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Battles that Changed History: An Encyclopedia of World Conflict
The mythic and doomed stand of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae the siege of Carthage in 149-146 BCE, which ended with Rome destroying the city and enslaving the entire remaining Carthaginian population the Battle of Hastings in 1066, arguably the most important battle ever on English soil the Battle of Trenton that saved the American Revolutionary cause and established the military reputation of General Washington the firebombing of Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945, that destroyed one quarter of the city. Read more