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John.

John.

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We took a test today on "Killer Angels" about Gettysburg, which my teacher said is considered one of the 10 most important battles of world history. For extra credit, we had to name the nine other. I put down bullshit, what do you think?
 
D-day and whatever the battle was when the nazi's tried to take over Russia, I think it was in St. Petersburg, and the russians held them off for such a long period of time that the Nazi's ended up losing a lot of their momentum, which aided in their defeat.
 
stalingrad and the city no longer exists because of that battle

I would say

The Battle of Charlestown (for U.S) - ended the rev. war and is def. one of THE most important battles in history
 
the battle that had the monitor and the other ironclad ship, forget what it is or the name of the battle, you american educated dudes should know: first naval battle with ironclad ships, changed naval battles forever

D-Day invasion: self explanatory

Stalingrad: end of Nazi advance into Russia and demoralized the whole offensive

Waterloo: no more Napoleon, ABBA song

Verdun/Marne: French thwart German advance into France in WWI that would have destroyed the french army is there had been a defeat, put Pétin in the spotlight which would ultimately lead to his being in power during WWII in france = french collaboration

yeah... can't think of many more on my list, im sure im forgetting obvious ones...
 
More important than Gettysburg? It's a big one, but there are lots that could be deemed more important. Gaugamela, D-Day, Waterloo, Lexington/Concord, Waterloo, Britain, and Alesia to name a few. Gettysburg would make my top 20.
 
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