Ancient Wars
This war between Athens and Sparta lasted nearly three decades.
Peloponnesian War
This war began in 1914 and ended in 1918.
World War I
The 1942 battle that marked a turning point on the Eastern Front in WWII
Battle of Stalingrad
British prime minister during WWII
Winston Churchill
This 1962 agreement ended the Cuban Missile Crisis without combat.
U.S.–Soviet agreement to remove missiles from Cuba and Turkey
Hannibal led his elephants over the Alps during this war
Second Punic War
The U.S. entered this war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
World War II
The D-Day invasion of this French region in 1944
Normandy
U.S. president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Signed in 1978, this U.S.-brokered accord brought peace between Egypt and Israel.
Camp David Accords
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought during this conflict.
Greco-Persian Wars
This 1950–53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
Six-Day War
This battle was Napoleon’s final defeat
Battle of Waterloo
French general who became emperor in 1804.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This 1814 treaty ended tensions between the U.S. and Britain without another war.
Treaty of Ghent
This Macedonian leader conquered much of the known world by age 32
Alexander the Great
This war in Southeast Asia ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon.
Vietnam War
The 1863 battle seen as the turning point of the U.S. Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg
Soviet leader during WWII
Joseph Stalin
In 1990, this agreement between the U.S. and Panama avoided further military action over the canal.
Torrijos–Carter Treaties
This Roman general defeated Carthage in the Third Punic War
Scipio Aemilianus
This short 1967 conflict reshaped the Middle East map
Six-Day War
This 1917 battle marked a major breakthrough for the Allies on the Western Front in World War I.
Battle of Passchendaele
South African leader who transitioned the nation away from apartheid without civil war.
Nelson Mandela
This 1998 agreement in Northern Ireland largely ended decades of sectarian conflict.
Good Friday Agreement