[center][h1]The Timeline[/h1] [h3][i][u]Successive Chapters for the Detachments Left in Contact or those on the DIP mission.[/u][/i][/h3][/center] [b]Chapter 1.[/b] 480 BC Hell's Gate at [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae]Thermopylae[/url] [b]300 Spartans[/b] v. Persian Army [b]Chapter 2.[/b] 22/23 December 218 BC [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Trebia]Battle of Trebia[/url] [b]Romans[/b] v. Carthagenians [b]Chapter 3.[/b] 15 - 21 February 49 BC [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Corfinium]Siege of Corfinium[/url] [b]Three Legions of Optimates "Best Ones"[/b] v. Caesar's 2 - 6 Legions of Populares "Supporters of the People [b]Chapter 4.[/b] 9 August 378 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople]Battle of Adrianople[/url] [b]Eastern Roman Empire[/b] v. Goths & Alans [b]Chapter 5.[/b] 10 October 732 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours]Battle of Tours[/url] [b]Umayyad Caliphate[/b] v. Kingdom of France [b]Chapter 6.[/b] 6 - 12 May 878 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours]Battle of Edington[/url] [b]Danish[/b] Guthrum v. Alfred the Great of Wessex [b]Chapter 7.[/b] 14 October 1066[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings]Battle of Hastings[/url] [b]English Housecarls[/b] v. Norman Knights [b]Chapter 8.[/b] 1191 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Crusade]The Third Crusade[/url]: Richard III the "Lionhart" & Philip II of France v. Islam Three Actions at Acre 8 June, Arsof 7 September & Jerusalem November [b]Chapter 9.[/b] 25 October 1415 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt]Battle of Agincourt[/url] [b]French Knights[/b] v. English Bowmen [b]Chapter 10.[/b] 21 October 1600 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara]Battle of Sekigahara[/url] [b]Western Army Ishida Samurai[/b] v. Eastern Army Tokugawa Samurai [b]Chapter 11.[/b] 18 June 1757 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kol%C3%ADn]Battle of Kolín[/url] [b]Prussia[/b] v. Austria Third Silesian War [b]Chapter 12.[/b] 16 – 19 October 1813 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig]Battle of Leipzig[/url] [b]France[/b] v. Coalition Forces [b]Chapter 13.[/b] 14 March – 19 July 1864 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Nanjing]Third Battle of Nanjing[/url] [b]Taiping Heavenly Kingdom[/b] v. Qing Dynasty [b]Chapter 14.[/b] 1 July 1916 – 18 November 1916 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme]Battle of the Somme[/url] UK & France v. Germany [b]Chapter 15.[/b] 23 0ctober – 11 November 1942 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein]Second Battle of El Alamein[/url] UK v Germany & Italy [b]Chapter 16.[/b] 3 – 23 November 1967 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dak_To]Battle of Dak To[/url], Vietnam [b]USA[/b] v. NVA [b]Chapter 17.[/b] 7 November - 23 December 2004 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah]Operation Phantom Fury Battle of Fallujah[/url], USMC v. [b]Islamic Army in Iraq[/b] [i][b]*We will assume roles in units on the emboldened side of the contest[/b][/i]