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Title Extreme battlefields : when war meets the forces of nature / Tanya Lloyd Kyi ; art by Drew Shannon.
Author Kyi, Tanya Lloyd, 1973- author.
Publication Info. Toronto : Annick Press, [2016]
©2016
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 305.409 KYI    Check Shelves
Description 157 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "This non-fiction book for 10-14 year olds explores the ways the environment--the weather, climate, or geography--influences the outcomes of wars. The historical examples examined are: Hannibal in the Alps, the US Navy during Typhoon Cobra (WWII), the Canadian Army in Passchendaele (WWI), the dispute between India and Pakistan over the Siachen Glacier, the Battle of Pichincha (a volcano), General Wei Qing vs the Xiongnu in the Gobi Desert, the US Army in Vietnam, Napoleon's defeat in Russia, and the Battle of Tora Bora"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject War -- History -- Juvenile literature.
War -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Military meteorology -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Shannon, Drew, 1988- illustrator.
ISBN 9781554517930 (paperback)
1554517931 (paperback)
9781554517947 (bound) : $24.95
155451794X (bound)
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