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The Most Important Battles in US History
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The most significant major battles in American History, ranked by everyone. Anyone can vote on this list, making these rankings a good way to determine how important these battles were to the development of the United States. Therefore, your votes should be based on how crucial you feel these battles were, not whether you are a fan of the outcome or how much you agree with the reasons for fighting. Bear in mind, as well, these results are not limited to battles fought within the territory of the United States. Feel free to include any other battles that you think directly impacted the future course of events in the United States.
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Adams CountyConfederate States of America, United States of America, UnionAmerican Civil War, Gettysburg Campaign - 2
Pearl HarborUnited States of America, Empire of JapanPacific War, World War II - 3
NormandyKingdom of Greece, Nazi Germany, Free French, Netherlands, New ZealandWorld War II, Normandy Campaign - 4
Midway AtollUnited States of America, Empire of JapanPacific War, World War IIMost Listed - 5
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo JimaEmpire of Japan, United States of AmericaPacific War, World War II - 6
WaterlooKingdom of Prussia, United Kingdom, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prussia, Kingdom of Hanover, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Nassau, First French Empire MoreHundred Days, Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo CampaignMost Passionate - 7 Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, ArdennesNazi Germany, United States of America, United KingdomWorld War II
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Middlesex CountyProvince of Massachusetts Bay, United KingdomAmerican Revolutionary War - 9 GuadalcanalAllies of World War II, Empire of JapanPacific War, World War II
- 10 York CountyUnion, United States of America, Confederate States of AmericaAmerican Civil War, Peninsula Campaign
- 11 BusanKorean War
- 12 Saratoga CountyKingdom of Great Britain, Hanau, United States of America, Brunswick-Lüneburg MoreAmerican Revolutionary War
- 13 CharlestownProvince of Massachusetts Bay, Kingdom of Great Britain, Patriot, Connecticut Colony MoreAmerican Revolutionary War
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Battle of Trenton
TrentonKingdom of Great Britain, Patriot, Hesse-Kassel, HesseAmerican Revolutionary War, New York and New Jersey campaign - 15 SharpsburgUnion, Confederate States of America, United States of AmericaAmerican Civil War, Maryland Campaign
- 16 Fort SumterUnion, Confederate States of AmericaAmerican Civil War
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Vicksburg Campaign
Union, Confederate States of AmericaWestern Theater of the American Civil War - 18 Fort Ticonderoga, TiconderogaProvince of Massachusetts Bay, Kingdom of Great Britain, Connecticut Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony MoreAmerican Revolutionary War, Invasion of Canada
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Tet Offensive
VietnamControversial - 20 Okinawa IslandEmpire of Japan, United States of America, United KingdomPacific War, World War II
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- 21 San AntonioMexicoTexas Revolution
- 22 Fairfax County, Prince William CountyUnion, Confederate States of America, United States of AmericaAmerican Civil War, Manassas CampaignControversial
- 23 ChangjinChina, United States of America, United Nations, United Kingdom, South Korea MoreKorean War
- 24 IncheonKorean War
- 25 North Sea, Atlantic OceanWorld War I
- 26 PhilippinesMexico, Australia, Empire of Japan, United States of AmericaPacific War, World War II
- 27 Hardin CountyUnited States of America, Confederate States of America, Union, Ulysses S. Grant MoreAmerican Civil War
- 28 Salerno, Calabria, TarantoUnited States of America, Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy, Italy, Canada, United Kingdom, British Raj MoreWorld War II, Italian Campaign
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Battle of the Little Bighorn
Little Bighorn RiverArapaho, United States of America, Lakota, CheyenneGreat Sioux War of 1876-77 - 30 Khe SanhSouth Vietnam, North VietnamVietnam War, Tết OffensiveControversial
- 31 DeKalb County, Fulton CountyUnion, Confederate States of AmericaAmerican Civil War, Atlanta Campaign
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Operation Market Garden
Netherlands, GermanyCanadaWorld War II, Drive to the Siegfried LineControversial - 33
Battle of Richmond
RichmondUnited States of America, Confederate States of America, UnionAmerican Civil War, Confederate Heartland Offensive - 34
Operation Phantom Fury
FallujahUnited States of America, United Kingdom, Iraqi insurgency, IraqIraq WarControversial - 35 KuwaitUnited States of America, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Kuwait, IraqGulf War
- 36 Niagara FallsUnited Kingdom, United States of AmericaWar of 1812
- 37 Brooklyn, Long IslandUnited States of America, Kingdom of Great Britain, Hesse-KasselAmerican Revolutionary War
- 38 Santiago de CubaUnited States of America, CubaSpanish-American War
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Battle of Hampton Roads
Sewell's PointUnion, Confederate States of America, United States of AmericaAmerican Civil War, Peninsula Campaign - 40 Marne RiverGerman Empire, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Italy, French Third Republic MoreWorld War I, Western Front, Spring OffensiveControversial
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Battle of the Thames
Moravian 47, OntarioBritish Empire, United States of AmericaWar of 1812, Tecumseh's War - 42 Mexico CityMexico, United States of AmericaMexican–American War
- 43 Hinds CountyUnion, Confederate States of America, United States of AmericaAmerican Civil War, Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg
- 44 MogadishuWar in Somalia
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