Battle Ground History

Today, we finish up the first round in the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket. We begin with the liberator of South America, Simon Bolivar, who goes up against the evolutionary pioneer, Charles Darwin. Our second match is between the man who helped bring down apartheid in South Africa, Nelson Mandela, and one of the most prolific inventors in world history, Thomas Edison. Find out who moves on the the second round.

Today, we finish up the first round in the Leaders bracket. Our first battle is between the Mughal Emperor Akbar against the head of the Songhai Empire of Western Africa, Askia Mohammed I. The second scrum is an all England fight between the King of the West Saxons, Alfred the Great and the Queen with an era named after her, Elizabeth I. Find out who moves on to the second round.

Today, we finish up the first round in the Military bracket. We begin with the Roman general who defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama, Scipio Africanus. He goes up against the general who began the unification of Japan in the 16th century, Oda Nobunaga. The final tilt pits the Kurdish/Arab general who ousted the Crusader's from Jerusalem, Saladin. He faces the man who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, the First Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley. Find out which of these men make it to the second round. 

Today, we finish up the Battle bracket. We begin with the decisive end to the Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo. It goes up against the American Revolutionary battle, Yorktown. Then we have the face-off between the Greco-Persian fight, Marathon. We complete the first round when it takes on the Korean conflict's Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Find out who makes it to the second round.

Today, we finish off the Villains bracket as we pit the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini against the sadistic head of the USSRs NKVD secret police, Lavrenty Beria. The second battle pits the Islamist terrorist Osama bin Laden facing the scourge of Rome, the genocidal Attila the Hun. Find out who moves on to the second round as well as finding out all the battles in the Villains bracket coming up.

Today's duel episode brings battles from two brackets, the Events and Villains. We start with the publishing of the Travels of Marco Polo versus the Start of the Computer Age. Our second scrum pits the King of Belgium, Leopold II against the African leader, Shaka Zulu. Find out who moves on to the second round.

Today, we begin in the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket where we pit the founder of Planned Parenthood and champion of contraception, Margaret Sanger, Against the winner of the 1979 Noble Peace Prize, Saint Mother Teresa. From the Battles Bracket we put the Roman Battle of Pharsalus against the great upset victory of the British over the French during the Hundred Years' War, Agincourt. Find out who moves on to the second round.

First, we go to the Leaders Bracket where we pit the Emperor of the Carolingian Empire, Charlemagne against the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, Ramesses the Great. From the Military bracket we start with the feared general of ancient times, Hannibal Barca. He goes up against the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.

First, we head to the Events bracket where we find one of the favorites to win Battle Ground History, World War II go up against the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Then, moving over to the Villain bracket, we find another favorite, Adolph Hitler, face off against the leader of the first Soviet secret police agency, the Cheka, Felix Dzerzhinsky. Find out who move on to the second round.

Today, we present two battles, one in the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket, where Benjamin Franklin the American polymath faces off against the Scottish rebel, William Wallace. In the second scrum, we pit two Roman fights, the Battle of Actium between the forces of Octavian against Mark Antony and Cleopatra against the Battle of Alesia where Julius Caesar would fight against the massive Gallic army led by Vercengetorix.