Leipzig: The Battle of the Nations That Broke Napoleon’s Grip on Germany
Rising more than three hundred feet above the flat Saxon plain outside Leipzig stands one of the...
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The Walls of Constantinople: The Fortifications That Guarded an Empire for a Thousand Years
For more than eleven hundred years, a single line of stone kept the greatest city in the medieval...
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Marathon: The Battle That Turned Back Persia and Gave Its Name to a Race
Millions of people run 26.2 miles every year in tribute to a story that, as most ancient...
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Tours: The Battle That Halted an Umayyad Army
For nearly a week, two armies stood facing each other across a stretch of open ground between...
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Bannockburn: The Turning Point in Scotland’s Fight for Independence
On the first morning of the battle, an English knight named Henry de Bohun spotted a lone rider on...
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Chosin Reservoir: The Frozen Battle That Became a Legendary Breakout
Some of the Marines who fought at the Chosin Reservoir in the winter of 1950 later said the cold...
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Horseshoe Bend: The Battle That Ended the Creek War
The Tallapoosa River bends here into an almost complete loop, curling back on itself until only a...
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Omdurman: The Battle That Broke Mahdist Sudan
For five hours the desert north of Omdurman sounded like nothing either army had heard before: not...
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Sedan: The Battle That Toppled an Emperor and Paved the Way for a New Germany
Napoleon III could barely sit a horse. Racked by a kidney stone that left him in agony he could no...
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Waterloo: The Battle That Ended Napoleon’s Reign
Napoleon Bonaparte looked at the sodden ground and gave an order that would cost him the battle...
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