Famous Battles A to Z

Give the name of the battle corresponding with the letter that it first starts with.

They all start with "the battle of..."

Some are a series of battles.

I use the most common name given.

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	Hint	Answer
A	Major English victory in the hundred years war; long bowmen pivotal	Agincourt
B	Series of WWII operations; Germany's last major offensive in the West	Bulge
C	Imperial Rome's last great victory; Aetius defeats Attila	Catalaunian Fields
D	Ended French claim to Vietnam; laid groundwork for later U.S. involvement	Dien Bien Phu
E	Longest and largest battle of the Spanish Civil War	Ebro
F	Shown in "Braveheart", William Wallace is defeated by the English	Falkirk
G	Turning point in the American Civil War, also part of an "address"	Gettysburg
H	Norman victory and last time England is successfully invaded	Hastings
I	Darius defeated by Alexander the Great; beginning of the end of Persian Empire	Issus
J	Largest naval battle of WWI	Jutland
K	The largest tank battle ever	Kursk
L	WWII naval defeat of Japan; possibly largest naval battle in history	Leyte Gulf
M	Marked the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece	Marathon

	Hint	Answer
N	Andrew Jackson beats the British, not knowing a treaty was already signed earlier	New Orleans
O	Included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific in WWII	Okinawa
P	Caesar's great victory over Pompey in the Civil War between them	Pharalus
Q	Deciding moment in loss of New France to Britain	Quebec
R	Series of costly attacks by allies in WWII to try and capture Italian capital	Rome
S	Turning point on Eastern Front in WWII	Stalingrad
T	Napoleonic War naval battle in which Britain won, but Nelson died	Trafalgar
U	Last major battle of Anglo-Zulu war	Ulundi
V	Led to Ottoman Empire decline; helped keep Western Europe Christian	Vienna
W	Final defeat of Napoleon bringing end to French continental dominance	Waterloo
X	Mongol victory resulted in collapse of Song Dynasty	Xiangyang
Y	Last major battle of the American Revolution; led directly to U.S. independence	Yorktown
Z	Final and decisive encounter that ended the 2nd Punic War	Zama