Twenty Decisive Battles of the WorldIncludes material on the battles of Marathon, Syracuse, Arbela, the Metaurus, Teutoburger Wold, Ch^alons, Tours, Hastings, Orleans, the Armada, Blenheim, Poltava, Saratoga, Valmy, Waterloo, Vicksburg, Sadowa, First Marne, Midway, and Stalingrad. |
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Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse 415413 B C | 23 |
The Battle of the Metaurus 207 B C | 52 |
The Battle of Châlons A D 451 | 94 |
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advance Alexander allies American armed Arminius army artillery Asia Minor assault Athenian Athens attack Austria Battle of Tours began British Burgoyne Callimachus campaign captured Carthage Carthaginian cavalry Châlons Charles command Confederate conquered conquest crossed Danube Darius decisive defeated defense Duke East emperor empire enemy England English Europe fighting flank fleet forces fought France French frontier Gaul German Greece Greek Gylippus Hannibal Harold Hasdrubal Hitler infantry invaders invasion Italy Japanese King kingdom La Haye Sainte land leaders Louis Macedonian Marathon Marlborough Marshal military Miltiades Moltke move Napoleon nations naval Norman northern Orléans Paris peace Persian Persian Empire Prince region retreat revolt Rhine river Roman Rome Russia Saxon Scale of Miles sent ships Sicily siege soldiers southern Spain Spanish Spartans struggle success Syracusans Syracuse territory tion troops United Vicksburg victory Visigoths wins the Battle