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This article lists all the battles that occurred in the years of the 20th century (1901-2000).
1901–1905
1906-1910
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1906 | Saudi–Rashidi War | Battle of Rawdat Muhanna | ![]() |
12 April | Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Rawdat Muhanna |
Moro Rebellion | First Battle of Bud Dajo | ![]() |
5–8 December | ||
1907 | Saudi–Rashidi War | Battle of Tarafiyah | ![]() |
24 September | Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Tarafiyah |
1908 | - |
Battle of Marrakesh | ![]() |
23 August | Mulay Hafid successfully revolts against Moroccan Sultan |
1911-1915
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1911 | Mexican Revolution | Battle of Casas Grandes | ![]() |
6 March | |
Moro Rebellion | Second Battle of Bud Dajo | ![]() |
18–26 March | ||
Mexican Revolution | Battle of Cuautla | ![]() |
11–19 May | ||
Italo-Turkish War | Battle of Preveza | At sea | 29–30 September | ||
Battle of Tripoli | ![]() |
3–10 October | |||
Battle of Benghazi | 20 October | ||||
Battle of Shar al-Shatt | 23 October | ||||
Battle of Ain Zara | 4 December | ||||
Battle of Tobruk | 22 December 1911—9 January 1912 | Italy begins the invasion of Libya | |||
1912 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Msaya | ![]() |
19 September | |
Battle of Coyotepe Hill | 3–4 October | ||||
First Balkan War | Capture of Lemnos | ![]() |
8 October | Greek troops occupy the Ottoman-held island of Lemnos | |
Battle of Sarantaporo | 9 October | Greeks defeat Ottomans near Koritza | |||
Battle of Kumanovo | 23–24 October | Serbs defeat Ottomans in North Macedonia | |||
Battle of Kirk Kelesse | 24 October | Bulgarians defeat Ottomans in Thrace | |||
Battle of Pente Pigadia | 24–30 October | Greeks defeat Ottomans in seven-day battle near Bizani | |||
Battle of Lule Burgas | 31 October—3 November | Bulgarians compel Ottomans to full retreat toward the lines of Tchataldja, 30 km from Constantinople and the last line of defense for the Ottoman capital. In terms of forces engaged, it was the largest battle fought in Europe between the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the beginning of the First World War. | |||
Battle of Giannitsa | 2 November | Greeks defeat Ottoman Turks in Central Macedonia | |||
Battle of Vevi | Successful Turkish counter offensive against Greek positions | ||||
Battle of Prilep | 3 November | Serbs defeat Ottomans | |||
Siege of Adrianople | 3 November 1912—26 March 1913 | Fall of Adrianpole to the forces of Bulgaria and Serbia and the capture of Turkish general Ghazi Shulkri Pasha | |||
Battle of Monastir | 16–19 November | Decisive and final defeat in Macedonia of the Ottomans by the Serbs | |||
Battle of Çatalca | 17–18 November | Defeat of Bulgarian advance toward Istanbul | |||
Battle of Lesbos | 21 November—21 December | Greeks capture the island of Lesbos from the Ottoman Empire | |||
Battle of Chios | 24 November 1912—3 January 1913 | Greeks capture the island of Chios from the Ottoman Empire | |||
Battle of Elli | At sea | 3 December | Greek navy defeats Ottoman fleet and forces it to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles straits | ||
1913 | First Balkan War | Battle of Lemnos | At sea | 5 January | Greek navy defeats Ottoman fleet near the Island of Lemnos in final naval engagement of the war |
Battle of Bizani | ![]() |
20–21 February | Greeks defeat last operational Ottoman Army in Epirus and capture city of Ioanina | ||
Moro Rebellion | Battle of Bud Bagsak | ![]() |
11–15 June | The end of the Moro Rebellion | |
Second Balkan War | Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas | ![]() |
19–21 June | Greeks defeat Bulgarians in the three-day battle for Kilkis | |
Battle of Bregalnica | ![]() |
30 June—8 July | Serbs defeat Bulgarians | ||
Battle of Kresna Gorge | ![]() |
8–18 July | Inconclusive ten-day battle between Bulgaria and Greece | ||
Battle of Kalimantsi | ![]() |
15–18 July | Bulgarian defensive victory against the Serbs | ||
Dervish movement | Battle of Dul Madoba | ![]() |
9 August | A Dervish force raids the Somali Dhulbahante tribe near Burco, killing or wounding 57 members of the "Somaliland Camel Constabulary", including the British commander, Colonel Richard Corfield | |
1914 | World War I | Battle of Liège | ![]() |
4–17 August | Germans invade Belgium and capture Liège; start of World War I. |
Battle of Mulhouse | ![]() |
9 August | Part of the Battle of the Frontiers, France takes Mulhouse from Germany, but then loses it again | ||
Battle of Halen | ![]() |
12 August | Belgian victory over Germany. | ||
Battle of Lorraine | ![]() |
14 August | German victory over France. | ||
Battle of Agbeluvhoe | ![]() |
15 August | Togoland campaign. The UK and France defeat Germany. | ||
Battle of Dinant | ![]() |
15–24 August | German victory over France. | ||
Battle of Cer | ![]() |
16–19 August | Serbian forces push back Austro-Hungarian invasion | ||
Battle of Stallupönen | ![]() |
17 August | First battle on the Russian Eastern Front. Inconclusive battle between Germany and Russia. | ||
Battle of Gumbinnen | 19–20 August | Russians defeat German Eighth Army, advance deeper into East Prussia | |||
Battle of the Ardennes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
21–23 August | German victory over France. | ||
Battle of Charleroi | ![]() |
Germany defeats France. | |||
Battle of Chra | ![]() |
22 August | The UK and France defeat Germany. | ||
Battle of Mons | ![]() |
23 August | British forces hold back Germany. | ||
Battle of Tannenberg | ![]() |
23–30 August | Samsonov's Russian 2nd Army encircled and destroyed by the German 8th Army | ||
Battle of Galicia | ![]() |
23 August—11 September | Russians occupy Eastern Galicia from Austria-Hungary. | ||
Battle of the Trouée de Charmes | ![]() |
24–26 August | The second French army, under General Castelnau, defeat a Bavarian army | ||
Siege of Maubeuge | 24 August—7 September | Germans capture Maubeuge from France. | |||
Battle of Le Cateau | 26 August | Allied Powers (UK) retreat from German forces | |||
First Battle of Heligoland Bight | At sea | 28 August | First major naval engagement of World War I, heavy German losses against the UK. | ||
Battle of Guise | ![]() |
29–30 August | The French 5th Army, under General Lanzerac, defeat the second German army under General Bülow | ||
Occupation of German Samoa | ![]() |
New Zealand forces defeat German forces in Samoa | |||
First Battle of Garua | ![]() ![]() |
29–31 August | Germany defeats the UK. | ||
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes | ![]() |
2–16 September | German Eighth Army defeats Rennenkampf's Russian 1st Army | ||
First Battle of the Marne | ![]() |
5–9 September | French armies and BEF, under French General Joffre, defeat the Germans armies under General Von Moltke. German invasion of France halted by Allies. The city of Paris was saved. | ||
Battle of Nsanakong | ![]() |
6 September | Germany defeats the UK. | ||
Battle of Bita Paka | ![]() |
11 September | Australian forces defeat German forces in German New Guinea | ||
First Battle of the Aisne | ![]() |
13–28 September | Indecisive battle between the Allies (France and the UK) and Germany. | ||
Battle of Ukoko | ![]() |
21 September | The UK and France defeat Germany. | ||
Siege of Przemyśl | ![]() |
24 September 1914—22 March 1915 | Russians initially unsuccessful, but second siege attempt succeeds against Austria-Hungary. | ||
Battle of Sandfontein | ![]() |
26 September | Germany defeats the UK (South Africa). | ||
Siege of Antwerp | ![]() |
28 September—10 October | Germany and Austria-Hungary capture Antwerp from Belgium. Belgium was aided by the UK. | ||
Battle of the Vistula River | ![]() |
29 September—31 October | Russians defeat Germans under Marshal von Mackensen | ||
Battle of Rufiji Delta | ![]() |
October 1914—11 July 1915 | British Empire naval forces defeat German naval forces in East Africa | ||
Battle of the Yser | ![]() |
16–31 October | French, Belgian and British victory over Germany. | ||
First Battle of Ypres | 19 October—22 November | Early trench warfare; "Kindermord bei Ypern". Indecisive battle between the Allies (France, Belgium and the UK) and Germany. | |||
First Battle of Edea | ![]() |
20–26 October | The UK and France defeat Germany. | ||
Battle of Penang | ![]() |
28 October | German victory, two Allied ships sink near Malaysia. Russia, France and the UK fought on the Allied side. | ||
Battle of Coronel | ![]() |
1 November | German Admiral Graf Spee defeats British Admiral Cradock | ||
Battle of Kilimanjaro | ![]() |
3 November | Germany defeats the UK and British India. | ||
Battle of Tanga | 3–5 November | German Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck defeats British General Aitken in German East Africa. British India fought on the British side. | |||
Fao Landing | ![]() |
6–8 November | British begin the Mesopotamian campaign against the Ottoman Empire | ||
Battle of Cocos | At sea | 9 November | Australia defeats Germany in a naval battle | ||
Battle of Łódź | ![]() |
11 November—6 December | Russians take city from Germany and Austria-Hungary, lose it on 6 December | ||
Battle of Elhri | ![]() |
13 November | Moroccan tribes defeat French troops | ||
Battle of Kraków | ![]() |
16 November | Heavy casualties to Austria and Russia | ||
Battle of Cape Sarych | At sea | 18 November | Inconclusive naval battle between Russia and the Central Powers (Ottoman Empire and Germany). | ||
Battle of Łowicz | ![]() |
30 November—17 December | Russians take city from Germany. | ||
Battle of Limanowa | ![]() |
1-13 December | Austria-Hungary and Germany defeat Russia. | ||
Battle of Kolubara | ![]() |
3–9 December | Serbs drive out Austrians | ||
Battle of Falkland Islands | At sea | 8 December | British defeat German Admiral Graf Spee. | ||
First Battle of Champagne | ![]() |
20 December 1914-17 March 1915 | Indecisive battle between France and Germany. | ||
Battle of Sarikamish | ![]() |
22 December 1914-17 January 1915 | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire and Germany | ||
1915 | World War I | Second Battle of Edea | ![]() |
5 January | France defeats Germany |
Battle of Bolimów | ![]() |
14 January—February 28 | Cold weather thwarts German gas attack against Russians | ||
Battle of Jassin | ![]() |
18–19 January | German victory in East Africa against the UK (British India) | ||
Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf | ![]() |
19 January-April | Indecisive battle between France and Germany. | ||
Carpathian Campaign | ![]() |
23 January-22 December | Russian victory over Germany and Austria-Hungary. | ||
Battle of Dogger Bank | At sea | 24 January | British Admiral Beatty drives off German Vice-Admiral Hipper's raiding force, sinks Blücher | ||
First Suez Offensive | ![]() |
28 January—3 February | Ottoman attack, with German aid, fails against the UK | ||
Battle of Kakamas | ![]() |
4 February | A skirmish for control of two river fords between contingents of the German and South African armed forces, ending with a South African victory | ||
Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes | ![]() |
7–28 February | Initial German attack against Russia, is highly successful, but further attacks are repulsed | ||
Battle of Fort Rivière | ![]() |
17 February | The USA defeat the Cacos in Haiti. | ||
Battle of Gallipoli | ![]() |
19 February 1915—8 January 1916 | The Allied powers (UK, France and Russia) attempt a failed frontal assault on the Ottoman Empire (Aided by Germany and Austria-Hungary) | ||
Naval assault in strait of Çanakkale | At sea | 18 March | Turks (With German aid) repel an Allied fleet from the UK (including Australia), France and Russia | ||
Battle of Hill 60 | ![]() |
17–22 April | British forces defeat German forces | ||
Second Battle of Ypres | 22 April—25 May | Germans use poison gas. Allied retreat. Allies consisted out of the UK (with Canada and British India), France and Belgium. | |||
Landing at Cape Helles | ![]() |
25–26 April | British amphibious assault against the Ottoman Empire Concurrently, a French assault in the Asiatic side of the straits | ||
Landing at Anzac Cove | 25 April—3 May | Australia and New Zealand successfully land in the Ottoman Empire, but later get bogged down | |||
Battle of Trekkopjes | ![]() |
26 April | South Africa (British Empire) defeats Germany | ||
Second attack on Anzac Cove | ![]() |
27 April | Ottoman forces attack Australian and New Zealand forces | ||
First Battle of Krithia | 28 April | British attack against Turks fails | |||
Battle of Gurin | ![]() |
29 April | The UK defeats Germany | ||
Battle of Hill 60 | ![]() |
1–7 May | British forces defeat German forces | ||
Battle for Baby 700 | ![]() |
2–3 May | ANZAC (British Empire) attack on the hill Baby 700, defended by Ottoman forces | ||
Gorlice–Tarnów offensive | ![]() |
2 May-13 July | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Russia | ||
Second Battle of Krithia | ![]() |
6–8 May | Second British attack against Turks uses same plan, also fails | ||
Third attack on Anzac Cove | 19 May | ANZAC forces (British Empire, Australia, New Zealand) defeat Ottoman attack | |||
Second Battle of Garua | ![]() |
31 May—10 June | The UK and France defeat Germany | ||
Third Battle of Krithia | ![]() |
4 June | Temporary British success reversed by Ottoman counter-attack | ||
Battle of Bukoba | ![]() |
21–23 June | The UK defeats Germany | ||
First Battle of the Isonzo | ![]() ![]() |
23 June—7 July | Failed Italian attack on Austrian positions in the Alps | ||
Battle of Gully Ravine | ![]() |
28 June—5 July | British and Indian forces defeat Ottoman forces | ||
Bug–Narew Offensive | ![]() |
13 July-27 August | Germany defeats Russia | ||
Vistula–Bug offensive | 14 July-28 August | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Russia | |||
Second Battle of the Isonzo | ![]() ![]() |
18 July—3 August | Second Italian attempt on Austrian positions fails | ||
Battle of Kara Killisse | ![]() |
27-31 July | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire | ||
Battle of Bitlis | July 1915- August 1916 | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire | |||
Attack of the Dead Men | ![]() |
6 August | Russian forces repel German gas attack and advance on Osowiec Fortress | ||
Battle of Lone Pine | ![]() |
6–10 August | Australians stop Ottoman attack, but it was only a diversion | ||
Battle of Krithia Vineyard | 6–13 August | Turkish diversionary attack against the UK, to allow for Sari Bair Offensive | |||
Landing at Suvla Bay | 6–15 August | The main attack for which the two diversions were staged; Ottoman victory over the British Empire (UK, British India, Newfoundland and Australia) | |||
Battle of the Nek | 7 August | Ottomans defeat Australians | |||
Battle of Chunuk Bair | 7–19 August | Ottomans defeat Britain and New Zealand | |||
Siege of Novogeorgievsk | ![]() |
10-20 August | Germany defeats Russia | ||
Battle of Scimitar Hill | ![]() |
21 August | Decisive battle of the Gallipoli Campaign, Ottoman victory over the UK | ||
Battle of Hill 60 | 21–29 August | Final British attempt to take Gallipoli from the Ottoman Empire fails | |||
Rovno offensive | ![]() |
27 August—15 October | Indecisive battle between Austria-Hungary and Russia | ||
Vilno-Dvinsk offensive | ![]() ![]() |
29 August—30 November | Russian victory over Germany | ||
Second Battle of Champagne | ![]() |
25 September—6 October | German victory over France | ||
Battle of Loos | 25 September—14 October | Germany defeats the British Empire (British India and the UK) | |||
Third Battle of Artois | 25 September—4 November | Partial Franco-British victory over Germany | |||
Battle of Es Sinn | ![]() |
28 September | The British Empire (British India and the UK) defeats the Ottoman Empire | ||
Serbian campaign (1915) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7 October-24 November | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria conquer Serbia and Montenegro | ||
Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt | ![]() |
13–19 October | German victory over the UK and France | ||
Third Battle of the Isonzo | ![]() ![]() |
18 October—4 November | Austrians endure massive Italian bombardment. Austrian-Hungarian victory. | ||
American occupation of Haiti | Battle of Fort Dipitie | ![]() |
24–25 October | The USA defeats the Cacos. | |
World War I | Battle of Banjo | ![]() |
4–6 November | The UK defeats Germany | |
Battle of Ctesiphon | ![]() |
22–25 November | Indecisive battle between British and Ottoman forces | ||
Siege of Kut | 7 December 1915—29 April 1916 | Ottoman forces capture the city and force the surrender of the British Army of Mesopotamia under General Townshend. Largest British surrender of the war. | |||
Battle of Robat Karim | ![]() |
27 December 1915 | Russia defeats Iran |
1916-1920
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1916 | World War I | Erzurum offensive | ![]() |
10 January-16 February | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire |
Battle of Salaita Hill | ![]() |
12 February | Germany defeats the UK (including South Africa and British India) | ||
Battle of Verdun | ![]() |
21 February—15 December | The German offensive was repulsed by the French 2nd Army. Verdun was not taken by Germans troops. French win a strategic defensive victory. | ||
Battle of Dujaila | ![]() |
8 March | Failed British attempt against the Ottoman Empire, to relieve the Siege of Kut | ||
Fifth Battle of the Isonzo | ![]() ![]() |
9–15 March | Inconclusive battle between Italy and Austria-Hungary | ||
Battle of Latema Nek | ![]() |
11–12 March | The UK (including South Africa) defeats Germany | ||
Battle of Kahe | ![]() |
18 March | The UK defeats Germany | ||
Lake Naroch offensive | ![]() |
18-30 March | Germany defeats Russia | ||
Raid on Jifjafa | ![]() |
11–14 April | Successful Australian raid on Ottoman forces | ||
Irish revolutionary period | Easter Rising | ![]() |
24 April | Irish rebellion against the British occupation centered in Dublin | |
World War I | Battle of Bondoa Irangi | ![]() |
7–10 May | Germany defeats the UK (South Africa) | |
Battle of Asiago | ![]() |
15 May—10 June | Massive Austrian counter-offensive against Italy | ||
Battle of Jutland | At sea | 31 May | Last engagement of the German High Seas Fleet. Inconclusive battle between the UK and Germany | ||
Brusilov Offensive | ![]() |
4 June—20 September | Russia nearly collapses Austria but losses are staggering | ||
2nd Battle of Albert | ![]() |
1 July | Opening day of the Allied offensive against Germany, known as the Battle of the Somme. Allies consisted out of the UK (including Newfoundland) and France. | ||
Battle of the Somme | 1 July—18 November | Inconclusive major Allied (the UK and France) offensive on the Western Front against Germany | |||
Battle of Erzincan | ![]() |
2-25 July | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire | ||
Banana Wars | Battle of Guayacanas | ![]() |
3 July | The USA defeats the Dominican Republic | |
World War I | Baranovichi offensive | ![]() |
3–25 July | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Russia | |
Battle of Kostiuchnówka | ![]() |
4–6 July | One of the deadliest battles for the Polish Legions in Austria-Hungarian service against Russia | ||
Battle of Bazentin Ridge | ![]() |
14 July | British victory against Germany during the Somme offensive | ||
Battle of Fromelles | 19–20 July | German victory over the British south of the rest of the Somme offensive, considered the darkest day in Australian history due to the high number of casualties. | |||
Battle of Pozières | 23 July—7 August | British and Australian forces take and hold town from Germany | |||
Battle of Romani | ![]() |
3 August | Turkish advance on Suez Canal defeated by the British Empire (including British India, Australia and New Zealand). The Ottoman Empire was aided by Germany and Austria-Hungary. | ||
Battle of Muş | ![]() |
3-24 August | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire | ||
Sixth Battle of the Isonzo | ![]() ![]() |
6–17 August | Italian victory over Austria-Hungary | ||
Battle of Mouquet Farm | ![]() |
8 August—27 September | Allied powers (Australia, Canada, UK) advance toward German fortification | ||
Battle of Bir el Abd | ![]() |
9 August | Ottoman victory against British forces | ||
Battle of Mlali | ![]() |
24 August | The UK defeats Germany | ||
Battle of Guillemont | ![]() |
3–9 September | Allied powers (UK and France) capture city from Germany | ||
Battle of Herkulesfürdő | ![]() |
6–10 September | Romania defeats Austria-Hungary and Germany | ||
Battle of Kisaki | ![]() |
7–11 September | Germany defeats the UK (South Africa) | ||
Battle of Ginchy | ![]() |
9 September | Irish (British Empire) capture town from Germans, but suffer heavy casualties. France was also involved in the attack. | ||
Monastir offensive | ![]() |
12 September-11 December | Bulgaria, Germany and the Ottoman Empire defeat France, Serbia, the UK, Italy and Russia | ||
Battle of Flers–Courcelette | ![]() |
15–22 September | Bad weather thwarts Allied (UK, New Zealand, Canada and France) attempt to break through German defenses | ||
Battle of Morval | 25–28 September | British progress resumes after Fleurs-Courcelette, but French unable to match British progress | |||
Battle of Thiepval Ridge | 26–28 September | German positions captured by Allied powers (Canada, UK, France) | |||
Battle of Nagyszeben | ![]() |
26–29 September | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Romania | ||
Battle of Le Transloy | ![]() |
1 October—5 November | Failed attempt to capture German defenses by the UK and France | ||
Battle of Kőhalom | ![]() |
2 October | Romania defeats Germany and Austria-Hungary | ||
Battle of Cinghinarele Island | ![]() |
2–8 October | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Romania | ||
Palace Coup against Lij Iyasu | Battle of Segale | ![]() |
7 October | Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu | |
World War I | Second Battle of the Jiu Valley | ![]() |
7–17 November | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Romania | |
Battle of the Ancre | ![]() |
13–18 November | Allied powers (UK and France) advance further against Germany, final battle of the 1916 Somme Campaign | ||
Banana Wars | Battle of San Francisco de Macorís | ![]() |
29 November | The USA defeats the Dominican Republic | |
World War I | Battle of Magdhaba | ![]() |
23 December | Capture of Turkish garrison in the Sinai by the British Empire (UK, British India, Australia and New Zealand) | |
1917 | World War I | Christmas Battles | ![]() |
5-11 January | Russian offensive against Germany during Russian christmas. Minor Russian victory. |
Battle of Rafa | ![]() ![]() |
9 January | The British Empire defeats the Ottoman Empire. | ||
Second Battle of Kut | ![]() |
23 February | British forces once again take Kut from the Ottoman Empire. | ||
Fall of Baghdad | 8–11 March | British forces capture the city from the Ottoman Empire. | |||
Battle of Nambanje | ![]() |
13 March | Germany defeats the UK. | ||
Battle of Mount Hamrin | ![]() |
25 March | The British Empire defeats the Ottoman Empire. | ||
First Battle of Gaza | 26 March | British fail to advance into Ottoman Palestine. Germany and Austria-Hungary helped defend on the Ottoman side. | |||
Vimy Ridge | ![]() |
9 April | Canada's finest hour. Canadian and British forces defeat Germany. | ||
Battle of Arras | 9 April—16 May | British forces advance but no breakthrough was achieved against Germany. | |||
Nivelle Offensive | 16 April—9 May | Indecisive Allied (France, UK and Russia) offensive on Western Front against Germany. | |||
Second Battle of Gaza | ![]() |
17–19 April | Turkey repels British assault on Gaza-Beersheba line | ||
Battle of Istabulat | 21 April | The British Empire defeats the Ottoman Empire. | |||
Action of 4 May 1917 | At sea | 4 May | British and Australian naval forces indecisive action against German Navy and zeppelin | ||
Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway | ![]() |
23 May | Australian and New Zealand forces raid and destroy Ottoman railway | ||
Battle of Messines | ![]() |
7–14 June | British forces advance on Western Front against Germany. | ||
Battle of Mount Ortigara | ![]() |
10–25 June | Austria-Hungary defeats Italy. | ||
Battle of Zboriv | ![]() |
1–2 July | Part of Kerensky Offensive; the only successful engagement of the last Russian offensive in World War I. Russia and Czechoslovaks fighting on the Russian side defeat Austria-Hungary. | ||
Battle of Aqaba | ![]() |
6 July | The Kingdom of Hejaz and the UK defeat the Ottoman Empire. | ||
Battle of Passchendaele | ![]() |
31 July—November 10 | Also known as Third Battle of Ypres, the three-month battle costs Britain 400,000. Indecisive battle of the Allies (British Empire, France and Belgium) versus Germany. Enormous casualties on both sides. | ||
Battle of Pilckem Ridge | 31 July—2 August | Allied (British Empire and France) victory over German forces | |||
Battle of Langemarck | 16–18 August | Indecisive battle between Anglo-French forces and German forces | |||
Riga offensive | ![]() |
1-5 September | Germany captures Riga from Russia | ||
Battle of the Menin Road Ridge | ![]() |
20–26 September | British Empire victory over German | ||
Battle of Broodseinde | 4 October | British, Australian, New Zealand victory against German forces on the Western Front | |||
Battle of Poelcappelle | 9 October | Australian and British forces fight inconclusive battle against German forces | |||
Operation Albion | ![]() |
12-20 October | Germany captures the West Estonian archipelago from Russia | ||
Battle of Wadi Musa | ![]() |
23 October | The Kingdom of Hejaz defeats the Ottoman Empire. | ||
Battle of Caporetto | ![]() |
24 October—19 November | Also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo; Italians defeated by Central Powers (Austria-Hungary and Germany) and driven back to Venice | ||
Second Battle of Passchendaele | ![]() |
26 October—10 November | Allied (British Empire, France and Belgium) victory over Germans on Western Front | ||
Battle of Beersheba | ![]() |
31 October | Australian Light Horse capture Beersheba. British and Arabs defeat the Ottoman Empire and Germany. | ||
Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe | 1–6 November | British forces defeat Ottoman forces | |||
Third Battle of Gaza | 1–7 November | British break Turkish defensive line in southern Palestine | |||
Battle of Hareira and Sheria | 6–7 November | British, Australian, New Zealand forces Ottoman Army | |||
Battle of Mughar Ridge | 13 November | British forces gain victory over Ottoman forces | |||
Battle of Ayun Kara | 14 November | The British Empire (New Zealand) defeats the Ottoman Empire. | |||
Second Battle of Heligoland Bight | At sea | 17 November | Indecisive naval battle, Germans lose one torpedo boat against the UK. | ||
Battle of Cambrai | ![]() |
20 November—7 December | First successful use of tanks. The British Empire, France and the USA versus Germany. | ||
Battle of Ngomano | ![]() |
25 November | Germans defeat Portuguese and launch invasion of Portuguese East Africa | ||
Battle of Polygon Wood | ![]() |
26 September—3 October | Australian and British forces defeat German forces | ||
Battle of Buqqar Ridge | ![]() |
27 October | British and Australian victory over Ottoman forces | ||
Battle of Jerusalem | 17 November—30 December | British forces capture Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire | |||
Occupation of Kharkiv | ![]() |
17 December 1917—10 January 1918 | Soviet victory over Ukraine. | ||
1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Kämärä | ![]() |
27 January | The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic defeats the Finnish White Guard. |
World War I | Battle of Kruty | ![]() |
29–30 January | Ukrainian victory over Soviet Russia, enables Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | |
Finnish Civil War | Battle of Vilppula | ![]() |
31 January—18 March | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. | |
World War I | Battle of Bobruysk | ![]() |
2 February—11 March | Units of the Polish I Corps in Russia, fought with the Red Army over the control of the city of Babruysk. Polish victory. | |
First Battle of Kiev | ![]() ![]() |
5–8 February | Bolsheviks capture Kyiv from the Ukrainian People's Republic. | ||
Finnish Civil War | Battle of Ruovesi | ![]() |
5 February—19 March | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic and Soviet Russia. | |
Battle of Antrea | 11 February—25 April | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic and Soviet Russia. | |||
World War I | Battle of Rarańcza | ![]() |
15–16 February | The Polish Legions defeat Austria-Hungary. | |
Operation Faustschlag | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
18 February-3 March | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Ukraine capture huge territories from Soviet Russia | ||
Capture of Jericho | ![]() |
19–20 February | Australians capture Jericho from Ottoman forces | ||
Finnish Civil War | Battle of Varkaus | ![]() |
19–21 February | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. | |
Battle of Rautu | 21 February—5 April | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic and Soviet Russia. | |||
World War I | Battle of Tell 'Asur | ![]() |
8–12 March | British and Australian forces defeat Ottoman forces | |
Battle of Bakhmach | ![]() |
8–13 March | Czechoslovak Legion escape German encirclement. Czechoslovaks and Soviet Russia defeat Germany and Austria-Hungary. | ||
Finnish Civil War | Battle of Tampere | ![]() |
8 March—6 April | The bloodiest battle in Finnish history at the time. The Finnish White Guard and the Swedish Brigade defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. | |
World War I | Battle of Charah | ![]() |
12-17 March | Assyrian volunteers defeat the Kurdish Shekak tribe | |
Finnish Civil War | Battle of Länkipohja | ![]() |
16 March | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. | |
World War I | First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux | ![]() |
20 March—5 April | Australian victory over German forces | |
First Transjordan attack on Amman | ![]() |
21 March—2 April | Ottoman forces defeat British forces | ||
First Battle of Amman | 27–31 March | Ottoman victory over British forces | |||
First Battle of Morlancourt | ![]() |
28–30 March | Australians led by John Monash defeat Germans | ||
Battle of the Avre | 4–5 April | German attack fought between German forces and defending Australian and British forces | |||
Second Battle of Dernancourt | 5 April | Australian forces halt German advance on Amiens | |||
Battle of Suldouze | ![]() |
8-13 April | Assyrian volunteers defeat the Ottoman Empire | ||
Finnish Civil War | Battle of Ahvenkoski | ![]() |
10 April—5 May | Germany and the Finnish White Guard defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. | |
Battle of Helsinki | 12–13 April | Germany and the Finnish White Guard defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. | |||
World War I, Russian Civil War, Ukrainian–Soviet War |
Crimea Operation | ![]() |
13–25 April | Germans, Ukrainians, and Crimeans invade Crimea, cause dissolution of the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic | |
Finnish Civil War | Battle of Lahti | ![]() |
19 April—1 May | Germany and the Finnish White Guard defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. | |
World War I | Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux | ![]() |
24–25 April | Australian forces capture the town. The British Empire and the French Empire defeat Germany. | |
Finnish Civil War | Battle of Vyborg | ![]() |
24–29 April | The Finnish White Guard defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. | |
Battle of Syrjäntaka | 28–29 April | The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic defeats Germany. | |||
World War I | Second Battle of Morlancourt | ![]() |
4–14 May | Australian victory over German forces on Western Front | |
Battle of Cantigny | 28 May | U.S. 1st Infantry Division wins in first independent action with French aid against Germany. | |||
Third Battle of Morlancourt | 10 June | Australian forces defeat German forces | |||
Russian Civil War | Battle of Barnaul | ![]() |
13–15 June | White Russian and Czechoslovak victory over Soviet Russia. | |
World War I | Battle of the Piave River | ![]() |
15–23 June | Downfall of Austria against an allied army from Italy, France, the UK and the USA. | |
Battle of Belleau Wood | ![]() |
25 June | U.S. 2nd Marine Division capture woods. Victory of the USA, France and the UK against Germany. | ||
Battle of Hamel | 4 July | Australian success with departure from massed frontal assaults, birth of 20th-century combined arms warfare. The British Empire, the USA and France defeat Geramny. | |||
Battle of Abu Tellul | ![]() |
14 July | British, Australian and Indian forces successfully defend against German/Ottoman attacks | ||
Second Battle of the Marne | ![]() |
15–18 July | French troops, helped by American and British troops, win a great and decisive victory against Germans armies and saved Paris. 95,000 French soldiers killed or wounded, 12,000 Americans killed or wounded and 12,000 British killed or wounded. 180,000 Germans soldiers killed or wounded. | ||
Battle of Chateau Thierry | 18 July | France, the USA and Belgium defeat Germany. | |||
Capture of Kazan by the White Army | ![]() |
5–7 August | White Army and Czechoslovaks captures Kazan from Soviet Russia. | ||
Battle of Amiens | ![]() |
8–11 August | British force Germans to von Hindenburg's line | ||
Hundred Days Offensive | ![]() ![]() |
8 August—11 November | Last major Allied (France, British Empire, the USA, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Siam (modern Thailand)) offensive on the Western Front and the near collapse of the Imperial German Army. Austria-Hungary fought on the German side. | ||
Battle of Lake Baikal | ![]() |
16 August | Czechoslovak forces defeat Reds | ||
Battle of the Ailette | ![]() |
17–23 August | France defeats Germany. | ||
Second Battle of the Somme | 21 August—2 September | Allied (British Empire and the USA) victory over German forces | |||
Armenian–Azerbaijani war, World War I, Russian Civil War |
Battle of Baku | ![]() |
26 August—14 September | The Army of Islam of Ottoman Empire and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic captures the city of Baku from the Centrocaspian Dictatorship. The Centrocaspian Dictatorship was aided by the UK and White Russia. | |
Mexican Revolution, World War I, Mexican Border War |
Battle of Ambos Nogales | ![]() |
27 August | Americans defeat Mexicans | |
World War I | Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin | ![]() |
31 August—3 September | Australian forces capture Mont Saint-Quentin from Germany, General Rawlinson calls it the greatest military achievement of the war | |
Russian Civil War | Kazan Operation | ![]() |
5–10 September | Second battle of Kazan, Red Army recaptures the city from White Russia and Czechoslovaks. | |
World War I | Battle of Havrincourt | ![]() |
12 September | British victory, German morale begins to weaken | |
Battle of Saint-Mihiel | 12–19 September | Americans defeat Germans | |||
Vardar offensive | ![]() |
15-29 September | Serbia, France, the UK, Greece and Italy defeat Bulgaria and Germany | ||
Battle of Épehy | ![]() |
18 September | British and Australians defeat Germans | ||
Battle of Tulkarm | ![]() |
19 September | British Empire victory over Ottomans | ||
Battle of Tabsor | 19–20 September | ||||
Battle of Megiddo | 19–25 September | Allenby's British forces crush Ottoman Army | |||
Battle of Sharon | British Empire victory over Ottoman Empire | ||||
Battle of Nablus | |||||
Capture of Jenin | 20 September | Australian and British forces capture Jenin from the Ottoman Empire | |||
Second Battle of Amman | 25 September | British forces land victory over Ottoman forces | |||
Capture of Damascus | 26 September—1 October | Australian Light Horse capture the city of Damascus from Ottoman forces | |||
Battle of Meuse | ![]() |
26 September—11 November | Argonne Forest, largest AEF action of the war; Allied victory. On 8 October, Corporal Alvin York, outnumbered 19:1, leads capture of German machine-gun nest. France, the USA and Siam defeat Germany. | ||
Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub | ![]() |
27 September | Australian and British forces defeat Ottoman forces | ||
Battle of St Quentin Canal | ![]() |
29 September—10 October | British, Australian and American forces decisive Allied victory over German forces | ||
Ukrainian War of Independence | Battle of Dibrivka | ![]() |
30 September | Ukrainian anarchists defeat Austro-German forces. | |
World War I | Battle of Durazzo | At sea | 2 October | Allied (Italy, Albania, the British Empire and the USA) naval forces defeat Austro-Hungarian naval forces | |
Pursuit to Haritan | ![]() |
3–27 October | British forces defeat Ottoman forces final phase of the Middle East Campaign | ||
Battle of Vittorio Veneto | ![]() |
24 October—3 November | Italy, the UK, France and the USA defeat Austria-Hungary. | ||
Battle of Aleppo | ![]() |
25 October | Allied (Kingdom of Hejaz and the British Empire) victory against Ottoman/German forces | ||
Second Battle of the Sambre | ![]() |
4 November | Allied power victory during final phase of World War I. The British Empire, France and the USA versus Germany. | ||
Polish–Ukrainian War | Battle of Przemyśl | ![]() |
11–12 November | Polish forces capture town from Ukrainians | |
Russian Civil War | Battle of Tulgas | ![]() |
11–14 November | The British Empire, the USA and White Russia defeat Soviet Russia. | |
First North Caucasus Operation | December 1918—January 1919 | Whites capture all of the Northern Caucasus minus Astrakhan from Soviet Russia. | |||
1919 | Ukrainian–Soviet War, Ukrainian War of Independence |
Khotyn Uprising | ![]() ![]() |
7 January—1 February | Ukrainian uprising in Romania fails |
Greater Poland uprising | Battle of Ławica | ![]() |
9 January | ||
Russian Civil War | Battle for the Donbas | ![]() |
12 January—31 May | White Army victory | |
Estonian War of Independence | Battle of Utria | ![]() |
17–20 January | Estonian victory | |
Battle of Laagna | 18 January | ||||
Soviet–Ukrainian War, Russian Civil War |
Second Battle of Kiev | ![]() |
18 January—5 February | Soviets capture Kyiv | |
Russian Civil War | Battle of Shenkursk | ![]() |
19–25 January | ||
Battle of Vystavka | 27 January—early March | Bolsheviks defeat Americans | |||
Polish–Czechoslovak War | Battle of Skoczów | ![]() |
28–30 January | ||
Estonian War of Independence | Battle of Paju | ![]() |
31 January | Estonians and Finnish volunteers defeat the Red Latvian Riflemen in southern Estonia | |
Polish-Soviet War | Battle of Bereza Kartuska | ![]() |
14 February | Polish victory, first battle of the Polish–Bolshevik War | |
Russian Civil War | Battle of Mariupol | ![]() |
19–27 March | Soviets and Makhnovists capture Mariupol | |
Battle of Bolshie Ozerki | ![]() |
31 March—2 April | |||
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Lida | ![]() |
16–17 April | ||
Ukrainian War of Independence | Hryhoriv Uprising | ![]() |
7 May—27 July | Uprising fails, Nykyfor Hryhoriv assassinated by Nestor Makhno | |
Battle of Mospyne | 13 May | White Army defeats Makhnovists | |||
Greco-Turkish War | Greek landing at Smyrna | ![]() |
15 May | Greeks capture Smyrna | |
Urla clashes | 16–17 May | Greek forces enter Urla | |||
Russian Civil War | Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort | ![]() |
21 May | ||
Mexican Revolution, Mexican Border War |
Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez | ![]() ![]() |
15–16 June | Americans and Carrancistas defeat Villistas | |
Greco-Turkish War | Malgaç Raid | ![]() |
Turkish rebels capture Greek weaponry | ||
Battle of Bergama | 15–20 June | Greeks capture Bergama | |||
Raid on Erbeyli | 20–21 June | Greek victory | |||
Russian Civil War | First Kharkiv Operation | ![]() |
20–25 June | White Army captures Kharkiv | |
Greco-Turkish War | Raid on Erikli | ![]() |
21–22 June | Greek forces leave the village of Erikli | |
Estonian War of Independence, Latvian War of Independence |
Battle of Cēsis | ![]() |
23 June | Estonian and Latvian victory over the German Landeswehr | |
Russian Civil War | Battle of Romanovka | ![]() |
25 June | ||
Greco-Turkish War | Battle of Tellidede | ![]() |
25–26 June | Greek forces capture Tellidede | |
Battle of Aydın | 27 June—4 July | Greeks capture Aydın | |||
Russian Civil War | Advance on Moscow | ![]() |
3 July—18 November | Beginning of the end of Armed Forces of South Russia | |
Battle of Novo Litovoskaya | 7 August | U.S. forces defeat Bolsheviks | |||
Capture of Kiev by the White Army | ![]() |
31 August | White Army captures Kyiv | ||
Battle of Bogdat | ![]() |
25 September—19 October | White Army victory | ||
Ukrainian War of Independence, Russian Civil War |
Battle of Peregonovka | ![]() |
26 September | ||
Russian Civil War Estonian War of Independence |
Battle of Petrograd | ![]() |
28 September—14 November | White Army fails to capture Saint Petersburg | |
Polish–Ukrainian War | Battle of Lwów | ![]() |
1 November 1918—30 May 1919 | Polish city besieged by Ukrainian forces | |
Estonian War of Independence | Battle of Krivasoo | ![]() |
18 November—30 December | Estonian victory | |
Russian Civil War | Khopyor–Don Operation | ![]() |
20 November—8 December | Red victory | |
Second Kharkiv Operation | ![]() |
24 November—12 December | Red offensive towards Kharkiv, resulting in its capture | ||
Third Battle of Kiev | 10–16 December | Bolsheviks regain control of Kyiv | |||
Russian Civil War | Donbas operation | ![]() |
18–31 December | Red Army captures Donbas | |
Polish–Soviet War | First Battle of Berezina | ![]() |
Polish victory | ||
1920 | Polish-Soviet War, Latvian War of Independence |
Battle of Daugavpils | ![]() |
3–5 January | Polish-Latvian victory |
Russian Civil War | Rostov–Novocherkassk Operation | ![]() |
6–10 January | Red victory, splitting the White Army in two | |
Battle of Posolskeya | 9 January | Last battle of the Russian Civil War to involve the US | |||
Second North Caucasus Operation | 17 January—7 April | Reds force Whites out of the North Caucasus and into Georgia and Azerbaijan, which the Reds later invade | |||
Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Marash | ![]() |
21 January—12 February | French troops leave Kahramanmaraş | |
Battle of Urfa | 9 February—11 April | French surrender, but are massacred by Turks | |||
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Letychiv | ![]() |
18–22 February | Polish victory | |
Franco-Turkish War | Siege of Aintab | ![]() |
1 April 1920—8 February 1921 | French victory | |
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Koziatyn | ![]() |
25–27 April | ||
Kiev offensive | 25 April—July | Poles capture Kyiv and are forced to retreat by Soviets | |||
Battle of Czarnobyl | 27 April | Poles capture Chernobyl | |||
Russian Civil War | Action of 3 May 1920 | At sea | 3 May | A French and Soviet ship fight | |
Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Geyve | ![]() |
15–17 May | Ottoman and Turkish forces clash | |
Russian Civil War | Anzali Operation | 18 May | Soviet victory | ||
Franco-Turkish War | Karboğazı ambush | 27–28 May | Turkish victory | ||
Polish-Soviet War | Battle of Wołodarka | ![]() |
29–31 May | Polish victory | |
Battle of Bystryk | 31 May | Polish victory by surprise attack | |||
Battle of Boryspil | 2 June | Polish capture Russian supplies | |||
Battle of Borodzianka | 11–13 June | Polish victory | |||
Turkish–Armenian War | First Battle of Oltu | ![]() |
18–25 June | Armenian victory | |
Russian Civil War | Battle of Romanovka | ![]() |
25 June | ||
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Głębokie | ![]() |
4–6 July | ||
Battle of Chorupań | 13–19 July | Soviet victory over Dubno and Chorupan | |||
First Battle of Grodno | 19–20 July | Soviets capture Hrodna | |||
Franco-Syrian War | Battle of Maysalun | ![]() |
23 July | The French advance into Syria and defeat Yusuf al-Azmah's hastily assembled army | |
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Lwów | ![]() |
July—September | Poles hold Lviv | |
Battle of Radzymin | 12–15 August | Town changes hands twice | |||
Battle of Radzymin | 13–16 August | Polish victory | |||
Battle of Warsaw | 13–25 August | Poles defeat Red Army | |||
Battle of Ossów | 14 August | One of the rare Polish victories during the Battle of Warsaw | |||
Battle of Chołojów | Soviet victory | ||||
Battle of Nasielsk | 14–15 August | Minor Polish victory as part of the action around Warsaw | |||
Battle of Borkowo | Minor Polish victory | ||||
Battle of Sarnowa Góra | Polish victory | ||||
Battle of Kock | 14–16 August | ||||
Russian Civil War | Ulagay's Landing | ![]() |
14 August—7 September | Red Army takes control of Crimea, the last White stronghold | |
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Cyców | ![]() |
15–16 August | ||
Battle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki | 16–18 August | Polish victory as part of the counteroffensive after Battle of Warsaw | |||
Battle of Zadwórze | 17 August | Polish army defeated by the Red Army forces of Semyon Budennyi | |||
Battle of Przasnysz | 21 August | Soviet victory | |||
Battle of Białystok | 22 August | ||||
Greco-Turkish War | Battle of Sakarya | ![]() |
23 August—13 September | ||
Russian Civil War | Bukhara operation | ![]() |
28 August—2 September | Fall of the Emirate of Bukhara | |
Polish–Lithuanian War Polish–Soviet War |
Battle of Giby | ![]() |
30 August | Lithuanian withdrawal successfully mediated by French at request of Poland | |
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Komarów | 30 August—2 September | |||
Polish–Lithuanian War Polish–Soviet War |
Battle of Sejny | 2–19 September | Polish victory against Lithuania | ||
Vlora War | Battle of Vlora | ![]() |
3 September | Albanian patriots seize Vlora from Italian control in a rapid night strike | |
Turkish-Armenian War | Second Battle of Oltu | ![]() |
3–5 September | Turks recapture Oltu | |
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Kobryń | ![]() |
11–23 September | ||
Russian Civil War | Battle of Obytichnyi Spit | At sea | 15 September | Red and White Army ships interact outside Berdiansk, with both sides claiming victory. | |
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of the Niemen River | 15–25 September | Poles defeat the reserves of the Red Army | ||
Battle of Dytiatyn | ![]() |
16 September | Soviet victory | ||
Battle of Brzostowica | 20–25 September | Polish victory | |||
Battle of Obuchowo | 26 September | ||||
Ukrainian War of Independence Russian Civil War |
Battle of Peregonovka | ![]() |
Insurgent victory | ||
Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Krwawy Bór | ![]() ![]() |
27–28 September | Polish victory | |
Turkish-Armenian War | Battle of Sarıkamış | ![]() |
29 September | Turkish victory | |
Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Kovanbaşı | ![]() |
10–11 October | ||
Greco-Turkish War | Battle of the Gediz | 24 October—12 November | Greek army captures Gediz | ||
Turkish-Armenian War | Battle of Kars | ![]() |
30 October | Turkish victory | |
Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Kanlı Geçit | ![]() |
1 November | ||
Irish War of Independence | Battle of Ballinalee | ![]() |
3 November | ||
Turkish-Armenian War | Battle of Alexandropol | ![]() |
7 November | Turkish victory, Treaty of Alexandropol | |
Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Fadıl | ![]() |
20–24 November | Turkish victory | |
Irish War of Independence | Kilmichael Ambush | ![]() |
28 November | Important battle in the Irish War of Independence |
1921-1925
1926-1930
1931-1935
1936-1940
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of Ganale Dorya | ![]() |
7–10 January | General General Graziani attacks troops under Ras [[Desta Damtew}]]; after over three days of slaughter, the Ethiopians break and flee |
First Battle of Tembien | 20–24 January | Ethiopian forces suffer 8,000 casualties compared to Italy's 1,100 | |||
Battle of Amba Aradam | 10 February | Ethiopians under Ras Mulugeta Yeggazu counterattack the invading Italians southwest of Chalacot, but are defeated with heavy losses | |||
Second Battle of Tembien | 27 February | ||||
Battle of Shire | 29 February—2 March | ||||
Battle of Maychew | 31 March | Emperor Haile Selassie leads in person the final Ethiopian counter-attack of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, which is a crushing Ethiopian defeat | |||
Battle of the Ogaden | 15–25 April | Final battle during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. By 5 May, Emperor Haile Selassie has gone into exile and Italians have declared victory | |||
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Anabta | ![]() |
21 June | Mandatory British victory | |
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Mérida | ![]() |
10–11 August | Spanish Nationalist victory | |
Battle of Badajoz | 14 August | Nationalists storm Badajoz | |||
Battle of Irún | 19 August—5 September | Nationalist victory | |||
Battle of Monte Pelado | 28 August | Republican victory | |||
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Balaa | ![]() |
3 September | Palestinian rebels withdraw | |
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Talavera de la Reina | ![]() |
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Battle of Cerro Muriano | 5–6 September | Republican victory, the Falling Soldier photograph was taken during this battle by Robert Capa | |||
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Beit Imrin | ![]() |
29 September | Palestinian rebels withdraw | |
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Seseña | ![]() |
29 October | Nationalist victory over Republicans and Soviets | |
Battle of Ciudad Universitaria | 15–23 November | Spanish Republican victory | |||
First Battle of the Corunna Road | 29 November—3 December | ||||
Second Battle of the Corunna Road | 13 December 1936—15 January 1937 | ||||
Battle of Lopera | 27–29 December | Nationalist victory | |||
1937 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of Gogetti | ![]() |
19 February | Battle between the Italian occupation forces and the remnants of the Ethiopian armies. The surviving elements of the Ethiopian armies of Sidamo and Bale are encircled and destroyed by the Italian forces near Lake Shala[citation needed] |
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Guadalajara | ![]() |
8–23 March | Spanish Republican defeat Italians | |
Battle of Gernika | 26–28 April | Franco's forces capture Guernica following a Luftwaffe bombing | |||
Battle of Albarracín | 5 July—11 August | Nationalist victory | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Lugou Bridge | ![]() |
7 July | Japanese victory triggers outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War | |
Battle of Beiping-Tianjin | 25–31 July | Japanese victory | |||
Second Battle of Shanghai | 13 August—9 November | ||||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Santander | ![]() |
14 August—17 September | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Taiyuan | ![]() |
1 September—9 November | Japanese victory | |
Spanish Civil War | Battle of El Mazuco | ![]() |
6–22 September | Nationalist victory | |
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Xinkou | ![]() |
13 September—8 November | Japanese victory | |
Battle of Pingxingguan | 25 September | Chinese victory | |||
Battle of Nanjing | Early November—13 December | Japanese victory | |||
1938 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Alfambra | ![]() |
5–8 February | Nationalist victory |
Battle of Cape Palos | At sea | 5–6 March | Republican victory | ||
Battle of Caspe | ![]() |
16–17 March | Nationalist victory | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Xuzhou | ![]() |
24 March—1 May | Japanese victory | |
Battle of Tai er zhuang | 27 March | Chinese victory | |||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Gandesa | ![]() |
1–3 April | Nationalist victory | |
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Wuhan | ![]() |
11 July—27 October | Japanese pyrrhic victory | |
Spanish Civil War | Battle of the Ebro | ![]() |
25 July—16 November | Spanish Republicans launch attacks across the Ebro River. The purpose of the battle is to relieve pressure off Valencia and Catalonia. It is soon to become the decisive battle of the war, and a Republican defeat. | |
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts | Battle of Lake Khasan | ![]() ![]() |
29 July—11 August | In Manchuria between forces of the Soviet Union and Empire of Japan | |
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Beersheba | ![]() |
9–10 September | Palestinian rebels capture Beersheba | |
1939 | Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine | ![]() |
15–17 March | Hungarian forces defeat Carpatho-Ukraine | |
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Nanchang | ![]() |
17 March—9 May | Japanese forces defeat Nationalist Chinese | |
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, World War II |
Battle of Khalkhin Gol | ![]() |
1 May—16 September | The Soviet Union and Mongolia defeat Japan | |
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang | ![]() |
24 May | Nationalist Chinese counterattack successful against Japan | |
World War II | Invasion of Poland | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1 September—6 October | Start of World War II in Europe, German victory | |
Battle of the Border | ![]() ![]() |
1–4 September | Collective term for battles between Germany and Poland in the first days of the invasion; German victory | ||
Battle of Danzig Bay | At sea | 1 September | Germany defeats Poland | ||
Battle of Chojnice | ![]() |
Germans capture Chojnice from Poland | |||
Charge at Krojanty | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany | ||||
Battle of Mokra | First German defeat in Poland and one of the only Polish victories in the invasion | ||||
Battle of Lasy Królewskie | Polish victory over Germany | ||||
Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig | ![]() |
Polish forces hold up in the Polish post office, but fail to defend it against Danzig and Germany | |||
Battle of Mikołów | ![]() |
1–2 September | German tactical victory during the Invasion of Poland | ||
Battle of Pszczyna | German victory over Poland | ||||
Battle of Mława | 1–3 September | ||||
Battle of Jordanów | |||||
Battle of Częstochowa | |||||
Battle of Węgierska Górka | |||||
Battle of Grudziądz | 1–4 September | ||||
Battle of Tuchola Forest | 1–5 September | ||||
Battle of Westerplatte | ![]() |
1–7 September | First battle in the Invasion of Poland; Germany and Danzig defeat Poland | ||
Raid on Fraustadt | ![]() |
2 September | Polish insurgents successfully raid a German town | ||
Battle of Borowa Góra | ![]() |
2–5 September | German victory over Poland | ||
Battle of Bukowiec | 3 September | ||||
Defense of Katowice | 3–4 September | Polish Boy and Girl Scout units irregularly defend Katowice but fail against Germany | |||
Battle of the Atlantic | At sea | 3 September 1939—8 May 1945 | Name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II between Allied forces, and Germany and Italy. | ||
Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski | ![]() |
4–6 September | Polish withdrawal from German forces | ||
Battle of Różan | German victory over Poland | ||||
Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 6 September | ||||
Battle of Pułtusk | 6–7 September | Poles lose Pułtusk to Germany | |||
Battle of Łódź | 6–8 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Barak | 7–8 September | Poland retreat from German Forces | |||
Battle of Wizna | 7–10 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Łomża | |||||
Battle of Wola Cyrusowa | 8 September | Pyrrhic German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Radom | 8–9 September | Germans capture Radom from Poland | |||
Battle of Gdynia | 8–14 September | Germans capture Gdynia from Poland | |||
Battle of Warsaw | 8–28 September | Germany captures Warsaw from Poland | |||
Battle of the Bzura River | 9–19 September | Largest Polish counterattack, but it fails against Germany | |||
Battle of Kampinos Forest | 9–20 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Hel | 9 September—2 October | ||||
Battle of Jarosław | 10–11 September | ||||
Battle of Kępa Oksywska | 10–19 September | ||||
Battle of Kałuszyn | 11–12 September | Poland defeats Germany | |||
Battle of Przemyśl | 11–14 September | German victory over Poland | |||
First Battle of Lwów | 12–22 September | Germans, aided by the Soviet Union, capture Lviv from Poland | |||
Battle of Modlin | 13–29 September | Pyrrhic German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Jaworów | 14–16 September | Poles hold Yavoriv against Germany | |||
Battle of Brześć Litewski | 14–17 September | Germans capture Brest from Poland | |||
Battle of Kobryń | 14–18 September | Inconclusive battle between Germany and Poland | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | First Battle of Changsha | ![]() |
17 September—6 October | Chinese forces successfully defend city; heavy Japanese casualties | |
World War II | Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski | ![]() |
17–26 September | Germany defeats Poland in the Invasion of Poland's second largest battle | |
Battle of Wilno | 18–19 September | Soviets capture Vilnius from Poland, which is transferred to Lithuania | |||
Battle of Wólka Węglowa | 19 September | Polish victory over Germany | |||
Battle of Krasnystaw | 19–20 September | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany | |||
Battle of Grodno | 20–22 September | Soviets capture Hrodna from Poland | |||
Battle of Cześniki | 21–22 September | Polish victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Łomianki | 22 September | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany | |||
Battle of Krasnobród | 23 September | Successful Polish counterattack against Germany, and one of the last battles using cavalry in Europe | |||
Battle of Husynne | Soviet victory over Polish | ||||
Battle of Kodziowce | 23–24 September | Poles hold the town against the Soviet Union, but later retreat to Lithuania | |||
Battle of Władypol | 27 September | Soviets capture Wladypol (now Vladypil in Ukraine) from Poland | |||
Battle of Szack | 28 September | Poles hold the town from the Soviets | |||
Battles of Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów | 29–30 September | Poles hold the towns from Soviets | |||
Battle of Wytyczno | 1 October | The Soviet Union defeats Poland | |||
Battle of Kock | 2–5 October | Last battle in the Invasion of Poland; Germany defeats Poland | |||
Winter War, World War II |
Battle of Suomussalmi | ![]() |
30 November 1939—8 January 1940 | First battle of the Winter War, and the most notable Finnish victory over the Soviet Union | |
Battle of Petsamo | 30 November 1939—12 March 1940 | Russian victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Salla | 30 November 1939—13 March 1940 | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Taipale | 6–27 December | ||||
Battle of Kollaa | 7 December 1939—13 March 1940 | ||||
Battle of Varolampi Pond | 10–11 December | Finnish hold the pond against the Soviet Union, in what's called the "Sausage War" | |||
Battle of Tolvajärvi | 12 December | Colonel Talvela's Finnish forces defeat Soviet forces | |||
World War II | Battle of the River Plate | At sea | 13 December | Admiral Graf Spee chased into Montevideo harbour and scuttled by the UK and New Zealand | |
Winter War, World War II |
First Battle of Summa | ![]() |
16–22 December | Finnish attack thwarted against the Soviet Union | |
Battle of Kelja | 25–27 December | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union | |||
1940 | Battle of Raate Road | 1–7 January | |||
Second Battle of Summa | 1–15 February | Finnish attack against the Soviet Union thwarted | |||
Battle of Kuhmo | 28 January—13 March | Stalemate between Finland and the Soviet Union | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of South Henan | ![]() |
30 January—1 March | Chinese Nationalists led by Li Zongren defeat Japanese | |
Winter War, World War II |
Battle of Honkaniemi | ![]() |
25–27 February | In the only tank action of the Winter War, the Soviet Union defeats Finland | |
First Battle of Vyborg Bay | 2–13 March | Battle ends after a ceasefire between Finland and the Soviet Union | |||
World War II | Battle of Drøbak Sound | ![]() |
9 April | German naval attack thwarted by Norwegian forces | |
Battle of Midtskogen | 9–10 April | Norwegian forces defeat German raiding party | |||
Battle of Narvik | 9 April—10 June | A minor Allied victory of Norway, France, the UK and Poland against Germany in the Arctic | |||
Battle of Dombås | 14–19 April | Norwegian Army units defeat German Fallschirmjäger attack | |||
Battle for The Hague | ![]() |
10 May | In the first major air-landing operation in history, the Netherlands defeat Germany | ||
Battle of Maastricht | Maastricht was a key city for the German advance; Germany defeats the Netherlands | ||||
Battle of Fort Eben-Emael | 10–11 May | Germany captures the fort and breaks through the Belgian line of defense | |||
Battle of Mill | Dutch troops manage to hold back a German battalion | ||||
Battle of Rotterdam | 10–14 May | German attempt to seize the Dutch city; it ends in a German victory following the Rotterdam Blitz | |||
Battle of the Netherlands | 10–17 May | Germany invades the Netherlands | |||
Battle of France | 10 May—25 June | Germany takes on France; British Expeditionary Force and French Army defeated | |||
Battle of the Grebbeberg | 11–13 May | A major engagement during the Battle of the Netherlands, Operation Fall Gelb. Germany defeats the Netherlands. | |||
Battle at the Afsluitdijk | 12–14 May | The Netherlands hold against Germany | |||
Battle of Hannut | ![]() |
Largest tank battle of the campaign. France defeats Germany in Belgium. | |||
Battle of Sedan | ![]() |
12–17 May | Germany defeats France and the UK. After a quick advance, Germany reaches the English Channel and traps most of the Allied army in northern France and western Belgium. | ||
Battle of Arras | 21 May | France and the UK fail to break through German lines to end the encirclement of the Allied main armies | |||
Battle of Dunkirk | 27 May—5 June | Escape of defeated British Expeditionary Forces. Dunkirk is captured by Germany. On the Allied side, forces from France, the UK, Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands participated in the battle. | |||
Battle of Mers-el-Kebir | At sea | 3 July | British Navy destroys Vichy French fleet off the coast of North Africa | ||
Battle of Calabria | 9 July | British forces fight indecisive naval battle with Italians | |||
Battle of Cape Spada | 19 July | British and Australian forces sink an Italian cruiser | |||
Battle of Britain | ![]() |
10 July—31 October | Germans try to bomb Britain into submission – the Royal Air Force answers with fighters | ||
Battle of Tug Argan | ![]() |
11 August | Italy defeats the UK and captures British Somaliland | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Hundred Regiments | ![]() |
20 August—5 December | Major engagement of the Soviet Red Army against the Japanese Imperial Army | |
World War II | Skirmish at Diosig | ![]() |
4 September | Romanian victory over Hungary | |
Battle of Taranto | ![]() |
11–12 November | British carrier-based planes destroy Italian fleet at Taranto harbour | ||
Battle of Cape Spartivento | At sea | 27 November | British Navy under Admiral Somerville fights indecisive battle with Italy | ||
Battle of Pindus | ![]() ![]() |
28 October—13 November | Italy invades Greece, but is defeated. Greece captures parts of Albania from Italy in response. |
1941-1945
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1941 | World War II | Battle of Bardia | ![]() |
3–5 January | British/Australian and Free French victory in Libya over Italy |
Battle of Agordat | ![]() |
26–31 January | The UK defeats Italy in Eritrea | ||
Battle of Keren | 3 February—1 April | Hard-fought British and Commonwealth victory over Italian forces during East African Campaign | |||
Battle of Beda Fomm | 6–7 February | British/Australian victory over Italy forces in Libya | |||
Second Sino-Japanese war | Battle of Shanggao | ![]() |
14 March—9 April | Chinese victory over Japan | |
World War II | Battle of Cape Matapan | At sea | 27–29 March | British Royal Navy task force defeats Italian fleet | |
Invasion of Yugoslavia | ![]() |
6–18 April | Germany, Italy and Hungary invade and conquer Yugoslavia | ||
Battle of Greece | ![]() |
6–24 April | Germany takes the Balkan Peninsula after Italian stalemate | ||
Siege of Tobruk | ![]() |
10 April—27 November | German commander Erwin Rommel with a mixed German/Italian army defeated in North Africa by Allied forces (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Czechoslovakia, British Indian and Free Libyan Arabs) | ||
Battle of Vevi | ![]() |
11–12 April | German victory over Australians | ||
Battle of Tempe Gorge | 18 April | Australians and New Zealanders slow German advance | |||
Battle of Athens | 20 April | Dog-fighting air battle over Athens between the UK and Germany fought for half an hour between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe towards the end of the Battle of Greece | |||
Battle of Thermopylae | 24–25 April | German victory over New Zealanders and Australians | |||
Battle of the Corinth Canal | 26 April | German victory over British Empire forces | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of South Shanxi | ![]() |
7–27 May | Japanese victory in China | |
World War II | Battle of Fallujah | ![]() |
17–21 May | The UK defeats Iraq | |
Battle of Rethymno | ![]() |
20 May | Australian and Greek tactical victory over Germany | ||
Battle of Crete | 20 May—1 June | German paratroopers and Italians capture Crete, suffer many casualties against New Zealand, Greece, the UK and Australia | |||
Battle of Denmark Strait | At sea | 23 May | German Bismarck sinks British HMS Hood | ||
Sinking of the Bismarck | 27 May | Famous German battleship is lost against the UK and Poland | |||
Battle of 42nd Street | ![]() |
Australian and New Zealanders halt German advance | |||
Battle of the Litani River | ![]() |
9 June | British/Australian victory over Vichy French forces in French Lebanon | ||
Battle of Jezzine | 13 June | Australians defeat Vichy French | |||
Battle of Sidon | 13–17 June | ||||
Battle of Kissoué | ![]() |
17 June | British Empire and Free French forces defeat Vichy French in Syria | ||
Battle of Merdjayoun | ![]() |
19–24 June | British Empire forces defeat Vichy French | ||
Operation Barbarossa | ![]() |
22 June | German invasion of the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of Białystok-Minsk | 22–29 June | German victory in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (present-day Belarus) over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Raseiniai | ![]() |
23–27 June | German victory in Lithuania over the Soviet Union | ||
Raid on Constanța | ![]() |
26 June | Axis (Germany and Romania) victory over the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of Brody | ![]() |
26–30 June | In one of the largest tank battles of World War II, Germany defeats the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of Damour | ![]() |
5–9 July | Australians defeat Vichy French | ||
Battle of Smolensk | ![]() |
6 July—5 August | Soviet attempt to block German Wehrmacht's advance on Moscow | ||
Battle of Kiev | ![]() ![]() |
7 July—26 September | In the largest encirclement battle of World War II, Germany defeats the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of Beirut | ![]() |
12 July | Free French, British, Australian and British Indian forces defeat Vichy French forces | ||
Battle of Uman | ![]() |
15 July—8 August | Axis (Germany, Romania and Hungary) victory over the Soviet Union | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Second Battle of Changsha | ![]() |
6 September—8 October | Failed Japanese attempt to take Chinese city | |
World War II | Siege of Leningrad | ![]() |
8 September 1941—27 January 1944 | After a three-year Nazi siege on Leningrad, the Soviet Union defeats Germany | |
Battle of the Sea of Azov | At sea | 26 September—11 October | Axis controls Sea of Azov; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union. | ||
Battle at Borodino Field | ![]() |
13 October 1941—18 January 1942 | Germany defeats the Soviet Union in October and the Soviet Union defeats Germany in January | ||
Battle of Rostov | 27 November | Germans forced to withdraw despite Hitler's orders, but Soviets suffer over 140,000 casualties | |||
Battle of Kota Bharu | ![]() |
8 December | Japanese forces capture Kota Bharu from the UK | ||
Battle of Prachuab Khirikhan | ![]() |
8–9 December | Japan conquers Thailand | ||
Battle of Wake Island | ![]() |
8–23 December | Japanese forces capture the American Wake Island in the Pacific | ||
Battle of Hong Kong | ![]() |
8–25 December | Japanese drive British forces from their Chinese territory | ||
Battle of Malaya | ![]() |
8 December 1941—15 February 1942 | Japan invades British Malaysia | ||
Battle of the Philippines | ![]() |
8 December 1941—8 May 1942 | Japanese victory over the U.S. and the Philippines; Douglas MacArthur promises to return | ||
Naval Battle of Singapore | At sea | 10 December | Japanese torpedo craft sink British HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse | ||
Battle of Jitra | ![]() |
11–13 December | Japan pushes back British forces in Malaya | ||
Battle of Cape Bon | At sea | 13 December | Italian naval defeat against the UK and the Netherlands | ||
First Battle of Sirte | 17 December | Indecisive engagement between Italian and British naval forces | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of Changsha | ![]() |
24 December 1941—15 January 1942 | Chinese forces battle Japanese back during another Japanese attack on Changsha and claim victory | |
World War II | Battle of the Kerch Peninsula | ![]() |
26 December 1941—19 May 1942 | Axis controls Crimea; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union | |
Battle of Kampar | ![]() |
30 December 1941—2 January 1942 | British forces delay Japanese advance Malaya | ||
1942 | World War II | Battle of Bataan | ![]() |
1 January—9 April | Japanese defeat and imprison U.S. and Philippine force |
Battle of Slim River | ![]() |
6–8 January | Japan defeats the UK and British India | ||
Battles of Rzhev | ![]() |
8 January 1942—31 March 1943 | A series of inconclusive battles between the Soviet Union and Germany, ending with Germany's retreat | ||
Battle of Dražgoše | ![]() |
9 January | First frontal engagement on Slovenian soil with the German occupier | ||
Battle of Tarakan | ![]() |
11–12 January | Japan defeats the Netherlands | ||
Battle of Manado | |||||
Battle of Gemas | ![]() |
14 January | Australias ambush Japanese forces | ||
Battle of Muar | 14–22 January | Japan defeats Australia, the UK and British India | |||
Battle of Moscow | ![]() |
17 January | Soviet defenders drive back German Army Group Centre | ||
Barvenkovo-Lozovaya offensive | ![]() |
18–31 January | The Soviet Union pushes Germany back in Ukraine | ||
Battle of Balikpapan | ![]() |
23 January | Battle in Borneo, Netherlands East Indies ends with a Japanese victory over the Dutch | ||
Battle of Rabaul | ![]() |
23 January—February | Japan defeats Australians and occupies the first Australian territory taken by conquest in Australian history | ||
Battle off Endau | ![]() |
26–27 January | British/Australian naval defeat by Japan's navy | ||
Battle of Ambon | ![]() |
30 January—3 February | Japanese victory over the Netherlands, Australia and the U.S. in the Dutch East Indies | ||
Battle of Port Moresby | ![]() |
3 February 1942—17 August 1943 | Air war over Port Moresby; Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan | ||
Battle of Makassar Strait | ![]() |
4 February | Japanese defeat Dutch and U.S. naval force | ||
Battle of the Java Sea | 4 February—1 March | Japanese wipe out Allied (Netherlands, U.S. the UK and Australia) naval squadron | |||
Battle of Singapore | ![]() |
8–15 February | Japanese forces capture city in Malaya; British army under Arthur Percival surrenders; largest British surrender of the war. | ||
Battle of Kranji | 9–10 February | Japanese forces capture strait islands from the UK | |||
Battle of Bukit Timah | 10–12 February | Japanese defeat British Empire forces | |||
Battle of Palembang | ![]() |
13–15 February | Japan defeats Allied forces (UK, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand) | ||
Battle of Badung Strait | 18–19 February | Japanese naval victory over the Netherlands, the U.S. and the UK despite friendly fire incident | |||
Bombing of Darwin | ![]() |
19 February | Australia hit by Japanese aerial attacks | ||
Battle of Timor | ![]() ![]() |
19 February 1942—10 February 1943 | Japanese victory; tactical Australian victory | ||
Battle of Sunda Strait | ![]() |
28 February—1 March | ABDACOM naval force (U.S., Australia and the Netherlands) under Admiral Doorman defeated by Japanese fleet | ||
Battle of Java | 28 February—12 March | A battle of the Pacific theatre between Japan and the Netherlands; Japanese victory | |||
Battle of Leuwiliang | 3–5 March | British, Australian and American forces are defeated by Japan | |||
Invasion of Buka and Bougainville | ![]() |
9 March—5 April | Japanese forces invades and defeats Australian forces, capturing Buka and Bougainville | ||
Battle of Toungoo | ![]() |
19–29 March | Japan defeats China in Burma | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of Oktwin | 20–23 March | |||
World War II | Second Battle of Sirte | At sea | 22 March | An Italian naval force attacks the escort of a British convoy | |
Japanese Raids into Indian Ocean | 31 March | Japanese raids against the British Eastern Fleet, resulting in heavy British losses | |||
Battle of Yenangyaung | ![]() |
11–19 April | China, the UK and British India defeat Japan | ||
Battle of Nanos | ![]() |
18 April | 800 Italian soldiers lay siege to 54 Slovene Partisans; Italian victory. | ||
Doolittle Raid | ![]() |
U.S. aircraft bomb Tokyo, crash-land in China | |||
Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi | ![]() |
Chinese and Japanese forces search for the surviving Doolittle Raiders; Japan defeats China and the U.S. | |||
Destruction of Telavåg | ![]() |
30 April | German forces destroy entire Norwegian town | ||
Battle of the St. Lawrence | At sea | May 1942—November 1944 | German submarine U-553 sinks the Canadian Nicoya and Leto in the Gulf of St. Lawrence | ||
Battle of the Coral Sea | 4 May | U.S. loses USS Lexington; Japanese win tactically but lose strategically to U.S./Australian navies. First naval battle in history in which the opposing ships neither sighted nor directly fired on one another; all offensive action was carried out by carrier-based aircraft. | |||
Battle of Corregidor | ![]() |
5–6 May | Last U.S. bastion in Asia surrenders to the Japanese after prolonged siege | ||
Second Battle of Kharkov | ![]() |
12–28 May | Soviet counterattack thwarted against Germany and the Axis | ||
Battle of Bir Hakeim | ![]() |
26 May—11 June | Free French Forces successfully delay Rommel's Italian and German advance towards Egypt | ||
Battle of Gazala | 26 May—21 June | German commander Erwin Rommel, reinforced by Italians, defeats Great Britain | |||
Operation Anthropoid | ![]() |
27 May | Czech resistance fighters assassinate Schutzstaffel (SS)-Obergruppenfüher Reinhard Heydrich | ||
Attack on Sydney Harbour | ![]() |
31 May—8 June | Japanese submarines attack Australian cities | ||
Battle of Midway | At sea | 4–7 June | U.S. loses USS Yorktown; Japanese lose four aircraft carriers | ||
Battle of Pantelleria | 15 June | An Italian naval force successfully attacks a British convoy (Operation Harpoon). | |||
Convoy PQ 17 | 27 June—10 July | 35 ships leave Iceland on 17 June for Murmansk; only 11 reached their destination | |||
Raid on Salamaua | ![]() |
28 June | Australian commandos raid Japanese forces; 120 Japanese killed, 3 Australians wounded | ||
First Battle of Voronezh | ![]() |
28 June—24 July | Germany and other Axis capture Voronezh from the Soviet Union | ||
First Battle of El Alamein | ![]() |
1 July | British Eighth Army stops Rommel's Axis (Italy and Germany) forces invading Egypt | ||
Raid on Heath's Farm | ![]() |
Australian commandos attack and kill 44 Japanese | |||
Battle of Sevastopol | ![]() |
2 July | Soviet city captured by Germans, Romanians and Italians after eight-month siege | ||
Battle of Stalingrad | 17 July 1942—2 February 1943 | City besieged by Paulus' German Sixth Army; from 23 November the Sixth Army is surrounded and destroyed by Soviets; bloodiest battle in history with approximately 1.8 million dead | |||
Invasion of Buna–Gona | ![]() |
21–27 July | Japan defeats Australian forces and capture Buna-Gona | ||
Kokoda Track campaign | 21 July—16 November | Australia's finest hour; Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Guadalcanal | ![]() |
7 August 1942—9 February 1943 | Allies (U.S., UK, Australia and New Zealand) finally take the island from Japan after a six-month battle | ||
Battle of Kokoda | ![]() |
8–10 August | Australians capture Kokoda Airfield from Japan | ||
Battle of Savo Island | At sea | 9 August | Japanese sink four U.S. cruisers; HMAS Canberra is also lost | ||
Battle of Dieppe | ![]() |
19 August | Also known as Operation Jubilee; Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe. Allied failure helped prepare them for D-Day. Soldiers from the UK, Canada, Free French, Poland and Czechoslovakia participated in the battle on the Allied side. | ||
Battle of the Eastern Solomons | ![]() |
24 August | Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō sunk by the U.S. | ||
Battle of Milne Bay | ![]() |
25 August—7 September | Australians defeat Japanese in the first clear Allied victory over Japanese land forces | ||
Battle of Isurava | 26–31 August | Australian forces are pushed down the Kokoda trail by Japan | |||
Battle of Alam Halfa | ![]() |
30 August—6 September | Allies vs. Rommel in North Africa; the UK and New Zealand defeat Germany and Italy | ||
First Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing | ![]() |
31 August - 5 September | Japanese forces defeat Australian forces | ||
Battle of Mission Ridge – Brigade Hill | 6–9 September | ||||
Battle of Ioribaiwa | 14–16 September | Australians withdraw from Japanese forces down the Kokoda trail | |||
Raid on Mubo | ![]() |
1 October | Australian commandos raid Japanese forces killing 50 | ||
Battle of Višegrad | ![]() |
5 October | Yugoslav Chetniks defeat Germany and the German fascist puppet state of Croatia | ||
Battle of Cape Esperance | At sea | 11 October | Near Guadalcanal, the U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Second Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing | ![]() |
11–28 October | Australians advance after being halted by Japan | ||
Battle of Goodenough Island | 22–27 October | Australians take island from the Japanese | |||
Second Battle of El Alamein | ![]() |
23 October—4 November | Montgomery's Eighth Army forces Rommel out of Egypt. The UK, British India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Free France, Greece and the U.S. defeat Germany and Italy. | ||
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands | At sea | 25 October | Near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw victorious | ||
Battle of Oivi–Gorari | ![]() |
4–11 November | Major Australian victory over Japan | ||
Operation Torch | ![]() |
8 November | Allied landings in North Africa; the U.S., the UK, British India, Free France, Canada, the Netherlands and Australia defeat Vichy France, Germany and Italy | ||
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal | ![]() |
12 November | U.S. defeats Japan, turning point of the Pacific War | ||
Battle of Buna–Gona | ![]() |
16 November 1942—22 January 1943 | Australian and American forces win decisive victory over Japan | ||
Battle of Velikiye Luki | ![]() |
19 November 1942—16 January 1943 | Germans clash with Soviets; Soviet victory | ||
Battle of Tassafaronga | At sea | 30 November | Off Guadalcanal, Japan defeats the U.S. | ||
1943 | World War II | Battle of Osankarica | ![]() |
8 January | About 2,000 Germans massacre all 69 men and women of the Pohorje Battalion; Germans lose 19 men and 31 are wounded |
Battle of Neretva | 20 January—March | Large joint Axis (Germany, Italy, German puppet state of Croatia, Serbian Chetniks) offensive that attempts to destroy communist-led Partisan resistance in Yugoslavia, but fails | |||
Battle of Rennell Island | ![]() |
29–30 January | Japanese bombers sink an American cruiser | ||
Battle of Wau | ![]() |
29 January—4 February | Australian and American victory over Japan | ||
Battle of the Kasserine Pass | ![]() |
14–25 February | German victory over British Empire and U.S. forces in Tunisia | ||
Third Battle of Kharkov | ![]() |
16 February—15 March | German victory over the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of the Bismarck Sea | At sea | 2–4 March | Australian and U.S. air forces destroy Japanese convoy | ||
Battle of Blackett Strait | 6 March | Two Japanese destroyers sunk by the U.S. | |||
Battle of the Komandorski Islands | 26 March | U.S. naval victory over Japanese, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) damaged | |||
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | ![]() |
18 April | 13,000 Polish Jews are killed by German forces; uprising is defeated | ||
Operation Vengeance | ![]() |
Killing of Imperial Japanese Navy Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto by the U.S. | |||
Battle of Mubo | 22 April—14 July | Australians force Japan to retreat | |||
Battle of Bobdubi | 22 April—19 August | Australian forces defeat Japanese forces | |||
Raid on Darwin | ![]() |
2 May | Major Japanese air raid on Darwin | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of West Hubei | ![]() |
12 May—11 June | Chinese forces under Bai Chongxi defeat Japanese | |
World War II | Sutjeska offensive | ![]() |
15 May—16 June | Failed Axis (Germany, Italy, Croatia and Bulgaria) offensive against Yugoslav Partisans | |
Battle of Lababia Ridge | ![]() |
20–23 June | Australians defeat Japanese attack | ||
Battle of New Georgia | ![]() |
20 June—25 August | U.S. and British Empire victory over Japan in the Solomon Islands | ||
Landing at Nassau Bay | ![]() |
30 June | Australians and Americans defeat Japan | ||
Battle of Kursk | ![]() |
5 July—23 August | Germans attack Kursk salient at Orel and Belgorod, but are stopped by heavy Russians defenses; arguably the largest tank battle ever fought. Heavy losses. | ||
Battle of Kula Gulf | ![]() |
6 July | Indecisive naval battle between the U.S. and Japan in the Solomon Islands | ||
Battle of Enogai | 10–11 July | U.S. victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Kolombangara | 12–13 July | American ships damaged while pursuing Japanese | |||
Battle of Mount Tambu | ![]() |
16 July—18 August | Australian and American decisive victory over Japan | ||
Battle of Bairoko | ![]() |
20 July | Japanese victory over the U.S. | ||
Battle of Roosevelt Ridge | ![]() |
21 July—14 August | Allied victory (U.S. and Australia) over Japan | ||
Battle of Munda Point | ![]() |
22 July—5 August | The U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Battle of Centuripe | ![]() |
2–4 August | The UK defeats Germany in Sicily | ||
Battle of Vella Gulf | ![]() |
6–7 August | Japanese lose three destroyers against the U.S. | ||
Smolensk operation | ![]() |
7 August—2 October | The Soviet Union captures the Smolensk and Bryansk regions from Germany | ||
Battle of the Aleutian Islands | ![]() |
15 August | Japanese invade, but are repelled by American and Canadian forces | ||
Battle of Vella Lavella | ![]() |
15 August—6 October | The U.S. and New Zealand defeat Japan | ||
Battle off Horaniu | 17–18 August | Japanese naval retreat, subsequent evacuation of 9,000 Japanese men; American victory | |||
Fourth Battle of Kharkov | ![]() |
23 August | Soviets liberate town from Germany | ||
Battle of the Dnieper | ![]() |
26 August—23 December | The Soviet Union takes Eastern Ukraine from Germany | ||
Battle of Arundel Island | ![]() |
27 August—21 September | The U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Landing at Lae | ![]() |
4–16 September | Australians and Americans land at Lae in Japanese-held territory | ||
Landing at Nadzab | 5 September | American/Australian airborne landing defeats Japanese forces | |||
Battle of Castle Turjak | ![]() |
19 September | Communist-led Slovene Partisans take the castle guarded by the pro-German, anti-communist Slovene village sentries | ||
Battle of Kaiapit | ![]() |
19–20 September | Australian victory over Japan | ||
Battle of Dumpu | 22 September—4 October | Australian forces defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Finschhafen | 22 September—24 October | Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Leros | At sea | 26 September—16 November | Germans attack and force surrender of British garrison on Leros; British force under General Tilney are forced to surrender | ||
Naval Battle of Vella Lavella | ![]() |
6 October | Japanese win against the U.S., both sides lose one destroyer | ||
Battle of John's Knoll–Trevor's Ridge | ![]() |
12–13 October | Australian victory over Japan | ||
Battle of Lenino | ![]() |
Germany defeats the Soviet Union and Poland | |||
Raid on Schweinfurt | ![]() |
14 October | Also known as Black Thursday; air battle between the German Luftwaffe and the U.S. Air Force, German victory | ||
Battle of the Treasury Islands | ![]() |
27 October—12 November | Major New Zealand and American victory over Japan | ||
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay | ![]() |
1–2 November | Japan suffers a naval defeat against the U.S. | ||
Landings at Cape Torokina | ![]() |
1–3 November | American/New Zealand forces defeat Japanese forces | ||
Bombing of Rabaul | ![]() |
2–11 November | Allied (U.S., Australia and New Zealand) air attacks against Japan in Rabaul | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of Changde | ![]() |
2 November—20 December | Chinese victory, Japanese use biological and chemical weapons | |
World War II | Battle of Koromokina Lagoon | ![]() |
7–8 November | The U.S. defeats Japan | |
Battle for Piva Trail | 8–9 November | ||||
Battle of Sattelberg | 17–25 November | Major Australian and American victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Tarawa | ![]() |
20–22 November | First contested amphibious landing of World War II by the U.S. against Japan | ||
Battle of Makin | 20–24 November | American forces defeat the Japanese in the Gilbert Islands | |||
Battle of Cape St. George | ![]() |
27 November | Japanese convoy suffers heavy damage against the U.S. | ||
Battle of Wareo | 27 November—8 December | Australia defeats Japan | |||
Battle for Monte la Difensa | ![]() |
3–9 December | The UK, the U.S. and Canada defeat Germany | ||
Battle of Sio | ![]() |
5 December | Major Australian victory over Japan | ||
Battle of Arawe | 15 December 1943—24 February 1944 | Allied (U.S. and Australia) victory against Japan | |||
Battle of Ortona | ![]() |
20–28 December | Canada defeats Germany | ||
Dnieper-Carpathian offensive | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
24 December 1943—6 May 1944 | The Soviet Union captures Western Ukraine from Germany and enters Poland and Romania | ||
Battle of North Cape | At sea | 26 December | British naval victory over Germany | ||
Battle of The Pimple | ![]() |
27–28 December | Australian victory over Japan | ||
1944 | World War II | Leningrad-Novgorod offensive | ![]() ![]() |
14 January—1 March | The Soviet Union lifts the Siege of Leningrad and liberates the area around Veliky Novgorod from Germany |
Battle of Monte Cassino | ![]() |
17 January—19 May | Four battles, Allies (the UK, British India, the U.S., Free France, Poland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Italy) finally victorious against Germany, breaking through to advance on Rome | ||
Battle of Shaggy Ridge | ![]() |
19–31 January | Australian victory over Japan | ||
Battle of Rapido River | ![]() |
20–22 January | Germany defeats the U.S. | ||
Battle of Anzio | 22 January—5 June | After an amphibious landing near Rome, the Allied armies of the U.S., the UK and Canada are only able to break out a German encirclement after a couple of months | |||
Battle of Korsun Pocket | ![]() |
24 January—16 February | Decisive Soviet victory over Germany | ||
Battle of Cisterna | ![]() |
30 January—2 February | Part of Operation Shingle – 1st, 3rd and 4th U.S. Army Ranger battalions attempted to capture the town of Cisterna, German victory | ||
Battle of Kwajalein | ![]() |
31 January—3 February | American victory over Japan in the Marshall Islands, several Korean laborers captured | ||
Battle of Madang | ![]() |
February—April | Australian and American victory over Japan in the Pacific | ||
Battle of Narva | ![]() |
2 February—10 August | Germany successfully holds ground against the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of the Green Islands | ![]() |
15–20 February | New Zealand forces supported by Americans defeat Japan | ||
Attack on Truk | At sea | 17–18 February | Successful American air raid against Japan in the Marshall Islands | ||
Battle of Eniwetok | ![]() |
17–23 February | American victory over Japan allows U.S. forces to set up for an attack on the Mariana Islands | ||
Battle of Hube's Pocket | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 March—17 April | Germans victorious over the Soviet Union, but have to retreat afterward | ||
Battle of Imphal | ![]() |
8 March—3 July | An invasion of British India by Japan is stopped by the UK and British Indian soldiers | ||
Raid on Drvar | ![]() |
April—May | Failed German military operation that aimed to capture Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav Partisans | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of Central Henan | ![]() |
April—December | Marginal Japanese victory over China and the U.S. | |
World War II | Crimean offensive | ![]() |
8 April—12 May | The Soviet Union captures Crimea from Germany; Germany got aid from Romania | |
Siege of Myitkyina | ![]() |
17 May—3 August | China and the U.S. capture Myitkyina in Burma from Japan | ||
Battle of Lone Tree Hill | ![]() |
17 May—2 September | American victory over Japan in the Pacific theatre | ||
Battle of Wakde | 18–21 May | American and Australian victory over the Japanese | |||
Battle of Biak | 27 May—17 August | ||||
Battle of Mogaung | ![]() |
4–27 June | The UK, China and the U.S. defeat Japan | ||
Battle for Caen | ![]() |
6 June—6 August | After more than a month of fighting, the UK and Canada finally capture Caen from Germany | ||
Battle of Normandy | 6 June—25 August | Allies (The U.S., the UK, Canada, France, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa) invade northern France across the Normandy beaches (Operation Overlord); hard fighting from Cherbourg to Caen; Germans surrounded and destroyed at Falaise | |||
Battle of Villers-Bocage | 13 June | Germans defeat the UK near Normandy during Operation Overlord | |||
Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze | ![]() |
14–15 June | Polish and Soviet partisans temporarily defeat Germany | ||
Battle of Saipan | ![]() |
15 June—9 July | American forces capture island from Japan | ||
Battle of Philippine Sea | At sea | 19 June | Major carrier battle; U.S. loses 123 planes and destroys 315 Japanese planes | ||
Operation Bagration | ![]() ![]() |
22 June | Eastern Front; Soviet offensive destroys German Army Group Centre | ||
Operation Martlet | ![]() |
25 June | The UK defeats Germany | ||
Continuation War, World War II |
Battle of Tali-Ihantala | ![]() |
25 June—9 July | Finnish stop Soviet offensive | |
World War II | Battle of Noemfoor | ![]() |
2 July—31 August | American victory over Japan, supported by the Royal Australian Air Force | |
Continuation War, World War II |
Battle of Vuosalmi | ![]() |
4–11 July | Finnish victory over the Soviets | |
World War II | Battle of Driniumor River | ![]() |
10 July—25 August | The U.S. and Australia defeat Japan | |
Lvov–Sandomierz offensive | ![]() ![]() |
13 July—29 August | The Soviet Union captures Eastern Poland and Western Ukraine from Germany; Germany was aided by Hungary | ||
Battle of Auvere | ![]() |
20–25 July | Germany defeats the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of Guam | ![]() |
21 July—10 August | The U.S. captures Guam; 18,000 Japanese killed during American attack. | ||
Battle of Tinian | ![]() |
24 July—1 August | The Japanese, realizing they will lose, launch a suicidal charge against Americans | ||
Operation Cobra | ![]() |
25–31 July | The U.S. breaks out of Normandy and liberates Western France from Germany | ||
Battle of Sansapor | ![]() |
30 July—31 August | The U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Fourth Battle of Changsha | ![]() |
August | Japanese capture nearby town from China, but unable to continue fighting afterward | |
World War II | Warsaw Uprising | ![]() |
1 August—3 October | 20,000 armed Poles against 55,000 Wehrmacht and SS; 90% of the city is destroyed and there are more than 250,000 casualties | |
Falaise pocket | ![]() |
12–21 August | A German army gets trapped and defeated near Falaise, while the Allied armies (the U.S., the UK, Canada, Poland and France) liberate most of France | ||
Operation Dragoon | 15 August | AKA Operation Anvil; Allied (the U.S., France, the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Greece and New Zealand) invasion of German-occupied Southern France | |||
Liberation of Paris | 15–25 August | Allied forces (France, the U.S. and the UK) drive Nazi German forces out of the French capital | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou | ![]() |
16 August—24 November | Japanese victory over China and the U.S. | |
World War II | Battle of Romania | ![]() |
20 August—24 September | The Soviet Union breaches through the German and Romanian lines, capturing vast territories. Romania change sides from Germany to the Soviet Union. On 24 September, most of Romania is occupied by the Soviet Union. | |
Baltic Offensive | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
14 September—24 November | The Soviet Union captures most of the Baltic States and enters Germany in East Prussia | ||
Operation Tanne Ost | At sea | 15 September | Germans unable to capture island from Finland; Finland was supported by the Soviet Union. | ||
Belgrade offensive | ![]() |
15 September—24 November | The Soviet Union, communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and Bulgaria capture Belgrade from Germany | ||
Battle of Peleliu | ![]() |
15 September—27 November | A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific; the U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Battle of Arnhem | ![]() |
17–26 September | The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. Germany defeats the UK and Poland. | ||
Battle of Anguar | ![]() |
17–30 September | Volcanic island captured by Americans from Japan | ||
Battle of Hürtgen Forest | ![]() |
19 September 1944—10 February 1945 | German Army repels U.S. forces with high losses for both | ||
Battle of Porkuni | ![]() |
21 September | The Soviet Union defeats Estonians fighting for Germany | ||
Battle of Olhava | ![]() |
28 September | Germany defeats Finland | ||
Battle of Tornio | 1–8 October | Finns capture Tornio from the Germans; start of the Lapland War proper | |||
Battle of the Scheldt | ![]() ![]() |
2 October—8 November | Difficult Canadian victory secures the port of Antwerp from Germany, and ensures critical supplies for advancing Allied (Canada, the UK, Poland, the U.S., Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Norway) forces | ||
Battle of Aachen | ![]() |
2–21 October | Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II; the U.S. defeats Germany | ||
Battle of Kos | ![]() |
3–4 October | Germany defeats Italy, the UK and South Africa | ||
Battle of Debrecen | ![]() |
6–29 October | Germans able to hold back Soviets | ||
Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive | ![]() |
7–29 October | The Soviet Union breaks through German lines into Norway | ||
Battle of Crucifix Hill | ![]() |
8 October | The U.S. 1st Infantry Division attacks and takes Crucifix Hill from Germany, a strategic point which allows the Battle of Aachen to occur | ||
Battle of Morotai | ![]() |
15 October | Allied (the U.S., Australia, the Netherlands and the UK) victory over Japan | ||
Battle of Vukov Klanac | ![]() |
15–23 October | Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans defeat the German fascist puppet state of Croatia | ||
Operation Pheasant | ![]() |
20 October—4 November | The UK, Canada, Poland, the U.S. and the Netherlands liberate North Brabant from Germany | ||
Battle of Leyte | ![]() |
20 October—31 December | Combined American and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas begin the liberation of the Philippines | ||
Battle of Leyte Gulf | 23–26 October | The largest air-sea battle in history; American/Australian fleet destroy Japan's fleet | |||
Liberation of Finnmark | ![]() |
23 October 1944—26 April 1945 | The Soviet Union and Norway, supported by the UK, Canada and Sweden, drive Germany from the Norwegian region of Finnmark | ||
Budapest offensive | ![]() |
29 October 1944—13 February 1945 | The Soviet Union and Romania capture Budapest and most of Hungary from Germany and Hungary | ||
Aitape–Wewak campaign | ![]() |
November 1944—August 1945 | Australia victory over Japan | ||
Landing at Jacquinot Bay | 4 November | Australians land at Japanese-occupied Jacquinot Bay | |||
Battle of Ormoc Bay | ![]() |
11 November—21 December | Americans prevent Japanese from resupplying Leyte | ||
Operation Queen | ![]() |
16 November | Germany defeats the U.S. and the UK | ||
Battle of Monte Castello | ![]() |
25 November 1944—12 February 1945 | Brazilian and American troops defeat Germans in Italy | ||
Battle of Wide Bay–Open Bay | ![]() |
December 1944—April 1945 | Australias defeat Japanese | ||
Battle of Mindoro | ![]() |
13–16 December | Combined U.S., Australia and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas capture main island off Luzon, Philippines from Japan | ||
Battle of the Bulge | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
16 December 1944—25 January 1945 | German counterattack in Ardennes; General McAuliffe says "NUTS" at Bastogne. The U.S., the UK, Belgium, Canada, France and Luxembourg defeat Germany | ||
Battle of Pearl Ridge | ![]() |
30–31 December | Australia defeats Japan | ||
1945 | World War II | Battle of Luzon | ![]() |
9 January—15 August | Filipino, American, Australian and Mexican victory. U.S. Sixth and Eighth Armies including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary including recognized guerrillas retakes and completes the recapture of Northern Philippines from Japan |
Vistula-Oder offensive | ![]() ![]() |
12 January—2 February | The Soviet Union captures Western Poland from Germany and advances in parts of Eastern Germany | ||
East Prussian offensive | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
13 January—25 April | The Soviet Union captures most of East Prussia from Germany | ||
Battle of Tsimba Ridge | ![]() |
17 January—9 February | Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan | ||
Operation Elephant | ![]() |
26 January | Canadian offensive succeeds against a German bridgehead at Kapelsche Veer in the Netherlands | ||
Raid at Cabanatuan | ![]() |
30 January | U.S. Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas rescue Bataan and Corregidor prisoners of war from Japanese prison camp | ||
Battle for the Recapture of Bataan | 31 January—8 February | Combined U.S and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas retake the historic Bataan Peninsula from Japan | |||
Battle for the Liberation of Manila | 3 February—3 March | City totally devastated after month-long battle between the combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas against the Japanese Imperial forces; 100,000 civilians killed | |||
Rhineland Offensive | ![]() |
8 February—27 March | The U.S., the UK and Canada capture the Rhineland from Germany | ||
Silesian offensives | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
8 February—31 March | The Soviet Union captures Silesia from Germany | ||
Black Friday | ![]() |
9 February | British Empire air operation ends in defeat against Germany | ||
Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor | ![]() |
16–26 February | Spectacular combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth assault retakes island bastion from Japanese forces | ||
Battle of Baguio | 21 February—26 April | Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army; USAFIP-NL; and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division retake Baguio City, Northern Philippines, from Japan | |||
Raid at Los Baños | 23 February | U.S. Airborne Task Force and Filipino guerrillas rescues more than 2,000 Allied POWs and civilian internees held by Japanese | |||
East Pomeranian offensive | ![]() |
24 February—4 April | The Soviet Union captures parts of Northeastern Germany | ||
Battle of the Transdanubian Hills | ![]() |
6–21 March | Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Italy defeat Germany | ||
Battle of Mindanao | ![]() |
10 March—15 August | U.S. Eighth Army including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary and recognized guerrillas recapture the Southern Philippines from Japan | ||
Vienna offensive | ![]() |
16 March—15 April | The Soviet Union captures Vienna from Germany | ||
Operation Varsity | 17 March | 134 Allied (the UK, the U.S. and Canada) gliders land troops in Wesel in Germany | |||
Battle of the Visayas | ![]() |
18 March—30 July | U.S. Eighth Army including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary and recognized guerrillas retakes central Philippine islands from Japan | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of West Henan and North Hubei | ![]() |
21 March—11 May | Indecisive battle between China and Japan; Japan controls airbases after battle | |
World War II | Battle of Iwo Jima | ![]() |
26 March | After a month, U.S. forces take main offshore Japanese island | |
Battle of Slater's Knoll | ![]() |
28 March—6 April | Decisive Australian victory over Japan | ||
Battle on Lijevča field | ![]() |
30 March—8 April | Total Ustashian (Croats fighting for Germany) victory over Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists) | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of West Hunan | ![]() |
6 April—9 June | Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan | |
World War II | Battle of Bologna | ![]() |
9–21 April | Poland, the UK, the U.S., Italy and Brazil defeat Germany | |
Battle of the Argenta Gap | 12–19 April | The UK defeats Germany | |||
Battle of the Hongorai River | ![]() |
17 April—22 May | Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan | ||
Battle of Halbe | ![]() |
24 April—1 May | Part of Battle of Berlin, Germans unable to break out, Soviet victory | ||
Battle of Tanlwe Chaung | ![]() |
26 April | The UK defeats Japan | ||
Battle of Berlin | ![]() |
26 April—2 May | Soviet forces encircle and capture German capital; Hitler commits suicide | ||
Battle of Triest | ![]() |
30 April—2 May | Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans, New Zealand and the Italian resistance capture the city from Germany, pro-German Italians and Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists) | ||
Battle of Tarakan | ![]() |
1 May | Australian attack supported by the U.S. and the Netherlands as part of the Borneo campaign, defeating Japan | ||
Prague offensive | ![]() |
6–11 May | The Soviet Union captures Prague from Germany | ||
Battle of Zelengora | ![]() |
10–13 May | Yugoslav communists defeat Yugoslav nationalists | ||
Battle of Poljana | 14–15 May | Last battle of World War II in Europe; Yugoslav communists and the UK defeat Germany and Yugoslavs, fighting on the German side. | |||
Battle of Ratsua | ![]() |
June—August | Australian victory over Japan | ||
Battle of Porton Plantation | 8–10 June | Japan defeats Australia and New Zealand | |||
Battle of Labuan | ![]() |
10–21 June | Australia, aided by the U.S. and UK, defeats Japan in Borneo | ||
Battle of Bessang Pass | ![]() |
14 June | Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL complete and retake the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon, Philippines from Japan | ||
Battle of North Borneo | ![]() |
17 June—15 August | Australian victory in north Borneo over Japan; the U.S. supported Australia. | ||
Battle of Okinawa | ![]() |
21 June | U.S. and British Empire forces defeat Japanese, U.S. occupies island | ||
Battle of Beaufort | ![]() |
26–28 June | Australian victory over Japanese forces | ||
Battle of Balikpapan | ![]() |
1–21 July | |||
Battle of Sagami Bay | At sea | 22–23 July | The U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Battle of Mayoyao Ridge | ![]() |
26 July—9 August | Filipino troops of the 11th and 14th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL, take the Japanese stronghold of Mayoyao, Mountain Province with U.S. air support | ||
Soviet invasion of Manchuria | ![]() ![]() |
9–20 August | Decisive Russian victory over Japan | ||
Chinese Civil War, World War II |
Opening Campaign | ![]() |
10 August 1945—10 January 1946 | Chinese Civil War resumes, with three sides: Nationalist China and the U.S.; Communist China and the Soviet Union; and the Japan | |
World War II | Battle of Mutanchiang | 12–16 August | Japan defeats the Soviet Union | ||
Chinese Civil War, World War II |
Battle of Baoying | 15–23 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists | ||
Battle of Yongjiazhen | 16–19 August | ||||
Battle of Tianmen | 17 August | ||||
World War II | Battle of Shumshu | ![]() |
18–23 August | The Soviet Union defeats Japan | |
Chinese Civil War | Battle of Wuhe | ![]() |
24 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists | |
Battle of Yinji | 26–27 August | ||||
Battle of Dazhongji | 1–13 September | ||||
Battle of Lingbi | 4–5 September | ||||
Battle of Xiangshuikou | 18 September | ||||
Battle of Rugao | 21 September | ||||
Battle of Houmajia | 18 October | ||||
Indonesian National Revolution | Battle of Surabaya | ![]() |
27 October—20 November | Indonesian soldiers and militia against British and Dutch troops as a part of the Indonesian National Revolution; British victory. | |
Chinese Civil War | Battle of Shaobo | ![]() |
19–21 December | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
1946–1950
1951-1955
1956-1960
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | Suez Crisis | Battle of Mitla Pass | ![]() |
31 October | Britain, France and Israel attempt to retake the Suez Canal after recent Egyptian nationalization |
Battle of Port Said | 5 November—22 December | ||||
1957 | Algerian War | Battle of Agounennda | ![]() |
23–25 May | |
Battle of Bouzegza | 4–12 August | ||||
1958 | Battle of Bab El Bekkouche | 28–31 May | |||
Cuban Revolution | Battle of La Plata | ![]() |
11–21 July | ||
Battle of Las Mercedes | 29 July—8 August | ||||
Battle of Yaguajay | 19–30 December |
1961-1965
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | Cuban Revolution | Bay of Pigs Invasion | ![]() |
17–20 April | A failed U.S.-backed attempt to capture Cuba and a major blow to U.S. pride and reputation |
1962 | Vietnam War | Operation Chopper | ![]() |
12 January | First major combat of American forces in the Vietnam War |
Western New Guinea dispute | Battle of Arafura Sea | At sea | 15 January | Operation Trikora; this was the last time the Royal Netherlands Navy sunk a ship | |
Vietnam War | Operation Sunrise | ![]() |
22 March—30 April | South Vietnamese counteroffensive to disrupt Vietcong near Saigon | |
Sino-Indian War | Battle of Namka Chu | ![]() ![]() |
10 October—16 November | Chinese victory | |
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Raid on Limbang | ![]() |
12 December | British commandos defeat Malaysian insurgents | |
1963 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ap Bac | ![]() |
2 January | North Vietnamese victory |
Battle of Go Cong | 3 September | South Vietnamese victory | |||
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Battle of Long Jawai | ![]() |
28 September | Initial Indonesian victory, but Britain successfully counterattacks | |
Vietnam War | Battle of Hiệp Hòa | ![]() |
22 November | Vietcong victory | |
1964 | Battle of Long Dinh | 26 February | Indecisive | ||
Battle of Kien Long | 12–20 April | South Vietnamese victory; Vietcong successfully retreats | |||
Operation Quyet Thang 202 | 27 April—27 May | South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of Nam Dong | 5–6 July | Allied victory over North Vietnam | |||
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Landing at Labis | ![]() |
September—October | Allied (the UK, New Zealand and Malaysia) forces successfully land on Indonesian troops | |
Landing at Kesang River | 29 October | Australian and British forces defeat Indonesian landing | |||
Vietnam War | Battle of An Lão | ![]() |
7–9 December | North Vietnamese victory | |
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Action of 13 December 1964 | At sea | 13 December | Australian minesweeper defeats Indonesian patrol boat | |
Vietnam War | Battle of Binh Gia | ![]() |
28 December 1964—1 January 1965 | Vietcong victory | |
1965 | Attack on Camp Holloway | 6–7 February | Vietcong victory, beginning of Operation Flaming Dart | ||
Battle of Dương Liễu–Nhông Pass | 7–8 February | Vietcong victory | |||
Operation Flaming Dart | ![]() |
7–24 February | Escalation of the Vietnam War | ||
First Battle of Thanh Hóa Bridge | 4 April 1965—13 May 1972 | North Vietnamese jets take down three American jets attempting to blow up a key bridge; the bridge still stands | |||
Operation Starlite | ![]() |
18–24 April | First major American-only offensive, both sides claim victory | ||
Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation | Battle of Plaman Mapu | ![]() |
27 April | British victory | |
Vietnam War | Battle of Sông Bé | ![]() |
10–15 May | American-South Vietnamese victory | |
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Battle of Sungei Koemba | ![]() |
27 May—12 June | Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces | |
Vietnam War | Battle of Ba Gia | ![]() |
28–31 May | Vietcong victory | |
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Battle of Kindau | ![]() |
15 June | Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces | |
Battle of Babang | 12 July | ||||
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Lahore | ![]() |
6–12 September | Indian victory | |
Vietnam War | Operation Piranha | ![]() |
7–10 September | American forces storm the Batangan Peninsula | |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Phillora | ![]() |
7–11 September | Indian victory | |
Battle of Asal Uttar | ![]() |
8–10 September | |||
Battle of Chawinda | ![]() |
14–19 September | Inconclusive | ||
Vietnam War | Battle of An Ninh | ![]() |
18–19 September | Americans considered the battle a victory due to low losses and capture, but in the wider campaign, it was a defeat | |
Siege of Plei Me | 19–25 October | First major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnam | |||
Pleiku Campaign | 27 October—26 November | Large American victory | |||
Operation Hump | 5–8 November | American/Australian success | |||
Battle of Gang Toi | 8 November | First major encounter between Australia and North Vietnam, a minor Vietcong victory | |||
Battle of Ap Bau Bang | 12 November | Both sides declare victory | |||
Battle of Ia Drang | 14–18 November | First major encounter between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam in Vietnam. Over the first two days an American battalion repulses continuous Vietnamese assaults; another battalion, sent to reinforce the first, is ambushed on the fourth day when it withdraws, suffering heavy losses. | |||
Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation | Battle of Bau | ![]() |
21 November | British victory | |
Vietnam War | Operation Bushmaster II | ![]() |
1–6 December | American victory | |
Operation Harvest Moon | 8–20 December | Allied victory |
1966-1970
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Marauder | ![]() |
1–8 January | Allied victory |
Battle of the Ho Bo Woods | 8–14 January | American/Australian victory | |||
Operation Double Eagle | 18 January—17 February | Inconclusive | |||
Laotian Civil War, Vietnam War |
Battle of Nakhang | ![]() |
16–28 February | ||
Vietnam War | Battle of Suoi Bong Trang | ![]() |
23–24 February | Major Australian victory | |
Battle of Đức Cơ | |||||
Operation Utah | 4–7 March | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of A Sau | 9–10 March | ||||
Operation Jackstay | 26 March—6 April | American victory | |||
Battle of Xa Cam My | 11–12 April | ||||
Operation Georgia | 21 April—10 May | American victory | |||
Rhodesian Bush War | Battle of Sinoia | ![]() |
28 April | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Davy Crockett | ![]() |
1–16 May | American victory | |
Operation Paul Revere | 10 May—1 August | American/South Korean victory | |||
Operation Wahiawa | 16–30 May | American victory | |||
Operation Crazy Horse | 16 May—5 June | ||||
Operation Hardihood | 16 May—8 June | American/Australian victory | |||
Operation El Paso | 19 May—13 July | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Hawthorne | 2–21 June | ||||
Battle of Hill 488 | 15–16 June | American victory | |||
Operation Nathan Hale | 19–30 June | ||||
Operation Jay | 25 June—2 July | ||||
Operation Macon | 4 July—28 October | ||||
Battle of Minh Thanh Road | 9 July | ||||
Operation Hastings | ![]() ![]() |
15 July—3 August | American troops force North Vietnamese across the Vietnamese DMZ | ||
Operation John Paul Jones | ![]() |
21 July—5 September | Inconclusive | ||
Laotian Civil War | Battle of Nam Bac | ![]() |
August 1966—January 1968 | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Prairie | ![]() ![]() |
3 August 1966—31 January 1967 | Attempt to drive away North Vietnamese units under the Vietnamese DMZ | |
Battle of Đức Cơ | ![]() |
9–10 August | |||
Battle of Long Tan | 18–19 August | First major action of Australian forces in Vietnam | |||
Operation Amarillo | 23–31 August | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Seward | 5–25 September | American victory | |||
Operation Thayer | 13 September 1966—12 February 1967 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Attleboro | 14 September—25 November | Both sides declare victory | |||
Operation Shenandoah | 16 October—2 November | American victory | |||
Operation Atlanta | 19 October—December | ||||
Operation Paul Revere IV | 20 October—30 December | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Fairfax | November 1966—15 December 1967 | American combing operation victory | |||
1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Deckhouse Five | ![]() |
6–15 January | Inconclusive |
Operation Cedar Falls | 8–26 January | ||||
Operation Desoto | 27 January—7 April | American victory | |||
Operation Prairie II | ![]() ![]() |
1 February—18 March | |||
Operation Enterprise | ![]() |
13 February 1967—11 March 1968 | |||
Battle of Trà Bình | 14–15 February | South Korean victory | |||
Operation Bribie | 17–18 February | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Junction City | 22 February—14 May | ||||
Battle of Prek Klok I | 28 February | American victory | |||
Battle of Prek Klok II | 10 March | American victory over a Vietcong ambush | |||
Second Battle of Bàu Bàng | 19–20 March | American victory | |||
Operation Prairie III | ![]() ![]() |
19 March—19 April | |||
Battle of Suoi Tre | ![]() |
21 March | Costly Vietcong defeat | ||
Battle of Ap Gu | 31 March—1 April | American forces defeat Vietcong | |||
Operation Francis Marion | 6 April—11 October | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Lejeune | 7–22 April | American victory | |||
Operation Prairie IV | ![]() ![]() |
20 April—17 May | Costly American victory | ||
Operation Union | ![]() |
21 April—16 May | American attempt to find Vietcong in the Quế Sơn Valley | ||
Operation Baker | 22 April—31 July | American victory | |||
Operation Manhattan | 23 April—7 June | American recon victory | |||
First Battle of Khe Sanh | 24 April—11 May | Americans capture Hill 861 | |||
Operation Beaver Cage | 28 April—12 May | American victory | |||
Operations Malheur I and Malheur II | ![]() |
11 May—2 August | |||
Operation Crockett | ![]() |
13 May—16 July | |||
Operation Kole Kole | 14 May—7 December | ||||
Operation Hickory | 18–28 May | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Barking Sands | 18 May—7 December | American victory | |||
Operation Union II | 26 May—5 June | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Dragnet | 26 May 1967—27 January 1968 | Allied victory | |||
Six-Day War | Battle of Abu-Ageila | ![]() |
5–6 June | ||
Battle of Ammunition Hill | ![]() |
6 June | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Akron | ![]() |
9–29 June | American/South Vietnamese forces attempt to flank Vietcong troops, but both sides take losses | |
Operation Billings | 12–26 June | American victory | |||
Operation Concordia | 19–21 June | Allied victory | |||
Battle of the Slopes | 20–22 June | North Vietnamese victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Battle of Nsukka | ![]() |
2–12 July | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Diamond Head | ![]() |
11 July—31 October | American victory | |
Operation Kingfisher | 16 July—31 October | Inconclusive, both sides claim victory | |||
Operation Coronado II | 27–31 July | Allied victory | |||
Operation Hood River | 2–13 August | Inconclusive | |||
Battle of Suoi Chau Pha | 6 August | Australian victory | |||
Operation Colorado | 6–22 August | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Midwest Invasion of 1967 | ![]() |
9 August—20 September | ||
Battle of Ore | 11 August | ||||
Vietnam War | Operation Benton | ![]() |
13–29 August | American victory | |
Operation Coronado IV | 19 August—9 September | ||||
Action of 23 August 1967 | ![]() |
23 August | North Vietnamese fighter jets defeat American jets | ||
Operation Byrd | ![]() |
25 August—1 December | American/South Vietnamese victory | ||
Operation Swift | 4–15 September | ||||
Nathu La and Cho La clashes | ![]() ![]() |
11–14 September | Indian forces beat back Chinese forces | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Wheeler/Wallowa | ![]() |
11 September 1967—11 November 1968 | American offensive, where the Tiger Force committed war crimes | |
Nigerian Civil War | Fall of Enugu | ![]() |
12 September—4 October | Nigerian forces capture the Biafran capital of Enugu | |
Vietnam War | Operation Coronado V | ![]() |
12 September—7 October | American victory | |
Operation Kunia | 15 September—9 November | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Shenandoah II | 29 September—10 December | Americans try to repair highway | |||
Nigerian Civil War | First Battle of Onitsha | ![]() |
4–12 October | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Medina | ![]() |
11–20 October | Inconclusive | |
Operation MacArthur | 12 October 1967—31 January 1969 | American victory | |||
Battle of Ong Thanh | 17 October | Vietcong victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Operation Tiger Claw | ![]() |
17–19 October | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Osceola | ![]() |
20 October 1967—16 February 1968 | Inconclusive | |
First Battle of Loc Ninh | 29 October—7 November | American and South Vietnamese troops capture Loc Ninh | |||
Operation Lancaster | 1 November 1967—20 January 1968 | Minor operation, Tet Offensive causes beginning of Operation Lancaster II | |||
Operation Coronado IX | 1 November 1967—22 January 1968 | American victory | |||
Operation Neosho | 1 November 1967—25 January 1968 | Continuation of Operation Fremont | |||
Operation Kentucky | 1 November 1967—28 February 1969 | Low-level American cross-Vietnamese DMZ operation | |||
Battle of Dak To | 3–23 November | Pyrrhic American victory | |||
Operation Santa Fe | 3 November 1967—5 January 1968 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Essex | 6–17 November | Minor American victory | |||
Operation Napoleon/Saline | November—9 December | Allied victory | |||
Operation Kien Giang 9-1 | 15–19 November | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Manchester | 4 December 1967—17 February 1968 | American victory | |||
Battle of Tam Quan | 6–20 December | ||||
Operation Yellowstone | 8 December 1967—24 February 1968 | ||||
Operation Saratoga | 8 December 1967—11 March 1968 | ||||
Operation Muscatine | 18 December 1967—10 June 1968 | ||||
Operation Badger Tooth | 26 December 1967—2 January 1968 | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Auburn | 28 December 1967—3 January 1968 | American victory | |||
1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Niagara | ![]() |
January—March | American counterattack on Tet Offensive |
New Year's Day battle of 1968 | 1–2 January | American victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Second Battle of Onitsha | ![]() |
2 January—20 March | Nigerian forces capture Onitsha | |
Vietnam War | Operation Lancaster II | ![]() |
20 January—23 November | American victory | |
Operation McLain | 20 January 1968—31 January 1969 | ||||
Operation Jeb Stuart | 21 January—31 March | Spontaneous American counterattack disrupted by Tet Offensive | |||
Battle of Khe Sanh | 21 January—8 April | Desperate defense by the U.S. Marines to hold strategically important fire base against huge NVA numbers. Vietnamese Communists fail in their bid to turn the siege into an "American Battle of Dien Bien Phu", though it is also possible that Khe Sanh was used as a diversion.[1] | |||
Korean DMZ Conflict | Capture of the USS Pueblo | At sea | 23 January | North Korea seizes U.S. ship USS Pueblo (AGER-2) | |
Vietnam War | Battle of Ban Houei Sane | ![]() |
23–24 January | North Vietnamese troops defeat a small garrison of Laotian Royal troops | |
Operation Coronado X | ![]() |
23 January—12 February | Allied victory | ||
Operation Coburg | 24 January —1 March | Allied victory over North Vietnam | |||
Tet offensive attacks on Da Nang | 29 January—11 February | Allied forces repulse Vietcong attacks | |||
Tet Offensive | 30 January | North Vietnam loses militarily but turns the tide of U.S. opinion against the war | |||
Battle of Saigon | 30 January—7 March | American and South Vietnamese troops repel the attack, but it heavily increases anti-war sentiment in the US. | |||
Battle of Bến Tre | 31 January—5 February | Vietcong attack Bến Tre, but fail to capture it | |||
Battle of Quang Tri | 31 January—6 February | South Vietnamese/American victory | |||
Battle of Da Lat | January—9 February | North Vietnamese attacks and captures Da Lat, but loses it in an American/South Vietnamese attack days later | |||
Battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack | 31 January—11 February | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of Huế | 31 January—2 March | American and South Vietnamese forces successfully defend the city, although Vietcong commit the Hue Massacre | |||
Battle of Lang Vei | 6–7 February | North Vietnamese captures Lang Vei camp | |||
Operation Truong Cong Dinh | 7 March—7 August | South Vietnam attempts to regain control over major highways | |||
Battle of Lo Giang | 8–9 February | American troops repel North Vietnamese attacks | |||
Operation Hop Tac I | 10 February—10 March | American victory | |||
Operation Coronado XI | 12 February—3 March | Allied victory | |||
Operation Houston | 26 February—12 September | American victory | |||
Action of 1 March 1968 | 1 March | North Vietnamese ships attempt to ambush South Vietnamese ships | |||
Operation Patrick | 1–30 March | American victory | |||
Battle of Tam Kỳ | 3–6 March | ||||
Nigerian Civil War | Invasion of Port Harcourt | ![]() |
8 March—24 May | Nigerian forces capture Port Harcourt | |
Vietnam War, Laotian Civil War |
Battle of Lima Site 85 | ![]() |
10–11 March | North Vietnamese-Pathet Lao victory | |
Vietnam War | Operation Quyet Thang | ![]() |
11 March—7 April | South Vietnamese and U.S. recapture areas around Saigon | |
Operation Walker | 17 March 1968—31 January 1969 | American victory | |||
Operation Carentan | 18 March—17 May | ||||
Operation Frederick Hill | 18 March 1968—28 February 1971 | American successfully conduct a security operation in Quảng Tín province | |||
Operation Geneva Park | American successfully conduct a security operation in Quang Ngai Province | ||||
War of Attrition, Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
Battle of Karameh | ![]() |
21 March | Jordanian troops with the PLO repel an Israeli raid to capture Yasser Arafat, but the camp is destroyed | |
Vietnam War | Operation Cochise Green | ![]() |
30 March—31 January 1969 | American victory | |
Nigerian Civil War | Abagana Ambush | ![]() |
31 March | Biafran ambush wipes out the Nigerian 2nd Division | |
Vietnam War | Operation Toan Thang I | ![]() |
8 April—31 May | Allied victory | |
Operation Burlington Trail | 8 April—11 November | American victory | |||
Battle of Signal Hill | 19–21 April | Pyrrhic North Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Delaware | 19 April—17 May | Inconclusive | |||
May Offensive | 29 April—30 May | North Vietnamese offensive smaller in scale than the Tet Offensive, but much bloodier | |||
Battle of Dai Do | 30 April—3 May | Both sides claim victory | |||
Operation Allen Brook | 4 May—24 August | American/South Vietnamese forces drive back Vietcong | |||
Battle of An Bao | 5–6 May | North Vietnamese forces ambush Americans, but the Americans fight back and win | |||
Battle of West Saigon | 5–12 May | Allied victory | |||
Battle of Landing Zone Center | 5–25 May | American victory | |||
Battle of South Saigon | 7–12 May | Allied victory | |||
Operation Concordia Square | 8–17 May | American victory | |||
Battle of Kham Duc | 10–12 May | North Vietnamese victory and one of the largest battles of the war | |||
Battle of Coral–Balmoral | 12 May—6 June | Australian forces repel multiple North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks over 26 days of fighting | |||
Operation Jeb Stuart III | 17 May—3 November | U.S. forces attack North Vietnamese bases | |||
Operation Nevada Eagle | 17 May 1968—28 February 1969 | Protection of Huế by Americans | |||
Operation Toan Thang II | 1 June 1968—16 February 1969 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Robin | 2–19 June | American victory | |||
Battle of Binh An | 27–28 June | ||||
Operation Thor | ![]() |
1–8 July | |||
Operation Pocahontas Forest | ![]() |
6–31 July | Allied victory | ||
Operation Quyet Chien | 3 August—30 November | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Somerset Plain | 4–20 August | U.S. claims victory | |||
Phase III offensive | 17 August—27 September | Failed third push by the North Vietnamese after the Tet Offensive | |||
Battle of Duc Lap | 24–27 August | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Operation OAU | ![]() |
2 September—15 October | Nigerian forces capture Owerri and Aba, but are unable to capture Umuahia; the failure allows Biafra to retake Owerri and Aba | |
Vietnam War | Operation Champaign Grove | ![]() |
8–24 September | American victory | |
Operation Vinh Loc | 10–20 September | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Maui Peak | 1–19 October | American victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Siege of Owerri | ![]() |
15 October 1968—25 April 1969 | Biafra recaptures Owerri | |
Vietnam War | Operation Fulton Square | ![]() |
22 October 1968—18 January 1970 | Minor clashes between American/South Vietnamese forces and Vietcong | |
Operation Henderson Hill | 23 October—6 December | American victory | |||
Operation Sheridan Sabre | 7 November 1968—4 April 1969 | ||||
Operation Commando Hunt | ![]() |
15 November 1968—29 March 1972 | Americans fail to bomb Vietcong supply routes | ||
Operation Meade River | ![]() |
20 November—9 December | American victory | ||
Battle of Hat Dich | 3 December 1968—19 February 1969 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Taylor Common | 7 December 1968—8 March 1969 | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Fayette Canyon | 15 December 1968—28 February 1969 | American victory | |||
1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Dewey Canyon | ![]() |
22 January—18 March | Last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division |
Operation Toan Thang III | 17 February—31 October | Allied victory | |||
Operation Massachusetts Striker | 28 February—8 May | Both sides claim victory | |||
Operation Iron Mountain | 28 February 1969—28 February 1971 | American victory | |||
Operation Purple Martin | 1 March—2 May | ||||
Operation Kentucky Jumper | 1 March—14 August | American reconnaissance operation | |||
Operation Maine Crag | 15 March—2 May | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Atlas Wedge | 17–24 March | American victory | |||
Operation Montana Mauler | 23 March—3 April | ||||
Nigerian Civil War | Defense of Umuahia | ![]() |
27 March—22 April | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Washington Green | ![]() |
15 April 1969—1 January 1971 | American victory | |
Operation Virginia Ridge | 2 May—16 July | ||||
Operation Apache Snow | 10 May—7 June | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of Hamburger Hill | 13–20 May | American and South Vietnamese troops win, but heavy losses force them to withdraw | |||
Operation Lamar Plain | 15 May—14 August | American victory | |||
Operation Pipestone Canyon | 26 May—7 November | American launch a successful local offensive | |||
Battle of Binh Ba | 6–8 June | Australians defeat Vietcong | |||
Operation Montgomery Rendezvous | 8 June—15 August | Costly American victory | |||
Operation Utah Mesa | 12 June—6 July | Allied victory | |||
Operation Campbell Streamer | 13 July—15 August | Dozens of Vietcong killed | |||
Football War | 14 July | Between El Salvador and Honduras | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Idaho Canyon | ![]() |
21 July—25 September | American victory | |
Operation Nantucket Beach | 23 July 1969—10 March 1971 | ||||
The Troubles | Battle of the Bogside | ![]() |
12–14 August | Unarmed Irish residents of the Bogside in Derry City expel British Police and Militia Forces from their area. The riots lasts for 2 days until the British Army is sent in. This event is often described as the beginning of the Troubles, a 30-year guerrilla war. | |
Vietnam War | Operation Camden | ![]() |
21 August | Australian victory | |
Siege of Landing Zone Kate | 27 October—1 November | North Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Toan Thang IV | 1 November 1969—1 May 1970 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Randolph Glen | 7 December 1969—31 March 1970 | Inconclusive | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Defense of Oguta | ![]() |
20–24 December | ||
1970 | Operation Tail-Wind | 7–12 January | Biafra surrenders to Nigeria | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Green River | ![]() |
19 January—22 July | American victory | |
Operation Texas Star | 1 April—5 September | Indecisive | |||
The Troubles | Battle of St Matthew's | ![]() |
27–28 June | A battle between Provisional IRA and loyalists | |
Vietnam War | Operation Pennsylvania Square | ![]() |
29 June 1970—1 March 1971 | American victory | |
Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord | 1–23 July | North Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Clinch Valley | 9–15 July | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Elk Canyon | 12 July—29 September | Americans attempt to improve positions after the fall of Kham Duc, but fail | |||
Operation Pickens Forest | 16 July—24 August | American victory | |||
Operation Wolfe Mountain | 22 July 1970—30 January 1971 | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Chicago Peak | 24 July—11 August | American/South Vietnamese victory | |||
Siege of Firebase O'Reilly | 9 August—7 October | North Vietnamese victory as the base closes down | |||
Operation Imperial Lake | 1 September 1970—7 May 1971 | American/South Korean success, but perpetration of the Sơn Thắng massacre | |||
Operation Jefferson Glenn | 5 September 1970—8 October 1971 | Last major ground offensive involving the U.S. | |||
Operation Tailwind | ![]() |
11–13 September | American/South Vietnamese victory | ||
Operation Ivory Coast | ![]() |
21 November | American attempt to rescue POWs, but there were none | ||
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence | Operation Green Sea | ![]() |
22 November | An amphibious attack on Conakry by Portugal |
1971-1975
1976–1980
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Western Sahara War | First Battle of Amgala | ![]() |
27–29 January | Algerian withdrawal |
Second Battle of Amgala | 14–15 February | Sahrawi victory | |||
The Troubles | Flagstaff Hill incident | ![]() |
5–6 May | Irish Army pushes back British special forces | |
Arab–Israeli conflict, Cold War |
Operation Entebbe | ![]() |
4 July | ||
The Troubles | Garryhinch ambush | ![]() |
16 October | IRA bombs Brits | |
Rhodesian Bush War | Battle of Hill 31 | ![]() |
15 November | ||
1977 | Ogaden War | Battle of Dire Dawa | ![]() |
July—August | The Ethiopian Army inflicts heavy losses on the Somali National Army after a Somali attack by one tank battalion and a mechanized infantry brigade supported by artillery units |
First Battle of Jijiga | September | The Somalis, trying to take the town, lose more than half of their attacking force of three tank battalions, each of which includes more than 30 tanks[citation needed] | |||
Battle of Harar | October 1977—27 January 1978 | A major battle of the Ogaden War | |||
1978 | The Troubles | British Army Gazelle downing | ![]() |
17 February | |
Ogaden War | Second Battle of Jijiga | ![]() |
March | Three Somali tank battalions overwhelm an Ethiopian garrison. After inflicting some heavy losses on Somali armor, Ethiopian troops mutiny and withdraw from the town, leaving its defense to the militia, which is incapable of slowing the Somali advance.[citation needed] | |
South African Border War | Battle of Cassinga | ![]() |
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Lebanese Civil War | Battle of Kaukaba | ![]() |
9 May | ||
Shaba II | Battle of Kolwezi | ![]() |
18–22 May | ||
1979 | Chadian Civil War | Battle of N'Djamena | ![]() |
12–15 February | |
Sino-Vietnamese War | Battle of Dong Dang | ![]() |
17–23 February | ||
Battle of Lào Cai | 17 February—5 March | ||||
Battle of Lạng Sơn 17 February—16 March | |||||
Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Masaka | ![]() |
23–24 February | ||
Battle of Tororo | 2–4 March | ||||
Battle of Lukaya | 10–11 March | ||||
Battle of Entebbe | 7 April | ||||
Battle of Jinja | 22 April | ||||
Battle of Lira | 15 May | ||||
Battle of Karuma Falls | 17 May | ||||
Battle of Bondo | 27 May | ||||
The Troubles | Warrenpoint ambush | ![]() |
27 August | ||
Western Sahara War | First Battle of Al Mahbes | ![]() |
14 October | Sahrawi victory | |
1980 | Chadian-Libyan conflict | Second Battle of N'Djamena | ![]() |
22 March—15 December | |
Iran–Iraq War | Siege of Abadan | ![]() |
November 1980—September 1981 | Iraq attacks the Iranian city of Abadan but fails to capture it | |
Liberation of Khorramshahr | November 1980—24 May 1982 | The Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis |
1981-1985
1986-1990
1991-1995
1996 - 2000
References
- ^ Pisor, p. 210.