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5 Battles That Defined the West

And how they shaped our culture today

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Jul 01, 2025
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From the last stand of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae to the German Blitzkrieg, conflict has played a defining role in Western history.

For interested scholars, battles serve as distinct points where one can point to and say ”this was the moment the West was saved.” With the fate of a continent resting on a knife’s edge, they offer a discrete point of s…

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