This article lists all the battles that occurred in the years of the 20th century (1901-2000).
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1906 | SaudiâRashidi War | Battle of Rawdat Muhanna | 12 April | Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Rawdat Muhanna | |
Moro Rebellion | First Battle of Bud Dajo | 5â8 December | |||
1907 | SaudiâRashidi 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 |
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 | 18â26 March | |||
Mexican Revolution | Battle of Cuautla | 11â19 May | |||
Italo-Turkish War | Battle of Preveza | At sea | 29â30 September | ||
Battle of Tripoli | 3â10 October | ||||
Battle of Benghazi | 20 October | ||||
Battle of Shar al-Shatt | 23 October | ||||
Battle of Ain Zara | 4 December | ||||
Battle of Tobruk | 22 December 1911â9 January 1912 | Italy begins the invasion of Libya | |||
1912 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Msaya | 19 September | ||
Battle of Coyotepe Hill | 3â4 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 | 24â30 October | Greeks defeat Ottomans in seven-day battle near Bizani | |||
Battle of Lule Burgas | 31 Octoberâ3 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 1912â26 March 1913 | Fall of Adrianpole to the forces of Bulgaria and Serbia and the capture of Turkish general Ghazi Shulkri Pasha | |||
Battle of Monastir | 16â19 November | Decisive and final defeat in Macedonia of the Ottomans by the Serbs | |||
Battle of Ăatalca | 17â18 November | Defeat of Bulgarian advance toward Istanbul | |||
Battle of Lesbos | 21 Novemberâ21 December | Greeks capture the island of Lesbos from the Ottoman Empire | |||
Battle of Chios | 24 November 1912â3 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 | 20â21 February | Greeks defeat last operational Ottoman Army in Epirus and capture city of Ioanina | |||
Moro Rebellion | Battle of Bud Bagsak | 11â15 June | The end of the Moro Rebellion | ||
Second Balkan War | Battle of KilkisâLachanas | 19â21 June | Greeks defeat Bulgarians in the three-day battle for Kilkis | ||
Battle of Bregalnica | 30 Juneâ8 July | Serbs defeat Bulgarians | |||
Battle of Kresna Gorge | 8â18 July | Inconclusive ten-day battle between Bulgaria and Greece | |||
Battle of Kalimantsi | 15â18 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 | 4â17 August | Germans invade Belgium; start of World War I | |
Battle of Mulhouse | 9 August | Part of the Battle of the Frontiers, France takes Mulhouse but then loses it again | |||
Battle of Halen | 12 August | Belgian victory | |||
Battle of Lorraine | 14 August | German victory | |||
Battle of Agbeluvhoe | 15 August | Togoland campaign | |||
Battle of Dinant | 15â24 August | German victory | |||
Battle of Cer | 16â19 August | Serbian forces push back Austro-Hungarian invasion | |||
Battle of StallupĂśnen | 17 August | First battle on the Russian Eastern Front | |||
Battle of Gumbinnen | 19â20 August | Russians defeat German Eighth Army, advance deeper into East Prussia | |||
Battle of the Ardennes | / / / | 21-23 August | |||
Battle of Charleroi | |||||
Battle of Chra | 22 August | ||||
Battle of Mons | 23 August | British forces hold back | |||
Battle of Tannenberg | 23-30 August | Samsonov's Russian 2nd Army encircled and destroyed by the German 8th Army | |||
Battle of Galicia | 23 Augustâ11 September | Russians occupy Eastern Galicia | |||
Battle of the TrouĂŠe de Charmes | 24â26 August | The second French army, under General Castelnau, defeat a Bavarian army | |||
Siege of Maubeuge | 24 Augustâ7 September | Germans capture Maubeuge | |||
Battle of Le Cateau | 26 August | Allied Powers retreat from German forces | |||
First Battle of Heligoland Bight | At sea | 28 August | First major naval engagement of World War I, heavy German losses | ||
Battle of Guise | 29-30 August | The French 5th Army, under General Lanzerac, defeat the second German army under General BĂźlow | |||
Occupation of German Samoa | New Zealand forces defeat German forces in Samoa | ||||
First Battle of Garua | / | 29â31 August | |||
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes | 2-16 September | German Eighth Army defeats Rennenkampf's Russian 1st Army | |||
First Battle of the Marne | 5â9 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 | ||||
Battle of Bita Paka | 11 September | Australian forces defeat German forces in German New Guinea | |||
First Battle of the Aisne | 13â28 September | Indecisive battle | |||
Battle of Ukoko | 21 September | ||||
Siege of PrzemyĹl | 24 September 1914â22 March 1915 | Russians initially unsuccessful, but second siege attempt succeeds | |||
Battle of Sandfontein | 26 September | ||||
Siege of Antwerp | 28 Septemberâ10 October | ||||
Battle of the Vistula River | 29 Septemberâ31 October | Russians defeat Germans under Marshal von Mackensen | |||
Battle of Rufiji Delta | October 1914â11 July 1915 | British Empire naval forces defeat German naval forces in East Africa | |||
Battle of the Yser | 16â31 October | French and Belgian victory | |||
First Battle of Ypres | 19 Octoberâ22 November | Early trench warfare; "Kindermord bei Ypern" | |||
First Battle of Edea | 20â26 October | ||||
Battle of Penang | 28 October | German victory, two Allied ships sink near Malaysia | |||
Battle of Coronel | 1 November | Admiral Graf Spee defeats Admiral Cradock | |||
Battle of Kilimanjaro | 3 November | ||||
Battle of Tanga | 3â5 November | Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck defeats General Aitken in German East Africa | |||
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 ĹĂłdĹş | 11 Novemberâ6 December | Russians take city, lose it on 6 December | |||
Battle of Elhri | 13 November | Moroccan tribes defeat French troops | |||
Battle of KrakĂłw | 16 November | Heavy casualties to Austria and Russia | |||
Battle of Cape Sarych | At sea | 18 November | Inconclusive | ||
Battle of Ĺowicz | 30 Novemberâ17 December | Russians take city | |||
Battle of Kolubara | 3â9 December | Serbs drive out Austrians | |||
Battle of Falkland Islands | At sea | 8 December | British defeat Admiral Graf Spee | ||
1915 | World War I | Second Battle of Edea | 5 January | ||
Battle of BolimĂłw | 14 JanuaryâFebruary 28 | Cold weather thwarts German gas attack against Russians | |||
Battle of Jassin | 18â19 January | German victory in East Africa | |||
Battle of Dogger Bank | At sea | 24 January | Admiral Beatty drives off Vice-Admiral Hipper's raiding force, sinks BlĂźcher | ||
First Suez Offensive | 28 Januaryâ3 February | Ottoman attack fails | |||
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 | 7â28 February | Initial German attack is highly successful, but further attacks are repulsed | |||
Battle of Fort Rivière | 17 February | ||||
Battle of Gallipoli | 19 February 1915â8 January 1916 | The Allied powers attempt a failed frontal assault on the Ottoman Empire | |||
Naval assault in strait of Ăanakkale | At sea | 18 March | Turks repel an Allied fleet | ||
Battle of Hill 60 | 17â22 April | British forces defeat German forces | |||
Second Battle of Ypres | 22 Aprilâ25 May | Germans use poison gas | |||
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 Aprilâ3 May | Australia and New Zealand successfully land but later get bogged down | |||
Battle of Trekkopjes | 26 April | ||||
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 | ||||
Battle of Hill 60 | 1-7 May | British forces defeat German forces | |||
Battle for Baby 700 | 2â3 May | ANZAC attack on the hill Baby 700, defended by Ottoman forces | |||
Second Battle of Krithia | 6â8 May | Second British attack against Turks uses same plan, also fails | |||
Third attack on Anzac Cove | 19 May | ANZAC forces defeat Ottoman attack | |||
Second Battle of Garua | 31 Mayâ10 June | ||||
Third Battle of Krithia | 4 June | Temporary British success reversed by Ottoman counter-attack | |||
Battle of Bukoba | 21â23 June | ||||
First Battle of the Isonzo | / | 23 Juneâ7 July | Failed Italian attack on Austrian positions in the Alps | ||
Battle of Gully Ravine | 28 Juneâ5 July | British and Indian forces defeat Ottoman forces | |||
Second Battle of the Isonzo | / | 18 Julyâ3 August | Second attempt on Austrian positions fails | ||
Attack of the Dead Men | 6 August | Russian forces repel German gas attack and advance on Osowiec Fortress | |||
Battle of Lone Pine | 6â10 August | Australians stop Ottoman attack, but it was only a diversion | |||
Battle of Krithia Vineyard | 6â13 August | Turkish diversionary attack to allow for Sari Bair Offensive | |||
Landing at Suvla Bay | 6â15 August | The main attack for which the two diversions were staged; Ottoman victory | |||
Battle of the Nek | 7 August | Ottomans defeat Australians | |||
Battle of Chunuk Bair | 7-19 August | Ottomans defeat Britain and New Zealand | |||
Battle of Scimitar Hill | 21 August | Decisive battle of the Gallipoli Campaign, Ottoman victory | |||
Battle of Hill 60 | 21-29 August | Final British attempt to take Gallipoli fails | |||
Second Battle of Champagne | 25 Septemberâ6 October | German victory | |||
Battle of Loos | 25 Septemberâ14 October | ||||
Third Battle of Artois | 25 Septemberâ4 November | Partial Franco- British victory | |||
Battle of Es Sinn | 28 September | ||||
Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt | 13-19 October | German victory | |||
Third Battle of the Isonzo | / | 18 Octoberâ4 November | Austrians endure massive Italian bombardment | ||
American occupation of Haiti | Battle of Fort Dipitie | 24â25 October | |||
World War I | Battle of Banjo | 4â6 November | |||
Battle of Ctesiphon | 22â25 November | Indecisive battle between British and Ottoman forces | |||
Siege of Kut | 7 December 1915â29 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. |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of Ganale Dorya | 7â10 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 | 20â24 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 Februaryâ2 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 | 15â25 April | Final battle during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. By 5 May, Emperor Haile Selassie has gone into exile and Italians have declared victory | |||
1936â1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Anabta | 21 June | Mandatory British victory | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of MĂŠrida | 10â11 August | Spanish Nationalist victory | ||
Battle of Badajoz | 14 August | Nationalists storm Badajoz | |||
Battle of IrĂşn | 19 Augustâ5 September | Nationalist victory | |||
Battle of Monte Pelado | 28 August | Republican victory | |||
1936â1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Balaa | 3 September | Palestinian rebels withdraw | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Talavera de la Reina | ||||
Battle of Cerro Muriano | 5â6 September | Republican victory, the Falling Soldier photograph was taken during this battle by Robert Capa | |||
1936â1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Beit Imrin | 29 September | Palestinian rebels withdraw | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of SeseĂąa | 29 October | Nationalist victory over Republicans and Soviets | ||
Battle of Ciudad Universitaria | 15â23 November | Spanish Republican victory | |||
First Battle of the Corunna Road | 29 Novemberâ3 December | ||||
Second Battle of the Corunna Road | 13 December 1936â15 January 1937 | ||||
Battle of Lopera | 27â29 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 | 8â23 March | Spanish Republican defeat Italians | ||
Battle of Gernika | 26â28 April | Franco's forces capture Guernica following a Luftwaffe bombing | |||
Battle of AlbarracĂn | 5 Julyâ11 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 | 25â31 July | Japanese victory | |||
Second Battle of Shanghai | 13 Augustâ9 November | ||||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Santander | 14 Augustâ17 September | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Taiyuan | 1 Septemberâ9 November | Japanese victory | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of El Mazuco | 6â22 September | Nationalist victory | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Xinkou | 13 Septemberâ8 November | Japanese victory | ||
Battle of Pingxingguan | 25 September | Chinese victory | |||
Battle of Nanjing | Early Novemberâ13 December | Japanese victory | |||
1938 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Alfambra | 5â8 February | Nationalist victory | |
Battle of Cape Palos | At sea | 5â6 March | Republican victory | ||
Battle of Caspe | 16â17 March | Nationalist victory | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Xuzhou | 24 Marchâ1 May | Japanese victory | ||
Battle of Tai er zhuang | 27 March | Chinese victory | |||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Gandesa | 1â3 April | Nationalist victory | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Wuhan | 11 Julyâ27 October | Japanese pyrrhic victory | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of the Ebro | 25 Julyâ16 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. | ||
SovietâJapanese border conflicts | Battle of Lake Khasan | / | 29 Julyâ11 August | In Manchuria between forces of the Soviet Union and Empire of Japan | |
1936â1939 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 Marchâ9 May | Japanese forces defeat Nationalist Chinese | ||
SovietâJapanese border conflicts, World War II |
Battle of Khalkhin Gol | 1 Mayâ16 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 Septemberâ6 October | Start of World War II in Europe, German victory | |
Battle of the Border | / | 1â4 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 KrĂłlewskie | 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 MikoĹĂłw | 1â2 September | German tactical victory during the Invasion of Poland | |||
Battle of Pszczyna | German victory over Poland | ||||
Battle of MĹawa | 1â3 September | ||||
Battle of JordanĂłw | |||||
Battle of CzÄstochowa | |||||
Battle of WÄgierska GĂłrka | |||||
Battle of GrudziÄ dz | 1â4 September | ||||
Battle of Tuchola Forest | 1â5 September | ||||
Battle of Westerplatte | 1â7 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 GĂłra | 2â5 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Bukowiec | 3 September | ||||
Defense of Katowice | 3â4 September | Polish Boy and Girl Scout units irregularly defend Katowice but fail against Germany | |||
Battle of the Atlantic | At sea | 3 September 1939â8 May 1945 | Name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II between Allied forces, and Germany and Italy. | ||
Battle of PiotrkĂłw Trybunalski | 4â6 September | Polish withdrawal from German forces | |||
Battle of Róşan | German victory over Poland | ||||
Battle of TomaszĂłw Mazowiecki | 6 September | ||||
Battle of PuĹtusk | 6â7 September | Poles lose PuĹtusk to Germany | |||
Battle of ĹĂłdĹş | 6â8 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Barak | 7â8 September | Poland retreat from German Forces | |||
Battle of Wizna | 7â10 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of ĹomĹźa | |||||
Battle of Wola Cyrusowa | 8 September | Pyrrhic German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Radom | 8â9 September | Germans capture Radom from Poland | |||
Battle of Gdynia | 8â14 September | Germans capture Gdynia from Poland | |||
Battle of Warsaw | 8â28 September | Germany captures Warsaw from Poland | |||
Battle of the Bzura River | 9â19 September | Largest Polish counterattack, but it fails against Germany | |||
Battle of Kampinos Forest | 9â20 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Hel | 9 Septemberâ2 October | ||||
Battle of JarosĹaw | 10â11 September | ||||
Battle of KÄpa Oksywska | 10â19 September | ||||
Battle of KaĹuszyn | 11â12 September | Poland defeats Germany | |||
Battle of PrzemyĹl | 11â14 September | German victory over Poland | |||
First Battle of LwĂłw | 12â22 September | Germans, aided by the Soviet Union, capture Lviv from Poland | |||
Battle of Modlin | 13â29 September | Pyrrhic German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of JaworĂłw | 14â16 September | Poles hold Yavoriv against Germany | |||
Battle of BrzeĹÄ Litewski | 14â17 September | Germans capture Brest from Poland | |||
Battle of KobryĹ | 14â18 September | Inconclusive battle between Germany and Poland | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | First Battle of Changsha | 17 Septemberâ6 October | Chinese forces successfully defend city; heavy Japanese casualties | ||
World War II | Battle of TomaszĂłw Lubelski | 17â26 September | Germany defeats Poland in the Invasion of Poland's second largest battle | ||
Battle of Wilno | 18â19 September | Soviets capture Vilnius from Poland, which is transferred to Lithuania | |||
Battle of WĂłlka WÄglowa | 19 September | Polish victory over Germany | |||
Battle of Krasnystaw | 19â20 September | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany | |||
Battle of Grodno | 20â22 September | Soviets capture Hrodna from Poland | |||
Battle of CzeĹniki | 21â22 September | Polish victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Ĺomianki | 22 September | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany | |||
Battle of KrasnobrĂłd | 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 | 23â24 September | Poles hold the town against the Soviet Union, but later retreat to Lithuania | |||
Battle of WĹadypol | 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, JabĹoĹ and MilanĂłw | 29â30 September | Poles hold the towns from Soviets | |||
Battle of Wytyczno | 1 October | The Soviet Union defeats Poland | |||
Battle of Kock | 2â5 October | Last battle in the Invasion of Poland; Germany defeats Poland | |||
Winter War, World War II |
Battle of Suomussalmi | 30 November 1939â8 January 1940 | First battle of the Winter War, and the most notable Finnish victory over the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of Petsamo | 30 November 1939â12 March 1940 | Russian victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Salla | 30 November 1939â13 March 1940 | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Taipale | 6â27 December | ||||
Battle of Kollaa | 7 December 1939â13 March 1940 | ||||
