Why “battles” is being discussed
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> And to top it all off, the "rule the waves" trope when Britain lost the Battle of the Chesapeake, aka the one naval battle that truly mattered in its history. With all due res…
by BoxOfRain · Oct 8, 2026
You can definitely have 50000 unit battles on the web
by bouk · Oct 8, 2026
When you mechanise, you take the "meaning" out of the effort and that, in of itself, is death of human pursuit of the venture. The industrial revolution did that to battles and…
by InfinityByTen · Oct 8, 2026
Other people have claimed confidently year after year over the last few years that the latest model was AGI - or that the singularity would arrive in a few months anyway. All th…
by kgwgk · Oct 8, 2026
The Royal Navy indeed won many battles "that mattered". Saying that Chesapeake is the only one is just ridiculously ahistorical.
by jabl · Oct 8, 2026
I like those old movies where the knights wear shiny armour and have trials and lead the battles they support. Is there any chance these three will grab a pistol and walk straig…
by MiroslavPokorny · Oct 8, 2026
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A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a series of military engagements that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. Read more on Wikipedia