Brad's Battle Maps

Tsushima (1905) On 27-28 May 1905, the Battle of Tsushima was fought between the Japanese under Togo Heihachiro and the Russians under...

Midway (1942) On 4 June 1942, the Battle of Midway was fought between the United States under Frank Fletcher and Raymond A. Spruance...

Gallipoli (1915) On 25 April-21 August 1915, the Battle of Gallipoli was fought between the Allies under Ian Hamilton and the Turks under Mustafa Kemal during the First World War. Why did it happen?   By the end of 1914, the trench warfare on the Western Front led Allied generals to look for other ways to break the deadlock. The Gallipoli Campaign was conceived by Winston Churchill in January 1915 as a naval campaign to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war and open a suppl

Marne (1914) On 5-9 September 1914, the Battle of the Marne was fought between the Allies under Joseph Joffre against the Germans under...

On 29 April 1864, the Battle of Gate Pa was fought in New Zealand between the British under Duncan Cameron and the Maori under Rawiri...

Dien Bien Phu (1954) On 13 March-7 May 1954, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought in Vietnam between the French under Christian De Castries and the Viet Minh under Vo Nguyen Giap during the First Indochina War. Why did it happen? Following the end of the Second World War in 1945, France expected to hold on to its colonies in French Indochina (present-day Vietnam) that had been occupied by the Japanese during the war. However, on 2 September 1945, Ho Chi Minh, a member of a

Darwin (1942) On 19 February 1942, the Battle of Darwin was fought in Northern Australia between the Japanese under Chuichi Nagumo and...

Eureka Stockade (1854) On 3 December 1854, the Battle of the Eureka Stockade was fought in Australia between Southern Cross Rebels under Peter Lalor and the British under Thomas Queade during the Eureka Rebellion. Why did it happen? In 1851, it was announced that gold had been discovered in New South Wales and Victoria, leading many people around the world to come to Australia to seek their fortunes. This led to Victoria's state population increasing exponentially from 77,000

On 10 May-22 June 1940, the Battle of France was fought between the Germans under Adolf Hitler and Erich von Manstein and the Allies...