For all you war buffs, What is your favorite battle/short war.

I would go with;

The Yom Kippur War, which I feel had the most suprising win of all. Israel fought v.s. three countries who had militarys that totaled 3 times thiers and still won.

The Merrimack v.s. the Monitor; the Battle of the first ironclad warships during the Civil war

The defeat of Mack in the Battle of Ulm, as it allowed the French to foolishly advance deep into Russian territory, and immobilized them during the long Russian winter, which was one of the main influences on Napoleon's defeat at the battle of Waterloo, which forced the French to lose what has become known as the Napoleonic Wars.

I also like the German invasion of Russia during World War II where the Germans didn't take the cold into account and ended up retreating.

Portuguese and British allied army rampant win over Napoleon troops at Bussaco and Linhas de Torres( Portugal).That was the beggininng of the end to Napoleon

any others?

Gettysburg

Robert E Lee

Waterloo

The Battle of Lepanto!  

I hate battles but i have some examples:At 480 BC Leonidas with 300 of his personal guards at Thermopylae repulsed the Persians' frontal attacks for the first two days, killing roughly 20,000 of the enemy troops and losing very few of their own. The Persian elite unit known to the Greeks as Immortals were held back.On the third day, a Greek traitor named Ephialtes led the Persian general by a mountain track to the rear of the Greeks....

And i have to mention Alexander the Great (at 330 BC)who gave Great battles and reached next to India..This was his empire:

My favorite battle is the one I play in every chess game.

Cannae land battle still I believe studied in military academies throughout the world. All the battles of the American Rebellion in in which my old regiment fought in,  that is of course with the exception of Yorktown in which the dastardly French got involved and saved the american  bacon

yummm... bacon

One of two reasons why I like the Yom Kippur War is because of Lieutenant Zvika Greengold, the most bad ass SOB I have ever heard of. Look him up on Wikipedia.