The link is to an article that describes the authors choices for the most decisive battles of all time. I disagree with his selection. Read and post your thoughts.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhis...ten/index.html
I think Alesia belongs on the list. I don't think Stalingrad does (maybe Moscow).
My List for military operations that changed the world.I picked events with greatest repercussions I think are still felt today.
1. Salamis- preserved the nucleus of Western Culture
2. Alesia- Rise of Julius Caesar and the foundation of Imperial Rome
3. Actium- The birth of Imperial Rome
4. Conquest of Qi (bloodless)- unification of China
5. Manzikert- Arrival of the Turks
6. Defeat of the Spanish Armada- Birth of British Sea Power
7. Yorktown- Birth of America
8. Battle of the Masurian Lakes- Moltke the Younger panics and dooms Germany in the West
9. Pearl Harbor- Do not wake sleeping giants!
10. Hiroshima- nuclear war, nuff said...
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhis...ten/index.html
I think Alesia belongs on the list. I don't think Stalingrad does (maybe Moscow).
My List for military operations that changed the world.I picked events with greatest repercussions I think are still felt today.
1. Salamis- preserved the nucleus of Western Culture
2. Alesia- Rise of Julius Caesar and the foundation of Imperial Rome
3. Actium- The birth of Imperial Rome
4. Conquest of Qi (bloodless)- unification of China
5. Manzikert- Arrival of the Turks
6. Defeat of the Spanish Armada- Birth of British Sea Power
7. Yorktown- Birth of America
8. Battle of the Masurian Lakes- Moltke the Younger panics and dooms Germany in the West
9. Pearl Harbor- Do not wake sleeping giants!
10. Hiroshima- nuclear war, nuff said...
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