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Tag Archives: decisive battles
NFB’s Decisive Battles Of The World: Orleans
Second to last and we’re going back to the Hundred’s Years War. Name: The Siege of Orleans The War: The final phase of the Hundred’s Years War. When: 12 October 1428 – 8 May 1429 Where: Orleans and the surrounding … Continue reading
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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Tsushima
It’s pronounced “Sue-She-Ma”. Name: The Battle of Tsushima, also known as the Battle of Tsushima Strait, or the Sea of Japan Naval Battle. The War: Russo-Japanese War When: 27-28th May 1905 Where: The Straits of Tsushima, between Japan and Korea. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1905, baltic, battleships, borodino, combined fleet, decisive battles, empire, great powers, japan, korea, manchuria, nebogtov, port, portsmouth, prot arthur, rozhestvensky, russia, russo-japanese war, strait, togo, tsushima, war
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NFB’s Decisive Battles Of The World: Cowpens
Of course, I couldn’t leave out the American Revolution, one of the seminal events in all of history. The problem is finding the decisive battle within the conflict. Name: The Battle of Cowpens The War: The American Revolutionary War When: … Continue reading
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Tagged american revolution, britain, cornwallis, cowpens, daniel morgan, decisive battles, greene, history, lines, militia, ninety six, sharpshooters, south carolina, tarleton, war, washington
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NFB’s Decisive Battles Of The World: Crecy
Going way back from my previous entry, but the same combatants. Name: The Battle of Crecy, sometimes called the Battle of Cressy The War: The early phase of the Hundred Years War When: 26 August 1346 Where: Near the village … Continue reading
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Tagged black death, black prince, cannon, cavalry, charge, chivalry, crecy, crossbow, decisive battles, edward iii, england, failure, france, history, hundred years war, john of bohemia, knights, longbow, longbowmen, mounted, philip vi, poiteirs, war
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NFB’s Decisive Battles Of The World: Fontenoy
How many of these decisive battles involve England or France? Name: The Battle of Fontenoy The War: The War of the Austrian Succession When: 11 May 1745 Where: Outside the town of Fontenoy, a few miles south-east of the city … Continue reading
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Tagged 45, austria, austrian succesion, britain, cape breton, column, cumberland, decisive battles, fontenoy, france, history, ingolsby, irish brigade, louis xv, low countries, marie therese, mons, muskets, netherlands, pragmatic allies, rebellion, saxe, tournai, treaty, war
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NFB’s Decisive Battles Of The World: Hattin
The Crusading period is one my favourite parts of history. What follows is its most important moment. Name: The Battle of Hattin (sometimes known as the Battle of Hittin or Battle of the Horns of Hattin). The War: The Crusader-Ayyubid War, part of … Continue reading
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Tagged archers, ayyubids, baldwin, balian, christianity, crusade, decisive battles, fire, franks, guy, hattin, history, horns, islam, israel, jerusalem, kingdom of heaven, kingdoms, latins, muslim, palestine, politics, raymond, raynald, religion, richard, saladin, smoke, third, tiberius, turan, urban iii, war
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NFB’s Decisive Battles Of The World: Zama
Yes, decisive battles have returned. Going right back to the ancient world and the beginning of the end for Rome’s great rival. Name: The Battle of Zama The War: The Second Punic War When: 19 October 202 BC Where: Zama Regia, … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient world, cannae, carthage, decisive battles, defeat, fabius, gaps, hannibal, hastati, history, massinissa, numidia, principes, punic war, rome, scipio, sicily, trairtii, war, war elephants, zama
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NFB’s Decisive Battles Of The World: Hampton Roads
Heading back America side for a battle not decisive for its result but for the effect it had on naval warfare. Name: The Battle of Hampton Roads, sometimes called “the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac” The War: American Civil … Continue reading
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Tagged american civil war, buchanen, confederacy, congress, cumberland, decisive battles, dreadnought, gideon welles, hampton roads, history, ironclads, jones, minnisota, monitor, norfolk, north, ram, scuttling, sinking, south, stephen mallory, union, virginia, war
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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Hastings
It is a common trend to start English history from this point. Let’s find out why. Name: The Battle of Hastings The War: The Norman Conquest of England When: 14 October 1066 Where: Senlac Hill, south-east of the town of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1066, anglo-saxon, battle, combined arms, conquest, decisive battles, disputed, edgar, edward the confessor, england, haralda, harold godwinson, hastings, history, kings, nobles, normans, tapestry, war, william
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