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Showing results for: "turning point"
Discover the Battle of Tours in 732, where Charles Martel's Frankish army halted the Umayyad Caliphate's advance into Western Europe.
A concise overview of the Opium Wars, the 19th-century conflicts between China and Western powers that reshaped global trade and foreign relations.
An overview of the 1839-1842 conflict between Britain and China over the opium trade, which reshaped global trade and modern Chinese history.
A summary of the bloody 1862 Civil War battle that shattered illusions of a short war and became a pivotal victory for the Union in the Western Theater.
The Battle of Blenheim in 1704 was a pivotal conflict in the War of the Spanish Succession, where allied forces decisively defeated the Franco-Bavarian army.
Discover the 1904-1905 conflict where Japan's victory over Russia shifted global power, marking the first modern defeat of a European power by an Asian nation.
Discover why the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 is considered the crucial turning point of the Revolutionary War.