Great Historical Battles

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300 spartans and their 4,000 allies vs 100,000-150,000 persians resulting in a horrifically brutual battle and then a catastrophic loss for the Greeks

Took place between Carthage and Rome as Hannibal prepared an army of 50,000 and proceeded to defeat the Romans (216 AD)

Islam attempts to spread in to the Catholic heartland of France (732)

Harold Godwinson defeats Harold Hadrada (1066)

William the bastard becomes a conquerer after the death of Harold Godwinson (1066)

A major victory for the English during the 100 years war with France, which against all odds saw Henry V win and signs a treaty making him the next king of France after the death of Charles VI (1415)

A conflict which resulted in a shift in power during the War of the Roses (1461)

The battle said to have ended the War of the Roses with the arrival of Henry VII (1485)

The siege of the capital of the Aztecs during the Spanish conquest of South America (1521)

Seen as the first "modern battle" in Japan during a defence of a famous castle by Nobunaga (1575)

A conflict on the sea between Queen Elizabeth of England and the Spanish off of the northen most French Coast (1588)

Oliver Cromwell defeats the remaining Royalists seeing the British Civil war draw to a close (1651)

2 battles happened in one place during the Franco-Dutch war but only resulted in the loss of 3 ships (1673)

The most bloody battle in the history of Ireland which ended Jacobitism (1691)

A conflict between Sweden and Russia, sparking the Great Northen War (1700)

A conflict during the French and indian wars which saw George Washingtons only military surrender (1754)

The battle which resulted in American independence from the British and saw some of the most renowned American and French generals and scholars defeat the Englsh (1781)

Seen as Napoleons greatest victory during his invasion of the Austrian Empire before sparking the fourth coalition against Napoleon (1805)

Seen as one of the most famous battles in history as the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher defeat Napoleon in what is now modern day Belgium ending Napoleons rule as Emperor (1815)

A conflict which lasted 34 hours, killed no one and started the American Civil war (1861)

Robert E. Lee faces overwhelming forces and leads his men into one of the bloodiest battle of the whole American Civil War seeing 22,000 men die (1862)

Robert E. Lee makes a move through virginia, but this meeting of forces led to over 50,000 casualties, the largest artillery bombardment of the entire war and the Confederacy loses confidence (1963)

The longest fighting took place in this battle as Grant and Lee play a game of attrition for 13 days (1964)

The Union and Confederacy meet in mass numbers for the last time and is marked as the last battle of the American Civil War (1965)

Custer gets cocky and is massacred by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse during the conflict with the Plains Indians (1876)

The Sioux give their last efforts before being slaughtered and Sitting Bull is killed (1890)

The Germans expect an easy push through France but face a considerable British and French force there preventing a simple campaign (1914)

The largest naval conflict during world war 1 as the British and German Dreadnought fleets met properly for the first and last time (1916)

Horrific attrition took place for close to a year resulting in minimul movment, 1 million deaths, a 10 hour German artillery bombardment and saw a French "victory" (1916)

Similar to the above but impacted the BEC more, saw mass gassings and the bloodiest day in British Military history with taking 57,000 casulties in one day (1916)

Late July sees the Allies attempt another attack on the Germans as the French and British try to hit German lines and attack Flanders fields for the 3rd time (1917)

British Forces finally push the Germans back to the Hindenburg line with the help of American forces (1918)

As Nazi Germany sweep through Europe the UK remains alone as they fight for the skies against the Luftwaffe (1940)

As the Germans trigger Operation Barbarossa they march through what is now modern day Ukraine and destroy a key USSR city within a month (1941)

The American fleet decisively prevent a Japanese assault in the Pacifc and destroy 4 of the best Japanese carriers (1942)

A victory which turned the tide during the African Campaign and ended the threat to the Suez Canal and Egypt (mainly Cairo) (1942)

Commonly seen as the turning point of the second World War, as the Nazis and their allies reaches the Volga River, the USSR apply the "no surrender" rule to its armies holding the city (1942-43)

saw less than 5,000 Allied men die within half an hour and 10,000 more injured, but opened a second front against the Nazis in france (1944)

After Allied advancment into France the Germans attempt a counter attack during a bitter winter and saw the 101st Airborne surrounded in the Ardenne Forest (1944-45)

Germany refuses to surrender as the Soviets march through the streets of their capital, tens of thousands of Germans die as they refuse to give up (1945)

During one of the most brutual assults on the Japanese by the Americans, saw an invasion of this extremely important island but cost the lives of over 100,000 men (1945)

Saw the beginning of Chinese intervention In the Korean War and is said to be the Australians and Canadians most important moment in the war before being pushed back and begin to prepare for a counter attack (1951)

Over 1,000 troops fight for 4 days against overwhelming North Vietnamese forces at LZ X-Ray in one of the first American conflicts in the Vietnam war (1965)

Part of the second stage of the 3 phase process to destroy the North Vietnamese army which included this brutual push by the 101st Airborne Divison and the 9th Marines regiment (1969)