Actually it was a battle but not a military battle. :P It was the battle of humanity. Anybody ever read Night by Elie Wiseal? (sorry if I slaughtered the spelling!). It is an excellent book and must be read.
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"Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!"
- General George S. Patton, Jr (addressing to his troops before Operation Overlord, June 5, 1944)