Famous battles and sieges by length in days
A Dartle category: each answer is worth its days. Name up to 3 answers that add up to exactly 100. New to the game? Read how to play.
When it was played
- Puzzle #14, October 12, 2026 · replay in the archive
The numbers
- 97 answers count.
- 284 different ways to hit exactly 100, the shortest in 2 darts.
- 8 answers are worth more than 100 on their own, an instant bust.
How it's counted
- Length in days, counting the first and last day (Gettysburg, July 1–3 1863, is 3).
- Only battles and sieges whose start and end dates are exact and agree between Wikidata and Wikipedia; anything disputed or approximate is left out.
Source
Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia, as of September 28, 2026.
Every answer
Alphabetical. Their values stay a secret, so the puzzle is still worth replaying.
Battle of al-Qadisiyyah · Battle of Alam el Halfa · Battle of Amiens (1918) · Battle of Antonov Airport · Battle of Arcole · Battle of Arnhem · Battle of Arras (1917) · Battle of Aspern–Essling · Battle of Bailén · Battle of Baku · Battle of Bannockburn · Battle of Bautzen (1813) · Battle of Berezina · Battle of Berlin · Battle of Bir Hakeim · Battle of Brody (1941) · Battle of Cape Matapan · Battle of Caporetto · Battle of Charleroi · Battle of Chesma · Battle of Dakar · Battle of Dien Bien Phu · Battle of Djerba · Battle of Dresden · Battle of Dunkirk · Battle of Eylau · Battle of Fort Ében-Émael · Battle of France · Battle of Fredericksburg · Battle of Galicia · Battle of Gazala · Battle of Gettysburg · Battle of Guam (1941) · Battle of Hattin · Battle of Hong Kong · Battle of Ia Drang · Battle of Jerusalem · Battle of Jutland · Battle of Khotyn (1621) · Battle of Kohima · Battle of Kolubara · Battle of Lake Khasan · Battle of Leipzig · Battle of Leyte Gulf · Battle of Marignano · Battle of Messines (1917) · Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) · Battle of Paris (1814) · Battle of Rorke's Drift · Battle of Rostov (1941) · Battle of Sarikamish · Battle of Savo Island · Battle of Sedan · Battle of Shanghai · Battle of Shiloh · Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022) · Battle of Smolensk (1812) · Battle of Tanga · Battle of the Alamo · Battle of the Atlantic · Battle of the Bismarck Sea · Battle of the Bzura · Battle of the Coral Sea · Battle of the Eastern Solomons · Battle of the Ebro · Battle of the Frigidus · Battle of the Philippine Sea · Battle of the Scheldt · Battle of the Seelow Heights · Battle of the Wilderness · Battle of the Yarmuk · Battle of Tinian · Battle of Uman · Battle of Verdun · Battle of Vukovar · Battle of Wagram · Battle of Wake Island · Battle of Warsaw (1920) · Battle of Westerplatte · First Battle of El Alamein · First Battle of Fallujah · First Battle of Kharkov · First Battle of Ypres · Siege of Acre (1291) · Siege of Antwerp (1914) · Siege of Belgrade (1456) · Siege of Belgrade (1521) · Siege of Damascus (1148) · Siege of Damascus (634) · Siege of Jerusalem (1099) · Siege of Khe Sanh · Siege of Paris (1870–1871) · Siege of Rhodes (1522) · Siege of Vicksburg · Siege of Warsaw (1939) · Siege of Yorktown · Third Battle of Kharkov