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1. Fought in 480 BC between the Greeks and the invading Persians, what hot battle, though a defeat for the Greeks, is considered the apotheosis of bravery in war?
2. What battle commencing in April 1915, and considered by at the time a defeat for the Allies, almost ruined the political career of Winston Churchill?
3. Also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, which of Napoleon's victories is hailed as a masterpiece of tactical precision?
4. What was the last battle fought on British soil that forever ended any possibility of the House of Stuart regaining the throne?
5. What battle of the American Civil War marked the northernmost advance of Confederate forces and is considered to be the beginning of the end for the Confederacy?
6. What 1815 battle in Belgium ended over 23 years of war between France and the rest of Europe?
7. What battle marked the last successful invasion of England?
8. What battle, lasting over five months, (23 August 1942- 2 February 1943) resulted in a devastating defeat of the Axis forces by the Soviet Army?
9. Just prior to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the Japanese ambassadors warned Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, of the probable Japanese attack in Hawaii, in a document known as "The Hull Note."
10. What brilliant military leader marched his army that included elephants, from the Iberian peninsula, across the Alps and into Italy to engage the Roman Army?
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