Battle of Varolampi Pond | 10â11 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 | 25â27 December | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union | |||
1940 | Battle of Raate Road | 1â7 January | |||
Second Battle of Summa | 1â15 February | Finnish attack against the Soviet Union thwarted | |||
Battle of Kuhmo | 28 Januaryâ13 March | Stalemate between Finland and the Soviet Union | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of South Henan | 30 Januaryâ1 March | Chinese Nationalists led by Li Zongren defeat Japanese | ||
Winter War, World War II |
Battle of Honkaniemi | 25â27 February | In the only tank action of the Winter War, the Soviet Union defeats Finland | ||
First Battle of Vyborg Bay | 2â13 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 | 9â10 April | Norwegian forces defeat German raiding party | |||
Battle of Narvik | 9 Aprilâ10 June | A minor Allied victory of Norway, France, the UK and Poland against Germany in the Arctic | |||
Battle of DombĂĽs | 14â19 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 | 10â11 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 | 10â14 May | German attempt to seize the Dutch city; it ends in a German victory following the Rotterdam Blitz | |||
Battle of the Netherlands | 10â17 May | Germany invades the Netherlands | |||
Battle of France | 10 Mayâ25 June | Germany takes on France; British Expeditionary Force and French Army defeated | |||
Battle of the Grebbeberg | 11â13 May | A major engagement during the Battle of the Netherlands, Operation Fall Gelb. Germany defeats the Netherlands. | |||
Battle at the Afsluitdijk | 12â14 May | The Netherlands hold against Germany | |||
Battle of Hannut | Largest tank battle of the campaign. France defeats Germany in Belgium. | ||||
Battle of Sedan | 12â17 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 Mayâ5 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 Julyâ31 October | Germans try to bomb Britain into submission â 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 Augustâ5 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 | 11â12 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 Octoberâ13 November | Italy invades Greece, but is defeated. Greece captures parts of Albania from Italy in response. |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1941 | World War II | Battle of Bardia | 3â5 January | British/ Australian and Free French victory in Libya over Italy | |
Battle of Agordat | 26â31 January | The UK defeats Italy in Eritrea | |||
Battle of Keren | 3 Februaryâ1 April | Hard-fought British and Commonwealth victory over Italian forces during East African Campaign | |||
Battle of Beda Fomm | 6â7 February | British/ Australian victory over Italy forces in Libya | |||
Second Sino-Japanese war | Battle of Shanggao | 14 Marchâ9 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 | 6â18 April | Germany, Italy and Hungary invade and conquer Yugoslavia | |||
Battle of Greece | 6â24 April | Germany takes the Balkan Peninsula after Italian stalemate | |||
Siege of Tobruk | 10 Aprilâ27 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 | 7â27 May | Japanese victory in China | ||
World War II | Battle of Fallujah | 17â21 May | The UK defeats Iraq | ||
Battle of Rethymno | 20 May | Australian and Greek tactical victory over Germany | |||
Battle of Crete | 20 Mayâ1 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 | 13â17 June | ||||
Battle of KissouĂŠ | 17 June | British Empire and Free French forces defeat Vichy French in Syria | |||
Battle of Merdjayoun | 19â24 June | British Empire forces defeat Vichy French | |||
Operation Barbarossa | 22 June | German invasion of the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of BiaĹystok-Minsk | 22â29 June | German victory in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (present-day Belarus) over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Raseiniai | 23â27 June | German victory in Lithuania over the Soviet Union | |||
Raid on ConstanČa | 26 June | Axis ( Germany and Romania) victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Brody | 26â30 June | In one of the largest tank battles of World War II, Germany defeats the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Damour | 5â9 July | Australians defeat Vichy French | |||
Battle of Smolensk | 6 Julyâ5 August | Soviet attempt to block German Wehrmacht's advance on Moscow | |||
Battle of Kiev | / | 7 Julyâ26 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 Julyâ8 August | Axis ( Germany, Romania and Hungary) victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Second Battle of Changsha | 6 Septemberâ8 October | Failed Japanese attempt to take Chinese city | ||
World War II | Siege of Leningrad | 8 September 1941â27 January 1944 | After a three-year Nazi siege on Leningrad, the Soviet Union defeats Germany | ||
Battle of the Sea of Azov | At sea | 26 Septemberâ11 October | Axis controls Sea of Azov; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union. | ||
Battle at Borodino Field | 13 October 1941â18 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 | 8â9 December | Japan conquers Thailand | |||
Battle of Wake Island | 8â23 December | Japanese forces capture the American Wake Island in the Pacific | |||
Battle of Hong Kong | 8â25 December | Japanese drive British forces from their Chinese territory | |||
Battle of Malaya | 8 December 1941â15 February 1942 | Japan invades British Malaysia | |||
Battle of the Philippines | 8 December 1941â8 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 | 11â13 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 1941â15 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 1941â19 May 1942 | Axis controls Crimea; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of Kampar | 30 December 1941â2 January 1942 | British forces delay Japanese advance Malaya | |||
1942 | World War II | Battle of Bataan | 1 Januaryâ9 April | Japanese defeat and imprison U.S. and Philippine force | |
Battle of Slim River | 6â8 January | Japan defeats the UK and British India | |||
Battles of Rzhev | 8 January 1942â31 March 1943 | A series of inconclusive battles between the Soviet Union and Germany, ending with Germany's retreat | |||
Battle of DraĹžgoĹĄe | 9 January | First frontal engagement on Slovenian soil with the German occupier | |||
Battle of Tarakan | 11â12 January | Japan defeats the Netherlands | |||
Battle of Manado | |||||
Battle of Gemas | 14 January | Australias ambush Japanese forces | |||
Battle of Muar | 14â22 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 | 18â31 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 JanuaryâFebruary | Japan defeats Australians and occupies the first Australian territory taken by conquest in Australian history | |||
Battle off Endau | 26â27 January | British/ Australian naval defeat by Japan's navy | |||
Battle of Ambon | 30 Januaryâ3 February | Japanese victory over the Netherlands, Australia and the U.S. in the Dutch East Indies | |||
Battle of Port Moresby | 3 February 1942â17 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 Februaryâ1 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 | 9â10 February | Japanese forces capture strait islands from the UK | |||
Battle of Bukit Timah | 10â12 February | Japanese defeat British Empire forces | |||
Battle of Palembang | 13â15 February | Japan defeats Allied forces ( UK, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand) | |||
Battle of Badung Strait | 18â19 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 1942â10 February 1943 | Japanese victory; tactical Australian victory | ||
Battle of Sunda Strait | 28 Februaryâ1 March | ABDACOM naval force ( U.S., Australia and the Netherlands) under Admiral Doorman defeated by Japanese fleet | |||
Battle of Java | 28 Februaryâ12 March | A battle of the Pacific theatre between Japan and the Netherlands; Japanese victory | |||
Battle of Leuwiliang | 3â5 March | British, Australian and American forces are defeated by Japan | |||
Invasion of Buka and Bougainville | 9 Marchâ5 April | Japanese forces invades and defeats Australian forces, capturing Buka and Bougainville | |||
Battle of Toungoo | 19â29 March | Japan defeats China in Burma | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of Oktwin | 20â23 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 | 11â19 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 TelavĂĽg | 30 April | German forces destroy entire Norwegian town | |||
Battle of the St. Lawrence | At sea | May 1942âNovember 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 | 5â6 May | Last U.S. bastion in Asia surrenders to the Japanese after prolonged siege | |||
Second Battle of Kharkov | 12â28 May | Soviet counterattack thwarted against Germany and the Axis | |||
Battle of Bir Hakeim | 26 Mayâ11 June | Free French Forces successfully delay Rommel's Italian and German advance towards Egypt | |||
Battle of Gazala | 26 Mayâ21 June | German commander Erwin Rommel, reinforced by Italians, defeats Great Britain | |||
Operation Anthropoid | 27 May | Czech resistance fighters assassinate Schutzstaffel (SS)- ObergruppenfĂźher Reinhard Heydrich | |||
Attack on Sydney Harbour | 31 Mayâ8 June | Japanese submarines attack Australian cities | |||
Battle of Midway | At sea | 4â7 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 Juneâ10 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 Juneâ24 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 1942â2 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 BunaâGona | 21â27 July | Japan defeats Australian forces and capture Buna- Gona | |||
Kokoda Track campaign | 21 Julyâ16 November | Australia's finest hour; Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Guadalcanal | 7 August 1942â9 February 1943 | Allies ( U.S., UK, Australia and New Zealand) finally take the island from Japan after a six-month battle | |||
Battle of Kokoda | 8â10 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 RyĹŤjĹ sunk by the U.S. | |||
Battle of Milne Bay | 25 Augustâ7 September | Australians defeat Japanese in the first clear Allied victory over Japanese land forces | |||
Battle of Isurava | 26â31 August | Australian forces are pushed down the Kokoda trail by Japan | |||
Battle of Alam Halfa | 30 Augustâ6 September | Allies vs. Rommel in North Africa; the UK and New Zealand defeat Germany and Italy | |||
First Battle of Eora Creek â Templeton's Crossing | 31 August - 5 September | Japanese forces defeat Australian forces | |||
Battle of Mission Ridge â Brigade Hill | 6â9 September | ||||
Battle of Ioribaiwa | 14â16 September | Australians withdraw from Japanese forces down the Kokoda trail | |||
Raid on Mubo | 1 October | Australian commandos raid Japanese forces]] killing 50 | |||
Battle of ViĹĄegrad | 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 â Templeton's Crossing | 11â28 October | Australians advance after being halted by Japan | |||
Battle of Goodenough Island | 22â27 October | Australians take island from the Japanese | |||
Second Battle of El Alamein | 23 Octoberâ4 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 OiviâGorari | 4â11 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 BunaâGona | 16 November 1942â22 January 1943 | Australian and American forces win decisive victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Velikiye Luki | 19 November 1942â16 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 JanuaryâMarch | 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 | 29â30 January | Japanese bombers sink an American cruiser | |||
Battle of Wau | 29 Januaryâ4 February | Australian and American victory over Japan | |||
Battle of the Kasserine Pass | 14â25 February | German victory over British Empire and U.S. forces in Tunisia | |||
Third Battle of Kharkov | 16 Februaryâ15 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 Aprilâ14 July | Australians force Japan to retreat | |||
Battle of Bobdubi | 22 Aprilâ19 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 Mayâ11 June | Chinese forces under Bai Chongxi defeat Japanese | ||
World War II | Sutjeska offensive | 15 Mayâ16 June | Failed Axis ( Germany, Italy, Croatia and Bulgaria) offensive against Yugoslav Partisans | ||
Battle of Lababia Ridge | 20â23 June | Australians defeat Japanese attack | |||
Battle of New Georgia | 20 Juneâ25 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 Julyâ23 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 | 10â11 July | U.S. victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Kolombangara | 12â13 July | American ships damaged while pursuing Japanese | |||
Battle of Mount Tambu | 16 Julyâ18 August | Australian and American decisive victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Bairoko | 20 July | Japanese victory over the U.S. | |||
Battle of Roosevelt Ridge | 21 Julyâ14 August | Allied victory ( U.S. and Australia) over Japan | |||
Battle of Munda Point | 22 Julyâ5 August | The U.S. defeats Japan | |||
Battle of Centuripe | 2â4 August | The UK defeats Germany in Sicily | |||
Battle of Vella Gulf | 6â7 August | Japanese lose three destroyers against the U.S. | |||
Smolensk operation | 7 Augustâ2 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 Augustâ6 October | The U.S. and New Zealand defeat Japan | |||
Battle off Horaniu | 17â18 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 Augustâ23 December | The Soviet Union takes Eastern Ukraine from Germany | |||
Battle of Arundel Island | 27 Augustâ21 September | The U.S. defeats Japan | |||
Landing at Lae | 4â16 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 | 19â20 September | Australian victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Dumpu | 22 Septemberâ4 October | Australian forces defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Finschhafen | 22 Septemberâ24 October | Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Leros | At sea | 26 Septemberâ16 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 KnollâTrevor's Ridge | 12â13 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 Octoberâ12 November | Major New Zealand and American victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay | 1â2 November | Japan suffers a naval defeat against the U.S. | |||
Landings at Cape Torokina | 1â3 November | American/ New Zealand forces defeat Japanese forces | |||
Bombing of Rabaul | 2â11 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 Novemberâ20 December | Chinese victory, Japanese use biological and chemical weapons | ||
World War II | Battle of Koromokina Lagoon | 7â8 November | The U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Battle for Piva Trail | 8â9 November | ||||
Battle of Sattelberg | 17â25 November | Major Australian and American victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Tarawa | 20â22 November | First contested amphibious landing of World War II by the U.S. against Japan | |||
Battle of Makin | 20â24 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 Novemberâ8 December | Australia defeats Japan | |||
Battle for Monte la Difensa | 3â9 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 1943â24 February 1944 | Allied ( U.S. and Australia) victory against Japan | |||
Battle of Ortona | 20â28 December | Canada defeats Germany | |||
Dnieper-Carpathian offensive | / / | 24 December 1943â6 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 | 27â28 December | Australian victory over Japan | |||
1944 | World War II | Leningrad-Novgorod offensive | / | 14 Januaryâ1 March | The Soviet Union lifts the Siege of Leningrad and liberates the area around Veliky Novgorod from Germany |
Battle of Monte Cassino | 17 Januaryâ19 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 | 19â31 January | Australian victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Rapido River | 20â22 January | Germany defeats the U.S. | |||
Battle of Anzio | 22 Januaryâ5 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 Januaryâ16 February | Decisive Soviet victory over Germany | |||
Battle of Cisterna | 30 Januaryâ2 February | Part of Operation Shingle â 1st, 3rd and 4th U.S. Army Ranger battalions attempted to capture the town of Cisterna, German victory | |||
Battle of Kwajalein | 31 Januaryâ3 February | American victory over Japan in the Marshall Islands, several Korean laborers captured | |||
Battle of Madang | FebruaryâApril | Australian and American victory over Japan in the Pacific | |||
Battle of Narva | 2 Februaryâ10 August | Germany successfully holds ground against the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of the Green Islands | 15â20 February | New Zealand forces supported by Americans defeat Japan | |||
Attack on Truk | At sea | 17â18 February | Successful American air raid against Japan in the Marshall Islands | ||
Battle of Eniwetok | 17â23 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 Marchâ17 April | Germans victorious over the Soviet Union, but have to retreat afterward | ||
Battle of Imphal | 8 Marchâ3 July | An invasion of British India by Japan is stopped by the UK and British Indian soldiers | |||
Raid on Drvar | AprilâMay | 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 | AprilâDecember | Marginal Japanese victory over China and the U.S. | ||
World War II | Crimean offensive | 8 Aprilâ12 May | The Soviet Union captures Crimea from Germany; Germany got aid from Romania | ||
Siege of Myitkyina | 17 Mayâ3 August | China and the U.S. capture Myitkyina in Burma from Japan | |||
Battle of Lone Tree Hill | 17 Mayâ2 September | American victory over Japan in the Pacific theatre | |||
Battle of Wakde | 18â21 May | American and Australian victory over the Japanese | |||
Battle of Biak | 27 Mayâ17 August | ||||
Battle of Mogaung | 4â27 June | The UK, China and the U.S. defeat Japan | |||
Battle for Caen | 6 Juneâ6 August | After more than a month of fighting, the UK and Canada finally capture Caen from Germany | |||
Battle of Normandy | 6 Juneâ25 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 WzgĂłrze | 14â15 June | Polish and Soviet partisans temporarily defeat Germany | |||
Battle of Saipan | 15 Juneâ9 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 Juneâ9 July | Finnish stop Soviet offensive | ||
