View Full Version : A to Z of Battlefields and Wars


ChrisGeorge
04-11-2008, 11:55 AM
Antietam

Ernie
04-11-2008, 11:58 AM
:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Battle of the Bulge.

ChrisGeorge
04-11-2008, 12:01 PM
Chancellorsville

Ernie
04-11-2008, 12:17 PM
:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Dardenelles.

ChrisGeorge
04-11-2008, 12:27 PM
Ezra Church / Battle of the Poor House, Georgia, July 28, 1864

Mark R
04-11-2008, 07:41 PM
Great thread Chris!

Flodden

ChrisGeorge
04-11-2008, 07:44 PM
Great thread Chris!

Flodden

Thanks, Mark! :)

Gettysburg

Mark R
04-11-2008, 07:49 PM
Hamburger Hill

ChrisGeorge
04-11-2008, 08:03 PM
Inchon (Korean War)

Mark R
04-11-2008, 08:05 PM
Jutland (1916)

ChrisGeorge
04-11-2008, 08:23 PM
King's Mountain - American Revolutionary War battlefield, October 7, 1780

Mark R
04-11-2008, 08:24 PM
Little Bighorn (25 June 1876)

ChrisGeorge
04-11-2008, 08:24 PM
King's Mountain, South Carolina - American Revolutionary War battlefield, October 7, 1780

http://www.nps.gov/kimo/

jimmy
04-13-2008, 06:12 AM
Messines - Belgium 7th June 1917

bluesareus
04-13-2008, 05:10 PM
Nile - 1st-2nd August 1798

ChrisGeorge
04-13-2008, 09:40 PM
Okinawa, March 18 to June 23, 1945

SteH
04-13-2008, 10:11 PM
Pretoria - Boer War

jimmy
04-14-2008, 04:56 AM
Quennenmont Farm - France 27th September 1918

ChrisGeorge
04-14-2008, 06:21 AM
Richmond, Kentucky, August 29 – August 30, 1862

SteH
04-14-2008, 07:31 AM
Somme - 1st World War

Mark R
04-14-2008, 09:15 AM
Trafalgar (1805)

jimmy
04-15-2008, 04:03 AM
U-Boat War at Sea

Mark R
04-15-2008, 09:07 AM
Vimy Ridge

ChrisGeorge
04-15-2008, 10:42 AM
Waterloo

Mark R
04-15-2008, 10:46 AM
Xiangyang (191)

ChrisGeorge
04-15-2008, 10:49 AM
Yorktown, October 1781

Mark R
04-15-2008, 10:49 AM
Zhuxianzhen (1642)

bluesareus
04-15-2008, 12:41 PM
Assaye - Second Mahratta War 23 Sep 1803

Mark R
04-15-2008, 07:05 PM
Bunker Hill

SteH
04-15-2008, 11:37 PM
Culloden - Jacobite Rising

ChrisGeorge
04-16-2008, 01:32 AM
Dardanelles (1915-1916)

Mark R
04-16-2008, 09:44 AM
Edgehill (English Civil War)

ChrisGeorge
04-16-2008, 10:37 AM
Falkirk (1298)

Mark R
04-16-2008, 10:41 AM
Gallipoli 1915-16

ChrisGeorge
04-16-2008, 05:33 PM
Hampton Roads, Virginia, aka Battle of the Ironclads, March 8-9, 1862

jimmy
04-17-2008, 02:31 AM
Iraq

ChrisGeorge
04-17-2008, 10:29 AM
The War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1742)

Mark R
04-17-2008, 07:02 PM
Korean War

ChrisGeorge
04-17-2008, 07:29 PM
Lynchburg, Virginia, June 17-18, 1864

Mark R
04-17-2008, 07:33 PM
Midway

bluesareus
04-18-2008, 10:58 AM
Normandy Beaches

Mark R
04-18-2008, 11:05 AM
Okinawa

ChrisGeorge
04-18-2008, 02:12 PM
Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, June 15, 1864 to March 25, 1865

Mark R
04-18-2008, 07:04 PM
Quebec - 1759

ChrisGeorge
04-19-2008, 06:18 PM
Ramillies, May 23, 1706

Mark R
04-19-2008, 08:08 PM
Stalingrad

ChrisGeorge
04-19-2008, 08:14 PM
The Battle of the Thames, also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, October 5, 1813 (War of 1812 battle)

Mark R
04-19-2008, 08:22 PM
Ulm (1805)

ChrisGeorge
04-19-2008, 08:33 PM
Vittoria, June 21st 1813.

