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10/2/2012 8:53:26 PM
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The Most Significant Battle in History
What do you think is the most significant battle in history? It doesn't have to be set in fact in a history book, this is about your opinion and no one elses.
Alternatively if you don't have an idea of the most significant, what is your favorite battle to study if you have any?
I cant put it down to a single battle, so in my opinion the Eastern Front during World War 2 was the most significant.
[Edited on 10.02.2012 1:03 PM PDT]
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Battle of the bridge? Do you mean Bulge? [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Zoomzoom97 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartan1995324 The War of 1812. Had America won they would have been the largest country on Earth with the most natural resources. They would have become the next British Empire and changed a lot of things throughout history. Like not losing Vietnam, lol. But seriously, things would have been so different. Of course by 2012, I don't think the "American Empire" would still be intact. Anyways you can thank England and Canada for helping to prevent it.[/quote] But America didn't lose...they signed a treaty and ended it. No one really won. OT: Anyway I would say either The Battle of New Orleans, Yorktown, D-day in general, or the Battle of the Bridge. Edit: Whoops forgot about the Battle of Britain. That one too. [/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartan 4085 The battle between matter and antimatter.[/quote] I'd have to agree.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BlackHeaven Can I say the American revolution?[/quote]Yes. Not because 'Murica, but because of the way the US affects the rest of the world.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartan1995324 The War of 1812. Had America won they would have been the largest country on Earth with the most natural resources. They would have become the next British Empire and changed a lot of things throughout history. Like not losing Vietnam, lol. But seriously, things would have been so different. Of course by 2012, I don't think the "American Empire" would still be intact. Anyways you can thank England and Canada for helping to prevent it.[/quote] But America didn't lose...they signed a treaty and ended it. No one really won. OT: Anyway I would say either The Battle of New Orleans, Yorktown, D-day in general, or the Battle of the Bridge. Edit: Whoops forgot about the Battle of Britain. That one too. [Edited on 10.02.2012 5:58 PM PDT]
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Yeah that definitely would have been interesting. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tristram88 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Raptorx7 That would be quite the empire [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AngasBoy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tristram88 Perhaps not the most important but still significant, Battle in the Teutoborg Wald.[/quote] Imagine if Rome had conquered everything from the Rhine to the Baltic. Now that would be crazy. [/quote][/quote] And maybe the Western Empire would have dissolved differently or perhaps not at all. [/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Raptorx7 That would be quite the empire [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AngasBoy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tristram88 Perhaps not the most important but still significant, Battle in the Teutoborg Wald.[/quote] Imagine if Rome had conquered everything from the Rhine to the Baltic. Now that would be crazy. [/quote][/quote] And maybe the Western Empire would have dissolved differently or perhaps not at all.
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Yall have obviously never seen the movie Independence day.
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Indeed it is. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Onlinemph D-day. Such an iconic day.[/quote]
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D-day. Such an iconic day.
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That would be quite the empire [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AngasBoy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tristram88 Perhaps not the most important but still significant, Battle in the Teutoborg Wald.[/quote] Imagine if Rome had conquered everything from the Rhine to the Baltic. Now that would be crazy. [/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tristram88 Perhaps not the most important but still significant, Battle in the Teutoborg Wald.[/quote] Imagine if Rome had conquered everything from the Rhine to the Baltic. Now that would be crazy.
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Perhaps not the most important but still significant, Battle in the Teutoborg Wald.
