Battle Ground History

The Battle of Britain and D-Day were both turning points in the war between the Allies and Nazi Germany. The air battle over the British Isles cost countless lives while D-Day and the subsequent Normandy Invasion, created the second front against the Nazi's. Find out which battle moves on to the second round to face the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. 

Today, we head on over to the Rebels, Rogues and Scholars bracket where we present you with the Confederate General, Robert E. Lee. He faces off against the Mexican bandit and revolutionary, Pancho Villa. Find out who moves on to the second round to face off against abolitionist and former slave, Harriet Tubman.

Alexander Suvorov, the undefeated Russian military genius goes up against the man who saved Europe from a Muslim invasion force, Charles the Hammer Martel. Find out who will move on to face the Roman General Sulla in round two.

Today, we head on over to the Leaders bracket where we pit the Sultan who oversaw the greatest expansion of the Ottoman Empire, Selim I against the President of the USA who led the country during its most trying time, the US Civil War, Abraham Lincoln.

Heading on back tot he Villains bracket, we pit the mass murderer of the Cambodian people, Pol Pot versus one of the most sadistic women in history, Erzsebet Bathory. Find out who moves on to the second round.

Today's episode is form the Event bracket, which pits the Invention of Agriculture, also known as the Neolithic Revolution versus the publication of Charles Darwin's work, On the Origin of Species. Find out which event moves on to the second round.

The Battles of Gaugamela and Hastings were world changing. One ended the Persian Empire while the other changed England forever. Find out which battle moves on to the second round to face off against the Battle of Tours.

As a tie-in to episode 36, we look at how a man like Joseph Mengele could turn into the hideous villain he was to become at Auschwitz.

Sir Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei are considered two of the most influential scientists in human history. Find out who moves on to the second round of the Rebels, Rogues and Scholars bracket.

Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant faces off against the Mehmed the Conqueror, the Sultan who ended the Roman/Byzantine Empire with his conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Find out who moves on to the second round in the Military bracket.