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these are more than just war stories
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
battles in history as if by signal from
the french admiral the whole van for at
least seven or eight of the weather most
ships opened a fire upon the victory
such a fire is scarcely before been
directed at a ship for this list we’re
reviewing specific battles in history
and not over all wars these battles can
be from any place in the world and from
any time in history star tags what is
your profession
number 10 the Battle of Thermopylae
[Music]
but during the second Persian invasion
of Greece this battle saw spartan king
leonidas the first lead fellow Greeks
into battle against the forces of
Persian King Xerxes
this is where we hold them this is where
we fight yes has the day died choosing
to guard a small gap through which their
opponents could reach Greece
Leonidas realized his forces were
outmatched with about seven thousand
waiting to face a group of possibly
100,000 Persians very no spot to die
the Greeks managed to hold off the
Persians until a turncoat leaked
information to Xerxes he informed the
king of a path that led behind Leonidas
men and so Zook C’s sent his men down
the path to surround the Greeks in a
heroic last stand Leonidas and his
Spartans fought to the death but
ultimately lost this battle
number nine the Battle of tulle wet CA
[Applause]
in an attempt to expand the Umayyad
caliphate into the tour part see a
region of golf now France abdul-rahman
alga feekiee led an army against
Frankish and Burgundian forces since
alga feekiee thought he was facing
unorganized barbarian groups he was not
expecting a formidable resistance from
Frankish Prince shall the hammer Martel
alga fiki was subsequently killed in the
battle which turned out to be a decisive
victory not only for the Franks
but for Christianity in Europe in fact
many historians believe that had the
battle gone the other way Islam would be
the dominant religion on that continent
number 8 the Tet Offensive nobody knows
what the hell is going on but you can
tell it’s something a different that it
wasn’t isolated all these places getting
in at exactly the same time just sit
there and listen it’s like listening to
to a radio program except that it’s it’s
reality on January 30th 1968 the North
Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched the
Tet Offensive against the South
Vietnamese and US military’s the day the
first attack took place was a
significant one as it was the Vietnamese
new year known as Tet these highly
coordinated attacks saw more than 100
cities and villages attacked by the
communist northern forces surprising the
south and their allies this incident was
a turning point in the Vietnam conflict
as it precipitated a shift in US public
opinion against the war while the u.s.
and South Vietnamese eventually emerged
tactically victorious it was a political
win for the North Vietnamese to say that
we are hired in stalemate seems the only
realistic if unsatisfactory conclusion
but it is increasingly clear to this
report that the only rational way out
then will be to negotiate not as victors
but as an honorable people lived up to
their pledge to defend democracy number
seven the Battle of Gettysburg
[Music]
just as the Battle of Yorktown served to
boost the morale of Americans during the
Revolution Gettysburg proved a turning
point for the north in the Civil War I
have never yet left the enemy in command
of the field no sir
Retreat is no longer an option intent on
invading the Union Confederate General
Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia
surged north and squared off against
Union Major General George Meade’s Army
of the Potomac in Gettysburg
Pennsylvania between July 1st and 3rd
1863 while the Confederates initially
had the upper hand they were quickly
beaten back and within these three days
this became one of if not the bloodiest
battle of the entire war
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the Confederacy was never in a position
to invade the north again and this
started the downward spiral that led to
their defeat in 1865
number six the Battle of Trafalgar there
was the fire from above the fire from
below besides the fire from the deck I
was upon the guns recalling with
violence reports louder than thunder the
depth heaving and the side straining I
fancied myself in the infernal regions
where every man appeared a devil British
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson went
head-to-head with Napoleonic France and
Spain at cape trafalgar spain on october
21st
1805 with the brits 33 ships facing a
combined force of 41 ships the royal
navy proved their supremacy by taking
down 22 of their opponent’s ships
without losing one of their own however
the british did lose roughly 500 seamen
including lord nelson who was killed by
a french musketeer the french and
spanish were left with a total of over
3,000 dead and 8,000 in prison three
thousand of whom tragically drowned
during a storm after the battle
concluded this was a decisive British
victory during the Napoleonic Wars
Nelson toured the HMS victory before
Trafalgar
yes but Nelson never returned from
Trafalgar did it no but the battle was
won number five the Battle of cajamarca
Otto Alba is a bastard
back int power army he is the son of the
son he needs no wedded mother He is God
Inca Emperor atahuallpa agreed to
receive Spanish conquistador Francisco
Pizarro at the city of cajamarca on
November 16th 1530 to the conquistador
arrived to an abandoned city and set a
trap with his 106 infantry and 62
cavalry men who were armed with 12
firearms four cannons and a lot of
swords keeping his army outside the city
limits atahuallpa entered with his
unarmed royal entourage the trap was
from
thousands of Incas were massacred and
Pizarro captured Otto WAPA thus bringing
one of the largest empires in history to
its needs
[Music]
number four the Battle of Waterloo
cacho-negrete Capri mujer con que le
conte no he led me mano PO
[Music]
Napoleon returned to power in March 1815
and in response European powers formed
the seventh coalition to oppose him
fearful of an invasion of France
Napoleon preemptively struck at Waterloo
in the Netherlands now part of Belgium
On June 18th 1815 Napoleon’s French
forces numbered 73,000 whereas the
coalition had 118 thousand men with
forces drawn from the Netherlands UK
Prussia Hanover Nassau and Brunswick
Napoleon suffered a devastating loss
with 1/3 of his army killed this was
Napoleon’s final campaign and he was
forced into exile ending his reign as
Emperor ap Suliban jealousy
[Music]
number three the Battle of Gaugamela
conquer your fare and I promise you
you’ll contact dad Alexander the Great
was bent on bringing the Achaemenid
Empire known as the first Persian Empire
under his control to achieve this he
personally led his army into combat
against Persian King Darius the third on
October 1st 331 BC at Gaugamela which
today would be found in your muscle Iraq
Alexander led a Greek army of roughly
50,000 into battle against a Persian
army likely more than double its size
and emerged victorious due to carefully
coordinated tactics this single battle
brought Babylon and much of Persia under
his immediate control causing the
downfall of the Achaemenid Empire if you
chase em you risk losing your army here
and if we cut through and we gain in
that plan
number two the Battle of Stalingrad when
the one with one
following picks up the rifle I’m sure
Nazi Germany invaded western Russia and
came to a standstill at Stalingrad now
Volgograd the battle began August 23rd
1942 and continued until February 2nd
1943 and during that time the Nazis
fought Soviet forces throughout the city
and targeted civilians Germany met with
early successes but was ill-equipped for
a Russian winter and lacked sufficient
rations the Soviets saw this and pushed
the Nazis back and this became a turning
point for the Allies potentially the
bloodiest battle in history the Soviets
themselves suffered more than 1 million
casualties
according to records but they decisively
won the encounter is not forgettable
dejan home for our motherland
[Applause]
before we get to our number one battle
in history let’s review some honorable
mentions
[Music]
they’re approximately 60,000 British
casualties at the end of the first day
we’re talking about 40,000 wounded in
these trenches another 20,000 dead
[Music]
Oh
[Applause]
[Music]
booyah
[Applause]
[Music]
number one the invasion of Normandy on
June 6th 1944 the Allies overwhelmed
Nazi forces in occupied France by
storming the beaches of Normandy by sea
and parachuting men behind enemy lines
in an event now referred to as d-day the
Allies sent between 130 and 156 thousand
soldiers on this first day to overwhelm
the Nazi forces after that first day of
fighting the invasion lasted until
mid-july
the Allies sent a total of 1.3 million
men whereas the Nazis were only able to
send 380 thousand in what is still the
largest invasion by sea ever the Allies
pushed the Nazis back eastward and thus
began the crushing defeat of Germany
do you agree with our list what
historical battles do you think are the
most significant for more excellent top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
[Music]
these are more than just war stories
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
battles in history as if by signal from
the french admiral the whole van for at
least seven or eight of the weather most
ships opened a fire upon the victory
such a fire is scarcely before been
directed at a ship for this list we’re
reviewing specific battles in history
and not over all wars these battles can
be from any place in the world and from
any time in history star tags what is
your profession
number 10 the Battle of Thermopylae
[Music]
but during the second Persian invasion
of Greece this battle saw spartan king
leonidas the first lead fellow Greeks
into battle against the forces of
Persian King Xerxes
this is where we hold them this is where
we fight yes has the day died choosing
to guard a small gap through which their
opponents could reach Greece
Leonidas realized his forces were
outmatched with about seven thousand
waiting to face a group of possibly
100,000 Persians very no spot to die
the Greeks managed to hold off the
Persians until a turncoat leaked
information to Xerxes he informed the
king of a path that led behind Leonidas
men and so Zook C’s sent his men down
the path to surround the Greeks in a
heroic last stand Leonidas and his
Spartans fought to the death but
ultimately lost this battle
number nine the Battle of tulle wet CA
[Applause]
in an attempt to expand the Umayyad
caliphate into the tour part see a
region of golf now France abdul-rahman
alga feekiee led an army against
Frankish and Burgundian forces since
alga feekiee thought he was facing
unorganized barbarian groups he was not
expecting a formidable resistance from
Frankish Prince shall the hammer Martel
alga fiki was subsequently killed in the
battle which turned out to be a decisive
victory not only for the Franks
but for Christianity in Europe in fact
many historians believe that had the
battle gone the other way Islam would be
the dominant religion on that continent
number 8 the Tet Offensive nobody knows
what the hell is going on but you can
tell it’s something a different that it
wasn’t isolated all these places getting
in at exactly the same time just sit
there and listen it’s like listening to
to a radio program except that it’s it’s
reality on January 30th 1968 the North
Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched the
Tet Offensive against the South
Vietnamese and US military’s the day the
first attack took place was a
significant one as it was the Vietnamese
new year known as Tet these highly
coordinated attacks saw more than 100
cities and villages attacked by the
communist northern forces surprising the
south and their allies this incident was
a turning point in the Vietnam conflict
as it precipitated a shift in US public
opinion against the war while the u.s.
and South Vietnamese eventually emerged
tactically victorious it was a political
win for the North Vietnamese to say that
we are hired in stalemate seems the only
realistic if unsatisfactory conclusion
but it is increasingly clear to this
report that the only rational way out
then will be to negotiate not as victors
but as an honorable people lived up to
their pledge to defend democracy number
seven the Battle of Gettysburg
[Music]
just as the Battle of Yorktown served to
boost the morale of Americans during the
Revolution Gettysburg proved a turning
point for the north in the Civil War I
have never yet left the enemy in command
of the field no sir
Retreat is no longer an option intent on
invading the Union Confederate General
Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia
surged north and squared off against
Union Major General George Meade’s Army
of the Potomac in Gettysburg
Pennsylvania between July 1st and 3rd
1863 while the Confederates initially
had the upper hand they were quickly
beaten back and within these three days
this became one of if not the bloodiest
battle of the entire war
[Music]
the Confederacy was never in a position
to invade the north again and this
started the downward spiral that led to
their defeat in 1865
number six the Battle of Trafalgar there
was the fire from above the fire from
below besides the fire from the deck I
was upon the guns recalling with
violence reports louder than thunder the
depth heaving and the side straining I
fancied myself in the infernal regions
where every man appeared a devil British
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson went
head-to-head with Napoleonic France and
Spain at cape trafalgar spain on october
21st
1805 with the brits 33 ships facing a
combined force of 41 ships the royal
navy proved their supremacy by taking
down 22 of their opponent’s ships
without losing one of their own however
the british did lose roughly 500 seamen
including lord nelson who was killed by
a french musketeer the french and
spanish were left with a total of over
3,000 dead and 8,000 in prison three
thousand of whom tragically drowned
during a storm after the battle
concluded this was a decisive British
victory during the Napoleonic Wars
Nelson toured the HMS victory before
Trafalgar
yes but Nelson never returned from
Trafalgar did it no but the battle was
won number five the Battle of cajamarca
Otto Alba is a bastard
back int power army he is the son of the
son he needs no wedded mother He is God
Inca Emperor atahuallpa agreed to
receive Spanish conquistador Francisco
Pizarro at the city of cajamarca on
November 16th 1530 to the conquistador
arrived to an abandoned city and set a
trap with his 106 infantry and 62
cavalry men who were armed with 12
firearms four cannons and a lot of
swords keeping his army outside the city
limits atahuallpa entered with his
unarmed royal entourage the trap was
from
thousands of Incas were massacred and
Pizarro captured Otto WAPA thus bringing
one of the largest empires in history to
its needs
[Music]
number four the Battle of Waterloo
cacho-negrete Capri mujer con que le
conte no he led me mano PO
[Music]
Napoleon returned to power in March 1815
and in response European powers formed
the seventh coalition to oppose him
fearful of an invasion of France
Napoleon preemptively struck at Waterloo
in the Netherlands now part of Belgium
On June 18th 1815 Napoleon’s French
forces numbered 73,000 whereas the
coalition had 118 thousand men with
forces drawn from the Netherlands UK
Prussia Hanover Nassau and Brunswick
Napoleon suffered a devastating loss
with 1/3 of his army killed this was
Napoleon’s final campaign and he was
forced into exile ending his reign as
Emperor ap Suliban jealousy
[Music]
number three the Battle of Gaugamela
conquer your fare and I promise you
you’ll contact dad Alexander the Great
was bent on bringing the Achaemenid
Empire known as the first Persian Empire
under his control to achieve this he
personally led his army into combat
against Persian King Darius the third on
October 1st 331 BC at Gaugamela which
today would be found in your muscle Iraq
Alexander led a Greek army of roughly
50,000 into battle against a Persian
army likely more than double its size
and emerged victorious due to carefully
coordinated tactics this single battle
brought Babylon and much of Persia under
his immediate control causing the
downfall of the Achaemenid Empire if you
chase em you risk losing your army here
and if we cut through and we gain in
that plan
number two the Battle of Stalingrad when
the one with one
following picks up the rifle I’m sure
Nazi Germany invaded western Russia and
came to a standstill at Stalingrad now
Volgograd the battle began August 23rd
1942 and continued until February 2nd
1943 and during that time the Nazis
fought Soviet forces throughout the city
and targeted civilians Germany met with
early successes but was ill-equipped for
a Russian winter and lacked sufficient
rations the Soviets saw this and pushed
the Nazis back and this became a turning
point for the Allies potentially the
bloodiest battle in history the Soviets
themselves suffered more than 1 million
casualties
according to records but they decisively
won the encounter is not forgettable
dejan home for our motherland
[Applause]
before we get to our number one battle
in history let’s review some honorable
mentions
[Music]
they’re approximately 60,000 British
casualties at the end of the first day
we’re talking about 40,000 wounded in
these trenches another 20,000 dead
[Music]
Oh
[Applause]
[Music]
booyah
[Applause]
[Music]
number one the invasion of Normandy on
June 6th 1944 the Allies overwhelmed
Nazi forces in occupied France by
storming the beaches of Normandy by sea
and parachuting men behind enemy lines
in an event now referred to as d-day the
Allies sent between 130 and 156 thousand
soldiers on this first day to overwhelm
the Nazi forces after that first day of
fighting the invasion lasted until
mid-july
the Allies sent a total of 1.3 million
men whereas the Nazis were only able to
send 380 thousand in what is still the
largest invasion by sea ever the Allies
pushed the Nazis back eastward and thus
began the crushing defeat of Germany
do you agree with our list what
historical battles do you think are the
most significant for more excellent top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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