To be honest, I thought he was asking about important battles, not the wars' importance themselves.

And, I didn't say Normandy was in France, I said it was the end for the Nazi Regime, as it took back France while the Soviets pushed further into Nazi territory in the East.

Soviets destroyed Berlin - what more do you need for ending the war in Europe? What you're trying to say is the end's beginning, I think - but that's Moscow Battle in 1941, when the Germans could not push more into the valuable European Russia - or perhaps Smolensk Battle, where the Germans were critically haltered.

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or Stalingrad :D

That, too.

Kursk=yeah allies win gg

Midway, Al Alamein, Moscow and Britain were the turning point battles of ww2. 1941 k not 1942, which many might think) was the real hot box for game-changing battles.

Also, WW1 battles were mostly just bloody trench warfare with usual 1:1 losses. It's just awful to flip through a few articles on them.

North Africa is often thought of as "so important". It wasn't. The commanders at hand (specifically rommel) were what made it special.

Midway - Japan wasn't trying (who needs Midway)
Al Alamein - Africa's pretty worthless. As long as they stopped them before they got to the Nile, it works.
Britain - Badly named - This was a theatre, not a battle.

That's the Idea on Africa, xy.

Britain only had 1 series of important engagements, afterwards it was just bombing runs now and then.

Would battle of coral sea be sufficient for you?

No, the Solomon islands didn't change the war in Japan - Guinea and India did. Solomon islands were strategically worthless.

Several battles of ww2 were strategically useless. Morale matters more sometimes.

Oh sorry i was thinking of battle of port Moresby, but coral sea was still am important engagement!

Honestly, the only battle that matters is Berlin Battle.

I've been pondering, and i think that the hands-down , most important battle of history, is -

The Battle of Opis

By crushing Babylon, Cyrus the great secured Persia as the dominant power of Asia for centuries.

And won some cred with the Israelites for destroying Babylon

Romanian Battles
1330-Posada-defeating hungarians
1394/5-Rovine-First victory against Ottomans
1441-1444-the anti-ottoman campaing of Joan Hunyady(Iancu de Hunedoara)
1462-The Night attack on ottoman camp near Targoviste and the Battle of Baia(again, defeating Hungarians )
1475-Vaslui(Podul Inalt )- the biggest defeat of the ottoman empire
1496-Codri Cosminului-defeat an Polish army
1594-Winter campaing of Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazu)and Battle of Calugareni (against ottomans )
1877-Plevna,Vidin, Smardan- winning indenpendece from ottomans
1917-Marasesti,Marasti,Oituz-stopping the central powers' invasion of Moldavia
1919-defeating the communist regime in Hungary
1941-the campaing in Bessarabia(part of operation Barbarossa)
1944-45-west campaing against germany and hungary

What about vlad tepes, CZ?

Battle of new orleans in the war of 1812

The Rumble in the Jungle

Folk who have no idea^.

One of the most influential and important battles of history was the Battle of Bannockburn. Long live Robert the Bruce!