World War II | Battle of Noemfoor | 2 Julyâ31 August | American victory over Japan, supported by the Royal Australian Air Force | ||
Continuation War, World War II |
Battle of Vuosalmi | 4â11 July | Finnish victory over the Soviets | ||
World War II | Battle of Driniumor River | 10 Julyâ25 August | The U.S. and Australia defeat Japan | ||
LvovâSandomierz offensive | / | 13 Julyâ29 August | The Soviet Union captures Eastern Poland and Western Ukraine from Germany; Germany was aided by Hungary | ||
Battle of Auvere | 20â25 July | Germany defeats the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Guam | 21 Julyâ10 August | The U.S. captures Guam; 18,000 Japanese killed during American attack. | |||
Battle of Tinian | 24 Julyâ1 August | The Japanese, realizing they will lose, launch a suicidal charge against Americans | |||
Operation Cobra | 25â31 July | The U.S. breaks out of Normandy and liberates Western France from Germany | |||
Battle of Sansapor | 30 Julyâ31 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 Augustâ3 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 | 12â21 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 | 15â25 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 Augustâ24 November | Japanese victory over China and the U.S. | ||
World War II | Battle of Romania | 20 Augustâ24 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 Septemberâ24 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 Septemberâ24 November | The Soviet Union, communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and Bulgaria capture Belgrade from Germany | |||
Battle of Peleliu | 15 Septemberâ27 November | A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific; the U.S. defeats Japan | |||
Battle of Arnhem | 17â26 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 | 17â30 September | Volcanic island captured by Americans from Japan | |||
Battle of HĂźrtgen Forest | 19 September 1944â10 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 | 1â8 October | Finns capture Tornio from the Germans; start of the Lapland War proper | |||
Battle of the Scheldt | / | 2 Octoberâ8 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 | 2â21 October | Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II; the U.S. defeats Germany | |||
Battle of Kos | 3â4 October | Germany defeats Italy, the UK and South Africa | |||
Battle of Debrecen | 6â29 October | Germans able to hold back Soviets | |||
PetsamoâKirkenes offensive | 7â29 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 | 15â23 October | Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans defeat the German fascist puppet state of Croatia | |||
Operation Pheasant | 20 Octoberâ4 November | The UK, Canada, Poland, the U.S. and the Netherlands liberate North Brabant from Germany | |||
Battle of Leyte | 20 Octoberâ31 December | Combined American and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas begin the liberation of the Philippines | |||
Battle of Leyte Gulf | 23â26 October | The largest air-sea battle in history; American/ Australian fleet destroy Japan's fleet | |||
Liberation of Finnmark | 23 October 1944â26 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 1944â13 February 1945 | The Soviet Union and Romania capture Budapest and most of Hungary from Germany and Hungary | |||
AitapeâWewak campaign | November 1944âAugust 1945 | Australia victory over Japan | |||
Landing at Jacquinot Bay | 4 November | Australians land at Japanese-occupied Jacquinot Bay | |||
Battle of Ormoc Bay | 11 Novemberâ21 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 1944â12 February 1945 | Brazilian and American troops defeat Germans in Italy | |||
Battle of Wide BayâOpen Bay | December 1944âApril 1945 | Australias defeat Japanese | |||
Battle of Mindoro | 13â16 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 1944â25 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 | 30â31 December | Australia defeats Japan | |||
1945 | World War II | Battle of Luzon | 9 Januaryâ15 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 Januaryâ2 February | The Soviet Union captures Western Poland from Germany and advances in parts of Eastern Germany | ||
East Prussian offensive | / / | 13 Januaryâ25 April | The Soviet Union captures most of East Prussia from Germany | ||
Battle of Tsimba Ridge | 17 Januaryâ9 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 Januaryâ8 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 Februaryâ3 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 Februaryâ27 March | The U.S., the UK and Canada capture the Rhineland from Germany | |||
Silesian offensives | / / / | 8 Februaryâ31 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 | 16â26 February | Spectacular combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth assault retakes island bastion from Japanese forces | |||
Battle of Baguio | 21 Februaryâ26 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 BaĂąos | 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 Februaryâ4 April | The Soviet Union captures parts of Northeastern Germany | |||
Battle of the Transdanubian Hills | 6â21 March | Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Italy defeat Germany | |||
Battle of Mindanao | 10 Marchâ15 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 Marchâ15 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 Marchâ30 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 Marchâ11 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 Marchâ6 April | Decisive Australian victory over Japan | |||
Battle on LijevÄa field | 30 Marchâ8 April | Total Ustashian (Croats fighting for Germany) victory over Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists) | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of West Hunan | 6 Aprilâ9 June | Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan | ||
World War II | Battle of Bologna | 9â21 April | Poland, the UK, the U.S., Italy and Brazil defeat Germany | ||
Battle of the Argenta Gap | 12â19 April | The UK defeats Germany | |||
Battle of the Hongorai River | 17 Aprilâ22 May | Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Halbe | 24 Aprilâ1 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 Aprilâ2 May | Soviet forces encircle and capture German capital; Hitler commits suicide | |||
Battle of Triest | 30 Aprilâ2 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 | 6â11 May | The Soviet Union captures Prague from Germany | |||
Battle of Zelengora | 10â13 May | Yugoslav communists defeat Yugoslav nationalists | |||
Battle of Poljana | 14â15 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 | JuneâAugust | Australian victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Porton Plantation | 8â10 June | Japan defeats Australia and New Zealand | |||
Battle of Labuan | 10â21 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 Juneâ15 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 | 26â28 June | Australian victory over Japanese forces | |||
Battle of Balikpapan | 1â21 July | ||||
Battle of Sagami Bay | At sea | 22â23 July | The U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Battle of Mayoyao Ridge | 26 Julyâ9 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 | / | 9â20 August | Decisive Russian victory over Japan | ||
Chinese Civil War, World War II |
Opening Campaign | 10 August 1945â10 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 | 12â16 August | Japan defeats the Soviet Union | ||
Chinese Civil War, World War II |
Battle of Baoying | 15â23 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists | ||
Battle of Yongjiazhen | 16â19 August | ||||
Battle of Tianmen | 17 August | ||||
World War II | Battle of Shumshu | 18â23 August | The Soviet Union defeats Japan | ||
Chinese Civil War | Battle of Wuhe | 24 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists | ||
Battle of Yinji | 26â27 August | ||||
Battle of Dazhongji | 1â13 September | ||||
Battle of Lingbi | 4â5 September | ||||
Battle of Xiangshuikou | 18 September | ||||
Battle of Rugao | 21 September | ||||
Battle of Houmajia | 18 October | ||||
Indonesian National Revolution | Battle of Surabaya | 27 Octoberâ20 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 | 19â21 December | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1946 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Siping | 15â17 March | Communist victory | |
Battle of HuaiyinâHuai'an | 21 Augustâ22 September | Nationalist victory | |||
Battle of Lishi | 6â9 September | Communist victory | |||
Battle of Kalgan | 10-20 October | Nationalist victory | |||
1947 | Battle of Yan'an | 19 March | |||
Battle of Niangziguan | 24â25 April | ||||
Battle of Tang'erli | 27â28 April | ||||
Indonesian National Revolution | Operatie Product | 21 July | First of two major Dutch military " police actions" against Indonesia | ||
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 | 22 October 1947â5 January 1949 | First war fought between the successor of British India, the Dominion of India, and newly-formed Dominion of Pakistan; the war ended with India having the majority portion of Kashmir | |||
Battle of Badgam | 3 November | ||||
Battle of Shalateng | 7 November | ||||
Chinese Civil War | Battle of Phoenix Peak | 7â9 December | |||
1948 ArabâIsraeli War | Battles of Kfar Darom | 7 December 1947â9 July 1948 | Egyptian victory | ||
1948 | 1947â1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine | Battle of Haifa | 21-22 April | Jewish militias capture Haifa | |
1948 ArabâIsraeli War | Battle of Nirim | 15 May | Israeli militants capture Nirim kibbutz | ||
Battle of Yad Mordechai | 19-24 May | Egypt captures the settlement despite heavy Israeli defense | |||
Battles of Latrun | 24 Mayâ18 July | Jordanian forces capture Old Jerusalem | |||
First Battle of Negba | 2 June | Israeli victory | |||
Second Battle of Negba | 12 July | ||||
Chinese Civil War | Liaoshen Campaign | 12 Septemberâ12 November | Decisive Chinese Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists | ||
Huaihai Campaign | 6 November 1948â10 January 1949 | ||||
Pingjin Campaign | 29 November 1948â31 January 1949 | ||||
Indonesian National Revolution | Operatie Kraai | 19 December 1948â5 January 1949 | The second Dutch " police actions" against Indonesia. Although the Dutch were militarily victorious, they were forced to give up the East Indies because of international anti-colonial pressure. | ||
1949 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Kuningtou | 25â27 October | Nationalist victory establishes Taiwan as the Nationalist refuge; Communists left in control of mainland China | |
Battle of Dengbu Island | 3â5 November | ||||
1950 | Battle of Bamianshan | 19â31 January | |||
Battle of Tianquan | 14â20 February | ||||
Battle of Nan'ao Island | 3 March | ||||
Battle of Dongshan Island | 11 May | ||||
Korean War | Battle of Gorangpo | 25â26 June | |||
Battle of Kaesong-Munsan | |||||
Battle of Ongjin | |||||
Battle of Uijeongbu | |||||
First Battle of Seoul | 25â28 June | ||||
Battle of Chuncheon | 25â29 June | ||||
Air Battle of South Korea | / | 25 Juneâ20 July | |||
Operation Pokpoong | 25 Juneâ31 July | North Korean offensive ends in victory | |||
Battle of Suwon Airfield | 27 June | ||||
Battle of Chumonchin Chan | At sea | 2 July | |||
Battle of Osan | 5 July | ||||
Battle of Pyongtaek | 6 July | ||||
Battle of Chonan | 7â8 July | ||||
Battle of Chochiwon | 10â12 July | ||||
Battle of Taejon | 14â21 July | ||||
Battle of Sangju | 20â31 July | ||||
Battle of Yongdong | 22â25 July | ||||
Battle of Hwanggan | 23â29 July | ||||
Hadong Ambush | 27 July | ||||
Battle of Andong | 29 Julyâ1 August | ||||
Battle of the Notch | 2 August | ||||
Battle of Pusan Perimeter | 4 Augustâ18 September | UN forces stop North Korean invasion of South Korea, counterattack in mid-September in conjunction with Battle of Inchon | |||
Battle of Inchon | 15-19 September | UN retakes South Korea, reaches Seoul in 12 days | |||
Annexation of Tibet/ Cold War | Battle of Chamdo | 6-19 October | Chinese victory | ||
Korean War | Battle of Sariwon | 17 October | UN victory | ||
Battle of Kujin | 25â26 October | ||||
Battle of Onjong | 25â29 October | Chinese victory | |||
Battle of Unsan | 25 Octoberâ4 November | ||||
Battle of Chongju | 29â30 October | Australian/ UN victory | |||
Battle of Pakchon | 5 November | ||||
Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River | 25 Novemberâ2 December | Decisive Chinese victory, UN forces expelled from North Korea | |||
Battle of Chosin Reservoir | 27 Novemberâ13 December | Chinese strategic victory | |||
Third Battle of Seoul | 31 December 1950â7 January 1951 | Chinese and North Korean forces take Seoul |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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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 Novemberâ22 December | ||||
1957 | Algerian War | Battle of Agounennda | 23â25 May | ||
Battle of Bouzegza | 4â12 August | ||||
1958 | Battle of Bab El Bekkouche | 28â31 May | |||
Cuban Revolution | Battle of La Plata | 11â21 July | |||
Battle of Las Mercedes | 29 Julyâ8 August | ||||
Battle of Yaguajay | 19â30 December |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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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 Marchâ30 April | South Vietnamese counteroffensive to disrupt Vietcong near Saigon | ||
Sino-Indian War | Battle of Namka Chu | / | 10 Octoberâ16 November | Chinese victory | |
IndonesiaâMalaysia 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 | |||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Battle of Long Jawai | 28 September | Initial Indonesian victory, but Britain successfully counterattacks | ||
Vietnam War | Battle of Hiáťp Hòa | 22 November | Vietcong victory | ||
1964 | Battle of Long Dinh | 26 February | Indecisive | ||
Battle of Kien Long | 12â20 April | South Vietnamese victory; Vietcong successfully retreats | |||
Operation Quyet Thang 202 | 27 Aprilâ27 May | South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of Nam Dong | 5â6 July | Allied victory over North Vietnam | |||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Landing at Labis | SeptemberâOctober | 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 LĂŁo | 7â9 December | North Vietnamese victory | ||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Action of 13 December 1964 | At sea | 13 December | Australian minesweeper defeats Indonesian patrol boat | |
Vietnam War | Battle of Binh Gia | 28 December 1964â1 January 1965 | Vietcong victory | ||
1965 | Attack on Camp Holloway | 6-7 February | Vietcong victory, beginning of Operation Flaming Dart | ||
Battle of DĆ°ĆĄng Liáť uâNhĂ´ng Pass | 7-8 February | Vietcong victory | |||
Operation Flaming Dart | 7-24 February | Escalation of the Vietnam War | |||
First Battle of Thanh HĂła Bridge | 4 April 1965â13 May 1972 | North Vietnamese jets take down three American jets attempting to blow up a key bridge; the bridge still stands | |||
Operation Starlite | 18â24 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 SĂ´ng BĂŠ | 10â15 May | American- South Vietnamese victory | ||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Battle of Sungei Koemba | 27 Mayâ12 June | Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces | ||
Vietnam War | Battle of Ba Gia | 28â31 May | Vietcong victory | ||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Battle of Kindau | 15 June | Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces | ||
Battle of Babang | 12 July | ||||
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Lahore | 6â12 September | Indian victory | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Piranha | 7â10 September | American forces storm the Batangan Peninsula | ||
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Phillora | 7â11 September | Indian victory | ||
Battle of Asal Uttar | 8â10 September | ||||
Battle of Chawinda | 14â19 September | Inconclusive | |||
Vietnam War | Battle of An Ninh | 18â19 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 | 19â25 October | First major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnam | |||
Pleiku Campaign | 27 Octoberâ26 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 | 14â18 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. | |||
IndonesiaâMalaysia Confrontation | Battle of Bau | 21 November | British victory | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Bushmaster II | 1â6 December | American victory | ||
Operation Harvest Moon | 8â20 December | Allied victory |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Marauder | 1â8 January | Allied victory | |
Battle of the Ho Bo Woods | 8â14 January | American/ Australian victory | |||
Operation Double Eagle | 18 Januaryâ17 February | Inconclusive | |||
Laotian Civil War, Vietnam War |
Battle of Nakhang | 16â28 February | |||
Vietnam War | Battle of Suoi Bong Trang | 23â24 February | Major Australian victory | ||
Battle of Äᝊc CĆĄ | |||||
Operation Utah | 4â7 March | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of A Sau | 9â10 March | ||||
Operation Jackstay | 26 Marchâ6 April | American victory | |||
Battle of Xa Cam My | 11â12 April | ||||
Operation Georgia | 21 Aprilâ10 May | American victory | |||
Rhodesian Bush War | Battle of Sinoia | 28 April | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Davy Crockett | 1â16 May | American victory | ||
Operation Paul Revere | 10 Mayâ1 August | American/ South Korean victory | |||
Operation Wahiawa | 16â30 May | American victory | |||
Operation Crazy Horse | 16 Mayâ5 June | ||||
Operation Hardihood | 16 Mayâ8 June | American/ Australian victory | |||
Operation El Paso | 19 Mayâ13 July | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Hawthorne | 2â21 June | ||||
Battle of Hill 488 | 15â16 June | American victory | |||
Operation Nathan Hale | 19â30 June | ||||
Operation Jay | 25 Juneâ2 July | ||||
Operation Macon | 4 Julyâ28 October | ||||
Battle of Minh Thanh Road | 9 July | ||||
Operation Hastings | / | 15 Julyâ3 August | American troops force North Vietnamese across the Vietnamese DMZ | ||
Operation John Paul Jones | 21 Julyâ5 September | Inconclusive | |||
