Battlefield Action #21

In 218 B.C., the Carthaginian general Hannibal, trained from boyhood to avenge his father's defeat at Roman hands, rises to power and begins a legendary campaign to conquer Rome itself—arming his armies with war elephants and leading them across Spain and into Italy. Over fifteen years, Hannibal dominates the Italian peninsula and wins great victories against the Roman legions, but Rome finds an unexpected path to victory by striking at Carthage's homeland instead. This story captures how one of history's greatest military minds came to power and the remarkable (though ultimately thwarted) war that shook the ancient world.

On the eve of the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon Bonaparte devises a bold strategy against the combined forces of Austria and Russia—deliberately ceding advantageous ground to draw his numerically superior enemies into a trap. As his outnumbered French army prepares for battle, the Emperor himself ventures into the darkness to survey the enemy positions, narrowly escaping capture before rallying his troops for the coming dawn. When the battle erupts on December 2nd, Napoleon's tactical brilliance turns the tide, and his disciplined soldiers execute his plan with devastating precision.