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The article as it currently stands is poorly written. Besides occasional spelling and grammar errors, the article presents itself as a high school essay-esque study in opposites, complete with gems such as, "An army that can trust the commands of their leader's with convinction in its success invariably has a higher morale than an army that doubts its every move." I suggest a lengthy overhaul. Radishes 19:05, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Why is this article dominated by western battles only? There doesn't seem to be any eastern battle mentioned at all. --80.227.100.62 11:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Somebody (IP: 208.183.144.155) Vandalized the page.
Restored the previous article.
Question of definition
British military historian Sir John Keegan suggested an ideal definition of battle as "something which happens between two armies leading to the moral then physical disintegration of one or the other of them" though the origins and outcomes of battles can rarely be summarised so neatly.
Why the emphasis on armies? Would an armed conflict between any two groups be also a battle? What if one side had little or no weapons, such as in an assault on a city or a colonial war - would it still be a battle?
Herne nz 09:19, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] overwhelmingly pro-English
Hello,
After reading this article I decided to share with you my thoughts. It feels that this article is overwhelmingly pro-English. The importance of the English battles is overinflated at the expense of continental Europe and the great battles fought in Asia. After all England is an island country and most known for her naval battles. I also wish there is more balance between the battles fought in the so-called "west" and "east".
There are three pictures, with two of them representing English battles (Gibraltar 1607 and Waterloo 1815) and the third battle (Gettysburg 1863) where both sides of the conflict spoke English. I would rather replace the picture of Waterloo (Napoleon in 1815 was much weaker than in earlier years, and France was alone) with the battle of Stalingrad (Germany was in its peak of military might and occupying almost the whole continent). I would also suggest to replace the picture of the little known battle of Gibraltar with battle of a greater significance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Little Bison (talk • contribs) 14:33, 14 January 2007 (UTC).
