

SoundBlaster Card (DirectX 9 for Vista)

Keyboard

Mouse

Speakers

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