JK
John Keegan
About
Perhaps the most influential military historian of the 20th century. The Face of Battle.
Books in Database (4)
The Face of Battle 1976 · 354 pages
Academic A revolutionary study comparing combat experience at Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme.
Six Armies in Normandy 1982 · 365 pages
Popular History The Normandy campaign told through six national armies — American, British, Canadian, Polish, French, and German.
The Second World War 1989 · 608 pages
Popular History A single-volume history of the entire war by the most influential military historian of the 20th century.
The First World War 1998 · 475 pages
Popular History A single-volume military history of the entire war by the most influential military historian of the 20th century.
Events Covered
1939 Invasion of Poland 1940 Dunkirk Evacuation 1941 Operation Barbarossa 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor 1942 Battle of Stalingrad 1944 D-Day / Normandy Landings 1945 Fall of Berlin 1914 First Battle of the Marne 1914 Battle of Tannenberg 1916 Battle of Verdun 1916 Battle of the Somme 1917 Passchendaele (Third Ypres) 1918 Hundred Days Offensive & Armistice