Laotian Civil War | Battle of Nam Bac | August 1966âJanuary 1968 | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Prairie | / | 3 August 1966â31 January 1967 | Attempt to drive away North Vietnamese units under the Vietnamese DMZ | |
Battle of Äᝊc CĆĄ | 9â10 August | ||||
Battle of Long Tan | 18â19 August | First major action of Australian forces in Vietnam | |||
Operation Amarillo | 23â31 August | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Seward | 5â25 September | American victory | |||
Operation Thayer | 13 September 1966â12 February 1967 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Attleboro | 14 Septemberâ25 November | Both sides declare victory | |||
Operation Shenandoah | 16 Octoberâ2 November | American victory | |||
Operation Atlanta | 19 OctoberâDecember | ||||
Operation Paul Revere IV | 20 Octoberâ30 December | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Fairfax | November 1966â15 December 1967 | American combing operation victory | |||
1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Deckhouse Five | 6â15 January | Inconclusive | |
Operation Cedar Falls | 8â26 January | ||||
Operation Desoto | 27 Januaryâ7 April | American victory | |||
Operation Prairie II | / | 1 Februaryâ18 March | |||
Operation Enterprise | 13 February 1967â11 March 1968 | ||||
Battle of TrĂ BĂŹnh | 14â15 February | South Korean victory | |||
Operation Bribie | 17â18 February | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Junction City | 22 Februaryâ14 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 BĂ u BĂ ng | 19â20 March | American victory | |||
Operation Prairie III | / | 19 Marchâ19 April | |||
Battle of Suoi Tre | 21 March | Costly Vietcong defeat | |||
Battle of Ap Gu | 31 Marchâ1 April | American forces defeat Vietcong | |||
Operation Francis Marion | 6 Aprilâ11 October | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Lejeune | 7â22 April | American victory | |||
Operation Prairie IV | / | 20 Aprilâ17 May | Costly American victory | ||
Operation Union | 21 Aprilâ16 May | American attempt to find Vietcong in the Quáşż SĆĄn Valley | |||
Operation Baker | 22 Aprilâ31 July | American victory | |||
Operation Manhattan | 23 Aprilâ7 June | American recon victory | |||
First Battle of Khe Sanh | 24 Aprilâ11 May | Americans capture Hill 861 | |||
Operation Beaver Cage | 28 Aprilâ12 May | American victory | |||
Operations Malheur I and Malheur II | 11 Mayâ2 August | ||||
Operation Crockett | 13 Mayâ16 July | ||||
Operation Kole Kole | 14 Mayâ7 December | ||||
Operation Hickory | 18â28 May | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Barking Sands | 18 Mayâ7 December | American victory | |||
Operation Union II | 26 Mayâ5 June | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Dragnet | 26 May 1967â27 January 1968 | Allied victory | |||
Six-Day War | Battle of Abu-Ageila | 5â6 June | |||
Battle of Ammunition Hill | 6 June | ||||
Vietnam War | Operation Akron | 9â29 June | American/ South Vietnamese forces attempt to flank Vietcong troops, but both sides take losses | ||
Operation Billings | 12â26 June | American victory | |||
Operation Concordia | 19â21 June | Allied victory | |||
Battle of the Slopes | 20â22 June | North Vietnamese victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Battle of Nsukka | 2â12 July | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Diamond Head | 11 Julyâ31 October | American victory | ||
Operation Kingfisher | 16 Julyâ31 October | Inconclusive, both sides claim victory | |||
Operation Coronado II | 27â31 July | Allied victory | |||
Operation Hood River | 2â13 August | Inconclusive | |||
Battle of Suoi Chau Pha | 6 August | Australian victory | |||
Operation Colorado | 6â22 August | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Midwest Invasion of 1967 | 9 Augustâ20 September | |||
Battle of Ore | 11 August | ||||
Vietnam War | Operation Benton | 13â29 August | American victory | ||
Operation Coronado IV | 19 Augustâ9 September | ||||
Action of 23 August 1967 | 23 August | North Vietnamese fighter jets defeat American jets | |||
Operation Byrd | 25 Augustâ1 December | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Swift | 4â15 September | ||||
Nathu La and Cho La clashes | / | 11â14 September | Indian forces beat back Chinese forces | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Wheeler/Wallowa | 11 September 1967â11 November 1968 | American offensive, where the Tiger Force committed war crimes | ||
Nigerian Civil War | Fall of Enugu | 12 Septemberâ4 October | Nigerian forces capture the Biafran capital of Enugu | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Coronado V | 12 Septemberâ7 October | American victory | ||
Operation Kunia | 15 Septemberâ9 November | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Shenandoah II | 29 Septemberâ10 December | Americans try to repair highway | |||
Nigerian Civil War | First Battle of Onitsha | 4â12 October | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Medina | 11â20 October | Inconclusive | ||
Operation MacArthur | 12 October 1967â31 January 1969 | American victory | |||
Battle of Ong Thanh | 17 October | Vietcong victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Operation Tiger Claw | 17â19 October | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Osceola | 20 October 1967â16 February 1968 | Inconclusive | ||
First Battle of Loc Ninh | 29 Octoberâ7 November | American and South Vietnamese troops capture Loc Ninh | |||
Operation Lancaster | 1 November 1967â20 January 1968 | Minor operation, Tet Offensive causes beginning of Operation Lancaster II | |||
Operation Coronado IX | 1 November 1967â22 January 1968 | American victory | |||
Operation Neosho | 1 November 1967â25 January 1968 | Continuation of Operation Fremont | |||
Operation Kentucky | 1 November 1967â28 February 1969 | Low-level American cross- Vietnamese DMZ operation | |||
Battle of Dak To | 3â23 November | Pyrrhic American victory | |||
Operation Santa Fe | 3 November 1967â5 January 1968 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Essex | 6â17 November | Minor American victory | |||
Operation Napoleon/Saline | Novemberâ9 December | Allied victory | |||
Operation Kien Giang 9-1 | 15â19 November | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Manchester | 4 December 1967â17 February 1968 | American victory | |||
Battle of Tam Quan | 6â20 December | ||||
Operation Yellowstone | 8 December 1967â24 February 1968 | ||||
Operation Saratoga | 8 December 1967â11 March 1968 | ||||
Operation Muscatine | 18 December 1967â10 June 1968 | ||||
Operation Badger Tooth | 26 December 1967â2 January 1968 | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Auburn | 28 December 1967â3 January 1968 | American victory | |||
1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Niagara | JanuaryâMarch | American counterattack on Tet Offensive | |
New Year's Day battle of 1968 | 1â2 January | American victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Second Battle of Onitsha | 2 Januaryâ20 March | Nigerian forces capture Onitsha | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Lancaster II | 20 Januaryâ23 November | American victory | ||
Operation McLain | 20 January 1968â31 January 1969 | ||||
Operation Jeb Stuart | 21 Januaryâ31 March | Spontaneous American counterattack disrupted by Tet Offensive | |||
Battle of Khe Sanh | 21 Januaryâ8 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 | 23â24 January | North Vietnamese troops defeat a small garrison of Laotian Royal troops | ||
Operation Coronado X | 23 Januaryâ12 February | Allied victory | |||
Operation Coburg | 24 January â1 March | Allied victory over North Vietnam | |||
Tet offensive attacks on Da Nang | 29 Januaryâ11 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 Januaryâ7 March | American and South Vietnamese troops repel the attack, but it heavily increases anti-war sentiment in the US. | |||
Battle of Báşżn Tre | 31 Januaryâ5 February | Vietcong attack Báşżn Tre, but fail to capture it | |||
Battle of Quang Tri | 31 Januaryâ6 February | South Vietnamese/ American victory | |||
Battle of Da Lat | Januaryâ9 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 Januaryâ11 February | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of Huáşż | 31 Januaryâ2 March | American and South Vietnamese forces successfully defend the city, although Vietcong commit the Hue Massacre | |||
Battle of Lang Vei | 6â7 February | North Vietnamese captures Lang Vei camp | |||
Operation Truong Cong Dinh | 7 Marchâ7 August | South Vietnam attempts to regain control over major highways | |||
Battle of Lo Giang | 8â9 February | American troops repel North Vietnamese attacks | |||
Operation Hop Tac I | 10 Februaryâ10 March | American victory | |||
Operation Coronado XI | 12 Februaryâ3 March | Allied victory | |||
Operation Houston | 26 Februaryâ12 September | American victory | |||
Action of 1 March 1968 | 1 March | North Vietnamese ships attempt to ambush South Vietnamese ships | |||
Operation Patrick | 1â30 March | American victory | |||
Battle of Tam Káťł | 3â6 March | ||||
Nigerian Civil War | Invasion of Port Harcourt | 8 Marchâ24 May | Nigerian forces capture Port Harcourt | ||
Vietnam War, Laotian Civil War |
Battle of Lima Site 85 | 10â11 March | North Vietnamese- Pathet Lao victory | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Quyet Thang | 11 Marchâ7 April | South Vietnamese and U.S. recapture areas around Saigon | ||
Operation Walker | 17 March 1968â31 January 1969 | American victory | |||
Operation Carentan | 18 Marchâ17 May | ||||
Operation Frederick Hill | 18 March 1968â28 February 1971 | American successfully conduct a security operation in Quảng TĂn province | |||
Operation Geneva Park | American successfully conduct a security operation in Quang Ngai Province | ||||
War of Attrition, IsraeliâPalestinian 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 Marchâ31 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 Aprilâ31 May | Allied victory | ||
Operation Burlington Trail | 8 Aprilâ11 November | American victory | |||
Battle of Signal Hill | 19â21 April | Pyrrhic North Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Delaware | 19 Aprilâ17 May | Inconclusive | |||
May Offensive | 29 Aprilâ30 May | North Vietnamese offensive smaller in scale than the Tet Offensive, but much bloodier | |||
Battle of Dai Do | 30 Aprilâ3 May | Both sides claim victory | |||
Operation Allen Brook | 4 Mayâ24 August | American/ South Vietnamese forces drive back Vietcong | |||
Battle of An Bao | 5â6 May | North Vietnamese forces ambush Americans, but the Americans fight back and win | |||
Battle of West Saigon | 5â12 May | Allied victory | |||
Battle of Landing Zone Center | 5â25 May | American victory | |||
Battle of South Saigon | 7â12 May | Allied victory | |||
Operation Concordia Square | 8â17 May | American victory | |||
Battle of Kham Duc | 10â12 May | North Vietnamese victory and one of the largest battles of the war | |||
Battle of CoralâBalmoral | 12 Mayâ6 June | Australian forces repel multiple North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks over 26 days of fighting | |||
Operation Jeb Stuart III | 17 Mayâ3 November | U.S. forces attack North Vietnamese bases | |||
Operation Nevada Eagle | 17 May 1968â28 February 1969 | Protection of Huáşż by Americans | |||
Operation Toan Thang II | 1 June 1968â16 February 1969 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Robin | 2â19 June | American victory | |||
Battle of Binh An | 27â28 June | ||||
Operation Thor | 1â8 July | ||||
Operation Pocahontas Forest | 6â31 July | Allied victory | |||
Operation Quyet Chien | 3 Augustâ30 November | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Somerset Plain | 4â20 August | U.S. claims victory | |||
Phase III offensive | 17 Augustâ27 September | Failed third push by the North Vietnamese after the Tet Offensive | |||
Battle of Duc Lap | 24â27 August | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Operation OAU | 2 Septemberâ15 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 | 8â24 September | American victory | ||
Operation Vinh Loc | 10â20 September | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Maui Peak | 1â19 October | American victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Siege of Owerri | 15 October 1968â25 April 1969 | Biafra recaptures Owerri | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Fulton Square | 22 October 1968â18 January 1970 | Minor clashes between American/ South Vietnamese forces and Vietcong | ||
Operation Henderson Hill | 23 Octoberâ6 December | American victory | |||
Operation Sheridan Sabre | 7 November 1968â4 April 1969 | ||||
Operation Commando Hunt | 15 November 1968â29 March 1972 | Americans fail to bomb Vietcong supply routes | |||
Operation Meade River | 20 Novemberâ9 December | American victory | |||
Battle of Hat Dich | 3 December 1968â19 February 1969 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Taylor Common | 7 December 1968â8 March 1969 | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Fayette Canyon | 15 December 1968â28 February 1969 | American victory | |||
1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Dewey Canyon | 22 Januaryâ18 March | Last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division | |
Operation Toan Thang III | 17 Februaryâ31 October | Allied victory | |||
Operation Massachusetts Striker | 28 Februaryâ8 May | Both sides claim victory | |||
Operation Iron Mountain | 28 February 1969â28 February 1971 | American victory | |||
Operation Purple Martin | 1 Marchâ2 May | ||||
Operation Kentucky Jumper | 1 Marchâ14 August | American reconnaissance operation | |||
Operation Maine Crag | 15 Marchâ2 May | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Atlas Wedge | 17â24 March | American victory | |||
Operation Montana Mauler | 23 Marchâ3 April | ||||
Nigerian Civil War | Defense of Umuahia | 27 Marchâ22 April | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Washington Green | 15 April 1969â1 January 1971 | American victory | ||
Operation Virginia Ridge | 2 Mayâ16 July | ||||
Operation Apache Snow | 10 Mayâ7 June | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of Hamburger Hill | 13â20 May | American and South Vietnamese troops win, but heavy losses force them to withdraw | |||
Operation Lamar Plain | 15 Mayâ14 August | American victory | |||
Operation Pipestone Canyon | 26 Mayâ7 November | American launch a successful local offensive | |||
Battle of Binh Ba | 6â8 June | Australians defeat Vietcong | |||
Operation Montgomery Rendezvous | 8 Juneâ15 August | Costly American victory | |||
Operation Utah Mesa | 12 Juneâ6 July | Allied victory | |||
Operation Campbell Streamer | 13 Julyâ15 August | Dozens of Vietcong killed | |||
Football War | 14 July | Between El Salvador and Honduras | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Idaho Canyon | 21 Julyâ25 September | American victory | ||
Operation Nantucket Beach | 23 July 1969â10 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 Octoberâ1 November | North Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Toan Thang IV | 1 November 1969â1 May 1970 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Randolph Glen | 7 December 1969â31 March 1970 | Inconclusive | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Defense of Oguta | 20â24 December | |||
1970 | Operation Tail-Wind | 7â12 January | Biafra surrenders to Nigeria | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Green River | 19 Januaryâ22 July | American victory | ||
Operation Texas Star | 1 Aprilâ5 September | Indecisive | |||
The Troubles | Battle of St Matthew's | 27â28 June | A battle between Provisional IRA and loyalists | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Pennsylvania Square | 29 June 1970â1 March 1971 | American victory | ||
Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord | 1â23 July | North Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Clinch Valley | 9â15 July | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Elk Canyon | 12 Julyâ29 September | Americans attempt to improve positions after the fall of Kham Duc, but fail | |||
Operation Pickens Forest | 16 Julyâ24 August | American victory | |||
Operation Wolfe Mountain | 22 July 1970â30 January 1971 | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Chicago Peak | 24 Julyâ11 August | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Siege of Firebase O'Reilly | 9 Augustâ7 October | North Vietnamese victory as the base closes down | |||
Operation Imperial Lake | 1 September 1970â7 May 1971 | American/ South Korean success, but perpetration of the SĆĄn Thắng massacre | |||
Operation Jefferson Glenn | 5 September 1970â8 October 1971 | Last major ground offensive involving the U.S. | |||
Operation Tailwind | 11â13 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 |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1976 | Western Sahara War | First Battle of Amgala | 27â29 January | Algerian withdrawal | |
Second Battle of Amgala | 14â15 February | Sahrawi victory | |||
The Troubles | Flagstaff Hill incident | 5â6 May | Irish Army pushes back British special forces | ||
ArabâIsraeli 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 | JulyâAugust | 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 1977â27 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 | ||||
Lebanese Civil War | Battle of Kaukaba | 9 May | |||
Shaba II | Battle of Kolwezi | 18â22 May | |||
1979 | Chadian Civil War | Battle of N'Djamena | 12-15 February | ||
Sino-Vietnamese War | Battle of Dong Dang | 17â23 February | |||
Battle of LĂ o Cai | 17 Februaryâ5 March | ||||
Battle of Lấng SĆĄn 17 Februaryâ16 March | |||||
Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Masaka | 23â24 February | |||
Battle of Tororo | 2â4 March | ||||
Battle of Lukaya | 10â11 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 Marchâ15 December | ||
IranâIraq War | Siege of Abadan | November 1980âSeptember 1981 | Iraq attacks the Iranian city of Abadan but fails to capture it | ||
Liberation of Khorramshahr | November 1980â24 May 1982 | The Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis |
This article lists all the battles that occurred in the years of the 20th century (1901-2000).
