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Trafalgar 1805 - Nelson's Crowning Victory

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - 1700 - 1950 A.D. (Excluding WWI & II)

Last Stocked on 11/18/2024

Product Info

Title
Trafalgar 1805 - Nelson's Crowning Victory
Publisher
Category
Author
Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publish Year
2005
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147402143
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM157
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM157

Description

Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson’s decisive victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain on 21 October 1805 remains one of the greatest naval triumphs in history. Off Cape Trafalgar, 27 British and 33 Franco-Spanish ships pounded each other in an epic four-hour struggle on whose outcome rested nothing less than Britain’s security against Napoleonic invasion. Nelson’s brilliant tactics, inspiring leadership and the superior training and morale of his crews left his opponents shattered in a savage encounter that not only marked the last great battle fought in the age of sail, but ushered in a century of British naval mastery.