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    Default Re: Name that Battle!

    Correct!

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    Default Re: Name that Battle!

    Something from the war of the roses?

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    NO CLUES FOR YOU.



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    Mortimers Cross?

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    Incorrect.



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    The Battle of Wakefield.

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    Correct.



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    Thank you, Cope, the next quiz shouldn't be too difficult:

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    It's banner of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It seems the Leper king carried into battle on a litter- battle of Montgisard.
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    It is the Battle of Montgisard, Ludicus is posting the next quiz.

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    Default Re: Name that Battle!

    Thanks.

    Why was this battle historically significant?
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    I think it is Bach Dang? Those look like Vietnamese river boats fighting off the Yuan navy.

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    Default Re: Name that Battle!

    Yep
    Your turn, Oda
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    "Famous general without peer in any age, most superior in valor and inspired by the Way of Heaven; since the provinces are now subject to your will it is certain that you will increasingly mount in victory." - Ōgimachi-tennō

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    This looks like an Imperial Russian pre-dreadnought battleship, so I will go with Tsushima Straits.

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    The great defeat at Tsushima. Go ahead and post the next pic.

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    Default Re: Name that Battle!

    I am staying on the naval theme


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    That must be the flagship of the Ottoman fleet, Mansur el Liwa, burning, as a result of of the attack from a Greek fireship, led by Kanaris.

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    ^correct of course.

    Kanaris sank the Ottoman flagship using a fireship after the Massacre of Chios.

    Most of the naval warfare in the Aegean during the Greek War of Independence showed that you can spread havoc among the ships of a Napoleonic-era fleet with a handful of disposable, old vessels filled with explosives and some guys insane enough to risk being blown to pieces, or drown, or both.
    (greek "warships" were merchant vessels armed with some cannons following the rules of this treaty, so they wouldn't stand a chance in a fair fight against the Ottomans).

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