The Battles

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Ancient Era

 

Battle of Marathon, 490 BC - Watch now!

Miltiades versus Datis: A Greek army under Miltiades tries to surprise a Persian rearguard under Datis

and push it into the sea. Can Datis use his army's strengths to defeat Miltiades?

 

Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC - Coming soon!

 

Battle of Leuctra, 371 BC - Watch now!

Epaminondas versus Cleombrotus: A Theban army under Epaminondas undertakes a daring new

formation against a feared Spartan army under Cleombrotus. Will this new formation alter the

traditional hoplite warfare?

 

Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC - Coming soon!

 

Battle of Hydaspes River, 326 BC - Watch now!

King Porus versus Alexander the Great: A Macedonian army under Alexander must divide its strength

just to cross the river, can it stand up to the larger Pauravan Army under Porus?

 

Battle of the Trebia, 218 BC - Watch now!

Hannibal versus Tiberius Sempronius Longus: A Carthaginian army under Hannibal entices a Roman

army under Sempronius to attack across a river into a trap. The Romans outnumber the Carthaginians

but will Sempronius still become a footnote to one of Hannibal's masterpiece battles?

 

Battle of Lake Trasimene, 217 BC - Coming soon!

 

Battle of Ilipa, 206 BC - Watch now!

Scipio Africanus Major versus Hasdrubal Gisco: A Roman army under Scipio and a Carthaginian army

stare each other down when Scipio makes a bold redeployment. Can Hasdrubal shake off his surprise

and recover to defeat Scipio's smaller army?

 

Siege of Alesia, 52 BC - Watch now!

Vercingetorix versus Julius Caesar: A Gallic army under Vercingetorix is beseiged by a Roman army

under Caesar but a relief army is on its way. How will Caesar react to this turn of the tables and even

have a chance at defeating Vercingetorix?

 

Battle of Adrianople, 378 - Watch now!

Emperor Flavius Valens versus Fritigern: A Gothic army under Fritigern fights for not only its own but

its families' lives as well against a Roman army under Valens. Can Fritigern delay Valens long enough

for his cavalry to turn the tides?

 

Medieval Era

 

Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 - Watch now!

Gelimer versus Belisarius: A Vandal army under Gelimer ambushes a Byzantine army under Belisarius in

open country. Can Gelimer finish Belisarius off before he can rally his strung out army?

 

Battle of Yarmuk, 636 - Watch now!

Khalid Ibn al-Walid versus Theodore Trithyrius: A Byzantine army under Trithyrius stands in the way

of a Rashidun army under Khalid. Will the religious fervor and military genius commander of the

Rashiduns sweep aside the Byzantines?

 

Battle of Arsuf, 1191 - Watch now!

Saladin versus Richard Couer de Lion: A Saracen army under Saladin harasses a Crusader army under

Richard. Will Saladin's provocations break the discipline of Richard's soldiers?

 

Battle of Mohi Heath, 1241 - Watch now!

Subedei versus King Bela IV: A Mongol army under Subedei is confident of victory against a larger

Hungarian army under Bela. Will Subedei's smoke and mirrors prove to be too much for Bela's numbers?

 

Gunpowder Era

 

Battle of Nagashino, 1575 - Watch now!

Oda Nobunanga and Tokugawa Ieyasu versus Takeda Katsuyori: An army under Takeda besieges a

castle when it is assailed by a much larger army under Oda/Tokugawa. Will Takeda's samurai overpower Oda/Tokugawa's relatively untested arquebuses performing volley fire?

 

Battle of Sacheon, 1592 - Coming soon!

 

Battle of Blenheim, 1704 - Coming soon!

 

Battle of Leuthen, 1757 - Watch now!

Frederick the Great versus Charles of Lorraine: An Austrian army under Charles thinks a Prussian army

under Frederick has fled after seeing their superior numbers and position. Where has Frederick actually

lead his army and how will Charles counter?

 

Battle of Quebec, 1759 - Coming soon!

James Wolfe versus Marquis de Montcalm: A British army under Wolfe tries to take an impregnable

fortress from a French army under Montcalm. Wolfe tries many different ways to do so, will

Montcalm suffer defeat to any of them?

 

Ulm Campaign, 1805 - Watch now!

Karl Mack von Lieberich versus Napoleon Bonaparte: An Austrian army under Mack charges blindly into

a trap set by the French army under Bonaparte. Can Bonaparte close the net before Mack realizes his

folly?

 

Battle of Dresden, 1813 - Watch now!

Karl Philipp Furst zu Schwarzenberg versus Napoleon Bonaparte: An Allies army under Schwarzenberg

fears Bonaparte more than they fear the army he leads. Can one man really overcome such

overwhelming numbers?

 

Battle of Ayacucho, 1824 - Coming soon!

Antonio Jose de Sucre versus Jose de la Serna: A Royalist army under de la Serna attacks a Republican

army under de Sucre in rough terrain. Can de Sucre hold de la Serna's onslaught and then launch a

decisive assault of his own?

 

Battle of Mexico City, 1847 - Watch now!

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna versus Winfield Scott: An American army under Scott assaults a Mexican

army under Santa Anna in their own capital. Spirit guides both these armies, whose morale will break

first and decide the battle?

 

Industrial-Modern Era

 

Battle of Gate Pa, 1864 - Watch now!

Duncan Cameron versus Rawiri Puhirake: A British army under Cameron besieges a Maori army under

Puhirake who is fortified in a dreaded pa. Cameron knows what to expect and takes all precautions so

surely Puhirake cannot possibly surprise him, right?

 

Battle of the Wildnerness, 1864 - Coming soon!

 

Battle of Mukden, 1905 - Watch now!

Aleksey Kuropatkin versus Oyama Iwao: A Japanese army under Oyama seizes the initiative with an

offensive against a Russian army under Kuropatkin. Can Kuropatkin parry Oyama's thrusts long enough

to launch his own?

 

Battle of the Marne, 1914 - Coming soon!

 

Battle of Warsaw, 1920 - Watch now!

Mikhail Tukhachevsky versus Jozef Pilsudski: A Soviet army under Tukhachevsky tries to break the

defensive lines of a Polish army under Pilsudski. Can Pilsudski's risky master plan save the capital?

 

Battle of Sakarya, 1921 - Coming soon!

 

Battle of the River Plate, 1939 - Watch now!

Henry Harwood versus Hans Langsdorff: A German pocket battleship under Langsdorff is hunting 

merchant shipping when he comes face to face with a British hunter cruiser squadron under Harwood.

Whose force really is the hunter: Harwood's fast cruisers or Lansdorff's powerful pocket battleship?

 

Lower Dnieper Campaign, 1943 - Coming soon!

Erich von Manstein versus Ivan Konev: A massive Soviet army under Konev assaults a smaller German

army under Manstein. The only question is how long can Manstein resist the inevitable?

 

Battle of Kohima-Imphal, 1944 - Watch now!

William Slim versus Renya Mutaguchi: A Japanese army under Mutaguchi tries to cut off and destroy

a British army under Slim. Can Slim defend and supply the beleaguered twin cities long enough to

mount an offensive?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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 An educational site by Jonathan Webb, 2008.