Top 5 Battles in the world?

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Kebis
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How about a few American Revolution Battles?

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Battle of Bunker Hill

The Siege of Yorktown
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dcowboys055 wrote:
Warrior987 wrote:Verdun

Iwo Jima

Granicus (If I spelt it right)

Pearl Harbor

Cannea

Zuma

Fort Sumter


Why pearl harbor?



Do you think you should call Pearl Harbor a battle?
I think it is anyways
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No i dont.
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Why?
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Why would you? It was an attack, not a battle.
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Well both sides did shot at each other, and after the shock started to weaken and the Americans began to know what they needed to do they took a few planes down, and they even sent a few planes up into the air to strike aswell. Maybe not 50-50 on what the units were with air to ground plus the suprise, but they still came back.

The whole reason why Adm. Yamaomto (spelling) pulled back to 3rd wave was because one, the carriers were not at port (there main targets) and the forces in the harbor were going to be ready for them.
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if pearl harbor never happened, then america wouldn't have joined in World War II.
same goes for the sinking of the Lusitania.
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Hitman079 wrote:if pearl harbor never happened, then america wouldn't have joined in World War II.
same goes for the sinking of the Lusitania.


Not sure about either of those statements. The US government and military were gearing up for war well before Pearl Harbour, this really just acted as a catalyst to turn public opinion away from their isolationists views.
As for WW1 it was almost the opposite. The government were strongly against the war while the people were mainly for an intervention. The governments view changed as they realised there was a possibility of Mexico entering on Germany's side, bringing the war to their continent. The sinking of the Lusitania just gave the government a casus belli to enter the war. I'm sure this could have been written off as a diplomatic incident rather than a declaration of war if it didn't suit the US governments foreign policy.
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what about

The Battle of Castillon the end of the hundred years war

Battle of troy should be more famed than it is but it is famed a fair bit so meh
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Re: Top 5 Battles in the world?

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This thread about Battles was sooo interesting, I thought I;d revive it.
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