Hundred Greatest Battles Update

The Past Is Not Inevitable...





After 415 days I have decided on the 40th battle in the series The 100 Greatest Battles, which averages to one battle every ten days. I was pretty hesitant about adding Pharsalus to the list but with 61 vacant spaces and a dearth of ideas the decision was made to finalize Pharsalus' place among the fray. So far the list is heavily weighted toward Europe and America. I hope to find at least ten more good battles in Asia to add. Here is the list of the first forty battles:





Adrianople


Agincourt


Ankara


Antietam


Antioch


Artemisium


First Bull Run (Manassas)


Cannae


Carrhae


Catalaunian Plains


Fredericksburg


Gaugamela


Gettysburg


Hastings


Iwo Jima


Issus


Jutland


Kadesh


Kalinga


Kursk


Lexington and Concord (counts as two)


Leyte Gulf


Marathon


Passchendaele


Persian Gates


Pharsalus


Plataea


Salamis


Salsu


Seringapatam


Shiloh


Somme


Teutoburg Forest


Trafalgar


Verdun


Waterloo


Watling Street


Yorktown


Zama