Battle (disambiguation)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties.
Battle or battles may also refer to:
In military:
- Battle (formation), military formation or subdivision of troops
- Battle class destroyer, class of 26 destroyers of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy
- Fairey Battle, light bomber of the Royal Air Force built by Fairey Aviation in the late 1930s
- List of battles, partial list of battles that have entries in Wikipedia
In music:
- Battle (band), an indie rock band from Surrey, England
- Battles (band), a rock band featuring John Stanier, ex-Helmet, Tomahawk and The Mark of Cain and Ian Williams, ex-Don Caballero
- The Battle (album), a power metal album by Symphony X vocalist Russell Allen and Ex-Masterplan vocalist Jørn Lande
In other fields:
- Battle, a competition in street dance that can take place very informally between two crews of dancers
- Battle, East Sussex, England
- Battle.net, online gaming service provided by Blizzard Entertainment
- "The Battle" (TNG episode), a season 1 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
People named Battle or Battles:
- Cliff Battles, American football player
- Greg Battle, Canadian Football League linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1987-1993 and from 1997-1998
- Hinton Battle, German-born American actor, dancer, and dance teacher
- John Battle (basketball), former professional basketball player
- John Battle (politician) (born 1951), British Labour politician
- John S. Battle (1890–1972), American politician and Democratic Governor of Virginia from 1950-1954
- Kathleen Battle, soprano
- Kenny Battle, American professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round of the 1989 NBA Draft
- Texas Battle, actor
- Vincent M. Battle, the United States ambassador to Lebanon from August 13, 2001 to August 16, 2004