Statistics for Great Historical Battles

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
William the bastard becomes a conquerer after the death of Harold Godwinson (1066)	Battle of Hastings	83%
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)	Battle of Agincourt	65%
Took place between Carthage and Rome as Hannibal prepared an army of 50,000 and proceeded to defeat the Romans (216 AD)	Battle of Cannae	62%
Islam attempts to spread in to the Catholic heartland of France (732)	Battle of Tours	58%
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)	Battle of Waterloo	54%
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)	Battle of Verdun	44%
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)	Battle of Gettysburg	42%
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)	Battle of Stalingrad	42%
The battle said to have ended the War of the Roses with the arrival of Henry VII (1485)	Battle of Bosworth Field	40%
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	Battle of Thermopylae	40%
Seen as Napoleons greatest victory during his invasion of the Austrian Empire before sparking the fourth coalition against Napoleon (1805)	Battle of Austerlitz	35%
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)	Battle of Berlin	35%
Custer gets cocky and is massacred by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse during the conflict with the Plains Indians (1876)	Battle of Little Big Horn	33%
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)	Battle of Normandy	33%
Harold Godwinson defeats Harold Hadrada (1066)	Battle of Stamford Bridge	33%
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)	Battle of the Somme	33%
As Nazi Germany sweep through Europe the UK remains alone as they fight for the skies against the Luftwaffe (1940)	Battle of Britain	31%
A victory which turned the tide during the African Campaign and ended the threat to the Suez Canal and Egypt (mainly Cairo) (1942)	Battle of El Alamein	27%
The largest naval conflict during world war 1 as the British and German Dreadnought fleets met properly for the first and last time (1916)	Battle of Jutland	27%
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)	Battle of Kiev	27%
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)	Battle of Okinawa	27%
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)	Battle of York Town	27%
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)	Battle of Antietam	25%
The American fleet decisively prevent a Japanese assault in the Pacifc and destroy 4 of the best Japanese carriers (1942)	Battle of Midway	25%
A conflict which lasted 34 hours, killed no one and started the American Civil war (1861)	Battle of Fort Sumter	23%
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)	Battle of the Bulge	23%
A conflict on the sea between Queen Elizabeth of England and the Spanish off of the northen most French Coast (1588)	Battle of Gravelines	19%
The Germans expect an easy push through France but face a considerable British and French force there preventing a simple campaign (1914)	Battle of the Marne	13%
The Sioux give their last efforts before being slaughtered and Sitting Bull is killed (1890)	Battle of Wounded Knee	13%
A conflict which resulted in a shift in power during the War of the Roses (1461)	Battle of Towton	12%
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)	The Third Battle of Ypres	12%
The siege of the capital of the Aztecs during the Spanish conquest of South America (1521)	Battle of Tenochtitlan	10%
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)	Battle of Hamburger Hill	8%
A conflict between Sweden and Russia, sparking the Great Northen War (1700)	Battle of Narva	8%
The longest fighting took place in this battle as Grant and Lee play a game of attrition for 13 days (1964)	Battle of Spotsylvania	6%
A conflict during the French and indian wars which saw George Washingtons only military surrender (1754)	Battle of Fort Necessity	4%
2 battles happened in one place during the Franco-Dutch war but only resulted in the loss of 3 ships (1673)	Battles of Schoonveld	4%
British Forces finally push the Germans back to the Hindenburg line with the help of American forces (1918)	Battle of Amiens	2%
The most bloody battle in the history of Ireland which ended Jacobitism (1691)	Battle of Aughrim	2%
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)	Battle of Columbus	0%
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)	Battle of Kapyong	0%
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)	Battle of La Drang Valley	0%
Seen as the first "modern battle" in Japan during a defence of a famous castle by Nobunaga (1575)	Battle of Nagashino	0%
Oliver Cromwell defeats the remaining Royalists seeing the British Civil war draw to a close (1651)	Battle of Worchester	0%