Battle of Midway
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~ naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
Battle of Little Bighorn
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~ a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
Bay of Bengal
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~ an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India
battle of Cowpens
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~ battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British
Battle of Flodden Field
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~ a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
battle of Lule Burgas
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~ the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
battle of Brunanburh
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~ a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots
Bay of Biscay
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~ an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain
Battle of Guadalcanal
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~ a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
battle of Crecy
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~ the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
Battle of Maldon
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~ a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem
battle of Cynoscephalae
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~ the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
Battle of Fredericksburg
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~ an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee
battle of Chattanooga
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~ in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg
Battle of El Alamein
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~ a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
battle of Atlanta
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~ a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
battle of Hastings
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~ the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
battle of Leuctra
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~ Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece
battle of Navarino
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~ a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships
Battle of Fontenoy
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~ a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland