Posted on Feb 27, 2014
LTC David S. Chang, ChFC®, CLU®
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Studying battles is a great way to learn strategy, tactics, leadership, and other important lessons. Many of the famous battles affected the outcome of history, such as the Battle of Hastings where William of Normandy conquered modern-day England in 1066 and setting the new path of the West.

 

Another in my opinion is Stalingrad. If Hitler would have won, it would have been more difficult to beat him since the Soviets would have not had captured hundreds of thousands of Germans and lost a key terrain.

 

Another for me is Gettysburg, because it was the turning point in my opinion of the civil war and D-Day. lastly, I see the Incheon Landing as a huge one since South Korea (and our samsung phones) is in existence today because of the surprise amphibious assault. What is yours?

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SSG Thomas Barry
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Letye gulf
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CPT Charley Watkins
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The battle of zm
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Capt Joe Somerville
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Gaugamela. Alexander completes conquest of the Persian Empire. We are still living with the fallout.
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SSG Max Goodman
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Battle of the Buldge
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CW3 Kevin Storm
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Lexington and Concord, without them the world would have been a different place.
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SN James MacKay
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This question will surely bring forth lots of great answers. There have been decisive battles ever since wars have been fought, of course, but mine is the Battle of Leyte Gulf. There, the US Navy dealt the fatal blow the the Japanese fleet, and effectively ended the naval war in the Pacific. With no ready access to oil, the surviving Imperial Fleet spent the rest of the war, out of commission.
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PFC Bill Benavidez
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Pork chop hill
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PFC Bill Benavidez
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Battle of the bulge
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SSG Avenger Crew Member
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World War II for sure. Civil War honorable mention!
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SPC Christopher Perrien
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Strangely , the Germans took Stalingrad and then were surrounded..The Germans not taking Moscow in 1941 is what cost them the war.

Gettysburg could have changed the world and the country. But the loss there was caused by Stonewall being killed at Fredericksburg. If the CSA had won at Gettysburg they could/would have taken DC and forced terms.


The Battle of Poitiers/Tours, stopped the Moorish invasion of Europe , until now :(. There were many battles fought to stop the Moslems/Huns/Mongols from destroying Europe. And surely the battles of the Greeks, stopped the Persians.
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