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Good move by him... [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] westpointusma15 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AngasBoy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] westpointusma15 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] annoyinginge WWII, the Eastern Front. Largest military confrontation in history, decided the outcome of the world's biggest war... do I need to continue?[/quote] My grandfather was in the Luftwaffe fighting the Russians on that front. He has some pretty awesome stories, especially the one where he was still in the air when he heard about Berlin falling and the war losing.[/quote] Whoa.[/quote] Yeah, they just landed their planes in a field, set them on fire with gasoline from the tanks and then walked West and avoided Russian soldiers until they could be captured by Americans.[/quote]
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5 de Mayo Battle in Puebla, or The 300 Spartans against the Persians. Off-topic edit: Hell yeah! Veteran Heroic Member! :D Not just a simple Veteran :) [Edited on 10.02.2012 5:18 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AngasBoy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] westpointusma15 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] annoyinginge WWII, the Eastern Front. Largest military confrontation in history, decided the outcome of the world's biggest war... do I need to continue?[/quote] My grandfather was in the Luftwaffe fighting the Russians on that front. He has some pretty awesome stories, especially the one where he was still in the air when he heard about Berlin falling and the war losing.[/quote] Whoa.[/quote] Yeah, they just landed their planes in a field, set them on fire with gasoline from the tanks and then walked West and avoided Russian soldiers until they could be captured by Americans.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] westpointusma15 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] annoyinginge WWII, the Eastern Front. Largest military confrontation in history, decided the outcome of the world's biggest war... do I need to continue?[/quote] My grandfather was in the Luftwaffe fighting the Russians on that front. He has some pretty awesome stories, especially the one where he was still in the air when he heard about Berlin falling and the war losing.[/quote] Whoa.
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Damn, if he was flying during that he must have been one of the last Luftwaffe planes ever flown during the war... [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] westpointusma15 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] annoyinginge WWII, the Eastern Front. Largest military confrontation in history, decided the outcome of the world's biggest war... do I need to continue?[/quote] My grandfather was in the Luftwaffe fighting the Russians on that front. He has some pretty awesome stories, especially the one where he was still in the air when he heard about Berlin falling and the war losing.[/quote]
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The Fall of the Spanish Armada?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] annoyinginge WWII, the Eastern Front. Largest military confrontation in history, decided the outcome of the world's biggest war... do I need to continue?[/quote] My grandfather was in the Luftwaffe fighting the Russians on that front. He has some pretty awesome stories, especially the one where he was still in the air when he heard about Berlin falling and the war losing.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Raptorx7 They had a lot of help as well, Prussia, Russia. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AngasBoy IMO Borodino and Trafalgar were far, far more decisive that Waterloo. The Brits like to get credit for this "epic last battle" against Napoleon but his empire was pretty much gone 2 years beforehand. [/quote][/quote] It's really the only "great" land victory that the British can claim from the Napoleonic wars though (Prussians were only about 1/3 and.). All the real stuff happened when Napoleon was on the back-foot in Germany. [Edited on 10.02.2012 5:07 PM PDT]
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They had a lot of help as well, Prussia, Russia. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AngasBoy IMO Borodino and Trafalgar were far, far more decisive that Waterloo. The Brits like to get credit for this "epic last battle" against Napoleon but his empire was pretty much gone 2 years beforehand. [/quote]
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That one episode of jerry springer with the fat chick and the trailer trash!
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IMO Borodino and Trafalgar were far, far more decisive that Waterloo. The Brits like to get credit for this "epic last battle" against Napoleon but his empire was pretty much gone 2 years beforehand.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Statefarm98 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartan1995324 The War of 1812. Had America won they would have been the largest country on Earth with the most natural resources. They would have become the next British Empire and changed a lot of things throughout history. Like not losing Vietnam, lol. But seriously, things would have been so different. Of course by 2012, I don't think the "American Empire" would still be intact. Anyways you can thank England and Canada for helping to prevent it.[/quote] I saw this on the front page, reading through the rest to hope no one took the bait. OT: I would say Stalingrad (don't know many battles though).[/quote]Actually, just Britain. Canada was not a country at the time, only a colony, so I don't count them as a faction, only an extension of the British Empire. Not saying I dislike Canada, just going by history.
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The defeat of the Spanish Armada, Trafalgar, Waterloo, Battle of Yorktown, etc..
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartan1995324 The War of 1812. Had America won they would have been the largest country on Earth with the most natural resources. They would have become the next British Empire and changed a lot of things throughout history. Like not losing Vietnam, lol. But seriously, things would have been so different. Of course by 2012, I don't think the "American Empire" would still be intact. Anyways you can thank England and Canada for helping to prevent it.[/quote] I saw this on the front page, reading through the rest to hope no one took the bait. OT: I would say (more modern battles) Stalingrad (don't know many battles though). [Edited on 10.02.2012 4:59 PM PDT]