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1906 | SaudiâRashidi War | Battle of Rawdat Muhanna | 12 April | Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Rawdat Muhanna | |
Moro Rebellion | First Battle of Bud Dajo | 5â8 December | |||
1907 | SaudiâRashidi 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 |
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 | 18â26 March | |||
Mexican Revolution | Battle of Cuautla | 11â19 May | |||
Italo-Turkish War | Battle of Preveza | At sea | 29â30 September | ||
Battle of Tripoli | 3â10 October | ||||
Battle of Benghazi | 20 October | ||||
Battle of Shar al-Shatt | 23 October | ||||
Battle of Ain Zara | 4 December | ||||
Battle of Tobruk | 22 December 1911â9 January 1912 | Italy begins the invasion of Libya | |||
1912 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Msaya | 19 September | ||
Battle of Coyotepe Hill | 3â4 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 | 24â30 October | Greeks defeat Ottomans in seven-day battle near Bizani | |||
Battle of Lule Burgas | 31 Octoberâ3 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 1912â26 March 1913 | Fall of Adrianpole to the forces of Bulgaria and Serbia and the capture of Turkish general Ghazi Shulkri Pasha | |||
Battle of Monastir | 16â19 November | Decisive and final defeat in Macedonia of the Ottomans by the Serbs | |||
Battle of Ăatalca | 17â18 November | Defeat of Bulgarian advance toward Istanbul | |||
Battle of Lesbos | 21 Novemberâ21 December | Greeks capture the island of Lesbos from the Ottoman Empire | |||
Battle of Chios | 24 November 1912â3 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 | 20â21 February | Greeks defeat last operational Ottoman Army in Epirus and capture city of Ioanina | |||
Moro Rebellion | Battle of Bud Bagsak | 11â15 June | The end of the Moro Rebellion | ||
Second Balkan War | Battle of KilkisâLachanas | 19â21 June | Greeks defeat Bulgarians in the three-day battle for Kilkis | ||
Battle of Bregalnica | 30 Juneâ8 July | Serbs defeat Bulgarians | |||
Battle of Kresna Gorge | 8â18 July | Inconclusive ten-day battle between Bulgaria and Greece | |||
Battle of Kalimantsi | 15â18 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 | 4â17 August | Germans invade Belgium; start of World War I | |
Battle of Mulhouse | 9 August | Part of the Battle of the Frontiers, France takes Mulhouse but then loses it again | |||
Battle of Halen | 12 August | Belgian victory | |||
Battle of Lorraine | 14 August | German victory | |||
Battle of Agbeluvhoe | 15 August | Togoland campaign | |||
Battle of Dinant | 15â24 August | German victory | |||
Battle of Cer | 16â19 August | Serbian forces push back Austro-Hungarian invasion | |||
Battle of StallupĂśnen | 17 August | First battle on the Russian Eastern Front | |||
Battle of Gumbinnen | 19â20 August | Russians defeat German Eighth Army, advance deeper into East Prussia | |||
Battle of the Ardennes | / / / | 21-23 August | |||
Battle of Charleroi | |||||
Battle of Chra | 22 August | ||||
Battle of Mons | 23 August | British forces hold back | |||
Battle of Tannenberg | 23-30 August | Samsonov's Russian 2nd Army encircled and destroyed by the German 8th Army | |||
Battle of Galicia | 23 Augustâ11 September | Russians occupy Eastern Galicia | |||
Battle of the TrouĂŠe de Charmes | 24â26 August | The second French army, under General Castelnau, defeat a Bavarian army | |||
Siege of Maubeuge | 24 Augustâ7 September | Germans capture Maubeuge | |||
Battle of Le Cateau | 26 August | Allied Powers retreat from German forces | |||
First Battle of Heligoland Bight | At sea | 28 August | First major naval engagement of World War I, heavy German losses | ||
Battle of Guise | 29-30 August | The French 5th Army, under General Lanzerac, defeat the second German army under General BĂźlow | |||
Occupation of German Samoa | New Zealand forces defeat German forces in Samoa | ||||
First Battle of Garua | / | 29â31 August | |||
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes | 2-16 September | German Eighth Army defeats Rennenkampf's Russian 1st Army | |||
First Battle of the Marne | 5â9 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 | ||||
Battle of Bita Paka | 11 September | Australian forces defeat German forces in German New Guinea | |||
First Battle of the Aisne | 13â28 September | Indecisive battle | |||
Battle of Ukoko | 21 September | ||||
Siege of PrzemyĹl | 24 September 1914â22 March 1915 | Russians initially unsuccessful, but second siege attempt succeeds | |||
Battle of Sandfontein | 26 September | ||||
Siege of Antwerp | 28 Septemberâ10 October | ||||
Battle of the Vistula River | 29 Septemberâ31 October | Russians defeat Germans under Marshal von Mackensen | |||
Battle of Rufiji Delta | October 1914â11 July 1915 | British Empire naval forces defeat German naval forces in East Africa | |||
Battle of the Yser | 16â31 October | French and Belgian victory | |||
First Battle of Ypres | 19 Octoberâ22 November | Early trench warfare; "Kindermord bei Ypern" | |||
First Battle of Edea | 20â26 October | ||||
Battle of Penang | 28 October | German victory, two Allied ships sink near Malaysia | |||
Battle of Coronel | 1 November | Admiral Graf Spee defeats Admiral Cradock | |||
Battle of Kilimanjaro | 3 November | ||||
Battle of Tanga | 3â5 November | Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck defeats General Aitken in German East Africa | |||
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 ĹĂłdĹş | 11 Novemberâ6 December | Russians take city, lose it on 6 December | |||
Battle of Elhri | 13 November | Moroccan tribes defeat French troops | |||
Battle of KrakĂłw | 16 November | Heavy casualties to Austria and Russia | |||
Battle of Cape Sarych | At sea | 18 November | Inconclusive | ||
Battle of Ĺowicz | 30 Novemberâ17 December | Russians take city | |||
Battle of Kolubara | 3â9 December | Serbs drive out Austrians | |||
Battle of Falkland Islands | At sea | 8 December | British defeat Admiral Graf Spee | ||
1915 | World War I | Second Battle of Edea | 5 January | ||
Battle of BolimĂłw | 14 JanuaryâFebruary 28 | Cold weather thwarts German gas attack against Russians | |||
Battle of Jassin | 18â19 January | German victory in East Africa | |||
Battle of Dogger Bank | At sea | 24 January | Admiral Beatty drives off Vice-Admiral Hipper's raiding force, sinks BlĂźcher | ||
First Suez Offensive | 28 Januaryâ3 February | Ottoman attack fails | |||
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 | 7â28 February | Initial German attack is highly successful, but further attacks are repulsed | |||
Battle of Fort Rivière | 17 February | ||||
Battle of Gallipoli | 19 February 1915â8 January 1916 | The Allied powers attempt a failed frontal assault on the Ottoman Empire | |||
Naval assault in strait of Ăanakkale | At sea | 18 March | Turks repel an Allied fleet | ||
Battle of Hill 60 | 17â22 April | British forces defeat German forces | |||
Second Battle of Ypres | 22 Aprilâ25 May | Germans use poison gas | |||
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 Aprilâ3 May | Australia and New Zealand successfully land but later get bogged down | |||
Battle of Trekkopjes | 26 April | ||||
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 | ||||
Battle of Hill 60 | 1-7 May | British forces defeat German forces | |||
Battle for Baby 700 | 2â3 May | ANZAC attack on the hill Baby 700, defended by Ottoman forces | |||
Second Battle of Krithia | 6â8 May | Second British attack against Turks uses same plan, also fails | |||
Third attack on Anzac Cove | 19 May | ANZAC forces defeat Ottoman attack | |||
Second Battle of Garua | 31 Mayâ10 June | ||||
Third Battle of Krithia | 4 June | Temporary British success reversed by Ottoman counter-attack | |||
Battle of Bukoba | 21â23 June | ||||
First Battle of the Isonzo | / | 23 Juneâ7 July | Failed Italian attack on Austrian positions in the Alps | ||
Battle of Gully Ravine | 28 Juneâ5 July | British and Indian forces defeat Ottoman forces | |||
Second Battle of the Isonzo | / | 18 Julyâ3 August | Second attempt on Austrian positions fails | ||
Attack of the Dead Men | 6 August | Russian forces repel German gas attack and advance on Osowiec Fortress | |||
Battle of Lone Pine | 6â10 August | Australians stop Ottoman attack, but it was only a diversion | |||
Battle of Krithia Vineyard | 6â13 August | Turkish diversionary attack to allow for Sari Bair Offensive | |||
Landing at Suvla Bay | 6â15 August | The main attack for which the two diversions were staged; Ottoman victory | |||
Battle of the Nek | 7 August | Ottomans defeat Australians | |||
Battle of Chunuk Bair | 7-19 August | Ottomans defeat Britain and New Zealand | |||
Battle of Scimitar Hill | 21 August | Decisive battle of the Gallipoli Campaign, Ottoman victory | |||
Battle of Hill 60 | 21-29 August | Final British attempt to take Gallipoli fails | |||
Second Battle of Champagne | 25 Septemberâ6 October | German victory | |||
Battle of Loos | 25 Septemberâ14 October | ||||
Third Battle of Artois | 25 Septemberâ4 November | Partial Franco- British victory | |||
Battle of Es Sinn | 28 September | ||||
Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt | 13-19 October | German victory | |||
Third Battle of the Isonzo | / | 18 Octoberâ4 November | Austrians endure massive Italian bombardment | ||
American occupation of Haiti | Battle of Fort Dipitie | 24â25 October | |||
World War I | Battle of Banjo | 4â6 November | |||
Battle of Ctesiphon | 22â25 November | Indecisive battle between British and Ottoman forces | |||
Siege of Kut | 7 December 1915â29 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. |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of Ganale Dorya | 7â10 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 | 20â24 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 Februaryâ2 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 | 15â25 April | Final battle during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. By 5 May, Emperor Haile Selassie has gone into exile and Italians have declared victory | |||
1936â1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Anabta | 21 June | Mandatory British victory | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of MĂŠrida | 10â11 August | Spanish Nationalist victory | ||
Battle of Badajoz | 14 August | Nationalists storm Badajoz | |||
Battle of IrĂşn | 19 Augustâ5 September | Nationalist victory | |||
Battle of Monte Pelado | 28 August | Republican victory | |||
1936â1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Balaa | 3 September | Palestinian rebels withdraw | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Talavera de la Reina | ||||
Battle of Cerro Muriano | 5â6 September | Republican victory, the Falling Soldier photograph was taken during this battle by Robert Capa | |||
1936â1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Beit Imrin | 29 September | Palestinian rebels withdraw | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of SeseĂąa | 29 October | Nationalist victory over Republicans and Soviets | ||
Battle of Ciudad Universitaria | 15â23 November | Spanish Republican victory | |||
First Battle of the Corunna Road | 29 Novemberâ3 December | ||||
Second Battle of the Corunna Road | 13 December 1936â15 January 1937 | ||||
Battle of Lopera | 27â29 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 | 8â23 March | Spanish Republican defeat Italians | ||
Battle of Gernika | 26â28 April | Franco's forces capture Guernica following a Luftwaffe bombing | |||
Battle of AlbarracĂn | 5 Julyâ11 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 | 25â31 July | Japanese victory | |||
Second Battle of Shanghai | 13 Augustâ9 November | ||||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Santander | 14 Augustâ17 September | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Taiyuan | 1 Septemberâ9 November | Japanese victory | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of El Mazuco | 6â22 September | Nationalist victory | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Xinkou | 13 Septemberâ8 November | Japanese victory | ||
Battle of Pingxingguan | 25 September | Chinese victory | |||
Battle of Nanjing | Early Novemberâ13 December | Japanese victory | |||
1938 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Alfambra | 5â8 February | Nationalist victory | |
Battle of Cape Palos | At sea | 5â6 March | Republican victory | ||
Battle of Caspe | 16â17 March | Nationalist victory | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Xuzhou | 24 Marchâ1 May | Japanese victory | ||
Battle of Tai er zhuang | 27 March | Chinese victory | |||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of Gandesa | 1â3 April | Nationalist victory | ||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Wuhan | 11 Julyâ27 October | Japanese pyrrhic victory | ||
Spanish Civil War | Battle of the Ebro | 25 Julyâ16 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. | ||
SovietâJapanese border conflicts | Battle of Lake Khasan | / | 29 Julyâ11 August | In Manchuria between forces of the Soviet Union and Empire of Japan | |
1936â1939 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 Marchâ9 May | Japanese forces defeat Nationalist Chinese | ||
SovietâJapanese border conflicts, World War II |
Battle of Khalkhin Gol | 1 Mayâ16 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 Septemberâ6 October | Start of World War II in Europe, German victory | |
Battle of the Border | / | 1â4 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 KrĂłlewskie | 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 MikoĹĂłw | 1â2 September | German tactical victory during the Invasion of Poland | |||
Battle of Pszczyna | German victory over Poland | ||||
Battle of MĹawa | 1â3 September | ||||
Battle of JordanĂłw | |||||
Battle of CzÄstochowa | |||||
Battle of WÄgierska GĂłrka | |||||
Battle of GrudziÄ dz | 1â4 September | ||||
Battle of Tuchola Forest | 1â5 September | ||||
Battle of Westerplatte | 1â7 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 GĂłra | 2â5 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Bukowiec | 3 September | ||||
Defense of Katowice | 3â4 September | Polish Boy and Girl Scout units irregularly defend Katowice but fail against Germany | |||
Battle of the Atlantic | At sea | 3 September 1939â8 May 1945 | Name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II between Allied forces, and Germany and Italy. | ||
Battle of PiotrkĂłw Trybunalski | 4â6 September | Polish withdrawal from German forces | |||
Battle of Róşan | German victory over Poland | ||||
Battle of TomaszĂłw Mazowiecki | 6 September | ||||
Battle of PuĹtusk | 6â7 September | Poles lose PuĹtusk to Germany | |||
Battle of ĹĂłdĹş | 6â8 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Barak | 7â8 September | Poland retreat from German Forces | |||
Battle of Wizna | 7â10 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of ĹomĹźa | |||||
Battle of Wola Cyrusowa | 8 September | Pyrrhic German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Radom | 8â9 September | Germans capture Radom from Poland | |||
Battle of Gdynia | 8â14 September | Germans capture Gdynia from Poland | |||
Battle of Warsaw | 8â28 September | Germany captures Warsaw from Poland | |||
Battle of the Bzura River | 9â19 September | Largest Polish counterattack, but it fails against Germany | |||
Battle of Kampinos Forest | 9â20 September | German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Hel | 9 Septemberâ2 October | ||||
Battle of JarosĹaw | 10â11 September | ||||
Battle of KÄpa Oksywska | 10â19 September | ||||
Battle of KaĹuszyn | 11â12 September | Poland defeats Germany | |||
Battle of PrzemyĹl | 11â14 September | German victory over Poland | |||
First Battle of LwĂłw | 12â22 September | Germans, aided by the Soviet Union, capture Lviv from Poland | |||
Battle of Modlin | 13â29 September | Pyrrhic German victory over Poland | |||
Battle of JaworĂłw | 14â16 September | Poles hold Yavoriv against Germany | |||
Battle of BrzeĹÄ Litewski | 14â17 September | Germans capture Brest from Poland | |||
Battle of KobryĹ | 14â18 September | Inconclusive battle between Germany and Poland | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | First Battle of Changsha | 17 Septemberâ6 October | Chinese forces successfully defend city; heavy Japanese casualties | ||
World War II | Battle of TomaszĂłw Lubelski | 17â26 September | Germany defeats Poland in the Invasion of Poland's second largest battle | ||
Battle of Wilno | 18â19 September | Soviets capture Vilnius from Poland, which is transferred to Lithuania | |||
Battle of WĂłlka WÄglowa | 19 September | Polish victory over Germany | |||
Battle of Krasnystaw | 19â20 September | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany | |||
Battle of Grodno | 20â22 September | Soviets capture Hrodna from Poland | |||
Battle of CzeĹniki | 21â22 September | Polish victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Ĺomianki | 22 September | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany | |||
Battle of KrasnobrĂłd | 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 | 23â24 September | Poles hold the town against the Soviet Union, but later retreat to Lithuania | |||
Battle of WĹadypol | 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, JabĹoĹ and MilanĂłw | 29â30 September | Poles hold the towns from Soviets | |||
Battle of Wytyczno | 1 October | The Soviet Union defeats Poland | |||
Battle of Kock | 2â5 October | Last battle in the Invasion of Poland; Germany defeats Poland | |||
Winter War, World War II |
Battle of Suomussalmi | 30 November 1939â8 January 1940 | First battle of the Winter War, and the most notable Finnish victory over the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of Petsamo | 30 November 1939â12 March 1940 | Russian victory over Poland | |||
Battle of Salla | 30 November 1939â13 March 1940 | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Taipale | 6â27 December | ||||
Battle of Kollaa | 7 December 1939â13 March 1940 | ||||
