Coolest battle in Military History?

Question

In your opinion, what is: The Coolest battle in Military History and The Most Influential (Impossible, I know).

Coolest, I'm not sure. Most Influential? Possibly The Battle of Tours? Siege of Jerusalem? What do you think?

Answer 1

Most influential would have to the Battle of Actium, the last battle of the Roman Civil War. When Octavian's forces beat Mark Antony's forces, it set in motion what would become the greatest Empire in the world up to that time. If Antony's forces had won, then the Roman Republic would have been divided up and would not have been as strong or as great as it became.

I am not sure a battle could be the coolest. War is a bloody affair and should not found to be cool. I guess I could say that the Battle of Kursk could be cool. Seeing one of the largest tank battles in the history of warfare could be neat or even the Battle of Jutland and seeing that many ships battle each other. You could say too, the Normandy Invasion. Seeing that many men storming the beaches and that many ships in support, could be an awesome sight.

Answer 2

To consider anything where peoples bodies are turned into raw meat Cool is a bit glib. However you did ask which battles were the most influential well how bout three.

Thermopylae - recently dramatized in the movie "300" was part of a one-two punch concluded in the Naval Battle of Salamis where The Greeks proved they were better of the Persians, much to the embarrassment to the Iranians so many centuries later and would begin the start of their rise to a great society culminating in Alexander's Empire.

The Battle of Palo Alto - This was the battle which started the military actions of the Mexican War actually took place just north of Harlingen in Texas, which decided the fate of who would dominate the Western Hemisphere. Just think if the US lost Palo Alto at least a third of this country is speaking Spanish cause they have no choice.

The Battle of Tours in the eighth century is also majorly important it's where the Moors were stopped and where the conflict between Christianity and the Muslim World had their first major flash point.

Answer 3

Coolest: Maybe the Battle of Thermopylae or the Invasion of Normandy.

Most influential: I'm not sure, but probably something having to do with the establishment of Ancient Greece. It set the precedent for civilization in the Roman Empire.

Answer 4

Most influential? Battle at the Milvian Bridge ... Constantine wins and takes control of the Roman Empire, makes it Christian, and moves the capital to Byzantium, thus beginning a whole new chapter in the Roman Empire ...

Coolest ... Battle of New Orelans ... sent the British running through the briars and running through the brambles and running through the bushes where the rabbits wouldn't go

Answer 5

Coolest: not a single one. I've never been in battle myself, but I doubt anyone who was would call it "cool".

Most influential: Battle of Thermopylae. If the Persians had won, the course of Greek history would have been permanently altered and who knows what the repercussions would have been right up to this day?

Answer 6

The Most Influential would be Iwo Jima due to the fact that we were on the verge of breaking but we held our ground and we overcame the japanese on that island and rised our flag twice not once but twice to show our power and our courage.

I don't think there is a cool battle anywhere in the history of the world.

Answer 7

L, I'm a cal history buff also....there is tons of stuff. 1. Let me orient you first....There are 2 major Historical Societies in the L.A. area....1. City of Los Angeles and another for So. Cal. in general. That's the good news...the bad news is one is tooo specific to the City proper (The pueblo area) and the other is way too general (running articles on stuff from San Diego to Santa Barbara....(We need the ordinary L.A. metro type society re history from say Dana point to San Bernardino to Malibu. A lot of the museums, sites, articles and research are oriented toward a specific topic, like Indian Culture, Mexican/ Spanish influences, Railroad activities, Oil exploration and development, the Movie Industry, Astronomy, Automobile/Transportation, There are over 200 different museums in the greater L.A. area, plus a lot of library type archives on various subjects. I would start with the L A Historical Society and work out from there...Good Luck.....

Answer 8

"Cool" and Military history are not to be used in the same sentence.
I will agree that Thermopylae and D-Day were extraordinarily influential, although perhaps the Battle of Stalingrad or Midway or the Battle of the Coral Sea are right up there.

Answer 9

The coolest was probably the Battle of Moscow in 1941/42, but I may be taking you far too literally.

Answer 10

So many to choose from,
the coolest for me was Gettysburg, kewl from the standpoint of missed opportunities, tactics, Chamberlain's fixed bayonet charge, Pickett's charge...not cool because of the casualties

The most influential...Stalingrad (1.8 million dead and the fate of the second world war in the balance).