Comparison
The Best Free History Quiz Games, Compared
BattleGuess, Sporcle, TimeGuessr, GeoGuessr and Wordle compared by format, subject, daily mode and cost, and which suits which player.
6 min read · Updated Sept 2026
Military History Guides
Longer reads written by the BattleGuess developer, each with a byline, a last-updated date, a sources list and links into the 227-battle encyclopedia.
10 Most Decisive Battles in History
Ten battles that changed borders, toppled empires or redirected civilizations, from Marathon and Gaugamela to Stalingrad and Midway, and why each mattered.
12 min read · Updated Sept 2026
A Beginner's Guide to Military History
New to military history? Where to start, the four big eras, the five concepts that explain most battles, how to read a battle map, and a study routine.
9 min read · Updated Sept 2026
Battlefield Tactics Explained for Beginners
Flanking, double envelopment, hammer and anvil, defence in depth, deception and the oblique order, explained with the battles where each one worked.
9 min read · Updated Sept 2026
The Greatest Military Commanders of All Time
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Genghis Khan and Napoleon: what made them great, the battles that prove it, and the commanders the usual lists leave out.
12 min read · Updated Sept 2026
Ancient Rome vs Ancient Greece: A Military Comparison
Phalanx against legion: how the two great military systems of the ancient world worked, and the battles at Cynoscephalae and Pydna that settled the argument.
10 min read · Updated Oct 2026
Top 10 Naval Battles That Ruled the Waves
Salamis, Actium, Lepanto, the Armada, Trafalgar, Tsushima, Jutland, Midway and Leyte Gulf: the sea battles that decided who ruled the oceans, and why.
11 min read · Updated Sept 2026
The Turning Points of World War II
The battles that turned the Second World War: Britain, Moscow, Midway, El Alamein, Stalingrad, Kursk and Normandy, with what each changed and why it mattered.
13 min read · Updated Sept 2026
How Ancient Warfare Shaped the Modern World
How the armies of Sumer, Egypt, Greece, Macedon and Rome created the states, roads, laws, technologies and borders that still shape the modern world.
12 min read · Updated Sept 2026
The History of Cavalry: From Chariots to Tanks
Mounted warfare across four thousand years: the chariot at Kadesh, steppe horse archers, the stirrup and the knight, Napoleon's cuirassiers, the last charges and the tank.
12 min read · Updated Sept 2026
The Latin American Wars of Independence
How Bolivar, San Martin and Sucre freed Spanish South America between 1810 and 1825, battle by battle, from Tucuman and Chacabuco to Boyaca, Pichincha and Ayacucho.
13 min read · Updated Sept 2026
Samurai Battles: The Warrior Conflicts of Feudal Japan
From the Genpei War and the Mongol invasions to Nagashino, Sekigahara and Osaka: the battles that made feudal Japan, and what the samurai really fought with.
10 min read · Updated Sept 2026
Women in Military History: Warriors, Leaders and Strategists
Boudica, Artemisia, Joan of Arc, the Night Witches and the Agojie of Dahomey: the women who led armies, commanded fleets and won wars from behind the lines.
10 min read · Updated Sept 2026
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