Battle of Varolampi Pond | 10â11 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 | 25â27 December | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union | |||
1940 | Battle of Raate Road | 1â7 January | |||
Second Battle of Summa | 1â15 February | Finnish attack against the Soviet Union thwarted | |||
Battle of Kuhmo | 28 Januaryâ13 March | Stalemate between Finland and the Soviet Union | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of South Henan | 30 Januaryâ1 March | Chinese Nationalists led by Li Zongren defeat Japanese | ||
Winter War, World War II |
Battle of Honkaniemi | 25â27 February | In the only tank action of the Winter War, the Soviet Union defeats Finland | ||
First Battle of Vyborg Bay | 2â13 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 | 9â10 April | Norwegian forces defeat German raiding party | |||
Battle of Narvik | 9 Aprilâ10 June | A minor Allied victory of Norway, France, the UK and Poland against Germany in the Arctic | |||
Battle of DombĂĽs | 14â19 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 | 10â11 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 | 10â14 May | German attempt to seize the Dutch city; it ends in a German victory following the Rotterdam Blitz | |||
Battle of the Netherlands | 10â17 May | Germany invades the Netherlands | |||
Battle of France | 10 Mayâ25 June | Germany takes on France; British Expeditionary Force and French Army defeated | |||
Battle of the Grebbeberg | 11â13 May | A major engagement during the Battle of the Netherlands, Operation Fall Gelb. Germany defeats the Netherlands. | |||
Battle at the Afsluitdijk | 12â14 May | The Netherlands hold against Germany | |||
Battle of Hannut | Largest tank battle of the campaign. France defeats Germany in Belgium. | ||||
Battle of Sedan | 12â17 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 Mayâ5 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 Julyâ31 October | Germans try to bomb Britain into submission â 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 Augustâ5 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 | 11â12 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 Octoberâ13 November | Italy invades Greece, but is defeated. Greece captures parts of Albania from Italy in response. |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1941 | World War II | Battle of Bardia | 3â5 January | British/ Australian and Free French victory in Libya over Italy | |
Battle of Agordat | 26â31 January | The UK defeats Italy in Eritrea | |||
Battle of Keren | 3 Februaryâ1 April | Hard-fought British and Commonwealth victory over Italian forces during East African Campaign | |||
Battle of Beda Fomm | 6â7 February | British/ Australian victory over Italy forces in Libya | |||
Second Sino-Japanese war | Battle of Shanggao | 14 Marchâ9 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 | 6â18 April | Germany, Italy and Hungary invade and conquer Yugoslavia | |||
Battle of Greece | 6â24 April | Germany takes the Balkan Peninsula after Italian stalemate | |||
Siege of Tobruk | 10 Aprilâ27 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 | 7â27 May | Japanese victory in China | ||
World War II | Battle of Fallujah | 17â21 May | The UK defeats Iraq | ||
Battle of Rethymno | 20 May | Australian and Greek tactical victory over Germany | |||
Battle of Crete | 20 Mayâ1 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 | 13â17 June | ||||
Battle of KissouĂŠ | 17 June | British Empire and Free French forces defeat Vichy French in Syria | |||
Battle of Merdjayoun | 19â24 June | British Empire forces defeat Vichy French | |||
Operation Barbarossa | 22 June | German invasion of the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of BiaĹystok-Minsk | 22â29 June | German victory in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (present-day Belarus) over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Raseiniai | 23â27 June | German victory in Lithuania over the Soviet Union | |||
Raid on ConstanČa | 26 June | Axis ( Germany and Romania) victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Brody | 26â30 June | In one of the largest tank battles of World War II, Germany defeats the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Damour | 5â9 July | Australians defeat Vichy French | |||
Battle of Smolensk | 6 Julyâ5 August | Soviet attempt to block German Wehrmacht's advance on Moscow | |||
Battle of Kiev | / | 7 Julyâ26 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 Julyâ8 August | Axis ( Germany, Romania and Hungary) victory over the Soviet Union | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War | Second Battle of Changsha | 6 Septemberâ8 October | Failed Japanese attempt to take Chinese city | ||
World War II | Siege of Leningrad | 8 September 1941â27 January 1944 | After a three-year Nazi siege on Leningrad, the Soviet Union defeats Germany | ||
Battle of the Sea of Azov | At sea | 26 Septemberâ11 October | Axis controls Sea of Azov; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union. | ||
Battle at Borodino Field | 13 October 1941â18 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 | 8â9 December | Japan conquers Thailand | |||
Battle of Wake Island | 8â23 December | Japanese forces capture the American Wake Island in the Pacific | |||
Battle of Hong Kong | 8â25 December | Japanese drive British forces from their Chinese territory | |||
Battle of Malaya | 8 December 1941â15 February 1942 | Japan invades British Malaysia | |||
Battle of the Philippines | 8 December 1941â8 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 | 11â13 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 1941â15 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 1941â19 May 1942 | Axis controls Crimea; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union | ||
Battle of Kampar | 30 December 1941â2 January 1942 | British forces delay Japanese advance Malaya | |||
1942 | World War II | Battle of Bataan | 1 Januaryâ9 April | Japanese defeat and imprison U.S. and Philippine force | |
Battle of Slim River | 6â8 January | Japan defeats the UK and British India | |||
Battles of Rzhev | 8 January 1942â31 March 1943 | A series of inconclusive battles between the Soviet Union and Germany, ending with Germany's retreat | |||
Battle of DraĹžgoĹĄe | 9 January | First frontal engagement on Slovenian soil with the German occupier | |||
Battle of Tarakan | 11â12 January | Japan defeats the Netherlands | |||
Battle of Manado | |||||
Battle of Gemas | 14 January | Australias ambush Japanese forces | |||
Battle of Muar | 14â22 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 | 18â31 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 JanuaryâFebruary | Japan defeats Australians and occupies the first Australian territory taken by conquest in Australian history | |||
Battle off Endau | 26â27 January | British/ Australian naval defeat by Japan's navy | |||
Battle of Ambon | 30 Januaryâ3 February | Japanese victory over the Netherlands, Australia and the U.S. in the Dutch East Indies | |||
Battle of Port Moresby | 3 February 1942â17 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 Februaryâ1 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 | 9â10 February | Japanese forces capture strait islands from the UK | |||
Battle of Bukit Timah | 10â12 February | Japanese defeat British Empire forces | |||
Battle of Palembang | 13â15 February | Japan defeats Allied forces ( UK, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand) | |||
Battle of Badung Strait | 18â19 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 1942â10 February 1943 | Japanese victory; tactical Australian victory | ||
Battle of Sunda Strait | 28 Februaryâ1 March | ABDACOM naval force ( U.S., Australia and the Netherlands) under Admiral Doorman defeated by Japanese fleet | |||
Battle of Java | 28 Februaryâ12 March | A battle of the Pacific theatre between Japan and the Netherlands; Japanese victory | |||
Battle of Leuwiliang | 3â5 March | British, Australian and American forces are defeated by Japan | |||
Invasion of Buka and Bougainville | 9 Marchâ5 April | Japanese forces invades and defeats Australian forces, capturing Buka and Bougainville | |||
Battle of Toungoo | 19â29 March | Japan defeats China in Burma | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of Oktwin | 20â23 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 | 11â19 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 TelavĂĽg | 30 April | German forces destroy entire Norwegian town | |||
Battle of the St. Lawrence | At sea | May 1942âNovember 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 | 5â6 May | Last U.S. bastion in Asia surrenders to the Japanese after prolonged siege | |||
Second Battle of Kharkov | 12â28 May | Soviet counterattack thwarted against Germany and the Axis | |||
Battle of Bir Hakeim | 26 Mayâ11 June | Free French Forces successfully delay Rommel's Italian and German advance towards Egypt | |||
Battle of Gazala | 26 Mayâ21 June | German commander Erwin Rommel, reinforced by Italians, defeats Great Britain | |||
Operation Anthropoid | 27 May | Czech resistance fighters assassinate Schutzstaffel (SS)- ObergruppenfĂźher Reinhard Heydrich | |||
Attack on Sydney Harbour | 31 Mayâ8 June | Japanese submarines attack Australian cities | |||
Battle of Midway | At sea | 4â7 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 Juneâ10 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 Juneâ24 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 1942â2 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 BunaâGona | 21â27 July | Japan defeats Australian forces and capture Buna- Gona | |||
Kokoda Track campaign | 21 Julyâ16 November | Australia's finest hour; Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Guadalcanal | 7 August 1942â9 February 1943 | Allies ( U.S., UK, Australia and New Zealand) finally take the island from Japan after a six-month battle | |||
Battle of Kokoda | 8â10 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 RyĹŤjĹ sunk by the U.S. | |||
Battle of Milne Bay | 25 Augustâ7 September | Australians defeat Japanese in the first clear Allied victory over Japanese land forces | |||
Battle of Isurava | 26â31 August | Australian forces are pushed down the Kokoda trail by Japan | |||
Battle of Alam Halfa | 30 Augustâ6 September | Allies vs. Rommel in North Africa; the UK and New Zealand defeat Germany and Italy | |||
First Battle of Eora Creek â Templeton's Crossing | 31 August - 5 September | Japanese forces defeat Australian forces | |||
Battle of Mission Ridge â Brigade Hill | 6â9 September | ||||
Battle of Ioribaiwa | 14â16 September | Australians withdraw from Japanese forces down the Kokoda trail | |||
Raid on Mubo | 1 October | Australian commandos raid Japanese forces]] killing 50 | |||
Battle of ViĹĄegrad | 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 â Templeton's Crossing | 11â28 October | Australians advance after being halted by Japan | |||
Battle of Goodenough Island | 22â27 October | Australians take island from the Japanese | |||
Second Battle of El Alamein | 23 Octoberâ4 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 OiviâGorari | 4â11 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 BunaâGona | 16 November 1942â22 January 1943 | Australian and American forces win decisive victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Velikiye Luki | 19 November 1942â16 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 JanuaryâMarch | 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 | 29â30 January | Japanese bombers sink an American cruiser | |||
Battle of Wau | 29 Januaryâ4 February | Australian and American victory over Japan | |||
Battle of the Kasserine Pass | 14â25 February | German victory over British Empire and U.S. forces in Tunisia | |||
Third Battle of Kharkov | 16 Februaryâ15 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 Aprilâ14 July | Australians force Japan to retreat | |||
Battle of Bobdubi | 22 Aprilâ19 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 Mayâ11 June | Chinese forces under Bai Chongxi defeat Japanese | ||
World War II | Sutjeska offensive | 15 Mayâ16 June | Failed Axis ( Germany, Italy, Croatia and Bulgaria) offensive against Yugoslav Partisans | ||
Battle of Lababia Ridge | 20â23 June | Australians defeat Japanese attack | |||
Battle of New Georgia | 20 Juneâ25 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 Julyâ23 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 | 10â11 July | U.S. victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Kolombangara | 12â13 July | American ships damaged while pursuing Japanese | |||
Battle of Mount Tambu | 16 Julyâ18 August | Australian and American decisive victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Bairoko | 20 July | Japanese victory over the U.S. | |||
Battle of Roosevelt Ridge | 21 Julyâ14 August | Allied victory ( U.S. and Australia) over Japan | |||
Battle of Munda Point | 22 Julyâ5 August | The U.S. defeats Japan | |||
Battle of Centuripe | 2â4 August | The UK defeats Germany in Sicily | |||
Battle of Vella Gulf | 6â7 August | Japanese lose three destroyers against the U.S. | |||
Smolensk operation | 7 Augustâ2 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 Augustâ6 October | The U.S. and New Zealand defeat Japan | |||
Battle off Horaniu | 17â18 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 Augustâ23 December | The Soviet Union takes Eastern Ukraine from Germany | |||
Battle of Arundel Island | 27 Augustâ21 September | The U.S. defeats Japan | |||
Landing at Lae | 4â16 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 | 19â20 September | Australian victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Dumpu | 22 Septemberâ4 October | Australian forces defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Finschhafen | 22 Septemberâ24 October | Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Leros | At sea | 26 Septemberâ16 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 KnollâTrevor's Ridge | 12â13 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 Octoberâ12 November | Major New Zealand and American victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay | 1â2 November | Japan suffers a naval defeat against the U.S. | |||
Landings at Cape Torokina | 1â3 November | American/ New Zealand forces defeat Japanese forces | |||
Bombing of Rabaul | 2â11 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 Novemberâ20 December | Chinese victory, Japanese use biological and chemical weapons | ||
World War II | Battle of Koromokina Lagoon | 7â8 November | The U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Battle for Piva Trail | 8â9 November | ||||
Battle of Sattelberg | 17â25 November | Major Australian and American victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Tarawa | 20â22 November | First contested amphibious landing of World War II by the U.S. against Japan | |||
Battle of Makin | 20â24 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 Novemberâ8 December | Australia defeats Japan | |||
Battle for Monte la Difensa | 3â9 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 1943â24 February 1944 | Allied ( U.S. and Australia) victory against Japan | |||
Battle of Ortona | 20â28 December | Canada defeats Germany | |||
Dnieper-Carpathian offensive | / / | 24 December 1943â6 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 | 27â28 December | Australian victory over Japan | |||
1944 | World War II | Leningrad-Novgorod offensive | / | 14 Januaryâ1 March | The Soviet Union lifts the Siege of Leningrad and liberates the area around Veliky Novgorod from Germany |
Battle of Monte Cassino | 17 Januaryâ19 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 | 19â31 January | Australian victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Rapido River | 20â22 January | Germany defeats the U.S. | |||
Battle of Anzio | 22 Januaryâ5 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 Januaryâ16 February | Decisive Soviet victory over Germany | |||
Battle of Cisterna | 30 Januaryâ2 February | Part of Operation Shingle â 1st, 3rd and 4th U.S. Army Ranger battalions attempted to capture the town of Cisterna, German victory | |||
Battle of Kwajalein | 31 Januaryâ3 February | American victory over Japan in the Marshall Islands, several Korean laborers captured | |||
Battle of Madang | FebruaryâApril | Australian and American victory over Japan in the Pacific | |||
Battle of Narva | 2 Februaryâ10 August | Germany successfully holds ground against the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of the Green Islands | 15â20 February | New Zealand forces supported by Americans defeat Japan | |||
Attack on Truk | At sea | 17â18 February | Successful American air raid against Japan in the Marshall Islands | ||
Battle of Eniwetok | 17â23 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 Marchâ17 April | Germans victorious over the Soviet Union, but have to retreat afterward | ||
Battle of Imphal | 8 Marchâ3 July | An invasion of British India by Japan is stopped by the UK and British Indian soldiers | |||
Raid on Drvar | AprilâMay | 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 | AprilâDecember | Marginal Japanese victory over China and the U.S. | ||
World War II | Crimean offensive | 8 Aprilâ12 May | The Soviet Union captures Crimea from Germany; Germany got aid from Romania | ||
Siege of Myitkyina | 17 Mayâ3 August | China and the U.S. capture Myitkyina in Burma from Japan | |||
Battle of Lone Tree Hill | 17 Mayâ2 September | American victory over Japan in the Pacific theatre | |||
Battle of Wakde | 18â21 May | American and Australian victory over the Japanese | |||
Battle of Biak | 27 Mayâ17 August | ||||
Battle of Mogaung | 4â27 June | The UK, China and the U.S. defeat Japan | |||
Battle for Caen | 6 Juneâ6 August | After more than a month of fighting, the UK and Canada finally capture Caen from Germany | |||
Battle of Normandy | 6 Juneâ25 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 WzgĂłrze | 14â15 June | Polish and Soviet partisans temporarily defeat Germany | |||
Battle of Saipan | 15 Juneâ9 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 Juneâ9 July | Finnish stop Soviet offensive | ||
