Famous Battles
At which famous battle was Napoleon handed final defeat and exiled to St. Helena in its aftermath?
The Battle of Waterloo
What name was popularized to describe the quick, armor-reliant style of warfare the Germans used throughout the Second World War?
Blitzkrieg
What was the name of the Civil War commander who won key victories such as the Siege of Vicksburg, Siege of Petersburg, and the Battle of Shiloh?
Ulysses S. Grant
What numerical system were Mongol military formations & organization based off of?
Decimal system
Name the current leaders of this club
Alexei & Ethan
What was the name of the battle in which an assortment of Greek soldiers led by the Spartans held off a Persian invasion until being flanked and defeated?
What term, popularized by the Peninsular War in Spain, is used to describe irregular warfare in which defending combatants do not use military uniforms and often attack logistics rather than fighting pitched battles?
Guerilla warfare
What famous Roman commander was the one to inflict final defeat upon Hannibal at the Battle of Zama?
Scipio Africanus
What famous Roman military formation involves an expanded shield wall to protect against missiles(e.g. javelin) attacks?
Testudo
How did the Parthenon reach the state that it is currently in?
Venetian bombardment of Athens
What was the name of the battle that was a major turning point in the African campaign of World War Two in the Allies' favor?
(Hint: be specific!)
What tactic did William the Conqueror use to draw out and defeat Harold Godwinson's Anglo-Saxon force at the Battle of Hastings?
Feint/Feigned Retreat
What famous World War Two general was, despite the post-war tension between their two nations, friends with Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Georgy Zhukov
What formation did Napoleonic-era units form to defend against an impending cavalry attack?
Square formation
Who was the first military commander to defeat Napoleon Bonaparte in battle?(extra 300 if you can name the battle)
Jozsef Alvinczi, Second Battle of Bassano
What was the name of the major "turning point" in the Hundred Years War, where French forces led by Jean d'Orleans and Joan of Arc defeated the British?
The Siege of Orleans
What "classic maneuver of warfare" did Frederick the Great often use to win his victories in the Seven Years' War, including the Battle of Leuthen?
Oblique order
What was the name of the most successful commander during the Three Kingdoms period of China, who was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Red Cliffs?
Cao Cao
What was the name of the major gunpowder weapon that predated the flintlock musket?
The arquebus
In which battle was a general, named after famous Colombian general Simon Bolivar, killed in action?
Battle of Okinawa
Which major battle prevented the French from a direct march on Vienna in the War of the Spanish Succession?
What high-risk, high-reward naval tactic was used to maximize one's own side firepower while diminishing the effectiveness of the enemy' firepower?
(Hint: this tactic was used at the Battle of Trafalgar)
Crossing the "T"
Who were the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan during their Warlord Period? (you need all three!)
Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu
What type of defensive formation, popularized by the Hussites of the Czech Republic and the Boers of South Africa, was used to often defend not the location, but the army and party that was defending it?
Wagon fort
What is the unique name of a vanguard in siege warfare, popularized by the Siege of San Sebastian in 1813?
Forlorn hope