Favourite Turning Point in History

[PrinceOfLeigh]

With all the celebrations of Trafalgar this week I thought I'd post a thread for the historians among you to post your favourite turning point in history.

As you can see I've not been as presumptions as to include a poll as I would no doubt do a disservice to a number of you by missing some out.

None-the-less, obvious contenders (be them with a slight Anglo/Western bias) are D-Day, the fall of the Egyptian Empire, Trafalgar, Napoleans invasion of Russia, ect.

Feel free to post any turning point which you favour, doesn't have to be the most crucial. Just your favourite.

(P.S - I haven't decided on mine yet but the Battle of Hastings is the front runner!)

 

[Nobody]

Battle Of Britiain

 

[knorman]

French and Russian Revoution.

 

[mitsho]

When Caesar crossed the Rubicon, to add a more ancient variant...

 

[storealex]

D-day was no the turning point of the war. Stalingrad was.

 

[antonio]

The fall of the roman empire and the fist use of the A bomb.

 

[MaisseArsouye]

Favourite : French Revolution

Hated : Treaty of Verdun ( 843 ), Congress of Vienna ( 1814 ) and Waterloo ( 1815 )

 

[Godwynn]

Is this an event or an era?

I want to say the Renaissance, but if that is too broad I will say the invention of the printing press.

 

[Louis XXIV]

When Caesar crossed the Rubicon, to add a more ancient variant...

I like this one. At the very least, crossing the Rubicon sounds so cool

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

D-day was no the turning point of the war. Stalingrad was.

While Stalingrad was the turning point of the war as far as Hitler was concerned, the Normandy invasion was in a sense the turning point of the Cold War, as it led to Europe being liberated from both ends, not just by the Soviets.

 

[Icmancin]

For a definate turning point it would be Stalingrad. I'm now big on Russian history and Stalingrad brought me to it. Another, if not a turning point, would be Vimy Ridge in WW1. The Canadians took the hill after repeated French and british failures and moved on to a series of Allied victories and made the Canadians feared by the Germans.

 

[Reno]

The death of Alexander the Great and the collapse of his Macedonian/Greek Empire.

 

[Xen]

I dont think "fall of **** empire" actually count; niether Egypt, Rome, or anyoen else ever had one pivitol event that could sum up thier down fall, and often times the events that led up to ut are so profoundlly bad for the people who had to live through it, you really ought to think twice before celeibrateing it.

 

[sydhe]

Jenner's discovery of vaccination.

 

[LLXerxes]

Favorite turning point? Caesar in Gaul. Shaped his career, chance to show off his brilliant command.

I like this one. At the very least, crossing the Rubicon sounds so cool

Yes, it's a great story.

I recomend reading the book "Rubicon" by that dude, excelent book, and a very good timeline in the back.

 

[Reno]

you really ought to think twice before celeibrateing it.

I never said that i celebrated the collapse of Alexander's Empire, just that it is one of my favourite turning points in Time.

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

All right before this get's out of hand 'Favourite' perhaps is not the correct word.

What I meant was the turning point which is the most important to you personally.

 

[Grohan]

Discovery of America by Columbus. It led to collapse of Aztec and Inca empires, colonization of Americas and rest of the world etc.

 

[Adler17]

Stalingrad was no turning point in the war only in morale. Kursk nevertheless was.

Adler

 

[Rambuchan]

The writing off of debt for the world's poorest nations and implementation of fairer trading relations - to will be history in the next couple of weeks.