Famous Battles

Based on the clue, name the battle.

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Hint	Answer
The turning point of the Revolution, got France to come to US's aid	Saratoga
Lee's first invasion of the North was bloodily repulsed here	Antietam
On this city on the Volga, the German 6th Army was surrounded and captured	Stalingrad
Nelson's greatest victory, the English fleet destroyed the French one off Spain	Trafalgar
Greek victory over Persia that became a long foot race	Marathon
Where Cornwallis surrendered, ending the American Revolution	Yorktown
This decisive victory of the Thirty Year's War saw the Swedish king killed	Lutzen
A suprise attack here forced America into another world war	Pearl Harbor
The "Little Corporal" was defeated here for the last time, in 1815	Waterloo
Meade smashed Lee in this town, the Confederacy's high mark	Gettysburg
Called the "Meat Grinder", the Germans failed to take this WW1 city	Verdun
The definitive sea battle of the Greeks, ended the Greco-Persian Wars	Salamis
Henry V miraculously beat off the French in the Hundred Year's War	Agincourt
This well-remembered battle led to Texan independence	Alamo
Small, jungle-filled island in the Solomons, 1942-3	Guadalcanal
William smashed Harold and took over all of England	Hastings
The Gettysburg of the West, Grant took this town after a long seige	Vicksburg
Napoleon's finest victory (1805), defeating the Austrians and Russians	Austerlitz
The Germans failed to take this Russian city after two-year siege	Leningrad
Rommel was defeated by Monty at this crossroads near Alexandria	El Alamein
The BEF was evacutated from this Northern French beachhead	Dunkirk
The first, bloody battle of the Western Civil War, Grant vs. Johnston	Shiloh
The turning point of the Pacific, four Jap carriers sunk	Midway
Hitler's attempt to surround this Russian salient led to tank battles and defeat	Kursk
The large fleet battle of WW1, in the central North Sea	Jutland
Washington led his tiny army to victory over a Hessian garrison	Trenton
Francis Key noticed the resolute American flag on this fort's wall	Fort McHenry
A botched ANZAC attempt to capture Constantinople, 1915-16	Gallipoli
The largest navy battle in history, just off the Philippine Islands, 1944	Leyte Gulf
After three charges, the Americans were forced off of this Boston hill	Bunker Hill
The fate of Europe hung on five French beaches, mid-1944	D-Day
This fort was bombarded, beginning the American Civil War	Fort Sumter
The Spartan 300 sacrificed themselves to buy Athens time	Thermopylae
The Muslims were halted from advancing by the Frankish army	Tours
The US Marines raised the Stars and Stripes on this rocky island	Iwo Jima
Cleopatra and Mark Antony's navy was defeated by Octavian	Actium
The Ottoman main fleet was smashed by Venetians and Genoans	Lepanto
The first naval battle fought long-distance, south of New Guinea, 1942	Coral Sea
Hannibal defeated a Roman Legion using nimble tactics in the Punic Wars	Cannae
Alexander smashed Darius's larger force north of Babylon	Gaugamela
The Japanese defeated the Russian fleet during the Russo-Japanese War	Tsushima
The thirsty crusaders were defeated by Saladin's cavalry, 1187	Hattin
In 1588, this large fleet was crushed by English ships and storms	Spanish Armada
This Chinese town was pillaged by the Japs in an act of cruelty, 1937	Nanking
Vain Custer was killed at his last stand by the Sioux	Little Bighorn

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Feb 9, 2014

Nice quiz! The correct spelling of Gallipoli doesn't work though.

Level 68

Feb 9, 2014

Thanks, QM; the error will be fixed shortly.

Level 74

Jun 25, 2015

No Leipzig, Sterling Bridge, or Bosworth Field, for shame

Level 68

Jun 27, 2015

Leipzig was on here, but I had to cut the quiz down a bit. There's still 17 battles including the British, which is only 2 less than all the American-related answers.

Level 48

Feb 21, 2016

which battle do you consider the most important to world history?

Level 68

Feb 22, 2016

Very hard question. I'd have to take the position of the earlier the better. Especially referring to Hannibal. If the Roman Empire hadn't existed, the whole face of Europe and the Middle Ages would've changed. Carthage, an African empire, would've been dominant. Pearl Harbor and Saratoga would probably both rank second.

Level 85

Jan 25, 2020

Great quiz! Also try my (inferior) Famous Battles on the Map.

Level 87

Nov 17, 2021

Great quiz