Battle of the Gwathló

The Battle of the Gwathló was the decisive battle of the War of the Elves and Sauron that brought an end to Sauron's power for many centuries. The Battle of the Gwathló is regarded as the second biggest battle in the history of Middle-earth, only surpassed by the War of Wrath.
== History ==
After being driven back from the Grey Havens and after heavy losses at Sarn Ford, Sauron's forces regrouped and joined with his forces in Tharbad where they were assailed by the pursuing forces of Gil-galad and Númenor and then by another force of Númenóreans sailing up the Gwathló and attacking from their rear.
In the battle Sauron and his armies were utterly routed. The remaining survivors narrowly escaped but were assailed again by the Númenóreans in the east of Calenardhon and destroyed, leaving Sauron with little more than a bodyguard to escape back into Mordor.
The ensuing victory left Sauron's power crippled but not destroyed, and he slowly rebuilt his strength over a thousand years until the thirty-third century, when he challenged Ar-Pharazôn for dominance of Middle-earth.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Advent of the Dark Years"Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Two, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Slag van die Gwathló
Albanian 	Beteja të Gwathló
Amharic 	ጝዋጥሎ የ የጦርነት ?
Arabic 	معركة ال جواثلو
Aragonese 	Batalla de Gwathló
Armenian 	Գւատհլո ճակատամարտ
Assamese 	গ্ৱাথলোৰ যুদ্ধ
Asturian 	Batalla del Gwathló
Azerbaijani 	Gwathló Döyüşü
Basque 	Gwathlógo Gudua
Belarusian Cyrillic	Бітва на Гватло
Bengali 	গোয়াথলোর যুদ্ধ
Bosnian 	Bitka na Gwathló
Breton 	Emgann ar Gwathló
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Битка при Гватло
Catalan 	Batalla de la Gwathló
Cebuano 	Gubat sa mga Gwathló
Chinese 	關絲洛河戰
Corsican 	Battagghia di li Gwathló
Croatian 	Bitka na Gwathló
Czech 	Bitva u Gwathló
Danish 	Slaget ved Gwathló
Dutch 	Slag bij de Gwathló
Esperanto 	Batalo ĉe la Gwathló
Estonian 	Gwathló'i lahing
Filipino 	Labanan ng Gwathló
Finnish 	Gwathlóin taistelu
French 	Bataille de la Gwathló
Frisian 	Slach oan de Gwathló (Western)
Galician 	Batalla do Gwathló
Georgian 	გვატლოს ბრძოლა
German 	Schlacht an der Gwathló
Greek 	Μάχη του Γβлαθλο
Gujarati 	ગ્વાથલોનું યુદ્ધ
Haitian Creole 	Batay nan la Gwathló
Hawaiian 	Kaua o ka Gwathló
Hebrew 	מַעֲרָכָה גואתהו
Hindi 	ङ्वथ्लो की लड़ाई
Hmong 	Sib tua ntawm lub Gwathló
Hungarian 	Gwathló-i csata
Icelandic 	Orrustan við Gwathló
Indonesian 	Pertempuran Gwathló
Irish Gaelic 	Cath na Gwathló
Italian 	Battaglia del Gwathló
Japanese 	グワスロー の戦い
Javanese 	Peperangan ing Gwathló
Kazakh 	Гватло шайқасы (Cyrillic) Gvatlo şayqası (Latin)
Kannada 	ಗ್ವಾಥ್ಲೋ ಕದನ
Kurdish 	Şer yên Gwathló (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Гватло согуш
Latin 	Proelium apud Gwathló
Latvian 	Gwathló kauja
Lithuanian 	Gwathló mūšis
Luxembourgish 	Schluecht vun der Gwathló
Macedonian Cyrillic	Битка кај Гватло
Maithili 	ग्वाथलो के लड़ाई
Malaysian 	Pertempuran Gwathló
Maltese 	Battalja ta 'l-Gwathló
Marathi 	ग्वाथलोची लढाई
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Куатло тулаан
Nepalese 	ग्वाथलोको युद्ध
Norwegian 	Slaget ved Gwathló
Occitan 	Batalha der Gwathló
Persian 	نبرد گواتهلو
Polish 	Bitwa nad Gwathló
Portuguese 	Batalha do Gwathló
Punjabi 	ਗਵਾਥਲੋ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ
Romanian 	Bătălia de la Gwathló
Russian 	Битва при Гватло
Samoan 	Taua o le Gwathló
Sardinian 	Sa batalla de su Gwathló
Scots 	Battle o the Gwathló
Scottish Gaelic 	Cogadh an Gwathló
Serbian 	Битка код Гватло (Cyrillic) Bitka kod Gvatlo (Latin)
Sicilian 	Battagghia dû Gwathló
Sinhalese 	ග්වථ්ලො මෙම සටන
Slovak 	Bitka na Gwathló
Slovenian 	Bitka na Gwathló
Somali 	Dagaalka ee ah Gwathló
Spanish 	Batalla del Gwathló
Sundanese 	Perang Gwathló
Swahili 	Mapigano ya Gwathló
Swedish 	Slaget vid Gwathló
Tajik Cyrillic 	Батл аз Гwатҳло
Tamil 	குவாத்லோ போர்
Telugu 	గ్వాత్లో యుద్ధం
Turkish 	Gwathló Muharebesi
Turkmen 	Gwathló Söweş
Urdu 	غزوہ گویتھلو
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Битва на Ґwатгло
Uzbek 	Гwатҳло жанги (Cyrillic) Gwathló jangi (Latin)
Venetian 	Bataja del Gwathló
Vietnamese 	Trận Gwathló
Welsh 	Brwydr y Gwathló
Yiddish 	שלאַכט פון די גוואַטהלאָ
Yoruba 	Ogun ti awọn Gwathló
== References ==
Category:Battles
Category:War of the Elves and Sauron
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