@historyhub42: 1. Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) - A famous stand by the Spartan King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans against the vast Persian army led by Xerxes. 2. Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC) - Alexander the Great’s decisive victory over Darius III of Persia, leading to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire. 3. Battle of Cannae (216 BC) - A major battle of the Second Punic War where Hannibal’s Carthaginian army achieved a significant victory against Rome. 4. Battle of Hastings (1066 AD) - William the Conqueror’s victory over King Harold II, leading to the Norman conquest of England. 5. Battle of Agincourt (1415 AD) - A significant English victory in the Hundred Years’ War, famous for the effective use of the longbow by English troops. 6. Battle of Waterloo (1815 AD) - The final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Prussian forces, ending the Napoleonic Wars. 7. Battle of Gettysburg (1863 AD) - A turning point in the American Civil War, resulting in a significant Union victory. 8. Battle of the Somme (1916 AD) - One of the largest battles of World War I, marked by its unprecedented scale and heavy casualties, highlighting the brutal reality of trench warfare. 9. Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943 AD) - A critical battle of World War II where Soviet forces defeated the German army, marking a turning point on the Eastern Front. #history #battle #famous #thermopylae #gaugamela #cannae #hastings #agincourt #waterloo #gettysburg #somme #stalingrad

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