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100 decisive battles from ancient times to present
CONTENTS
100 Decisive Battles
Beth-horon (66)
Milvian Bridge (312)
Adrianople (378)
Châlons (451)
Tricameron (533)
Badr (624)
Constantinople (717–718)
Tours (Poitiers) (732)
Pavia (773–774)
Lechfeld (955)
Hastings (1066)
Manzikert (1071)
Jerusalem (1099)
Hattin (1187)
Second Battle of Taraori (1192)
Bouvines (1214)
Ain Jalut (1260)
Hsiang-yang (1268–1273)
Hakata Bay (1274 and 1281)
Brusa (1317–1326)
Crécy (1346)
Orléans (1428–1429)
Constantinople (1453)
Granada (1491)
Tenochtitlán (1521)
Panipat (1526)
Vienna (1529)
Cajamarca (1532)
Lepanto (1571)
Spanish Armada (1588)
Sekigahara (1600)
Breitenfeld (1631)
Shanhaikuan (1644)
Naseby (1645)
Battle of the Dunes (1658)
Blenheim (1704)
Poltava (1709)
Culloden (1746)
Plassey (1757)
Quebec (1759)
Trenton (1776)
Saratoga (1777)
Yorktown (1781)
Valmy (1792)
Rivoli (1797)
Aboukir Bay (Battle of the Nile) (1798)
Trafalgar (1805)
Jena/Auerstädt (1806)
Prophetstown (Tippecanoe) (1811)
Borodino (1812)
Leipzig (Battle of the Nations) (1813)
Waterloo (1815)
Ayacucho (1824)
San Jacinto (1836)
Mexico City (1847)
Antietam (Sharpsburg) (1862)
Gettysburg (1863)
Atlanta/March to the Sea (1864)
Sedan (1870)
Tel el Kebir (1882)
Manila Bay (1898)
Mukden (1905)
Tsushima (1905)
Marne First Battle (1914)
Brusilov Offensive (1916)
Verdun (1916)
Marne Second Battle (1918)
Warsaw (1920)
Poland (1939)
Battle of Britain (1940)
Dunkirk (1940)
Pearl Harbor (1941)
Moscow (1941)
Midway (1942)
Singapore (1942)
Normandy (1944)
Okinawa (1945)
Huai Hai (Suchow) (1948–1949)
Israel’s War of Independence (1948–1949)
Inchon (1950)
Dien Bien Phu (1953–1954)
Tet Offensive (1968)
Desert Storm (1991)
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