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Attack of the Clones is considered to be the worst film in the Star Wars franchise by many people, but the Battle of Geonosis featured at the climax of the film was undeniably a knockout. The battle serves as the first conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Separatists in the Clone Wars. Audiences had […] More

The 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow (later rebranded as Live, Die, Repeat) features a sci-fi version of the Normandy landings in France. The film is set in the not-so-distance future where most of Europe has been conquered by an alien race. The humans assemble a massive invasion force  in the United Kingdom to launch a […] More

The Battle of New Caprica is one of the most prominent space battles in the television show Battlestar Galactica, which ran from 2004 to 2009. The battle was the result of nearly a season’s worth of buildup for the liberation of New Caprica. The Galactica burned into the atmosphere from a FTL jump to deploy […] More

The 1977 film Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope gave us one of the truly greatest sci-fi battles ever put to film. The battle serves as the climax to the film and serves the culmination to Luke’s character arc in the film as well. In the movie, the Empire has discovered the location […] More

The 2009 film Avatar may not have the kind of fanbase that Star Wars has, but four sequels are slated to be released over the 2020 decade, so it’s worth mentioning the climactic battle fought in the film between the Na’Vi and the humans. The battle is very fast paced and fought on a grand […] More

The Battle of Hoth is another major battle featured in Star Wars, specifically in Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Unlike the Battle of Endor, the Battle of Hoth is a decisive victory for the Empire. The battle begins when Darth Vader discovers the Rebel base on Hoth and launches a frontal attack with […] More

The Battle of Endor is the prominent battle featured in Star Wars Episode VI – The Return of the Jedi, released in 1983. The battle is fought in both space and on the ground on the forest moon of Endor simultaneously. The battle serves as the final confrontation between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic […] More

By 1944, the Axis were definitely losing the war on all fronts, and defeat was essentially inevitable. The Soviet Union, following their victory over the Germans at Kursk in 1943, launched a series of massive offensives across the entire Eastern frontline, and completely obliterated the German Army Group Center, robbing the Nazis of nearly a […] More

Operation Frankton was considered by many to be among the most daring raids of World War II.  It took place in December of 1942. Ten British Special Forces soldiers were sent to a French port with the objective of destroying German defenses and causing mayhem. The ten soldiers literally paddles canoes into the port of […] More

One reason the Allies were able to win World War II was because of air superiority, which enabled them to bomb German factories and production sites throughout the war. As a result, numerous German tanks, weapons, aircraft, and other pieces of equipment that were being built under total war production capacity were lost even before […] More

When did the Allies first land on the beaches of France in World War II? In June of 1944 during the Normandy landings, right? Actually, that was the second Allied attempt to take back France. The first happened at a small port town along the northern French coast called Jubilee. 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers […] More

Also known as the Gran Sasso raid, Operation Oak was the German operation to free Benito Mussolini. In the summer of 1943, the Allies captured Sicily and invaded Italy. The Italian government then deposed dictator Mussolini. Mussolini was arrested and taken throughout Italy, and was eventually taken into an old hotel high in the Apennine […] More