772 ⟶ Charlemagne's Saxon Wars Begin

804: Charlemagne invades what is now northwestern Germany, b...
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⚔️ Caesar Defeats Germans at Battle of Vosges

Germans invade Gaul and are defeated by Julius Caesar at Battle of Vosges (58 BC).⟶
Caesar Defeats Germans at Battle of Vosges (-58)
Ancient romeJulius CaesarGermanic TribesMilitary HistoryAncient WarfareConquest
FranceFranceGermanyGermany

⚔️ Cerialis Defeats Civilis at Treves, Ending Batavian Revolt

Battle of Treves: Cerialis defeats Claudius Civilis, thus quelling the Batavian rebellion.⟶
Cerialis Defeats Civilis at Treves, Ending Batavian Revolt (71)
Roman EmpireBatavian RevoltAncient romeRebellionMilitary History
GermanyGermanyFranceFrance

⚔️ Clovis I Subjugates Thuringia

King Clovis I defeats and subjugates the Kingdom of Thuringia in Germany.⟶
Clovis I Subjugates Thuringia (491)
Frankish KingdomClovis IGermanic TribesConquestExpansionismMonarchyMerovingian Dynasty
GermanyGermanyFranceFrance

⚔️ Charlemagne's Saxon Wars Begin

804: Charlemagne invades what is now northwestern Germany, battling the Saxons for more than thirty years and finally crushing their rebellion, incorporating Saxony into the Frankish Empire and the Christian world.⟶
Charlemagne's Saxon Wars Begin (772)
CharlemagneFrankish EmpireMilitary ConflictReligious ConversionExpansionismHoly Roman Empire
GermanyGermanyFranceFrance

⚔️ Frisian Defeat Ends Frisian-Frankish Wars

The Frisian–Frankish wars come to an end with the last uprising of the Frisians.⟶
Frisian Defeat Ends Frisian-Frankish Wars (793)
FrisiansFranksCarolingian EmpireMilitary HistoryWarfareTerritorial ExpansionPolitical Consolidation
FranceFranceNetherlandsNetherlandsGermanyGermany

🗺️ Schlieffen Plan Proposed

Schlieffen Plan proposed in Berlin to defeat France.⟶
Schlieffen Plan Proposed (1905)
World War IMilitary StrategyGerman EmpireWestern FrontMilitary HistoryEntente Cordiale
GermanyGermanyFranceFrance