Name The Battle - Difficult #1

Can you name these famous battles from history? 2, 3, 4, 5
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Battle
2003 CE
Battle during Coalition Invasion of Iraq that resulted in the toppling of Saddam Hussein and his statue
Battle of Baghdad
1950 CE
Amphibious battle during the Korean War, a decisive victory for UN forces against North Korea
Battle of Inchon
1942 CE to 1943 CE
Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, a turning point for the Eastern Front in WWII
Battle of Stalingrad
1942 CE
Rioting between American soldiers stationed in Australia, and Australian soldiers also stationed there as well as Australian civilians
Battle of Brisbane
1866 CE
Decisive Prussian victory over Austria, ending the Austro-Prussian War and precipitating the formation of the North German Confederation
Battle of Königgrätz
1805 CE
One of Napoleon's greatest victories, ended the War of the Third Coalition, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors
Battle of Austerlitz
1759 CE
Battle that saw Wolfe, leading British forces, and Montcalm, leading French forces, die in battle, with the British victory deciding the fate of Canada
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
1709 CE
Russians defeat Swedish, paving the way for Swedish fall from great power status and the Russian rise to it; part of the Great Northern War
Battle of Poltava
1631 CE
Major battle during Thirty Years War between Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and the Count of Tilly, ending in Swedish Protestant victory
Battle of Breitenfeld
1571 CE
Naval battle fought between the Ottoman Empire and much of Christian Europe under the Holy League, ending in Holy League victory
Battle of Lepanto
1444 CE
Crusade of various Christian states defeated by Ottoman Empire, Władysław III the King of Poland, Hungary and Croatia killed
Battle of Varna
1346 CE
The first of the three great English victories in the Hundred Years War, won like the following two victories with the longbow
Battle of Crécy
751 CE
Major battle between Chinese Tang dynasty and Islamic Abbasid Caliphate over control of an area in Central Asia; resulted in Abbasid victory
Battle of Talas
216 BCE
Carthaginian army led by Hannibal decisively defeats Romans in the Second Punic War through double encirclement, resulting in defection of Capua
Battle of Cannae
333 BCE
Alexander the Great decisively defeats Darius III of Persia and captures much of his family; the second of Alexander's three great victories in his conquest of Persia
Battle of Issus
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