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Location / Name |
Attackers |
Defenders |
Victory |
| 732 |
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Charles Martel / Eudes d'Aquitaine (15 000 - 30 000 Franks)
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Abd el Rahman (Abd-er-rahman) (20 000 - 60 000 Muslims) |
 Franks |
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Charles de Steuben, Bataille de Poitiers, oil on canvas painted circa 1834 -1837 (Musée du Château de Versailles, France / Public Domain).
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| 1066 |
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William of Normandy 8 000 Normans supported by Bretons, Flemings and French
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Harold Godwinson Circa 8 000 Anglo-Saxons |
Normandy |
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Fragment of the tapestry of Bayeux, which shows the death of King Harold / La mort du roi Harold (Public Domain).
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| 1214 |
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Philip Augustus (25 000 men)
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John Lackland (England) Otto IV (Germany) Ferrand de Flandre (Flandre) = 40 000 men
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Philip Augustus |
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Horace Vernet (1789-1863), Bataille de Bouvines gagnée par Philippe Auguste (Public Domain).
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| 1346 |
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Edward III (England) 12 000 soldiers including 7 000 archers
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France 36 000 soldiers |
England |
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Source: History Department at the United States Military Academy (Public Domain).
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| 1356 |
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Edward, the Black Prince (England) |
John II (France) |
England |
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Source: History Department at the United States Military Academy (Public Domain).
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| 1410 | Wladyslaw Jagiello and Vytautas the Great (Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) 39 000 men
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Ulrich von Jungingen (Teutonic Order) 27 000 men |
Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
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Jan Matejko (1838-1893), Battle of Grunwald (Public Domain).
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| 1415 | Henry V of England 10 000 soldiers
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Charles VI of France 30 000 soldiers |
England |
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Source: Released in the Public Domain by its author, Andrei Nacu (Wikipedia Project).
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| 1428 - 1429 |
England starts the Siege in October 1428 |
Saint Joan of Arc allows the English to withdraw from Orl�ans and retreat to Meung on the 8th of May 1429
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France |
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 Jules Eugène Lenepveu (painted circa 1886-1890), Jeanne d'Arc au siège d'Orléans (Public Domain).
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| 1453 | Mehmet II 100 000 - 200 000 Ottomans 126 ships |
Emperor Constantine XI 10 000 Byzantines and 26 ships
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Ottoman Sultanate |
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 Fausto Zonaro (1854-1929), Mehmet II conquering Constantinople (Public Domain).
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