100 most important battles in history
| • Battle of Jhelum was fought b/w Alexandar the Great and Raja Porus in 326 B.C. The latter was defeated. • Mahumud Ghaznavi invaded on Somnath in 1025 A.D. • Battle of Tarain was fought b/w Mohd: Ghouri and Prithvi Raj in 1192 A.D. The former won the battle. • First battle of Panipat was fought b/w Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur in 1526. Babur won the battle. • Second battle of Panipat was fought in 1556. Akbar won the battle. • Third battle of Panipat was fought b/w Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marahttas in 1760. Ahmed Shah defeated the latter. • West Bank was occupied in 1967. • Japan attacked Pearl Harbour located in Hawaii on 7 Dec: 1941. • Israel occupied Golan Heights from Syria. • West Bank is located b/w Isreal & Jordan. • West Bank was occupied in 1967. • Iran & UAE dispute over Persian Gulf islands, Greater & lesser Tunbs. • Sakhalin Island is dispute b/w Russia & Japan. • Iran & UAE dispute over Persian Gulf islands, Greater & lesser Tunbs. • Sakhalin island is dispute b/w Russia & Japan. • In Battle of Sabroan, English defeated Sikhs and captured Lahore. • Nickname of Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 was Little Boy and on Nagasaki=Fat Man. • The hundred year war actually lasted for 114 years. • Sir William Howard Russell was the first Great War correspondent. • Hundred years war fought between France and Britain during 1338-1453. • Cease fire between Iran and Iraq took place in 1988, by the intervention of U.N. • The place named Normandy became worlds famous due to the D.Day landing during the Second World War on 6th June 1944. Normandy is located in France. • Pearl Harbor incident took place on 7th Dec 1941. • In 1982 the Falklands war was fought between Britain and Argentina. • Civil War of USA lasted from 1861-1865. • The famous British Naval commander, who defected the French Naval Fleet at Nile in 1788 and at Trafalgar in 1805 was Horatio Nelson. • Doer war fought between South Africa and British. • Fighting broke out between Greeks and the Turks in July 1974. • At the end of Second World War in 1945, Germany was divided among 4 major powers. • In Opium war Britain fought against China. • Gulf war Jan 1991 stopped in Feb 28, 1991. • Iran-Iraq was started in Sep 1980 and ended in Aug1988. • Lloyd George of Great Britain represented in treaty of Versailles. • Germany remained in grip of allied occupation from 1994 to 1952. • The American general who acted as the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during the second world war was D.D Eisenhower. • The criminals of the Second World War were trailed in the city of Nuremburg. • Break up of Germany occurred on 1945 and merger on Oct 3, 1990. • Iraq occupied Kuwait on 2nd Aug 1990. • USA dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima on 6th August 1945. • First World War begun on 1914 A.D. and Second World War started in 1939 when Germany attacked on Poland, it is also considered as greatest war. • Germans call a WW1 sea fight Battle of Skagerrak what in UK: Battle of Jutland • Operation Thunderbolt was the nickname given to which raid Israeli raid on Entebbe • In WW2 the Germans launched operation Bernhard – what Counterfeit British Notes • In WW2 what was the German codename for invasion of Russia- Barberossa • Operation Dracula in WWII freed what city- Rangoon Burma • Which 19th century battle UK / USA fought after peace signed- Battle of New Orleans • Waterloo is now in… Belgium • The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. • In Battle of Sabroan, English defeated Sikhs and captured Lahore. • Iraq occupied Kuwait in August 1990. • North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. • North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. • North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. • North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. • Darfur conflict is in Sudan. • Darfur conflict is in Sudan. • Darfur conflict is in Sudan. • Darfur conflict is in Sudan. |