Statistics for Famous Battles Quiz

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Year	Description	Battle	% Correct
1815	Final defeat of Napoleon	Battle of Waterloo	93%
1942–1943	German advance halted at Volga River; turning point on the Eastern front in WWII	Battle of Stalingrad	82%
1863	Northern victory over Lee's forces in Pennsylvania	Battle of Gettysburg	79%
1942	Turning point in Pacific Theater; U.S. Navy defeats Japan thanks to codebreakers.	Battle of Midway	76%
1916	Deadliest battle on the Western Front in WWI	Battle of the Somme	75%
1944–1945	Last major German offensive on the Western Front in WWII	Battle of the Bulge	72%
1066	Decisive victory in the Norman Conquest	Battle of Hastings	69%
1805	Admiral Nelson defeats Napoleon's navy	Battle of Trafalgar	68%
1940	The Luftwaffe tries to destroy the RAF	Battle of Britain	66%
1415	Henry V leads British longbowmen to victory over French	Battle of Agincourt	49%
480 BC	300 Spartans die while fighting the Persians	Battle of Thermopylae	49%
1805	Napoleon's greatest victory which ended the Holy Roman Empire	Battle of Austerlitz	37%
1815	Final battle in War of 1812, fought after peace was signed	Battle of New Orleans	32%
732	The Franks turn back Muslim conquerors in northern France	Battle of Tours	28%
1777	Burgoyne surrenders. Turning point of the American Revolution.	Battles of Saratoga	26%
216 BC	Hannibal encircles and annihilates a numerically superior Roman Army	Battle of Cannae	25%