10 Battlefield Sites To Visit For History Buffs

Zee Media Bureau
Nov 29, 2023

Battle of Thermopylae

The 480 BCE Battle of Thermopylae, an epic clash between Greek and Persian forces, is commemorated by monuments, including a statue of defeated King Leonidas.

Battle of Hastings

The 1066 Battle of Hastings, near Battle Abbey, marked by ruins and a stone where King Harold fell, took place between William, Duke of Normandy, and English forces.

Battle of the Boyne

The 1690 Battle of the Boyne, between James II and William III, took place near the well-maintained battlefield by the River Boyne, close to Drogheda in Ireland.

Battle of Gettysburg

A pivotal American Civil War clash, resulted in a Union victory, commemorated at the National Military Park with memorials and the historic Gettysburg National Cemetery.

Battle of Belchite

Belchite's ruins near Zaragoza, bear witness to the Spanish Civil War's 1937 military operations, as Nationalists, led by Franco, bombed the town to quell Republican rebels.

Battle of Waterloo

The June 18, 1815 Battle of Waterloo in Belgium, a decisive clash between Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington's coalition, ended in the French emperor's defeat.

Battle of Culloden

The last pitched battle on British soil, saw the defeat of Charles Edward Stewart's Jacobite forces by British government troops led by William Augustus.

Battle of Stirling Bridge

The Battle of Stirling Bridge marked the first major defeat of the English in the Wars of Scottish Independence, securing victory for Andrew Moray and William Wallace.

D-Day landings

Omaha, a key D-Day landing sector in Normandy on June 6, 1944, saw intense fighting and 2,400 American casualties. Memorials commemorate all five landing sectors.

Battle of the Somme

The Somme battlefields, witness to over a million fallen in the First World War offensive from July 1 to November 18, 1916, stand today as a preserved landscape.

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