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230 battles from 1600 to 1973, sorted into 10 periods of history, from pike and shot to the Arab–Israeli wars.

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The Surrender of Breda, Diego Velázquez, 16351500–1700Pike & ShotNieuwpoort, Breitenfeld, Naseby and the Boyne: the Thirty Years' War and the British civil wars.27 battles · 8 warsThe Death of General Wolfe, Quebec 1759, Benjamin West, 17701700–1775Age of ReasonBlenheim, Culloden, Leuthen and Quebec: Marlborough, the '45 and Frederick the Great.22 battles · 5 warsThe Death of General Mercer at Princeton, John Trumbull1775–1783American RevolutionBunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga and Cowpens.9 battles · 1 war1814, The Campaign of France, Ernest Meissonier, 18641792–1815NapoleonicValmy to Waterloo: Marengo, Austerlitz, the Peninsula and Leipzig.42 battles · 4 warsThe Gettysburg Cyclorama (Pickett's Charge), Paul Philippoteaux, 18831861–1865American Civil WarFirst Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg and Nashville.23 battles · 1 warThe Last Cartridges (Bazeilles, 1870), Alphonse de Neuville, 18731848–1871European National WarsThe Crimea, Solferino, Königgrätz and Sedan: the wars that made Germany and Italy.11 battles · 5 warsThe Battle of Isandlwana, Charles Fripp, 18851800sColonial & Old WestSan Jacinto, Buena Vista, Isandlwana, Omdurman and the Boer War.13 battles · 8 warsGassed, John Singer Sargent, 19191914–1918World War IMons, Tannenberg, Gallipoli, the Somme and Megiddo, with Mukden and the Balkan Wars before them.42 battles · 4 warsThe Battle for Fox Green Beach, Omaha Beach 1944, Dwight Shepler (US Navy)1939–1945World War IIKhalkhin Gol, Moscow, Kursk, the Bulge and Iwo Jima.30 battles · 4 warsIraq: Martyrs' Market, Larry Selman (National Guard)1945–todayModernKorea and the Arab–Israeli wars, from Pusan to the Chinese Farm.11 battles · 5 wars