Greatest Battles in History

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I'm thinking military battles here.

Some suggestions here: http://en.wikipedia...._of_the_World

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Battle of Stalingrad

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"It was the turning point of World War II and was arguably the bloodiest battle in human history, with combined casualties estimat... [show more]

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Thermopylae

300 Spartans and their allies hold off the Persian army.

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Battle of the Alamo

1836. About 200 men hold off the Mexican army under Santa Anna for 13 days, long enough for Sam Houston to raise a force which eve... [show more]

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The Monitor vs The Merrimack

1862. The Northern Monitor and the Confederate Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) duke it out. Although it was a draw, this bat... [show more]

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The Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar saw the British decisively defeat a combined French and Spanish fleet on 21 October 1805 in the most signi... [show more]

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The Battle of Iwo Jima

Over 1/4 of all medals of honor awarded to marines in WW2 were from Iwo Jima.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima

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The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain was the first major battle to be fought entirely by air forces.

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Falkirk

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Gettysburg

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the plains of abraham

a fifteen minute battle, that decided the fate of canada.

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The 4th battle of Kawanakajima

Takeda Shingen vs Uesugi Kenshin

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This topic was started by rph2go rph2go has 37,225 Grupie Points on March 17th, 2007. 30 grupies have voted on one or more of the 16 answers.

Tags: armed forces, army, history, hobbies, martial, military, navy, outdoors, places, travel

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