In 1066, William of Normandy decided to go to England to claim the crown of England - which ignited a war of succession on an exceptional scale.

In 490 BC, Persian King Darius the Great sent an expeditionary force to Greece - but the Greeks awaited them there, repelling the invaders in a single battle.

In 1415, the finest French chivalry met at Agincourt. Exhausted and outnumbered, the army of King Henry V of England was easy prey - but it all went wrong.

In 52 BC, after eight years of warfare in Gaul, Julius Caesar and his legions laid siege to Gergovia - but he faced a coalition of all the Gallic tribes.

Atilla, king of the Huns, faces strongman of the Roman Empire, Generalissimo Aetius. But their terrible battle ends in a bloodbath, with no clear victory.

The Battle of Sekigahara saw Tokugawa Ieyasu emerge victorious over his rival Ishida Mitsunari, uniting the country under the Tokugawa shogunate.