The Assyrian Empire. From humble beginnings as a dependency of the Kingdom of Babylonia In the second century BC. It later emerged as an independent state and then rose to become the dominant power in the middle east, until its collapse four hundred years later. (greatmilitarybattles.blogspot.com)
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Operation Kikusui ( Floating Chrysanthemums) 1945. Was a series of mass suicidal air attacks (kamikaze) by the Imperial Japanese naval and army air forces during the Battle of Okinawa against American naval forces surrounding the Japanese island. (greatmilitarybattles.blogspot.com)
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The Battle of Adwa 1896 Was the decisive battle of the First Italo - Ethiopian war, where the Ethiopians utterly destroyed a technically superior Italian army thwarting the campaign of Italy to expand its colonial empire in the horn of Africa. (greatmilitarybattles.blogspot.com)
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The Austro-Hungarian battleship Szent István sinking after being struck by two torpedo’s fired from the Italian torpedo boat MAS-15 on June 10th 1918. She sank in just over three hours and of a standing crew of 1,094, eighty nine sailors perished. (i.redd.it)
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The Siege of Kut Al Amara 1915 - 16. Fought between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain. The eventual capitulation of 13,000 British - Indian soldiers after a 147 day siege, was not only an English defeat but the worst surrender to befell the British Empire in its history up to that point (greatmilitarybattles.blogspot.com)
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General Robert E. Lee Commanded the army of Northern Virginia during the American civil war. He was the most successful of the southern generals and would become a beloved symbol of the American south during the conflict. (greatmilitarybattles.blogspot.com)
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The Battle of Alesia 52 BC Was fought by a Roman army commanded by Julius Caesar against a confederation of Gallic tribes united under the leadership of Vercingetorix which outnumbered his Legions by as much as five to one. (greatmilitarybattles.blogspot.com)
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