Famous Battles A-Z

Every letter has a battle
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Last updated: May 17, 2023
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Letter
Hint
Answer
A
Octavian's navy crushes Antony and Cleopatra's navy
Actium
B
The RAF and the Luftwaffe engage in combat here
Britain
C
Hannibal destroys the Roman army using the crescent formation
Cannae
D
The British are evacuated using mostly civilian boats
Dunkirk
E
First battle of the first English civil war in 1642
Edgehill
F
First battle of the American Civil War
Fort Sumter
G
Turning point of the American Civil War
Gettysburg
H
The Normans conquer England
Hastings
I
Alexander defeats Darius with impossible odds
Issus
J
The only major naval battle in WW1
Jutland
K
Ramesses the Great signs a peace treaty with the Hittites
Kadesh
L
The bloodiest siege in human history
Leningrad
M
A Greek messenger runs 26.2 miles to deliver news of the battle, promptly dies
Marathon
Letter
Hint
Answer
N
Andrew Jackson bravely defends this city...2 weeks after the peace treaty was signed, the news had not reached either side
New Orleans
O
Battle where Joan of Arc became famous, earning her the nickname Maid of ______
Orléans
P
Failed campaign by Douglas Haig that was very foolish
Passchendaele
Q
Benedict Arnold fails to capture this Canadian city
Quebec
R
General Mark Clark captures this city just a few days before D-Day
Rome
S
Themistocles masterfully defeats the Perisan navy here
Salamis
T
Horatio Nelson heroically dies in this battle
Trafalgar
U
Last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu war
Ulundi
V
Suleiman the Magnificent fails to capture this city, ending a golden age of Islam
Vienna
W
Napoleon meets his final defeat
Waterloo
X
Chiang Kai-shek drives the enemy out of Zhengzhou
Xinzheng
Y
This battle sets the standard calendar for Star Wars
Yavin
Z
Scipio crushes Hannibal within Carthage's territory
Zama
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