Sir Francis Drake raid on the Spanish Armada in 1588 [1] Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, defeating the Confederate charge at Little Round Top in the battl

Sir Francis Drake raid on the Spanish Armada in 1588 [1] Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, defeating the Confederate charge at Little Round Top in the battle of Gettysburg is arguably the key turning point of the US Civil War - the entire war and subsequent history could easily have turned out entirely differently without Chamberlain's successful order of the 'right wheel forward' maneuver bayonet attack when the 20th Maine was out of ammunition, which held a key ridge in a pivotal battle. [2] Those are merely the first two that come to mind. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Armada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Armada [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Round_Top https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Round_Top