Battle of Plataea, August 479 BC

A Persian historical simulation

By André Geraque Kiffer

Book Code: 640363

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The Battle of Plataea was the decisive ground battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in 479 BC near the town of Plataea in Boeotia, between an alliance of Greek city states, including Sparta, Athens, Corinth and Megarida, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. For lack of a clearer picture of the situation Mardonius was led to a strategic operational error, but we believe he could still have tactically won if he had better employed his main forces, that is, his cavalry (not dispersing it). and the historically cited elite infantry, which we will consider to be one of the "Immortals" divisions, probably ceded by their king and father-in-law for the continuation of the ground campaign. In the simulation it will be considered that the Greek device was unbalanced by the confusing nocturnal withdrawal, relying on the shocking action of the hoplite masses, particularly from the Spartan East Wing, to balance and / or reverse the situation the following day. The equilibrium of the Persian device will be based above all on the hold of the opposing wings by the infantry, allowing penetration through the center and subsequent overflowing of the flanks, by the cavalry and the heavy infantry (the “Immortals”).

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Number of pages 60
Edition 1 (2019)
Language English

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André Geraque Kiffer

Coronel do Exército.

Bacharel em Ciências Militares, pela Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, Resende - RJ (1982).

Doutor em Ciências Militares, pós-graduação universitária stricto sensu, pela Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército, Rio de Janeiro - RJ (1999-2000).

MBA Executivo, pós-graduação lato sensu, pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro - RJ (2008).

Metodologia da Pesquisa em Ciências Militares, pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro - RJ (2009).

Bacharel em História pela Universidade Estácio (2019).

Casado com Leila Cristina de Paiva Kiffer, com quem tem dois filhos, Vitor de Paiva Kiffer e Eduardo de Paiva Kiffer.

Comunidade Clube de Autores: clubedeautores.ning.com/profile/GeraqueKiffer

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