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The Greatest Battle. The Greatest Battle ( Italian: Il grande attacco, lit. 'The Great Attack') is a 1978 Euro War film co-written and directed by Umberto Lenzi [3] and starring an all-star ensemble cast, including Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Berger, Stacy Keach, Ray Lovelock, Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda, Evelyn Stewart and John Huston.
- Umberto Lenzi
- Franco Micalizzi
- Umberto Lenzi
- Mino Loy, Umberto Lenzi, Luciano Martino
Sep 22, 1978 · The Biggest Battle: Directed by Umberto Lenzi. With Helmut Berger, Samantha Eggar, Giuliano Gemma, John Huston. How World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
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- War, Drama
- Umberto Lenzi
- 1978-09-22
- The Battle of Muye (1046 BC) The Battle of Muye is an example of a force overcoming the odds and completely changing the course of history. An army of approximately 50,000 Zhou tribe soldiers was wholly outnumbered in their fight against more than 500,000 soldiers of the rulers of the time, the Shang Dynasty.
- The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) In 490 BC, Greek soldiers fought against Persian invaders sent by King Darius I. The Persian forces, numbering 20,000 soldiers, were sent as a retaliation for the ancient Greeks’ support for the Ionians, who had revolted against the Persians.
- The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) A largely fictional recounting of the Battle of Thermopylae has recently gained widespread attention thanks to the 2006 Hollywood blockbuster 300.
- The Battle of Arbela (331 BC) Also known as the Battle of Gaugamela, this was the most icrucialvictory in Alexander the Great’s campaign of conquest that directly led to the fall of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
A meta-list (combination of 15 “Best Battles” lists). Presented in chronological order. Battle of Megiddo (on 3 lists) Date: 1457, 1479 or 1482 BCE War/Conflict: Canaanite Rebellion Location: Canaan (now Israel, near the city of Haifa) [Asia] Description: Egyptian forces under Pharaoh Thutmose III defeat a coalition of rebellious Canaanite tribes, led by the king…
- By Michael Lee Lanning. Lt. Col. (Ret.) U.S. Army. Battles win wars, topple thrones, and redraw borders. Every age of human history has experienced battles that have been instrumental in molding the future.
- Battle # 10 Vienna. Austria-Ottoman Wars, 1529. The Ottoman Turks' unsuccessful siege of Vienna in 1529 marked the beginning of the long decline of their empire.
- Battle # 9 Waterloo. Napoleonic Wars, 1815. The Allied victory over Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 brought an end to French domination of Europe and began a period of peace on the continent that lasted for nearly half a century.
- Battle # 8 Huai-Hai. Chinese Civil War, 1948. The Battle of Huai-Hai was the final major fight between the armies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party of Kuomintang (KMT) in their long struggle over control of the world's most populous country.
Jan 21, 2014 · On Oct. 14, 1066, the Norman invader William the Conqueror defeated and killed King Harold II on Senlac Hill near Hastings, England. William the Conqueror held that the former King, Edward the ...
Starring Helmut Berger, Samantha Eggar, Edwige Fenech, Giuliano Gemma, Ray Lovelock, John Huston, Stacy Keach, Ida Galli, Orson Welles, Henry Fonda. Produced by Mino Loy, Luciano Martino. Original Music by Franco Micalizzi (as Frank Michaels) Cinematography by Federico Zanni. Film Editing by Eugenio Alabiso.
