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Battle of Hastings
Battle between English and Normans in 1066
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman …
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1863 battle of the American Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies in and around Get…
1815 battle of the Waterloo campaign
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, being the last engagement with Napoleon I. The …
480 BC engagement of the Greco-Persian Wars
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC at Thermopylae between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes and an …
World War II landing operation in Europe
Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasi…
Largest battle of the Second Punic War (216 BC)
Battle of Cannae
The Battle of Cannae was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought on 2 A…
1942 major naval battle in World War II
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, s…