This battle is the subject of the musical piece Wellington's Victory by Beethoven.

'With the success of Wellington's Victory, Beethoven was solvent for the first time. However, he soon came to realize that he had paid a high price. "Wellington's Victory was a piece of folly," he admitted.'

-- From Christopher T. George, 'The Eroica Riddle: Did Napoleon Remain Beethoven's "Hero?"' (http://www.napoleon-series.org/ins/scholarship98/c_eroica.html)

Mark R
04-19-2008, 08:36 PM
Vittoria, June 21st 1813.

This battle is the subject of the musical piece Wellington's Victory by Beethoven.

'With the success of Wellington's Victory, Beethoven was solvent for the first time. However, he soon came to realize that he had paid a high price. "Wellington's Victory was a piece of folly," he admitted.'

-- From Christopher T. George, 'The Eroica Riddle: Did Napoleon Remain Beethoven's "Hero?" (http://www.napoleon-series.org/ins/scholarship98/c_eroica.html)


He scratched the dedication to Napoleon from his Eroica (3rd) Symphony after Napoleon's invasion and subsequent wars with Austria (if I'm correct!!).

Wavre (18-19 June 1815)

ChrisGeorge
04-20-2008, 02:23 AM
He scratched the dedication to Napoleon from his Eroica (3rd) Symphony after Napoleon's invasion and subsequent wars with Austria (if I'm correct!!).

Wavre (18-19 June 1815)

Read the article. The situation was not as clearcut as usually depicted.

Xiangyang, China - 192 AD

Mark R
04-20-2008, 10:34 PM
Ypres

ChrisGeorge
04-20-2008, 10:54 PM
Zealand Point, March 22, 1808

Mark R
04-20-2008, 10:55 PM
Austerlitz - 1805

ChrisGeorge
04-20-2008, 10:59 PM
Balaclava, October 25, 1854

Mark R
04-20-2008, 11:01 PM
Crécy - 26 August 1346

jimmy
04-21-2008, 04:12 AM
Delville Woods WW1

ChrisGeorge
04-21-2008, 07:56 AM
Eupatoria - February 17, 1855

Mark R
04-21-2008, 09:11 AM
Flodden Field - 9 September 1513

ChrisGeorge
04-21-2008, 10:21 AM
Siege of Gaeta, November 5, 1860 - February 13, 1861 (Piedmontese seige of Francis II of the Two Sicilies)

Mark R
04-21-2008, 10:42 AM
Hundred Years' War (1337 - 1453)

ChrisGeorge
04-21-2008, 10:47 AM
First Battle of Inonu (January 9 - January 11, 1921) - Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).

Mark R
04-21-2008, 10:52 AM
Jena (October 14, 1806)

ChrisGeorge
04-21-2008, 03:59 PM
Seige of Khorramshahr, November 1980 to May 24, 1982 (Iran-Iraq War)

Mark R
04-21-2008, 08:08 PM
Leipzig (16 -19 October 1813)

ChrisGeorge
04-21-2008, 08:24 PM
Malplaquet, September 11, 1709

Mark R
04-21-2008, 08:26 PM
Naseby

ChrisGeorge
04-21-2008, 10:57 PM
Olustee, Florida, February 20, 1864 (American Civil War)

bluesareus
04-22-2008, 12:41 PM
Passchendaele - July -Nov 1917

jimmy
04-23-2008, 02:13 AM
Queant- France WW1

Mark R
04-23-2008, 09:24 AM
Rorke's Drift - 1879

ChrisGeorge
04-23-2008, 01:52 PM
Spion Kop, 23-24 January 1900 :PDT11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spion_Kop

Mark R
04-24-2008, 08:50 PM
Siege of Tobruk

jimmy
04-25-2008, 05:41 AM
UPPERVILLE - American Civil War 21st June 1863

Mark R
04-25-2008, 09:11 AM
Verdun - 1916

jimmy
04-25-2008, 11:16 AM
Western front WW1

bluesareus
04-25-2008, 08:47 PM
Ypres Oct 1914 - 2nd Battle April - May 1915

Mark R
04-25-2008, 08:50 PM
Zulu Wars

bluesareus
04-27-2008, 09:56 PM
Arnhem - Autumn 1944

ChrisGeorge
04-27-2008, 11:38 PM
Blenheim, 13 August 1704

Mark R
04-28-2008, 10:28 AM
Carthage - c.149 BC

bluesareus
04-28-2008, 11:08 AM
Dardanelles - WW I

Mark R
04-28-2008, 01:04 PM
El Alamein

ChrisGeorge
04-28-2008, 01:08 PM
Fairfax Court-House or Fairfax Station, September 3, 1862

