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Old 2012-07-28, 01:13   Link #514
Sumeragi
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Originally Posted by darthfanta View Post
A 'battle' that fought over a span of eight months is a campaign. A battle generally last a few days at most and is confined to a specific location. Most usually, one only last a couple of hours.
In the context of continental East Asia, a battle usually took place near fortresses, thus basically forcing the battle to near-sieges. A comparative modern battle would be the Battle of Stalingrad (which took almost an year).
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