Name The Battle - Difficult #5

Year

Description

Battle

2011 CE

Final battle of the Libyan Civil War, with Muammar Gaddafi captured and killed

1944 CE to 1945 CE

Last major German offensive in WWII, fought in the Ardennes, caught the Allies by surprise but was ultimately repelled

1944 CE

Costly Allied victory against Italy in WWII, near Rome, involving a hilltop abbey

1900 CE

Defeat of Boxer and Qing forces in a treaty city by the Eight-Nation Alliance, rescuing foreigners and opening the way for the Battle of Peking

1896 CE

Decisive victory for the Ethiopian Empire of Menelik II against the Kingdom of Italy, securing Ethiopian independence

1854 CE

Controversial assault by Victoria Police and British Army on stockade erected by miners during the Australian gold rushes; identified with development of democracy in Australia

1645 CE

Major Royalist defeat by the Parliamentarians in the First English Civil War that ended Charles I's chances at recovering the throne

1600 CE

Decisive battle won by Tokugawa Ieyasu, resulting in the unification of Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate

1532 CE

Capture of Sapa Inca Atahualpa and massacre of those around him by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro

1298 CE

Part of First War of Scottish Independence; William Wallace defeated by Edward I of England with death of Andrew Moray

1267 CE to 1273 CE

Battle won by the Mongols which ultimately broke the Song Dynasty, leading to Yuan Dynasty China

1066 CE

Defeat and death of Norwegian Viking invaders of England, Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson, by King Harold Godwinson

732 CE

Defeat of the Umayyad Caliphate by Charles Martel, a Frank, marking the high tide of the Caliphate in Europe

331 BCE

Decisive defeat of Darius III by Alexander the Great, leading to Achaemenid Empire's fall

480 BCE

Battle famous for the last stand of the 300 Spartans, defending against the Persians in a mountain pass