Historic battlefields you can visit

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Battle of Gettysburg​

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought on July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and is arguably the most famous of the military confrontations to take place during the American Civil War. Unionist forces won a decisive victory over their Confederate enemy, but 8,000 of the 51,000 casualties were killed in combat. Several memorials are set on the battlefield, which is a National Military Park, including the Gettysburg National Cemetery where President Lincoln gave his historic Gettysburg Address.

Worth visiting.

 

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Battle of Belchite​

The mournful ruins of Belchite near Zaragoza in Aragon stand as a reminder of the military operations that took place between August 24 and September 7, 1937 at this small town when it was visited by the Spanish Civil War. Francisco Franco's Nationalists bombed it to pieces in an attempt to flush out Republican rebels.

Looks old.

 

[ginfreely]

Angmoh the best preserved battle fields, tragedy sites. Where’s the equivalent for Asia?

 

[Cottonmouth]

Angmoh the best preserved battle fields, tragedy sites. Where’s the equivalent for Asia?

Your cheebye is the battle field for Asia. lol
So many shitskins fight and kill each other inside your cheebye to fuck you first.

 

[jw5]

Your cheebye is the battle field for Asia. lol
So many shitskins fight and kill each other inside your cheebye to fuck you first.

Jeremy Quek

You will have a tough time getting the cheebye of Mark Yeo's daughter.

 

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Battle of Arnhem​

During the Second World War, the region around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze and Driel became synonymous with the Battle of Arnhem, an attempt by Allied forces in September 1944 to capture and secure bridges and towns along the Meuse river and two arms of the Rhine. The bridge at Arnhem proved a "bridge too far," when German resistance and counter attack successfully halted the Allied advance.

 

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Battle of the Alamo​

The defense by a handful of Texans and Tejanos of the Alamo Mission during a 13-day siege in 1836 by Mexican troops led by Santa Ana remains one of the defining moments in American history. The Alamo Mission, located in San Antonio, still stands and today serves as a museum.

 

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Battle of Flodden​

A large stone cross landmarks the pocket of moorland near Branxton in Northumberland, northern England, where the Battle of Flodden took place on September 9, 1513. Essentially a clash between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, Flodden was the largest battle fought between the two warring realms. It resulted in an English victory.

 

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Battle of Montgomery​

One of the many military engagements that took place during the English Civil War, the Battle of Montgomery saw a Parliamentarian force advance upon a Royalist army that was attacking Montgomery Castle in mid-Wales. Fighting began on September 17, 1644, and ended in a Royalist defeat. The battleground and castle ruins are open to the public.

 

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Battle of Isandlwana​

The Battle of Isandlwana marked the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Using mainly traditional spears and cow-hide shields, the Zulus, numbering some 20,000 warriors, easily overwhelmed a column of 1,800 British troops and support staff. The battlefield is set near an isolated hill in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

 

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Battle of Rorke's Drift​

The Battle of Rorke's Drift took place on January 22–23, 1879, and is one of the most famous confrontations of the Anglo-Zulu War. Around 150 British and colonial troops managed to defend a mission station at Rorke's Drift in Natal Province, South Africa from staggered attack by 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. The battleground features several grave markers and drystone cairns.

 

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Battles of Lexington and Concord​

The Battles of Lexington and Concord announced the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, when the first shots were fired on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. The famous Minute Man statue and North Bridge located at Concord are reminders of the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its 13 colonies in America.

 

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Battle of Cannae​

A key military engagement during the Second Punic War between the Romans and Hannibal's Carthaginians, the Battle of Cannae, fought on August 2, 216 BCE near the ancient Italian village of Cannae in Apulia, saw Hannibal's forces massacre a superior Roman army. The battleground has one monument to the battle set within the archaeological site of Cannae di Battaglia.

 

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Battle of Alesia​

In September 52 BCE, the forces of Julius Caesar clashed with a confederation of Gallic tribes at Alesia (modern-day Alise-Sainte-Reine) in France in what was the last major engagement between Gauls and Romans. Caesar's emphatic win and the surrender of the chieftain Vercingetorix effectively ceded control of Gaul to Rome. The battlefield site includes reconstructions of the Roman fortifications that helped besiege the hapless Gauls.

 

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Battle of Borodino​

Napoleon's Grande Armée won an important victory against Russian forces at the Battle of Borodino, which took place on September 7, 1812 during his ill-fated Russian campaign. The battlefield, distinguished by two obelisks, is now part of the State Borodino War and History Museum and Reserve.

 

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Battle of Austerlitz​

The greatest military victory achieved by Napoleon took place near the town of Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire (modern-day Slavkov u Brna in the Czech Republic) when his Grande Armée defeated larger Russian and Austrian forces on December 2, 1805. The battlefield is overlooked by an impressive memorial.

 

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Battle of Princeton​

The American victory at the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777 was one of the most consequential of the American Revolution. General George Washington decided to attack the British in New Jersey and famously crossed the Delaware River to do so. His success bolstered American morale and provided much-needed confidence to his soldiers. Princeton Battlefield State Park features a stone trail marker and the Clarke House Museum.

 

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Battle of Khe Sanh​

The Vietnam War's most infamous siege took place at the United States Khe Sanh Combat Base in northwestern Quang Trị Province after the North Vietnamese Army surrounded and completely cut off the Marine facility. The ensuing battle took place from January 21–July 9, 1968 and ended when American reinforcements arrived. The remote battleground is today littered with abandoned tanks, planes, and helicopters, displayed as reminders of the battle—the longest, deadliest and most controversial of the war.

 

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Battle of Kursk​

The biggest tank engagement ever to have taken place, the Battle of Kursk was a mighty clash of armor between German and Russian forces that took place during July and August 1943 near the city of Kursk, on the Eastern Front. The Red Army prevailed, but not before both sides suffered heavy casualties. The battleground is marked by a huge bell tower at Prokhorovka, which also commemorates the Battle of Prokhorovka, an engagement that was part of the wider Kursk campaign.

 

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Battles of Saratoga​

The Saratoga National Historical Park in upstate New York embraces the location where the Battles of Saratoga took place, a series of engagements during the Saratoga Campaign of September 19 and October 7, 1777, that concluded with a decisive victory for the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.