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Imho the most influential war in history is the Caesar Augustus' failing attempt to conquer the Germans. He sent two legions over the Limes Renano expecting to tame the german population. It didn't happened: in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest the army of 15.000 well trained roman solders was completely slayed but Germans. In a what if...
The Battle of Chickamauga was the largest battle fought in the Western Theater of the Civil War, and the second deadliest being second only to the Battle of Gettysburg. The most important Union loss in the Western Theater.uly 1-3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The Battle of Gettysburg is held by most to be the most important battle as well as the critical Union victory of the American Civil War. It is the âturning pointâ of the war for the North, and the Confederate âHigh Tideâ being the ânorthernmostâ large scale battle of the war.