calvs
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Most infuential battles
This is another tester/pilot thread for the new History forum. Which battle9s0 where most influential to outcomes of wars, and in the long-run?
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Mar 11th, 2006 10:56 PM
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Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Hastings, Battle of Yorktown, Battle of Waterloo
Mar 11th, 2006 11:03 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Hastings, Battle of Yorktown, Battle of Waterloo
adding to these Battle of the Bulge
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:04 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Hastings, Battle of Yorktown, Battle of Waterloo
Adding: The battle of Gettysburg.
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:06 PM
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Adding: Battle of Zama, Battle of Orleans, Battle of Okinawa, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:12 PM
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Stalingrad... and the siege of Berlin..
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:15 PM
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howbout the Tet Offensive?
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:17 PM
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and the Invasion of Iwo Jima
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:17 PM
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Lexington and Concord
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:25 PM
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battle of Long Island
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:29 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by vpokdekjyafmidp
and the Invasion of Iwo Jima
the dropping of the Atomic Bomb was more influential than that...but that wasn't so much a battle as it was a massacre
Mar 11th, 2006 11:29 PM
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the dropping of the Atomic Bomb was more influential than that...but that wasn't so much a battle as it was a massacre
well the picture of the american troops raising the american flag was inspirational to people individually, and the nation as a whole
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:32 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by vpokdekjyafmidp
well the picture of the american troops raising the american flag was inspirational to people individually, and the nation as a whole
This isn't a "Most Famous Pictures" thread.
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:34 PM
Morgoths_Wrath
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by DE Calvin
Lexington and Concord
I'd say the Battle of Saratoga was more influential than that
adding: D-Day Invasion, Battle of Britain
Mar 11th, 2006 11:44 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
I'd say the Battle of Saratoga was more influential than that
adding: D-Day Invasion, Battle of Britain
D-Day was a great loss of men, but not very "decisive" to the rest of the war.
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:47 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by DE Calvin
This isn't a "Most Famous Pictures" thread.
but the picture came out of a secretive invasion of american marines, onto a japanese pacific island with a military base. home of some of the worst torcherers ever same with Chi Chi Jima
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:57 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by DE Calvin
D-Day was a great loss of men, but not very "decisive" to the rest of the war.
I thought the Battle of Normandy was definitely a pivotal battle
Mar 11th, 2006 11:58 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
I thought the Battle of Normandy was definitely a pivotal battle
How?
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Mar 11th, 2006 11:59 PM
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Battle of Britian
Battle of Rorke's Drift
Battle of Gravelines
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Mar 12th, 2006 12:04 AM
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The Crusades
Mar 12th, 2006 12:09 AM
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