World War II | Battle of Noemfoor | 2 Julyâ31 August | American victory over Japan, supported by the Royal Australian Air Force | ||
Continuation War, World War II |
Battle of Vuosalmi | 4â11 July | Finnish victory over the Soviets | ||
World War II | Battle of Driniumor River | 10 Julyâ25 August | The U.S. and Australia defeat Japan | ||
LvovâSandomierz offensive | / | 13 Julyâ29 August | The Soviet Union captures Eastern Poland and Western Ukraine from Germany; Germany was aided by Hungary | ||
Battle of Auvere | 20â25 July | Germany defeats the Soviet Union | |||
Battle of Guam | 21 Julyâ10 August | The U.S. captures Guam; 18,000 Japanese killed during American attack. | |||
Battle of Tinian | 24 Julyâ1 August | The Japanese, realizing they will lose, launch a suicidal charge against Americans | |||
Operation Cobra | 25â31 July | The U.S. breaks out of Normandy and liberates Western France from Germany | |||
Battle of Sansapor | 30 Julyâ31 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 Augustâ3 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 | 12â21 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 | 15â25 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 Augustâ24 November | Japanese victory over China and the U.S. | ||
World War II | Battle of Romania | 20 Augustâ24 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 Septemberâ24 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 Septemberâ24 November | The Soviet Union, communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and Bulgaria capture Belgrade from Germany | |||
Battle of Peleliu | 15 Septemberâ27 November | A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific; the U.S. defeats Japan | |||
Battle of Arnhem | 17â26 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 | 17â30 September | Volcanic island captured by Americans from Japan | |||
Battle of HĂźrtgen Forest | 19 September 1944â10 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 | 1â8 October | Finns capture Tornio from the Germans; start of the Lapland War proper | |||
Battle of the Scheldt | / | 2 Octoberâ8 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 | 2â21 October | Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II; the U.S. defeats Germany | |||
Battle of Kos | 3â4 October | Germany defeats Italy, the UK and South Africa | |||
Battle of Debrecen | 6â29 October | Germans able to hold back Soviets | |||
PetsamoâKirkenes offensive | 7â29 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 | 15â23 October | Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans defeat the German fascist puppet state of Croatia | |||
Operation Pheasant | 20 Octoberâ4 November | The UK, Canada, Poland, the U.S. and the Netherlands liberate North Brabant from Germany | |||
Battle of Leyte | 20 Octoberâ31 December | Combined American and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas begin the liberation of the Philippines | |||
Battle of Leyte Gulf | 23â26 October | The largest air-sea battle in history; American/ Australian fleet destroy Japan's fleet | |||
Liberation of Finnmark | 23 October 1944â26 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 1944â13 February 1945 | The Soviet Union and Romania capture Budapest and most of Hungary from Germany and Hungary | |||
AitapeâWewak campaign | November 1944âAugust 1945 | Australia victory over Japan | |||
Landing at Jacquinot Bay | 4 November | Australians land at Japanese-occupied Jacquinot Bay | |||
Battle of Ormoc Bay | 11 Novemberâ21 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 1944â12 February 1945 | Brazilian and American troops defeat Germans in Italy | |||
Battle of Wide BayâOpen Bay | December 1944âApril 1945 | Australias defeat Japanese | |||
Battle of Mindoro | 13â16 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 1944â25 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 | 30â31 December | Australia defeats Japan | |||
1945 | World War II | Battle of Luzon | 9 Januaryâ15 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 Januaryâ2 February | The Soviet Union captures Western Poland from Germany and advances in parts of Eastern Germany | ||
East Prussian offensive | / / | 13 Januaryâ25 April | The Soviet Union captures most of East Prussia from Germany | ||
Battle of Tsimba Ridge | 17 Januaryâ9 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 Januaryâ8 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 Februaryâ3 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 Februaryâ27 March | The U.S., the UK and Canada capture the Rhineland from Germany | |||
Silesian offensives | / / / | 8 Februaryâ31 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 | 16â26 February | Spectacular combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth assault retakes island bastion from Japanese forces | |||
Battle of Baguio | 21 Februaryâ26 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 BaĂąos | 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 Februaryâ4 April | The Soviet Union captures parts of Northeastern Germany | |||
Battle of the Transdanubian Hills | 6â21 March | Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Italy defeat Germany | |||
Battle of Mindanao | 10 Marchâ15 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 Marchâ15 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 Marchâ30 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 Marchâ11 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 Marchâ6 April | Decisive Australian victory over Japan | |||
Battle on LijevÄa field | 30 Marchâ8 April | Total Ustashian (Croats fighting for Germany) victory over Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists) | |||
Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II |
Battle of West Hunan | 6 Aprilâ9 June | Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan | ||
World War II | Battle of Bologna | 9â21 April | Poland, the UK, the U.S., Italy and Brazil defeat Germany | ||
Battle of the Argenta Gap | 12â19 April | The UK defeats Germany | |||
Battle of the Hongorai River | 17 Aprilâ22 May | Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan | |||
Battle of Halbe | 24 Aprilâ1 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 Aprilâ2 May | Soviet forces encircle and capture German capital; Hitler commits suicide | |||
Battle of Triest | 30 Aprilâ2 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 | 6â11 May | The Soviet Union captures Prague from Germany | |||
Battle of Zelengora | 10â13 May | Yugoslav communists defeat Yugoslav nationalists | |||
Battle of Poljana | 14â15 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 | JuneâAugust | Australian victory over Japan | |||
Battle of Porton Plantation | 8â10 June | Japan defeats Australia and New Zealand | |||
Battle of Labuan | 10â21 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 Juneâ15 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 | 26â28 June | Australian victory over Japanese forces | |||
Battle of Balikpapan | 1â21 July | ||||
Battle of Sagami Bay | At sea | 22â23 July | The U.S. defeats Japan | ||
Battle of Mayoyao Ridge | 26 Julyâ9 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 | / | 9â20 August | Decisive Russian victory over Japan | ||
Chinese Civil War, World War II |
Opening Campaign | 10 August 1945â10 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 | 12â16 August | Japan defeats the Soviet Union | ||
Chinese Civil War, World War II |
Battle of Baoying | 15â23 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists | ||
Battle of Yongjiazhen | 16â19 August | ||||
Battle of Tianmen | 17 August | ||||
World War II | Battle of Shumshu | 18â23 August | The Soviet Union defeats Japan | ||
Chinese Civil War | Battle of Wuhe | 24 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists | ||
Battle of Yinji | 26â27 August | ||||
Battle of Dazhongji | 1â13 September | ||||
Battle of Lingbi | 4â5 September | ||||
Battle of Xiangshuikou | 18 September | ||||
Battle of Rugao | 21 September | ||||
Battle of Houmajia | 18 October | ||||
Indonesian National Revolution | Battle of Surabaya | 27 Octoberâ20 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 | 19â21 December | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1946 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Siping | 15â17 March | Communist victory | |
Battle of HuaiyinâHuai'an | 21 Augustâ22 September | Nationalist victory | |||
Battle of Lishi | 6â9 September | Communist victory | |||
Battle of Kalgan | 10-20 October | Nationalist victory | |||
1947 | Battle of Yan'an | 19 March | |||
Battle of Niangziguan | 24â25 April | ||||
Battle of Tang'erli | 27â28 April | ||||
Indonesian National Revolution | Operatie Product | 21 July | First of two major Dutch military " police actions" against Indonesia | ||
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 | 22 October 1947â5 January 1949 | First war fought between the successor of British India, the Dominion of India, and newly-formed Dominion of Pakistan; the war ended with India having the majority portion of Kashmir | |||
Battle of Badgam | 3 November | ||||
Battle of Shalateng | 7 November | ||||
Chinese Civil War | Battle of Phoenix Peak | 7â9 December | |||
1948 ArabâIsraeli War | Battles of Kfar Darom | 7 December 1947â9 July 1948 | Egyptian victory | ||
1948 | 1947â1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine | Battle of Haifa | 21-22 April | Jewish militias capture Haifa | |
1948 ArabâIsraeli War | Battle of Nirim | 15 May | Israeli militants capture Nirim kibbutz | ||
Battle of Yad Mordechai | 19-24 May | Egypt captures the settlement despite heavy Israeli defense | |||
Battles of Latrun | 24 Mayâ18 July | Jordanian forces capture Old Jerusalem | |||
First Battle of Negba | 2 June | Israeli victory | |||
Second Battle of Negba | 12 July | ||||
Chinese Civil War | Liaoshen Campaign | 12 Septemberâ12 November | Decisive Chinese Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists | ||
Huaihai Campaign | 6 November 1948â10 January 1949 | ||||
Pingjin Campaign | 29 November 1948â31 January 1949 | ||||
Indonesian National Revolution | Operatie Kraai | 19 December 1948â5 January 1949 | The second Dutch " police actions" against Indonesia. Although the Dutch were militarily victorious, they were forced to give up the East Indies because of international anti-colonial pressure. | ||
1949 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Kuningtou | 25â27 October | Nationalist victory establishes Taiwan as the Nationalist refuge; Communists left in control of mainland China | |
Battle of Dengbu Island | 3â5 November | ||||
1950 | Battle of Bamianshan | 19â31 January | |||
Battle of Tianquan | 14â20 February | ||||
Battle of Nan'ao Island | 3 March | ||||
Battle of Dongshan Island | 11 May | ||||
Korean War | Battle of Gorangpo | 25â26 June | |||
Battle of Kaesong-Munsan | |||||
Battle of Ongjin | |||||
Battle of Uijeongbu | |||||
First Battle of Seoul | 25â28 June | ||||
Battle of Chuncheon | 25â29 June | ||||
Air Battle of South Korea | / | 25 Juneâ20 July | |||
Operation Pokpoong | 25 Juneâ31 July | North Korean offensive ends in victory | |||
Battle of Suwon Airfield | 27 June | ||||
Battle of Chumonchin Chan | At sea | 2 July | |||
Battle of Osan | 5 July | ||||
Battle of Pyongtaek | 6 July | ||||
Battle of Chonan | 7â8 July | ||||
Battle of Chochiwon | 10â12 July | ||||
Battle of Taejon | 14â21 July | ||||
Battle of Sangju | 20â31 July | ||||
Battle of Yongdong | 22â25 July | ||||
Battle of Hwanggan | 23â29 July | ||||
Hadong Ambush | 27 July | ||||
Battle of Andong | 29 Julyâ1 August | ||||
Battle of the Notch | 2 August | ||||
Battle of Pusan Perimeter | 4 Augustâ18 September | UN forces stop North Korean invasion of South Korea, counterattack in mid-September in conjunction with Battle of Inchon | |||
Battle of Inchon | 15-19 September | UN retakes South Korea, reaches Seoul in 12 days | |||
Annexation of Tibet/ Cold War | Battle of Chamdo | 6-19 October | Chinese victory | ||
Korean War | Battle of Sariwon | 17 October | UN victory | ||
Battle of Kujin | 25â26 October | ||||
Battle of Onjong | 25â29 October | Chinese victory | |||
Battle of Unsan | 25 Octoberâ4 November | ||||
Battle of Chongju | 29â30 October | Australian/ UN victory | |||
Battle of Pakchon | 5 November | ||||
Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River | 25 Novemberâ2 December | Decisive Chinese victory, UN forces expelled from North Korea | |||
Battle of Chosin Reservoir | 27 Novemberâ13 December | Chinese strategic victory | |||
Third Battle of Seoul | 31 December 1950â7 January 1951 | Chinese and North Korean forces take Seoul |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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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 Novemberâ22 December | ||||
1957 | Algerian War | Battle of Agounennda | 23â25 May | ||
Battle of Bouzegza | 4â12 August | ||||
1958 | Battle of Bab El Bekkouche | 28â31 May | |||
Cuban Revolution | Battle of La Plata | 11â21 July | |||
Battle of Las Mercedes | 29 Julyâ8 August | ||||
Battle of Yaguajay | 19â30 December |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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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 Marchâ30 April | South Vietnamese counteroffensive to disrupt Vietcong near Saigon | ||
Sino-Indian War | Battle of Namka Chu | / | 10 Octoberâ16 November | Chinese victory | |
IndonesiaâMalaysia 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 | |||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Battle of Long Jawai | 28 September | Initial Indonesian victory, but Britain successfully counterattacks | ||
Vietnam War | Battle of Hiáťp Hòa | 22 November | Vietcong victory | ||
1964 | Battle of Long Dinh | 26 February | Indecisive | ||
Battle of Kien Long | 12â20 April | South Vietnamese victory; Vietcong successfully retreats | |||
Operation Quyet Thang 202 | 27 Aprilâ27 May | South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of Nam Dong | 5â6 July | Allied victory over North Vietnam | |||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Landing at Labis | SeptemberâOctober | 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 LĂŁo | 7â9 December | North Vietnamese victory | ||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Action of 13 December 1964 | At sea | 13 December | Australian minesweeper defeats Indonesian patrol boat | |
Vietnam War | Battle of Binh Gia | 28 December 1964â1 January 1965 | Vietcong victory | ||
1965 | Attack on Camp Holloway | 6-7 February | Vietcong victory, beginning of Operation Flaming Dart | ||
Battle of DĆ°ĆĄng Liáť uâNhĂ´ng Pass | 7-8 February | Vietcong victory | |||
Operation Flaming Dart | 7-24 February | Escalation of the Vietnam War | |||
First Battle of Thanh HĂła Bridge | 4 April 1965â13 May 1972 | North Vietnamese jets take down three American jets attempting to blow up a key bridge; the bridge still stands | |||
Operation Starlite | 18â24 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 SĂ´ng BĂŠ | 10â15 May | American- South Vietnamese victory | ||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Battle of Sungei Koemba | 27 Mayâ12 June | Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces | ||
Vietnam War | Battle of Ba Gia | 28â31 May | Vietcong victory | ||
IndonesiaâMalaysia confrontation | Battle of Kindau | 15 June | Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces | ||
Battle of Babang | 12 July | ||||
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Lahore | 6â12 September | Indian victory | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Piranha | 7â10 September | American forces storm the Batangan Peninsula | ||
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Phillora | 7â11 September | Indian victory | ||
Battle of Asal Uttar | 8â10 September | ||||
Battle of Chawinda | 14â19 September | Inconclusive | |||
Vietnam War | Battle of An Ninh | 18â19 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 | 19â25 October | First major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnam | |||
Pleiku Campaign | 27 Octoberâ26 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 | 14â18 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. | |||
IndonesiaâMalaysia Confrontation | Battle of Bau | 21 November | British victory | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Bushmaster II | 1â6 December | American victory | ||
Operation Harvest Moon | 8â20 December | Allied victory |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Marauder | 1â8 January | Allied victory | |
Battle of the Ho Bo Woods | 8â14 January | American/ Australian victory | |||
Operation Double Eagle | 18 Januaryâ17 February | Inconclusive | |||
Laotian Civil War, Vietnam War |
Battle of Nakhang | 16â28 February | |||
Vietnam War | Battle of Suoi Bong Trang | 23â24 February | Major Australian victory | ||
Battle of Äᝊc CĆĄ | |||||
Operation Utah | 4â7 March | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of A Sau | 9â10 March | ||||
Operation Jackstay | 26 Marchâ6 April | American victory | |||
Battle of Xa Cam My | 11â12 April | ||||
Operation Georgia | 21 Aprilâ10 May | American victory | |||
Rhodesian Bush War | Battle of Sinoia | 28 April | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Davy Crockett | 1â16 May | American victory | ||
Operation Paul Revere | 10 Mayâ1 August | American/ South Korean victory | |||
Operation Wahiawa | 16â30 May | American victory | |||
Operation Crazy Horse | 16 Mayâ5 June | ||||
Operation Hardihood | 16 Mayâ8 June | American/ Australian victory | |||
Operation El Paso | 19 Mayâ13 July | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Hawthorne | 2â21 June | ||||
Battle of Hill 488 | 15â16 June | American victory | |||
Operation Nathan Hale | 19â30 June | ||||
Operation Jay | 25 Juneâ2 July | ||||
Operation Macon | 4 Julyâ28 October | ||||
Battle of Minh Thanh Road | 9 July | ||||
Operation Hastings | / | 15 Julyâ3 August | American troops force North Vietnamese across the Vietnamese DMZ | ||
