Hint
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Answer
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14th July 1645, Cavaliers v. Roundheads
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Naseby
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13th August 1704, Grand Alliance v. France and Bavaria
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Blenheim
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16th April 1745, Jacobite Rebels v. British Royal Army
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Culloden
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23rd June 1757, Bengali Militia v. Britain
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Plassey
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13th September 1759, France v. Britain
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Quebec
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19th April 1775, Local Militias v. Britain
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Lexington
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22th July 1812, Britain, Portugal and Spain v. France
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Salamanca
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18th June 1815, France v. Seventh Coalition
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Waterloo
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14th October 1066, England v. Normandy
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Hastings
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25th October 1854, Britain, France and Ottoman Empire v. Russia
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Balaclava
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22-23 January 1879, Britain v. Zulus
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Rorke's Drift
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22nd August 1485, House of York v. House of Lancaster
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Bosworth
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1 July – 18 November 1916, Allies v. Germany
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Somme
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25 April 1915 – 9 January 1916, British Empire v. Ottoman Empire
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Gallipoli
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23 October – 4 November 1942, Allies v. Axis
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El Alamein
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6 June – 25 August 1944, Allies v. Axis
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D-Day
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22-25 April 1951, Britain v. China
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Imjin River
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28-29 May 1982, Britain v. Argentina
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Goose Green
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17 July -12 September 2006, Britain, Denmark v. Taleban
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Helmand
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10 July – 31 October 1940, RAF v. Luftwaffe
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Britain
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If you know next to nothing about any other history, then disasters like Gallipoli, or defeats in minor scuffles such as Lexington or Helmand loom large enough to imagine that they were “great”
Of course, the army will continue to pretend that Trafalgar never happened.
Who was the greatest despotic dictator of all time?
Who was the greatest serial killer?
Which was the greatest global pandemic?
What were the greatest battles?
It seems that human “greatness” can be measured in headstones…