Mark R
04-28-2008, 01:15 PM
Glencoe Massacre

ChrisGeorge
04-28-2008, 01:18 PM
Heligoland Bight, August 28, 1914 - first major naval battle of World War I

Mark R
04-28-2008, 01:19 PM
Isandlwana - 1879

ChrisGeorge
04-28-2008, 01:21 PM
Jassin, German East Africa, January 18-19, 1915

Mark R
04-28-2008, 01:23 PM
Kursk - July 4 – July 20, 1943 (Largest armoured engagement in history)

ChrisGeorge
04-28-2008, 01:37 PM
Ludford Bridge - 12 October, 1459 - Wars of the Roses (Lancastrian victory) :handclap:

Mark R
04-28-2008, 01:45 PM
Mafeking

ChrisGeorge
04-28-2008, 01:52 PM
Battle of Nanking, Taiping Rebellion, 1864

jimmy
04-29-2008, 02:52 AM
Ovillers - WW1

Mark R
04-29-2008, 07:44 PM
Pyrenees - 25 July 1813

ChrisGeorge
04-30-2008, 03:15 PM
Battle of Quebec, 1711, during Queen Anne's war


This one's interesting--

Battle of Rafa, 9 January 1917


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rafa

Sounds like what is going on daily at Anfield!!!! :PDT_Xtremez_42:

bluesareus
05-01-2008, 04:42 PM
Battle for Starlingrad

Mark R
05-01-2008, 07:11 PM
Thirty Years War - 1618-48

jimmy
05-04-2008, 05:25 AM
Utoy Creek- American Civil War - Georgia- August 5th-7th 1864.

Mark R
05-04-2008, 08:33 PM
Battle of Vitoria - June 21, 1813 (Peninsular Wars)

bluesareus
05-04-2008, 08:41 PM
Wounded Knee 1890

jimmy
05-29-2008, 02:13 AM
Xiangyang - six year war 1267-1273

bluesareus
05-30-2008, 06:35 PM
Yorktown April 5 - May 4 1862 - American Civil War

jimmy
06-02-2008, 04:36 AM
Zeebrugge - Belgium 1918

Mark R
06-02-2008, 08:31 PM
Agincourt - 25 October 1415

ChrisGeorge
06-03-2008, 01:55 PM
Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690

Mark R
06-03-2008, 08:02 PM
Chickamauga - 18-20 September 1863

ChrisGeorge
06-03-2008, 08:32 PM
Detroit, August 15, 1812

Mark R
06-03-2008, 08:45 PM
Eylau 7-8 Feb 1807

ChrisGeorge
06-03-2008, 09:01 PM
Flodden, September 9, 1513

jimmy
06-04-2008, 08:47 AM
Gallipoli - WW1

Mark R
06-04-2008, 09:47 AM
Hastings - 1066

bluesareus
06-04-2008, 10:55 AM
Iwo Jima - Feb - Mar 1945

Mark R
06-04-2008, 01:14 PM
Battle of Jena (1806)

jimmy
06-05-2008, 12:54 AM
Kernstown - Virginia March 23rd 1862 - American civil war

bluesareus
06-05-2008, 02:45 PM
Relief of Ladysmith -Boer War

ChrisGeorge
06-05-2008, 06:37 PM
Monmouth, New Jersey, June 28, 1778

jimmy
06-06-2008, 03:49 AM
Battle of the NILE - 1798

bluesareus
06-06-2008, 03:19 PM
Opequon Creek - 19 Sep 1864 - American Civil War

ChrisGeorge
06-06-2008, 03:51 PM
Plattsburgh, New York, September 11, 1814 (War of 1812)

jimmy
06-10-2008, 03:39 AM
Quennenmont Farm WW1

bluesareus
06-11-2008, 02:28 PM
Ravenna 1512 - The Italian Wars

ChrisGeorge
06-11-2008, 02:51 PM
Sedan - Franco-Prussian War, 1 September 1870

bluesareus
06-12-2008, 05:10 PM
Tobruk - 1941-42

ChrisGeorge
06-24-2008, 03:56 PM
Ulm, October 16-19, 1805

jimmy
06-26-2008, 05:24 AM
Verdun - WW1

bluesareus
06-26-2008, 04:42 PM
Battle of Wittstock - Thirty Years War