FAMOUS BATTLES

(e.g., 732: Charles Martel stopped the invasion of Gaul, curtailing the spread of Islam in Western Europe. Answer: Battle of Tours.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. 1815: Napoleon was defeated by Prussian and British forces.

2. 1863: The Union victory was a turning point in the American Civil War.

3. 480 B.C.: A Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. 1942-43: The defense of this city stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union.

5. 490 B.C.: The Greek army repulsed the invasion of the army of Persian King Darius I.

6. 1781: British General Cornwallis was defeated by the American Continental Army.

Answers: 1. Battle of Waterloo. 2. Battle of Gettysburg. 3. Battle of Thermopylae. 4. Battle of Stalingrad. 5. Battle of Marathon. 6. Battle of Yorktown.

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