NAME OF THE BATTLE
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YEAR
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COUNTRIES INVOLVED
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Battle of marathon
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490 BC
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Athenians and Persians. King darius of Persia defeated.
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Battle of Thermopylae
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480 BC
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Spartans led by lemonades and Persians led by Xeroxes. Greeks defeated.
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Battle of salamis
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480 BC
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Athenian fleet and Persian fleet in bay of salamis; Persian fleet defeated.
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Battle of plateau
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479 BC
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Greek and Persians forces; Persian forces defeated.
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Battle of Mycale
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479 BC
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Greek and persianfleets; Persian fleet defeated.
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Spartan war I (Peloponnese war)
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459 BC
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Sparta and Athens lasted for 30 years.
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Spartan war II
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431 BC 421 BC
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Sparta and Athens: Spartans victorious,
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Battle of Arabia
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331 BC
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Greek and Persian forces; Greeks victorious.
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Battle of Pharsalus
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48 AD
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Caesar defeated pompey.
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Battle of Hastings
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1066
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William, the duke of Normandy defeated Harold, the king of England. England came under the control of Normans.
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Hundred – year war
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1338 - 1453
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Fought between France and England the cause of the war was the succession question to the throne of France which h was claimed by edard III of England. The war was resumed heroism of Joan of arc – ‘country girls
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War of the roses
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1455- 1483
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Civil war in England; the cause of the war was a struggle for the throne of England between the two royal houses of Lancaster and York
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Anglo – Spanish war (spenish armada war)
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1588
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Spanish and English fleets fought in the English channel; the English fleet under lord Howard defeated of the Spanish armada.
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Battle of Gibraltar
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1607
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The Dutch defeated the Spanish and Portuguese.
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Thirty – year war
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1618 - 1649
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Between cavaliers (king Charles I supporters) and forces of parliament led by Oliver Cromwell, king Charles I executed.
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Battle of Blenheim
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1704
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England and Austria headed by Marlborough
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War of Austrian succession
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1740 – 1748
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Queen of austral, Maria Theresa (daughter of Charles VII) was challenged by king Frederick II of Prussia. England supported the queen and Frederick II was helped by France. Ended with a treaty which recognized the queen’s right to the throne after the death of king Frederick.
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Seven – year war (angle – French war III)
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1756-
1763
1798
1805
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Britain and France against Austria and Prussia; the Britain victorious.
British fleet defeated fleets of France and Spain.
British fleets were commanded by admiral nelson, who was killed during the battle.
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Battle of Austerlitz
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1805
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Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia on one side and France on the other. Napoleon (France) defeated Austria and Russia.
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Battle of Borodino
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1912
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Between France and Russia. Napoleon invaded Russia at Borodino, and nearly defeated the Russians. However on reaching Moscow, his army suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat. Napoleons’ ill-fated attack on Russia marked the beginning of the downfall of the French empire.
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Battle of Leipzig
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1813
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Germany and combined forces of Austria, Prussia and Russia, defeated napoleon.
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Battle of waterloo
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1815
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British forces led by duke of wellington (sir Arthur Wellesley) defeated French forces led by napoleon; napoleon was captured and exiled to st. Helena where he died in 1821.
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First opium war
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1840 1856
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The combined forces of the British, French and Turks defeated Russia.
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Sino – Japanese war
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1894 - 1895
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Japan defeated china and occupied Formosa and Korea.
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Battle of Omdurman
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1898
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The revolt of Transvaal Boers was suppressed by the British forces. Boers belonged to Dutch of abolition of slavery by Britain.
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Boer war
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1899 - 1901
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The revolt of Transvaal Boers was suppressed by the British forces. Boers belonged to Dutch protestant stock who opposes britishers because of abolition of slavery by Britain.
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Russo – Japanese war(battle of port Arthur & battle of yalu)
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1904 - 1905
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Russia and Japan in the sea of Japan. Russia defeated; it led the wave of the idea of Asian resurgence.
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Balkan war II
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1912
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Invasion of Serbia and Greece by Bulgaria. Bulgaria was defeated by combined forces of Serbia, Greece, Rumania, and Montenegro who stripped turkey of most of its European territories.
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World war I
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1914 - 1918
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Central powers (Germany and its allies) against the allied powers (Britain and its allies); central power were defeated. Famous battles: 2.first battle of Marne (1914) – France defeated germane. 2. Battle of just land (1916)- naval battle between England and germane. England defeated Germany. 3. Battle of Verdun (1916) – fought between France & Germany. 4. Second battle of Marne (1918) – France defeated Germany. (See details on page (156).
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World war II
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1939 - 1945
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Axis powers (Germany and its allies against the allied powers (Britain and its allies); axis powers were defeated. Famous battle; battle of Ei Alamein(1942 )- the allies victory during the world war II and retract of general Rommel’s forces. (see details onpage 163).
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