Haitiansoldier | 23 Feb 2017 12:35 p.m. PST |
This includes battlefields you have visited and those you have not yet seen. My picks: Gettysburg (Been there many times and IMO the best battlefield in the world) The Alamo (Been there and loved it, although it's not really a battlefield) Little Bighorn (Really want to visit) Waterloo (Really want to visit) Isandlwana (Really want to visit) Normandy (Really want to visit) Monmouth (Been there, and it was the best Rev War battlefield I've been to, and that's saying something given that it is a state park) |
warwell | 23 Feb 2017 12:36 p.m. PST |
Antietam – better than Gettysburg in my opinion |
Tgerritsen | 23 Feb 2017 12:45 p.m. PST |
Been To and Enjoyed- Hastings (which is ironically in Battle, not hastings). I was fairly impressed and was amazed by the historical impact of such a small area. Gettysburg- the whole town is the battlefield, with so much to see and do. Want To See- Pearl Harbor (especially the Arizona memorial). I really want to see Port Arthur and Mukden, but neither is really a tourist destination, so you really have to want to go there and it's not like I have lots of chances to pop off to the edges of China. Seelowe Heights- amazing battlefield and battle. |
Mollinary | 23 Feb 2017 1:02 p.m. PST |
Koniggratz Kolin Kunersdorf Kay Is there a pattern emerging here? Mollinary |
dualer | 23 Feb 2017 1:45 p.m. PST |
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panzerCDR | 23 Feb 2017 2:02 p.m. PST |
Gettysburg – Best ACW battlefield in my humble opinion. Antietam – Walking the terrain led to many "ah ha!" moments. Shiloh – Small area makes the battle much more understandable. Normandy – Its great but very big. Requires multiple days to see major points and I am sure my visit only hit the top points (Omaha, Utah, Sword beaches, Pegasus bridge, Merville Battery, Villers Bocage). Would love to go back. Market Garden – Car trip through Holland. I really want to do this. Battle of the Bulge – Bastogne/St. Vith. Another on my bucket list. |
Mollinary | 23 Feb 2017 2:04 p.m. PST |
Being more serious than my original post, Koniggratz is an amazing field. For one of the most important battles in European history, with almost 450,000 participants, it is little known, and yet the field is easily accessible and substantially unchanged. It does have some monuments, but not on the scale of Gettysburg. The villages are now beginning to grow, but places like the Swiepwald are still incredibly atmospheric. I have spent many, many days on this field, and always find something new to investigate. Combine this with the hospitality of the locals, and the good food and drink, and decent accommodation in the towns such as Hradec Kralove, and it is a great place to visit. Mollinary |
Buckeye AKA Darryl | 23 Feb 2017 2:14 p.m. PST |
Perryville…most pristine ACW battlefield. Antietam – Coolest in the East Gettysburg – Iconic, even those not that interested can enjoy this park Chickamauga – an amazing park, IF you get out and walk Fort Donelson but with someone who knows the areas not covered by the park Cowpens Shiloh (on the 2018 to do list but I hear folks love it) Jumonville and Fort Necessity…where the First World War started |
T Callahan | 23 Feb 2017 2:27 p.m. PST |
Shiloh Vicksburg Pea Ridge Wilsons Creek Stones River Antietam Bull Run I and II Gettysburg Chickamauga Fort Donelson Little BigHorn Culloden The Boyne On my must see Bucket list: Waterloo Normandy Marne Any and all the battlefields of England
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martin goddard | 23 Feb 2017 2:29 p.m. PST |
King's mountain(AWI) because it is atmospheric. You can walk in the steps of the men that were there. Easy to "read" the battlefield. nice museum too. |
Alcibiades | 23 Feb 2017 2:41 p.m. PST |
