What is Battle?
{{Redirect|Battleground|the 1949 movie|Battleground (1949 movie)|the professional wrestling event series|WWE Battleground}} [[Image:Sadler, Battle of Waterloo.jpg |thumb|300px|right|{{center|The Battle of Waterloo}}]] {{War}} A '''battle''' is a fight between two or more groups where each group is trying to [[wikt:defeat|defeat]] (beat) the others. Battles are most often fought during [[war]]s. A small battle fought by only a small part of the armies is called a [[Skirmisher|skirmish]]. Series of battles are called [[military campaign]]s. The ground on which a battle is fought is called a battlefield.<ref>''Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms'', ed. Barry Leonard (Department of Defense; Joint Publication 1-02), p. 52</ref> Battles can very important, for example the [[1389]] [[Battle of Kosovo]], which was a draw in military terms, and the 1798 [[Battle of the Nile]] which the French lost, changed the history of [[Europe]] and the world. == Land battles == *300 Spartans at Thermopylae: [[Battle of Thermopylae]] [[480 BC]] *[[Siege]] of [[Carthage]]: 149{{ndash}}146 [[BC]] *[[Battle of Hastings]] – [[1066]] *[[Battle of Kosovo]] – [[1389]] *[[Battle of Waterloo]] – [[1815]] *The [[Battle of Trenton]] [[1776]] saved the American Revolutionary cause. *[[Battle of Gettysburg]] – [[1863]] *[[Battle of Verdun]] – [[1916]] *[[Battle of the Bulge]] – [[1944]] *The firebombing of [[Tokyo]] on the night of March 9-10, 1945. *[[Battle of Inchon]] – [[1950]], [[Korean War]] *[[Tet Offensive]] – [[1968]], [[Vietnam War]] ===Naval battles=== *[[Battle of Trafalgar]] – [[1805]] *[[Battle of Midway]] – [[1942]] == Related pages == * [[Siege]] == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{military-stub}} [[Category:Battles| ]]