Battle of Dagorlad

Battle of Dagorlad
Conflict: War of the Last Alliance
Date: 3434 SA
Outcome: Defeat of the forces of Saurons
Combatants
Men, Elves, and Dwarves	Orcs, Easterlings, Southrons, Trolls, and other creatures and servants of Sauron
Commanders
Elendil Gil-galad	Sauron
Strength
Hundreds of thousands of Men, Elves, and Dwarves	Hundreds of thousands of Orcs, Fallen Men, and other evil creatures
Casualties
Very many, innumberable	Vast numbers, more than the allies

The Battle of Dagorlad occurred in the year 3434 of the Second Age. It was fought between the army of the Last Alliance under Gil-galad and Elendil and an army of Orcs and other creatures loyal to Sauron. The battle took place on the great, treeless, open plain between the Dead Marshes and Cirith Gorgor. The army of the Last Alliance won the battle and was able to attack the Morannon, the entrance to Sauron's land of Mordor. But the Elves and Men suffered such heavy casualties, that they had to bury them, and the dead Orcs in the Dead Marshes. Later, in the Third Age, the Dagorlad was the site of many battles between Gondor and various Easterling armies.

The word Dagorlad means ‘Battle Plain’ in the Sindarin Language