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This 1815 battle in Belgium marked Napoleon Bonaparte's final defeat and the end of his rule as Emperor of France.
Difficulty: Easy- Battle of Waterloo
- Battle of Austerlitz
- Battle of Leipzig
- Battle of Borodino
The Hundred Years' War saw English longbowmen devastate French knights at this 1415 battle, immortalized by Shakespeare.
Difficulty: Medium- Battle of Crécy
- Battle of Poitiers
- Battle of Agincourt
- Battle of Orléans
This 1619 battle established Manchu military dominance over the Ming dynasty when Nurhaci's forces destroyed four Ming armies in quick succession.
Difficulty: Hard- Battle of Ningyuan
- Battle of Shanhai Pass
- Battle of Sarhu
- Battle of Guangning
American independence was secured at this 1781 Virginia siege, where British General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.
Difficulty: Easy- Battle of Bunker Hill
- Battle of Yorktown
- Battle of Saratoga
- Battle of Trenton
In 1879, approximately 150 British soldiers defended a supply station against 4,000 Zulu warriors in this legendary battle in South Africa.
Difficulty: Medium- Battle of Rorke's Drift
- Battle of Isandlwana
- Battle of Ulundi
- Battle of Blood River
This 1648 battle saw Oliver Cromwell destroy a Scottish Royalist army that had invaded England to restore Charles I.
Difficulty: Hard- Battle of Preston
- Battle of Dunbar
- Battle of Worcester
- Battle of Inverkeithing
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France in this massive World War II invasion.
Difficulty: Easy- Operation Market Garden
- Operation Barbarossa
- D-Day
- Operation Torch
This 1854 Crimean War battle is remembered for the disastrous British cavalry charge immortalized by Tennyson as "into the valley of Death."
Difficulty: Medium- Battle of Inkerman
- Battle of Alma
- Battle of Balaclava
- Siege of Sevastopol
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