Marathon: Athens saves Western civilization (490 BC) Gaugamela : Alexander creates a new world (311 BC) Zama: an empire in the balance (202 BC) Teutoburger Wald: the division of Europe (9 AD) Adrianople: the end of Roman supremacy (378 AD) Yarmuk: the Islamic conquest begins (636 AD) Hastings: the remaking of Europe (1066 AD) The Spanish Armada: miracle at sea (1588 AD) Breitenfeld: the creation of modern war (1631 AD) Annus mirabilis: the rise of British supremacy (1759 AD) Saratoga: the victory of amateurs (1777 AD) Trafalgar: Napoleon's plans thwarted (1805 AD) Vicksburg: breaking the confederacy (1863 AD) The Marne: the end of old Europe (1914 AD) The Battle of Britain: the Nazis stopped (1940 AD) Midway: Imperial Japan stopped (1942 AD) Kursk: the end of the drang nach osten (1943 AD) Normandy: the dath knell for Nazi Germany (1944) Dien Bien Phu: Imperialism defeated (1954 AD) Operations peach: the drive for Baghdad (2003 AD) Notes Index
