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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]]

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