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Clue
Answer
English diarist who famously buried his Parmesan cheese in the Great fire of London
(P)epys
Famous 1415 100 years war battle won by the English
(A)gincourt
Country where the 1981-1986 bush war occurred
(U)ganda
The largest European battle prior to the First World War
(L)eipzig
First name of ‘The Impaler’ a brutal leader who ruled Wallachia three times from 1448-1477
(V)lad
First name of Von Bismarck
(O)tto
The decisive battle in the First English civil war (1645)
(N)aseby
1904-1908 Namibian genocide caused by German colonial rulers
(H)erero and Nama
Battle of WW2 where the famous ‘raising the flag’ photo was taken (US flag)
(I)wo Jima
Roman emperor from 54-68 who murdered his own mother
(N)ero
The ‘great survey’ that William the conqueror organised to determine taxation
(D)omesday book
‘This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning’ Churchill said this quotation after this African battle
(E)l Alemain
River that a 1798 naval battle between Great Britain and France was named after
(N)ile
Crimean War battle where the Charge of the Light Brigade took place
(B)alaclava
Treaty that ended the war of the Spanish succession
(U)trecht
Surname of an American revolutionary who is incorrectly reported to have said ‘The British are coming’ in his ‘Midnight Ride’
(R)evere
Bloodiest (by casualties) battle of the American civil war
(G)ettysburg
GERMAN GENERAL (FIRST NAME PLUS DOUBLE BARRELLED SURNAME)
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