Battle

A battle is a fight between two or more groups where each group is trying to defeat (beat) the others. Battles are most often fought during wars. A small battle fought by only a small part of the armies is called a skirmish. Series of battles are called military campaigns. The ground on which a battle is fought is called a battlefield.^[1]

Battles can very important, for example the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, which was a draw in military terms, and the 1798 Battle of the Nile which the French lost, changed the history of Europe and the world.

Land battles

300 Spartans at Thermopylae: Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC
Siege of Carthage: 149–146 BC
Battle of Hastings – 1066
Battle of Kosovo – 1389
Battle of Waterloo – 1815
The Battle of Trenton 1776 saved the American Revolutionary cause.
Battle of Gettysburg – 1863
Battle of Verdun – 1916
Battle of the Bulge – 1944
The firebombing of Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945.
Battle of Inchon – 1950, Korean War
Tet Offensive – 1968, Vietnam War

Naval battles

Battle of Trafalgar – 1805
Battle of Midway – 1942

Related pages

Siege

References

↑ Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, ed. Barry Leonard (Department of Defense; Joint Publication 1-02), p. 52

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[1] Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, ed. Barry Leonard (Department of Defense; Joint Publication 1-02), p. 52

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