Military History Trivia
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Take the high ground with military history trivia on famous battles, brilliant strategy, medieval warfare, and the evolution of weapons. From phalanxes and castle sieges to the tactics that decided the fate of nations, warfare has driven some of history's most dramatic turning points. Plan your attack and see if your battlefield knowledge carries the day.
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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.
- Battle of Waterloo
- Battle of Austerlitz
- Battle of Leipzig
- Battle of Borodino
American independence was secured at this 1781 Virginia siege, where British General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.
- Battle of Bunker Hill
- Battle of Yorktown
- Battle of Saratoga
- Battle of Trenton
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France in this massive World War II invasion.
- Operation Market Garden
- Operation Barbarossa
- D-Day
- Operation Torch
This naval battle in 1805 established British naval supremacy when Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the combined French and Spanish fleets off Spain's coast.
- Battle of Trafalgar
- Battle of the Nile
- Battle of Copenhagen
- Battle of Jutland
The bloodiest single-day battle in American history occurred in 1862 Maryland, halting Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North.
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Battle of Bull Run
- Battle of Fredericksburg
- Battle of Antietam
This 1863 Pennsylvania battle is considered the turning point of the American Civil War, ending Lee's second Northern invasion.
- Battle of Chancellorsville
- Battle of Antietam
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Battle of Shiloh
Japan's surprise attack on this Hawaiian naval base on December 7, 1941, brought the United States into World War II.
- Midway Atoll
- Pearl Harbor
- Guam
- Wake Island
This 1942 battle is considered the turning point of World War II's Eastern Front, where the German 6th Army was encircled and destroyed.
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Battle of Kursk
- Battle of Moscow
- Battle of Berlin
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