Operation John Paul Jones | 21 Julyâ5 September | Inconclusive | |||
Laotian Civil War | Battle of Nam Bac | August 1966âJanuary 1968 | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Prairie | / | 3 August 1966â31 January 1967 | Attempt to drive away North Vietnamese units under the Vietnamese DMZ | |
Battle of Äᝊc CĆĄ | 9â10 August | ||||
Battle of Long Tan | 18â19 August | First major action of Australian forces in Vietnam | |||
Operation Amarillo | 23â31 August | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Seward | 5â25 September | American victory | |||
Operation Thayer | 13 September 1966â12 February 1967 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Attleboro | 14 Septemberâ25 November | Both sides declare victory | |||
Operation Shenandoah | 16 Octoberâ2 November | American victory | |||
Operation Atlanta | 19 OctoberâDecember | ||||
Operation Paul Revere IV | 20 Octoberâ30 December | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Fairfax | November 1966â15 December 1967 | American combing operation victory | |||
1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Deckhouse Five | 6â15 January | Inconclusive | |
Operation Cedar Falls | 8â26 January | ||||
Operation Desoto | 27 Januaryâ7 April | American victory | |||
Operation Prairie II | / | 1 Februaryâ18 March | |||
Operation Enterprise | 13 February 1967â11 March 1968 | ||||
Battle of TrĂ BĂŹnh | 14â15 February | South Korean victory | |||
Operation Bribie | 17â18 February | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Junction City | 22 Februaryâ14 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 BĂ u BĂ ng | 19â20 March | American victory | |||
Operation Prairie III | / | 19 Marchâ19 April | |||
Battle of Suoi Tre | 21 March | Costly Vietcong defeat | |||
Battle of Ap Gu | 31 Marchâ1 April | American forces defeat Vietcong | |||
Operation Francis Marion | 6 Aprilâ11 October | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Lejeune | 7â22 April | American victory | |||
Operation Prairie IV | / | 20 Aprilâ17 May | Costly American victory | ||
Operation Union | 21 Aprilâ16 May | American attempt to find Vietcong in the Quáşż SĆĄn Valley | |||
Operation Baker | 22 Aprilâ31 July | American victory | |||
Operation Manhattan | 23 Aprilâ7 June | American recon victory | |||
First Battle of Khe Sanh | 24 Aprilâ11 May | Americans capture Hill 861 | |||
Operation Beaver Cage | 28 Aprilâ12 May | American victory | |||
Operations Malheur I and Malheur II | 11 Mayâ2 August | ||||
Operation Crockett | 13 Mayâ16 July | ||||
Operation Kole Kole | 14 Mayâ7 December | ||||
Operation Hickory | 18â28 May | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Barking Sands | 18 Mayâ7 December | American victory | |||
Operation Union II | 26 Mayâ5 June | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Dragnet | 26 May 1967â27 January 1968 | Allied victory | |||
Six-Day War | Battle of Abu-Ageila | 5â6 June | |||
Battle of Ammunition Hill | 6 June | ||||
Vietnam War | Operation Akron | 9â29 June | American/ South Vietnamese forces attempt to flank Vietcong troops, but both sides take losses | ||
Operation Billings | 12â26 June | American victory | |||
Operation Concordia | 19â21 June | Allied victory | |||
Battle of the Slopes | 20â22 June | North Vietnamese victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Battle of Nsukka | 2â12 July | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Diamond Head | 11 Julyâ31 October | American victory | ||
Operation Kingfisher | 16 Julyâ31 October | Inconclusive, both sides claim victory | |||
Operation Coronado II | 27â31 July | Allied victory | |||
Operation Hood River | 2â13 August | Inconclusive | |||
Battle of Suoi Chau Pha | 6 August | Australian victory | |||
Operation Colorado | 6â22 August | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Midwest Invasion of 1967 | 9 Augustâ20 September | |||
Battle of Ore | 11 August | ||||
Vietnam War | Operation Benton | 13â29 August | American victory | ||
Operation Coronado IV | 19 Augustâ9 September | ||||
Action of 23 August 1967 | 23 August | North Vietnamese fighter jets defeat American jets | |||
Operation Byrd | 25 Augustâ1 December | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Swift | 4â15 September | ||||
Nathu La and Cho La clashes | / | 11â14 September | Indian forces beat back Chinese forces | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Wheeler/Wallowa | 11 September 1967â11 November 1968 | American offensive, where the Tiger Force committed war crimes | ||
Nigerian Civil War | Fall of Enugu | 12 Septemberâ4 October | Nigerian forces capture the Biafran capital of Enugu | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Coronado V | 12 Septemberâ7 October | American victory | ||
Operation Kunia | 15 Septemberâ9 November | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Shenandoah II | 29 Septemberâ10 December | Americans try to repair highway | |||
Nigerian Civil War | First Battle of Onitsha | 4â12 October | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Medina | 11â20 October | Inconclusive | ||
Operation MacArthur | 12 October 1967â31 January 1969 | American victory | |||
Battle of Ong Thanh | 17 October | Vietcong victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Operation Tiger Claw | 17â19 October | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Osceola | 20 October 1967â16 February 1968 | Inconclusive | ||
First Battle of Loc Ninh | 29 Octoberâ7 November | American and South Vietnamese troops capture Loc Ninh | |||
Operation Lancaster | 1 November 1967â20 January 1968 | Minor operation, Tet Offensive causes beginning of Operation Lancaster II | |||
Operation Coronado IX | 1 November 1967â22 January 1968 | American victory | |||
Operation Neosho | 1 November 1967â25 January 1968 | Continuation of Operation Fremont | |||
Operation Kentucky | 1 November 1967â28 February 1969 | Low-level American cross- Vietnamese DMZ operation | |||
Battle of Dak To | 3â23 November | Pyrrhic American victory | |||
Operation Santa Fe | 3 November 1967â5 January 1968 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Essex | 6â17 November | Minor American victory | |||
Operation Napoleon/Saline | Novemberâ9 December | Allied victory | |||
Operation Kien Giang 9-1 | 15â19 November | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Manchester | 4 December 1967â17 February 1968 | American victory | |||
Battle of Tam Quan | 6â20 December | ||||
Operation Yellowstone | 8 December 1967â24 February 1968 | ||||
Operation Saratoga | 8 December 1967â11 March 1968 | ||||
Operation Muscatine | 18 December 1967â10 June 1968 | ||||
Operation Badger Tooth | 26 December 1967â2 January 1968 | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Auburn | 28 December 1967â3 January 1968 | American victory | |||
1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Niagara | JanuaryâMarch | American counterattack on Tet Offensive | |
New Year's Day battle of 1968 | 1â2 January | American victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Second Battle of Onitsha | 2 Januaryâ20 March | Nigerian forces capture Onitsha | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Lancaster II | 20 Januaryâ23 November | American victory | ||
Operation McLain | 20 January 1968â31 January 1969 | ||||
Operation Jeb Stuart | 21 Januaryâ31 March | Spontaneous American counterattack disrupted by Tet Offensive | |||
Battle of Khe Sanh | 21 Januaryâ8 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 | 23â24 January | North Vietnamese troops defeat a small garrison of Laotian Royal troops | ||
Operation Coronado X | 23 Januaryâ12 February | Allied victory | |||
Operation Coburg | 24 January â1 March | Allied victory over North Vietnam | |||
Tet offensive attacks on Da Nang | 29 Januaryâ11 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 Januaryâ7 March | American and South Vietnamese troops repel the attack, but it heavily increases anti-war sentiment in the US. | |||
Battle of Báşżn Tre | 31 Januaryâ5 February | Vietcong attack Báşżn Tre, but fail to capture it | |||
Battle of Quang Tri | 31 Januaryâ6 February | South Vietnamese/ American victory | |||
Battle of Da Lat | Januaryâ9 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 Januaryâ11 February | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of Huáşż | 31 Januaryâ2 March | American and South Vietnamese forces successfully defend the city, although Vietcong commit the Hue Massacre | |||
Battle of Lang Vei | 6â7 February | North Vietnamese captures Lang Vei camp | |||
Operation Truong Cong Dinh | 7 Marchâ7 August | South Vietnam attempts to regain control over major highways | |||
Battle of Lo Giang | 8â9 February | American troops repel North Vietnamese attacks | |||
Operation Hop Tac I | 10 Februaryâ10 March | American victory | |||
Operation Coronado XI | 12 Februaryâ3 March | Allied victory | |||
Operation Houston | 26 Februaryâ12 September | American victory | |||
Action of 1 March 1968 | 1 March | North Vietnamese ships attempt to ambush South Vietnamese ships | |||
Operation Patrick | 1â30 March | American victory | |||
Battle of Tam Káťł | 3â6 March | ||||
Nigerian Civil War | Invasion of Port Harcourt | 8 Marchâ24 May | Nigerian forces capture Port Harcourt | ||
Vietnam War, Laotian Civil War |
Battle of Lima Site 85 | 10â11 March | North Vietnamese- Pathet Lao victory | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Quyet Thang | 11 Marchâ7 April | South Vietnamese and U.S. recapture areas around Saigon | ||
Operation Walker | 17 March 1968â31 January 1969 | American victory | |||
Operation Carentan | 18 Marchâ17 May | ||||
Operation Frederick Hill | 18 March 1968â28 February 1971 | American successfully conduct a security operation in Quảng TĂn province | |||
Operation Geneva Park | American successfully conduct a security operation in Quang Ngai Province | ||||
War of Attrition, IsraeliâPalestinian 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 Marchâ31 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 Aprilâ31 May | Allied victory | ||
Operation Burlington Trail | 8 Aprilâ11 November | American victory | |||
Battle of Signal Hill | 19â21 April | Pyrrhic North Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Delaware | 19 Aprilâ17 May | Inconclusive | |||
May Offensive | 29 Aprilâ30 May | North Vietnamese offensive smaller in scale than the Tet Offensive, but much bloodier | |||
Battle of Dai Do | 30 Aprilâ3 May | Both sides claim victory | |||
Operation Allen Brook | 4 Mayâ24 August | American/ South Vietnamese forces drive back Vietcong | |||
Battle of An Bao | 5â6 May | North Vietnamese forces ambush Americans, but the Americans fight back and win | |||
Battle of West Saigon | 5â12 May | Allied victory | |||
Battle of Landing Zone Center | 5â25 May | American victory | |||
Battle of South Saigon | 7â12 May | Allied victory | |||
Operation Concordia Square | 8â17 May | American victory | |||
Battle of Kham Duc | 10â12 May | North Vietnamese victory and one of the largest battles of the war | |||
Battle of CoralâBalmoral | 12 Mayâ6 June | Australian forces repel multiple North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks over 26 days of fighting | |||
Operation Jeb Stuart III | 17 Mayâ3 November | U.S. forces attack North Vietnamese bases | |||
Operation Nevada Eagle | 17 May 1968â28 February 1969 | Protection of Huáşż by Americans | |||
Operation Toan Thang II | 1 June 1968â16 February 1969 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Robin | 2â19 June | American victory | |||
Battle of Binh An | 27â28 June | ||||
Operation Thor | 1â8 July | ||||
Operation Pocahontas Forest | 6â31 July | Allied victory | |||
Operation Quyet Chien | 3 Augustâ30 November | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Somerset Plain | 4â20 August | U.S. claims victory | |||
Phase III offensive | 17 Augustâ27 September | Failed third push by the North Vietnamese after the Tet Offensive | |||
Battle of Duc Lap | 24â27 August | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Operation OAU | 2 Septemberâ15 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 | 8â24 September | American victory | ||
Operation Vinh Loc | 10â20 September | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Maui Peak | 1â19 October | American victory | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Siege of Owerri | 15 October 1968â25 April 1969 | Biafra recaptures Owerri | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Fulton Square | 22 October 1968â18 January 1970 | Minor clashes between American/ South Vietnamese forces and Vietcong | ||
Operation Henderson Hill | 23 Octoberâ6 December | American victory | |||
Operation Sheridan Sabre | 7 November 1968â4 April 1969 | ||||
Operation Commando Hunt | 15 November 1968â29 March 1972 | Americans fail to bomb Vietcong supply routes | |||
Operation Meade River | 20 Novemberâ9 December | American victory | |||
Battle of Hat Dich | 3 December 1968â19 February 1969 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Taylor Common | 7 December 1968â8 March 1969 | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Fayette Canyon | 15 December 1968â28 February 1969 | American victory | |||
1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Dewey Canyon | 22 Januaryâ18 March | Last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division | |
Operation Toan Thang III | 17 Februaryâ31 October | Allied victory | |||
Operation Massachusetts Striker | 28 Februaryâ8 May | Both sides claim victory | |||
Operation Iron Mountain | 28 February 1969â28 February 1971 | American victory | |||
Operation Purple Martin | 1 Marchâ2 May | ||||
Operation Kentucky Jumper | 1 Marchâ14 August | American reconnaissance operation | |||
Operation Maine Crag | 15 Marchâ2 May | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Atlas Wedge | 17â24 March | American victory | |||
Operation Montana Mauler | 23 Marchâ3 April | ||||
Nigerian Civil War | Defense of Umuahia | 27 Marchâ22 April | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Washington Green | 15 April 1969â1 January 1971 | American victory | ||
Operation Virginia Ridge | 2 Mayâ16 July | ||||
Operation Apache Snow | 10 Mayâ7 June | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Battle of Hamburger Hill | 13â20 May | American and South Vietnamese troops win, but heavy losses force them to withdraw | |||
Operation Lamar Plain | 15 Mayâ14 August | American victory | |||
Operation Pipestone Canyon | 26 Mayâ7 November | American launch a successful local offensive | |||
Battle of Binh Ba | 6â8 June | Australians defeat Vietcong | |||
Operation Montgomery Rendezvous | 8 Juneâ15 August | Costly American victory | |||
Operation Utah Mesa | 12 Juneâ6 July | Allied victory | |||
Operation Campbell Streamer | 13 Julyâ15 August | Dozens of Vietcong killed | |||
Football War | 14 July | Between El Salvador and Honduras | |||
Vietnam War | Operation Idaho Canyon | 21 Julyâ25 September | American victory | ||
Operation Nantucket Beach | 23 July 1969â10 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 Octoberâ1 November | North Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Toan Thang IV | 1 November 1969â1 May 1970 | Allied victory | |||
Operation Randolph Glen | 7 December 1969â31 March 1970 | Inconclusive | |||
Nigerian Civil War | Defense of Oguta | 20â24 December | |||
1970 | Operation Tail-Wind | 7â12 January | Biafra surrenders to Nigeria | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Green River | 19 Januaryâ22 July | American victory | ||
Operation Texas Star | 1 Aprilâ5 September | Indecisive | |||
The Troubles | Battle of St Matthew's | 27â28 June | A battle between Provisional IRA and loyalists | ||
Vietnam War | Operation Pennsylvania Square | 29 June 1970â1 March 1971 | American victory | ||
Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord | 1â23 July | North Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Clinch Valley | 9â15 July | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Operation Elk Canyon | 12 Julyâ29 September | Americans attempt to improve positions after the fall of Kham Duc, but fail | |||
Operation Pickens Forest | 16 Julyâ24 August | American victory | |||
Operation Wolfe Mountain | 22 July 1970â30 January 1971 | Inconclusive | |||
Operation Chicago Peak | 24 Julyâ11 August | American/ South Vietnamese victory | |||
Siege of Firebase O'Reilly | 9 Augustâ7 October | North Vietnamese victory as the base closes down | |||
Operation Imperial Lake | 1 September 1970â7 May 1971 | American/ South Korean success, but perpetration of the SĆĄn Thắng massacre | |||
Operation Jefferson Glenn | 5 September 1970â8 October 1971 | Last major ground offensive involving the U.S. | |||
Operation Tailwind | 11â13 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 |
Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Western Sahara War | First Battle of Amgala | 27â29 January | Algerian withdrawal | |
Second Battle of Amgala | 14â15 February | Sahrawi victory | |||
The Troubles | Flagstaff Hill incident | 5â6 May | Irish Army pushes back British special forces | ||
ArabâIsraeli 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 | JulyâAugust | 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 1977â27 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 | ||||
Lebanese Civil War | Battle of Kaukaba | 9 May | |||
Shaba II | Battle of Kolwezi | 18â22 May | |||
1979 | Chadian Civil War | Battle of N'Djamena | 12-15 February | ||
Sino-Vietnamese War | Battle of Dong Dang | 17â23 February | |||
Battle of LĂ o Cai | 17 Februaryâ5 March | ||||
Battle of Lấng SĆĄn 17 Februaryâ16 March | |||||
Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Masaka | 23â24 February | |||
Battle of Tororo | 2â4 March | ||||
Battle of Lukaya | 10â11 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 Marchâ15 December | ||
IranâIraq War | Siege of Abadan | November 1980âSeptember 1981 | Iraq attacks the Iranian city of Abadan but fails to capture it | ||
Liberation of Khorramshahr | November 1980â24 May 1982 | The Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis |