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battle A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

s. They may be organized alphabetically, by era, by conflict, by participants or location, or by death toll. See :Battles for a complete list of articles on battles.

Alphabetical list

List of battles (alphabetical) Alphabetical list of historical battles (see also Military history, Lists of battles): ''NOTE: Where a year has been used to disambiguate battles it is the year when the battle started. In some cases these may still have gone on for several years ...

Chronological

By era

* List of battles before 301 *

List of battles 301–1300 This is a List of battles from 301 A.D. to 1300 A.D. 4th century 5th century 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century See also * List of Byzantine bat ...

List of battles 1301–1600 Early 14th century (1301–50) Late 14th century (1351–1400) Early 15th century (1401–50) Late 15th century (1451–1500) Early 16th century (1501–50) Late 16th century (1551–1600) External links List of battles: before ...

List of battles 1601–1800 Early 17th century (1601–1650) * 1601 **Capture of Portobello (1601) 17 January – English expedition assaulted and took Portobello from the Spanish, acquired some booty and then sacked the place. ** Battle of Wenden (1601) 7 January – ...

List of battles 1801–1900 1801–15 * – ** Action of 19 February 1801 - British victory over France ** Battle of Aboukir 8 March – British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou ** Battle of Mandora 13 March - ...

List of battles 1901–2000 This article lists all the battles that occurred in the years of the 20th century (1901-2000). 1901–1913 *1901 ** Battle of Lonoy 5 March ** Battle of Groenkloof 5 September ** Battle of Elands River 17 September ** Battle of Blood River ...

List of battles in the 21st century 21st century 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 See also * List of wars: 2003–present References { ...

By war

List of battles of the Eighty Years' War This is a list of battles of the Eighty Years' War. Introduction Royalist forces Until August 1567, the government of the Habsburg Netherlands, in the hands of Governor-General Margaret of Parma and her Stadtholders, was using local Nether ...

(1566–1648) *

Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars These are lists of battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815). Coalition Wars * List of battles of the War of the First Coalition (20 April 1792 – 18 October 1797) * List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition ...

(1792–1815) * List of American Civil War battles (1861–1865) **

List of costliest American Civil War land battles This is a list of the costliest land battles of the American Civil War, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) on both sides. Highest casualty battles See also * List of American Civil War battles * Timeline of events l ...

List of naval battles of the American Civil War The naval battles of the American Civil War, fought between the Union and the Confederacy, changed the foundations of naval warfare with the first use of ironclads and submarines, and the introduction of newer and more powerful naval artillery. ...

* List of World War II battles (1939–1945) *

Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War The many allied military operations of the Vietnam War are listed on the following pages, either alphabetically, or chronologically. Lists By year * List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1964) * List of allied military operations ...

(1955–1975)

By death toll

List of battles by casualties The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the ba ...

* List of battles and other violent events by death toll * List of events named massacres

By geographic location

By participant

By state participant

By participating commander

List of Ottoman battles in which the sultan participated The List of Ottoman Battles In Which The Sultans Participated In is shown below. Note that the sieges are not included in the list. For a complete list of all battles involving the Ottoman Empire see the List of battles involving the Ottoman Emp ...

* Military career of Napoleon Bonaparte § Battle record summary * Military career of George Washington § Summaries of Washington's Revolutionary War battles

By type

Battles are generally presumed to have been land/field battles, unless otherwise stated. * Lists of aerial operations and battles **

Air raids on Australia, 1942–1943 Between February 1942 and November 1943, during the Pacific War of World War II, the Australian mainland, domestic airspace, offshore islands, and coastal shipping were attacked at least 111 times by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy Air ...

Air raids on Hong Kong The United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy conducted numerous air raids against Japanese-occupied Hong Kong and shipping near the city during World War II. The Royal Australian Air Force took part in efforts to lay naval mines in ...

Aircraft carrier operations during World War II This article discusses aircraft carrier operations during World War II. Naval historians such as Evan Mawdsley, Richard Overy, and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive victories on land could not have been won without decisiv ...

List of air operations during the Battle of Europe Symbols German Luftwaffe German OKW V-2 forces NOTE: V-2 rocket air operations were conducted by various German Army units, but operational orders were issued by a ''Joint Services'' ( OKW) command. Polish Air Force French Air Force Uni ...

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List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz The German battleship Tirpitz, German battleship ''Tirpitz'' was attacked on multiple occasions by Allies of World War II, Allied forces during World War II. While most of the attacks failed to inflict any damage on the battleship, she was placed ...

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List of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II A list of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II includes cities and towns in Germany attacked by RAF Bomber Command and the Eighth Air Force. This list is not complete. History Defence of Germany German defensive strategy of their coun ...

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List of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II A list of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II includes the towns and cities that received Strategic bombing during World War II, significant aerial destruction from 1940 to 1942 in the United Kingdom. After mid-1944 the Luftw ...

* List of amphibious assault operations *

List of military operations on ice Battles and other military operations that took place on lake or sea ice include: * about 530 – Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern, recorded in Norse sagas and referred to in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf * 1241 - Battle of Mohi on the Sajo Rive ...

* List of naval battles **

List of naval and land-based operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II List of codenames of naval and land based operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II including Japan, Oceania, and the Pacific Rim. Pacific Ocean Axis * ''Battle of the Philippine Sea, A-Go'' (1944) — Japanese plan to engage and de ...

List of sieges A chronological list of sieges follows. Military sieges A military siege is a prolonged military assault and blockade on a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. Ancient Before 1000 BC * Siege of Aratta ( ...

External links and references

* World History Database,
Alphabetic Listing of Battles
' Index of World battles. Archived from the original. * Radford, Robert,

'. An extensive list of important battles and influential leaders, from -490 BC to present times. {{DEFAULTSORT:Battles Military lists History-related lists Military history of Asia History of the Middle East