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In 636 AD, after protracted skirmishing and minor engagements the Arab and Byzantine armies faced each other on the banks of the Yarmuk river. The Byzantines were initially successful, driving back the Arab right wing. Finally, though, the Arab counter-attacks broke the Byzantine lines and the subsequent pursuit became a rout. The awful fate of the fleeing Byzantine soldiers was remembered for several generations until it was recorded in early Islamic histories. David Nicolle not only looks at the battle itself but also the whole decisive Arab campaign from the Muslim invasion of 633/4 to the fall of Byzantine Syria.
Table of Contents
Origins of the Campaign/The Opposing Leaders/The Opposing Armies/The Opposing Plans/The Campaign/Aftermath and Reckoning/The Battlefields Today/Chronology/A Guide to Further Reading/Wargaming Yarmuk
Product details
| Published | 26 May 1994 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781855324145 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 81 b/w; 16 col |
| Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
| Series | Campaign |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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