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Battle to Country

For each selected battle or operation, guess the modern-day country in whose territory or waters it took place.
Answer must correspond to the yellow box
Each country is used only once
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Last updated: July 14, 2019
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First submittedJuly 14, 2019
Times taken30,200
Average score65.0%
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Battle
Year
Country
Fallujah
2004
Iraq
Dien Bien Phu
1954
Vietnam
Inchon
1950
South Korea
Iwo Jima
1945
Japan
Leyte Gulf
1944
Philippines
Stalingrad
1942–43
Russia
Guadalcanal
1942–43
Solomon Islands
El Alamein
1942
Egypt
Jutland
1916
Denmark
Gallipoli
1915–16
Turkey
Battle
Year
Country
San Juan Hill
1898
Cuba
Antietam
1862
United States
Waterloo
1815
Belgium
Austerlitz
1805
Czech Republic
Trafalgar
1805
Spain
Agincourt
1415
France
Hastings
1066
United Kingdom
Teutoburg Forest
9 A.D.
Germany
Cannae
216 B.C.
Italy
Thermopylae
480 B.C.
Greece
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Level 84
Jul 14, 2019
Yellow box??
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Level ∞
Jul 14, 2019
Whoops, fixed.
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Level 74
Jul 15, 2019
extremely hard but still good
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Level 72
Jul 15, 2019
Interesting. Got most. Guessed a couple. Had to look up Antietam and San Juan Hill as I had never heard of them.
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Level 70
Jul 15, 2019
Were it not for the years being given, this would have been significantly harder.
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Level 90
Jul 15, 2019
Only 3 of them are ones that I was not be able to put a war and relative timeframe to (Austerlitz, Teutonburg Forest and Cannae). One of those would almost undoubtedly be in Germany. One would be in a region that was German/Austrian at some point. So that just leaves Cannae.
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Level 87
Jul 15, 2019
Which -- clearly being Latin -- gives you a good first shot.
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Level 82
Jul 16, 2019
You should read up on Austerlitz, Napoleon finest moment :)
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Level 37
Jul 16, 2019
Great quiz. Missed a few, but fantastic idea
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Level 76
Jul 17, 2019
Missed Austerlitz - I assumed since it's a place name in Paris (and of one of its train stations) it had to be France!
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Level 80
Jul 24, 2019
I didn't know they were still celebrating Napoleon's victories! I only knew it from War and Peace.
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Level 38
Aug 7, 2019
Many places in Paris are named after Napoleon's victories : gare d'Austerlitz, pont d'Iéna, avenue de Wagram, etc.
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Level 82
Feb 26, 2020
Much of Paris still echoes the Napoleonic age - his victories and his marshals are all used as street and other place names. Which makes sense, since he is probably the most famous Frenchman of all time and steered France to its greatest heights. Not to mention being arguably the greatest military commander of all time.
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Level 60
Sep 2, 2021
Wouldn't the candidate for the greatest military commander be the one who defeated Napoleon instead?
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Level 62
Feb 12, 2023
he was beaten 2vs1. he is the greatest military commander, you like it or not.
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Level 74
Feb 12, 2023
Depends on how you define "great"? Area conquered, population controlled, years undefeated, number of battles, strength of opposition, innovative strategy...

Napoleon would definitely be in the conversation, if not at the top

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Level 64
Feb 13, 2023
Can't think of many that would top him. Genghis Khan maybe?
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Level 56
Aug 7, 2019
I thought Incheon was misspelled but it turns out it was romanized as Inchon until 2000.
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Level 85
Aug 7, 2019
Great quiz! Also try Famous Battles on the Map.
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Level 51
Aug 7, 2019
You could probably guess most by the year. With some trial and error that is.
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Level 75
Aug 7, 2019
Fallujah? Never heard of it. Got the rest though
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Level 75
Aug 7, 2019
Knew Austerlitz. What it meant. Who fought in it. General area, but precise location took some guesswork
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Level 46
Nov 28, 2019
Well still I don't understand why that many people didn't get it. I mean you know it was a war between France and Austria/Prussia/Russia. You know France was on the offensive, trying to beat Prussia and Austria before they could unite their forces with russia. So it must have happened on Prussia/Austria's soil maybe in a small state between the two. In modern day nations terms that leaves you with quite a few candidates...
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Level 71
Feb 13, 2020
I believe the correct answer for Stalingrad should be the USSR, not Russia.
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Level 68
Feb 15, 2020
"modern day country"
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Level 82
Jun 2, 2021
The only battle I wasn't familiar with was San Juan Hill, though given the name and year, I should have been able to work it out.
+2
Level 65
Jan 28, 2022
I remember starting a day once in Paris Austerlitz and ending it in London Waterloo...
+2
Level 77
Feb 12, 2023
Finally got Guadalcanal after guessing every single other country in the continent!