Middle-earth battles

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Chapters: Dagor Dagorath, Dagor Bragollach, War of the Ring, Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Siege of Angband, Nírnaeth Arnoediad, List of Middle-earth wars and battles, Armies and hosts of Middle-earth warfare, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, War of Wrath, Minor battles in The Lord of the Rings, Battle of the Hornburg, Battle of the Morannon, Battle of Dale, Battle of Tumhalad, Dagor Aglareb, Fall of Gondolin, Battles of Beleriand, Battle of Mirkwood. Excerpt: J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings include many wars and battles set in the lands of Aman, Beleriand, Númenor, and Middle-earth. These are related in his various books such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and other posthumously published books edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. These are given below in an in-universe, fictional chronology: The Kinslayings are the collective term for the only three battles ever fought between the Eldar. The first and most well-known, the Kinslaying at Alqualondë (Swanhaven) is a battle that first appears in print in The Silmarillion. It involves the Noldorin Elves under their king, Fëanor, against their fellow Elves, the Teleri. Against the will of the godlike Valar, Fëanor had induced the Noldor to leave Valinor to make war upon the Dark Lord Morgoth in revenge for the theft of his Silmarilli jewels and the murder of his father Finwë. As the easiest route to Middle-earth was by sea, Fëanor and his sons led one host of the Noldor to the city of Alqualondë and asked the sea-faring Teleri of Alqualondë for their vessels. The Teleri refused to help them defy the Valar. Bitter fighting broke out (although it is not clear who began the fighting, the Silmarillion states that fighting began when the Noldor attempted to take control of the Teleri's ships) and eventually many (perhaps hundreds) of Elves on both sides were slain. Though the Teleri were lightly armed, they were able to defend themselves to some degree until a second host of the Noldor, led by Fëanor's half-nephew Fingon, arrived together with some of his father Fingolfin's people, overwhelming the Teleri. The sea rose and destroyed many of the boats to punish the Noldor for this cruel act. Fingon's people assumed erroneously the Teleri had attacked the Noldor under orders of the Valar, and joined the fight. In the end many of the Teleri were slain and the ships taken. Though the Teleri forgave the Noldor by the e