A selection of major battles that shaped the history of France, from Antiquity to the 20th century.
Antiquity and early Middle Ages
Alesia (52 BCE), Tolbiac, Vouillé (507), Poitiers/Tours (732).
Middle Ages and early modern era
Crécy, Poitiers, Agincourt, Orléans; later religious and royal conflicts. See Hundred Years’ War.
Modern era
From the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars to Verdun (1916) and the World Wars.