Waterloo (Been there twice; most recently for the bicentennial) Vimy (a most significant moment in the independence of Canada) Ortona (urban fighting in a sea side town. At the very least get some delicious fresh seafood and a glass of red) Juno to Caen Gettysburg Little Big Horn (visited as a child after seeing "They Died with Their Boots On" and becoming obsessed with Custer. It was way cool then and I understand it has gotten much more tourist friendly since as a result of First Nation participation) Kent As an afterthought, I could just say Italy. Cannae, Trasimene, Heraclea through to Anzio, the Gothic and Hitler Lines, Cassino…the list goes on. So, battlefields galore to explore, amazing cuisine and wine, beautiful countryside and women. I don't suspect many of the battlefields have been preserved but one could, at the very least, walk where Hannibal, Belisarius, and a host of other major historical figures have walked. |
Wackmole9 | 23 Feb 2017 3:43 p.m. PST |
Been to BF Marathon ( only ancient BF I have visited) Hastings followed by Towton Marston Moor followed by Nasby Antietam – Best ACW BF Gettysburg – very close 2nd Fetterman massacre and Bent Fort Want to see Troy,Cannea,Alesia,Boyne,Waterloo, Somme, Verdun, Belleiu Woods, Pearl harbor, Corrigador, Anzio,Normandy, Arnhem, Bastogne |
Perris0707 | 23 Feb 2017 4:09 p.m. PST |
Froeschwiller and Gravelotte-St.Privat. |
Private Matter | 23 Feb 2017 4:38 p.m. PST |
Ardennes, Ypres, Somme, and Bosworth |
Haitiansoldier | 23 Feb 2017 4:49 p.m. PST |
Seeing how big some of the replies are, I want to add some more onto my list. I really like all the answers I am getting and some battlefields I have never heard of sound really interesting. On my list of must sees: Thermopylae Bastogne Palo Alto Culloden Big Hole Kalkriese/Teutoburg Forest Some good ones I have been to: Antietam Shiloh Fredericksburg Brandywine Plains of Abraham (Not much to see, but there is a good museum you visit before walking the field. It's a park now, but they have a monument to Wolfe) |
Shagnasty | 23 Feb 2017 7:03 p.m. PST |
Been to: Culloden, Gettysburg, Hastings, Bannockburn. Would like to see: Guadalcanal. |
KSmyth | 23 Feb 2017 8:20 p.m. PST |
Guilford Courthouse Little Bighorn Plains of Abraham (Monument to Montcalm is bigger than Wolfe's marker) Fetterman Massacre/Fort Kearney Fort Pulaski |
Wargamer Blue | 23 Feb 2017 8:49 p.m. PST |
Been to: The Somme Cassino Pearl Harbour Want to see: Normandy Gallipoli Waterloo Gettysburg Borneo |
377CSG | 24 Feb 2017 12:54 a.m. PST |
Ft Donelson Vicksburg King's Mountain Dade Battlefield Pearl Harbor Battle of Dam No. 1 Yorktown Alamo Want to see: Waterloo Gettysburg Thermopylae Corrigador Little Big Horn |
Terry L | 24 Feb 2017 2:23 p.m. PST |
Gettysburg – Been there many a time. Antietam – Prefer it over Gettysburg but they scaled back the gift store book selection. Used to be huge! Juno Beach, Normandy – On my bucket list Waterloo – Actually had the opportunity to reenact on it. Vimy Ridge – Hope to get there in a few years. Dieppe – Hope to see this painful (to me) town. Just a terrible disaster for the Canadians. |
Razor78 | 24 Feb 2017 6:10 p.m. PST |
Been to several times Waterloo Quatra Bras Gettysburg Antietam Fredericksburg Bentonville Bastogne St Vith Arnhem Ft Fisher Been once Alamo Little Bighorn Verdun Maginot Line Austerlitz Yorktown Want to see Pearl Harbor Normandy Corregidor |
piper909 | 24 Feb 2017 7:18 p.m. PST |
Top must see list today: Thermopylae St. Nazaire (1942 raid) Little Bighorn Gettysburg Waterloo Dublin (1916) And Culloden again, since my last visit in 1988. |
Royal Marine | 17 Mar 2017 12:54 p.m. PST |
Afghanistan … a lovely mountainous green lush desert mixture |
Historydude18 | 28 Apr 2020 9:15 p.m. PST |
Gettysburg Antietam Shiloh Fredericksburg Bull Run Little Bighorn Fetterman/Fort Phil Kearny The Alamo Lexington and Concord Waterloo Marengo Borodino Austerlitz Kolin |
Henry Martini | 29 Apr 2020 2:54 a.m. PST |
Northern Syria would be interesting. |
AICUSV | 04 May 2020 3:27 p.m. PST |
Of all the battlefields I've visited, Bull Run (I'm a Yankee) was the one that I learned the most from. Looking an maps and reading descriptions of the battle didn't make things as clear to me as putting my boots on the actual ground. My favorite battle field to visit is Crooked Billet (AWI) – my house is there. |
rampantlion | 06 May 2020 7:34 a.m. PST |
Been to: Antietam Gettysburg Shiloh Bannockburn Stirling Bridge Want to see: Bouvines Normandy Waterloo Falkirk |