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Date
I 545 - I 587 (lasted 42 years)
Location
The lands around Angband, to the North of Beleriand
Other names
Note
Not to be confused with the Battle of Dagorlad at the end of the Second Age, which is also sometimes called the 'Great Battle'

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Great Battle

The ultimate destruction of Angband

A name for the War of Wrath, the assault of the Valar on Morgoth's stronghold of Angband at the end of the First Age.


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