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1. Battle fought between the Romans and Germanic tribes during the reign of Augustus.
2. In 451 AD the Huns swarmed across northern Europe, until the Roman general Aetius stopped "the scourge of God" at this battle.
3. When did the famous battle of Actium, between Octavian and Marc Anthony, take place?
4. Alexander the Great won many famous battles. But his first victory against the Persian Empire came at which city?
5. How long did the First Punic War last?
6. Charles Martel, King of the Franks, defeated the Arabs at Tours. But in what year?
7. The Byzantine emperor Heraclius won a major battle against the Sassanian Empire at this city in AD 627.
8. The holy city of Jerusalem was the target of the First Crusade and was conquered in what year?
9. This decisive battle gave England to William the Conqueror and his Normans in 1066.
10. This battle in the Hundred Years' War was the first English victory in which their army used longbows.
11. The Byzantine Empire suffered a devastating defeat against the Seljuk Turks at this battle in 1071.
12. The first setback for the Mongol conquerers came against the Mameluks in Egypt. By which city was the battle fought?
13. In 1241 the Mongol Empire extended into Central Europe. By which city was a combined force of European powers defeated by a Mongol army?
14. The Spanish Armada sailed against England in which year?
15. The siege of this island in 1565 halted the Ottoman expansion against Europe.
16. In 1571 the Ottoman fleet was once more defeated at this battle.
17. The Swedish king, Gustavus II Adolphus, died at this battle during the Thirty Years' War.
18. The able Austrian commander Prince Eugen defeated the Ottoman army at this battle, occuring a few years after the second siege of Vienna.
19. Napoleon won this battle in 1800 against the Austrians during the Revolutionary Wars.
20. Austria rose again, however this time alone, while Napoleon was occupied in Spain. But Napoleon swiftly reorganised his troops and won a famous victory at ___?
21. This battle, fought during the Napoleonic War, was the most costly in casualties until WWI.
22. This battle decided the Prusso-Danish war of 1864.
23. At this famous naval battle the Japanese obliterated the Russian fleet, early in the 20th century.
24. This battle was the costliest of 1917, during WWI.
25. At this Russian industrial city, deep within the country, the fate of the German attack against the Soviet Union, was decided in the winter months of 1942-43.
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