Year | Description | Answer | Victor | % Correct |
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1066 | William de Normandie claims the English crown and meets the English King, Harold II, in battle here. | Hastings | France (Normandy) | 82%
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1815 | Napoleon is finally defeated at the hands of the Duke of Wellington. | Waterloo | United Kingdom | 82%
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1805 | Admiral Lord Nelson bucks naval warfare tradition and splits the French and Spanish fleet in to thirds. The act cost him his life but his forces were victorious. | Trafalgar | United Kingdom | 58%
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1779 | The French and Spanish sign a treaty promising to aid each other in reclaiming lost territory. Their first target is this 'rock' in southern Spain that the British had captured seventy years prior. | Gibraltar | Great Britain | 53%
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1415 | The French really do not appreciate the power of the longbow. Henry V inspires his men to another improbable victory. | Agincourt | England | 45%
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1558 | The French finally reclaim this city, the last English held territory in France. | Calais | France | 42%
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1798 | Napoleon seeks to conquer Egypt en route to harassing the British in India. The British fleet has other ideas and stops him at this river. | The Nile | Great Britain | 37%
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1793 | The British besiege the French at this port city. Little did the Brits know they would be under siege themselves here 147 years later. | Dunkirk | France | 34%
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1346 | English longbowmen decimate the disorganized French charge. This won't be the last time either. | Crécy | England | 24%
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1781 | A French fleet blocks General Cornwallis' escape to the sea, and he is forced to surrender to the Americans. | Yorktown | France and USA | 24%
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1356 | English longbowmen again make the difference. King Jean II is captured in battle. | Poitiers | England | 16%
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1809 | The British retreat across Spain to this port city where they barely manage to escape the French army. | Corunna | France | 13%
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1940 | After the fall of France, a French admiral refuses to surrender his fleet to the British, despite fears the fleet may fall into the hands of the Germans. The British open fire on their allies, sinking several ships. | Mers-el-Kébir | United Kingdom | 8%
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1778 | The British beseiged and captured this French colony in India after the French entered the war on the side of the USA. | Pondicherry | Great Britain | 8%
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1754 | George Washington's only military surrender. Good thing he was working for the British at the time. | Fort Necesitty | France | 3%
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