Your Favorite Battles

[Abay]

http://www.theottomans.org/english/index.asp

[Dezilagel]

All the ones I didn't have to participate in.

Hooray for modern society!

[Uther Pendragon]

This thread didn't even reach 2 pages and ottoman hate came in

As a proud POLACK...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grunwald Nuff said

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hod%C3%B3w Polish Thermopyles, Nuff said

And obviously http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna

And as a Alexander's the Great fanboy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaugamela Taking even most fair estimates, he still defeated at least a two times larger force

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Issus And the took over Asia Minor!

And the total badass moment of Alexander: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallian_Campaign#Siege_of_Multanese_Citadel


EDIT: lol I'm too dumb to copy links

[Moncho]

I usually like battles that happen when it is not expected, such as that of Bailen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bail%C3%A9n, first major defeat of Napoleon's army), or when they happen against big odds, like Stirling Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stirling_Bridge).
Also, some naval battles:
A Spanish tactical fail, especially when you name your fleet the "Armada invencible": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Armada
And for the Ottoman lovers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto. A coalition of southern European states vs the Ottomans, with a decisive defeat for the latter.

Other than that, some of the ones already mentioned, like Stalingrad, Cannae and Zama (always loved the Punic Wars).

[Zox_Fury]

I m a fan to the antiquity so i could say :
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mantinea_(418_BC) this one

and ofc ;-)

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1187)

[Darkoveride]

After 10 years in british army, i cant help but put a british battle up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift

and a nice ambush.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Trebia

[51L3NC3R]

Battle of Asculum 279BC
Marked an epic showdown between Greek hoplites with their phalanx and Roman legionnaires and their pila...
wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ascalum

[Adraman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varna

[Tibe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moh%C3%A1cs

it ends in 2-3 hours. after that battle, no-one in eu could fight against suleiman cos of fear of that battle. u know, cannons were used in an open battle first time here 

Whilst Mohács was a decisive loss, it was the aftermath that truly put an end to independent Hungary. The ensuing two hundred years of near constant warfare between the two empires, Habsburg and Ottoman, turned Hungary into a perpetual battlefield. The countryside was regularly ravaged by armies moving back and forth, in turn devastating the population. Only in the 20th century would Hungary regain its political independence, but denuded of much of its land, and it has never regained its former political power.

Oh man, that is just sad as fudge. I feel like hugging a hungarian now.

[Falka]

Two great victiories of Frederick the Great.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rossbach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leuthen

In both battles his enemies had great advantage in terms of number of troops, actually they had more than twice as many troops as he had, but he still achieved decisive victiores. Napoleon never won in comparable circumstances, when he was winning he always had more or less the same number of troops as his enemies.

[Oberyn]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moh%C3%A1cs

it ends in 2-3 hours. after that battle, no-one in eu could fight against suleiman cos of fear of that battle. u know, cannons were used in an open battle first time here 

"The first confirmed use of cannon in Europe was in southerern Iberia, by the Moors, in the Siege of Cordoba in 1280."

You're off by about 250 years. And that's only in Europe, they had been in use in the far east (specifically China) for much longer.

[Oberyn]

Two great victiories of Frederick the Great.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rossbach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leuthen

In both battles his enemies had great advantage in terms of number of troops, actually they had more than twice as many troops as he had, but he still achieved decisive victiores. Napoleon never won in comparable circumstances, when he was winning he always had more or less the same number of troops as his enemies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rivoli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Tabor_%281799%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dresden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montmirail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ch%C3%A2teau-Thierry_%281814%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arcis-sur-Aube
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ligny

Battle of Dresden probably the closest one in terms of number ratios. Except it went into the hundreds of thousands of troops instead of tens of thousands. Mount Tabor doesn't really count I guess, since it was agains the Mameluks and not another "modern" military of the time.

[okiN]

"The first confirmed use of cannon in Europe was in southerern Iberia, by the Moors, in the Siege of Cordoba in 1280."

You're off by about 250 years. And that's only in Europe, they had been in use in the far east (specifically China) for much longer.

Never mind this absurd claim that "no-one in eu could fight against suleiman cos of fear of that battle" when that was the start of the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.

[Christo]

I love Turkish historical propaganda, beating chests about winning against unstable, weak nations that weren't in their league.
Interesting how they don't like to talk about what happened, when they met another major power.

"no-one in eu could fight against suleiman cos of fear of that battle" That made me lol reading it once again.

This is what excessive Nationalism does to you. It makes you stupid.

[Falka]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rivoli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Tabor_%281799%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dresden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montmirail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ch%C3%A2teau-Thierry_%281814%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arcis-sur-Aube
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ligny

Battle of Dresden probably the closest one in terms of number ratios. Except it went into the hundreds of thousands of troops instead of tens of thousands. Mount Tabor doesn't really count I guess, since it was agains the Mameluks and not another "modern" military of the time.

In most of the battles mentioned above - with a few exceptions - the number of troops of both sides was pretty similar. And part of them is hard to call decisive victory, e.g. Motnmirail:

Strenght
20,000   36,000
Casualties and losses
2,000    4,000

In the other battles advantage of coalition wasn't so significant. e.g. Rivoli: 23,000 vs 28,000. On the other hand Rossbach: 22 k vs 42 k, Leuthen 36 k vs 80 k, and in both these battles Prussia basically destroyed opponents armies.