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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Major English victory in the hundred years war; long bowmen pivotal
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Agincourt
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B
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Series of WWII operations; Germany's last major offensive in the West
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Bulge
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C
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Imperial Rome's last great victory; Aetius defeats Attila
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Catalaunian Fields
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D
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Ended French claim to Vietnam; laid groundwork for later U.S. involvement
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Dien Bien Phu
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E
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Longest and largest battle of the Spanish Civil War
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Ebro
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F
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Shown in "Braveheart", William Wallace is defeated by the English
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Falkirk
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G
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Turning point in the American Civil War, also part of an "address"
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Gettysburg
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H
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Norman victory and last time England is successfully invaded
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Hastings
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I
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Darius defeated by Alexander the Great; beginning of the end of Persian Empire
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Issus
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J
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Largest naval battle of WWI
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Jutland
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K
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The largest tank battle ever
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Kursk
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L
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WWII naval defeat of Japan; possibly largest naval battle in history
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Leyte Gulf
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M
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Marked the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece
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Marathon
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N
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Andrew Jackson beats the British, not knowing a treaty was already signed earlier
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New Orleans
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O
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Included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific in WWII
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Okinawa
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P
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Caesar's great victory over Pompey in the Civil War between them
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Pharalus
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Q
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Deciding moment in loss of New France to Britain
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Quebec
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R
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Series of costly attacks by allies in WWII to try and capture Italian capital
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Rome
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S
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Turning point on Eastern Front in WWII
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Stalingrad
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T
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Napoleonic War naval battle in which Britain won, but Nelson died
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Trafalgar
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U
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Last major battle of Anglo-Zulu war
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Ulundi
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V
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Led to Ottoman Empire decline; helped keep Western Europe Christian
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Vienna
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W
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Final defeat of Napoleon bringing end to French continental dominance
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Waterloo
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X
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Mongol victory resulted in collapse of Song Dynasty
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Xiangyang
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Y
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Last major battle of the American Revolution; led directly to U.S. independence
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Yorktown
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Z
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Final and decisive encounter that ended the 2nd Punic War
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Zama
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