Battle of Red Cliffs
naval battle · 208 AD
Battle of Red Cliffs, a naval battle recorded 208 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- naval battle
- Date
- 208 AD
- War
- End of the Han dynasty
- Side 1
- Sun Quan and Liu Bei — led by Zhou Yu, Liu Bei
- Side 2
- Cao Cao — led by Cao Cao
- Result
- Victory for Sun Quan and Liu Bei
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 AD | — | low confidence | no observation date recorded | The exact site on the Yangtze is disputed. |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)