List of battles 1901–2000

Lists of battles

• Before 301
• 301–1300
• 1301–1600
• 1601–1800
• 1801–1900
• 1901–2000
• 2001–current
• Naval
• Sieges

• See also

British troop during the retreat from Mons at the start of the First World War

This article lists all the battles that occurred in the years of the 20th century (1901-2000).

1901–1905

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1901	Philippine–American War	Battle of Lonoy		5 March
	Second Boer War	Battle of Groenkloof		5 September
		Battle of Elands River		17 September
		Battle of Blood River Poort
	Philippine–American War	Balangiga massacre		28 September	Filipino guerrillas successfully ambush 78 soldiers of the 9th US Infantry
	Second Boer War	Battle of Bakenlaagte		30 October
	Armenian national movement	Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery		3-27 November
	Second Boer War	Battle of Groenkop		25 December
1902	Unification of Saudi Arabia	Battle of Riyadh		13 January	Ibn Saud successfully captures Riyadh
	Second Boer War	Battle of Tweebosch		7 March
		Battle of Rooiwal		11 April
	Moro Rebellion	Battle of Bayang		2-3 May
1903	Unification of Saudi Arabia	Battle of Dilam		27 January	Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis
	Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising	Battle of Krushevo		2 August	The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization defeats the Turks at Mečkin Kamen
		Battle of Smilevo		5 August	The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation defeats the Turks at Smilevo
1904	Russo-Japanese War	Battle of Port Arthur	/	9 February	Spetznazogovitch fortress; start of Russo-Japanese War
	Philippine–American War	Battle of Siranaya		March
		Battle of Taraca		April
	Russo-Japanese War	Battle of Yalu River		2 May	First Japanese land victory against the Russians
		Battle of Nanshan	/	25-26 May	Japanese defeat Russians in a pitched battle outside of Port Arthur
		Battle of Dairen		30 May	Japanese defeat Russians but later on Russians retake the village of X-YTROKOV
		Battle of Te-li-Ssu		14-15 June	Russian attempt to relieve Port Arthur smashed by the Japanese
	Saudi–Rashidi War	Battle of Bekeriyah		15 June	Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis
	Russo-Japanese War	Battle of Motien Pass		10 July
		Battle of Tashihchiao	/	24-25 July
		Siege of Port Arthur		1 August 1904—2 January 1905	Japanese attack on Port Arthur
		Battle of the Yellow Sea		10 August	Russian naval breakout attempt from Port Arthur defeated by Japanese fleet
	Herero Wars	Battle of Waterberg		11 August
	Russo-Japanese War	Battle of the Japanese Sea		14 August	Japanese forces force Russians to scuttle the cruiser Ryurik
		Battle of Liaoyang	/	24 August—4 September	Japanese defeat Russians in the first major battle of the war
	Revolution of 1904	Battle of Masoller		1 September	Final battle and defeat of the Aparicio Saravia revolt
	Saudi–Rashidi War	Battle of Shinanah		29 September	Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis
	Russo-Japanese War	Battle of Shaho	/	5–17 October
		Battle of Sha-ho River		11–15 October	Russian counteroffensive in Manchuria is checked with heavy losses by the Japanese
	Philippine–American War	Battle of Dolores River		12 December
1905	Russo-Japanese War	Battle of San-de-pu	/	25–29 January	Another failed Russian counteroffensive in Manchuria
		Battle of Mukden		20 February—7 March	Largest battle at the time; decisive Japanese victory
		Battle of Tsushima	At sea	27–28 May	Admiral Togo's decisive victory over Russian Baltic fleet in the Straits of Tshushima
	Philippine–American War	Battle of the Malalag River		22 October

1906-1910

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1906	Saudi–Rashidi War	Battle of Rawdat Muhanna		12 April	Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Rawdat Muhanna
	Moro Rebellion	First Battle of Bud Dajo		5–8 December
1907	Saudi–Rashidi War	Battle of Tarafiyah		24 September	Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Tarafiyah
1908	-	Battle of Marrakesh		23 August	Mulay Hafid successfully revolts against Moroccan Sultan

1911-1915

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1911	Mexican Revolution	Battle of Casas Grandes		6 March
	Moro Rebellion	Second Battle of Bud Dajo		18–26 March
	Mexican Revolution	Battle of Cuautla		11–19 May
	Italo-Turkish War	Battle of Preveza	At sea	29–30 September
		Battle of Tripoli		3–10 October
		Battle of Benghazi		20 October
		Battle of Shar al-Shatt		23 October
		Battle of Ain Zara		4 December
		Battle of Tobruk		22 December 1911—9 January 1912	Italy begins the invasion of Libya
1912	American occupation of Nicaragua	Battle of Msaya		19 September
		Battle of Coyotepe Hill		3–4 October
	First Balkan War	Capture of Lemnos		8 October	Greek troops occupy the Ottoman-held island of Lemnos
		Battle of Sarantaporo		9 October	Greeks defeat Ottomans near Koritza
		Battle of Kumanovo		23-24 October	Serbs defeat Ottomans in North Macedonia
		Battle of Kirk Kelesse		24 October	Bulgarians defeat Ottomans in Thrace
		Battle of Pente Pigadia		24–30 October	Greeks defeat Ottomans in seven-day battle near Bizani
		Battle of Lule Burgas		31 October—3 November	Bulgarians compel Ottomans to full retreat toward the lines of Tchataldja, 30 km from Constantinople and the last line of defense for the Ottoman capital. In terms of forces engaged, it was the largest battle fought in Europe between the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the beginning of the First World War.
		Battle of Giannitsa		2 November	Greeks defeat Ottoman Turks in Central Macedonia
		Battle of Vevi			Successful Turkish counter offensive against Greek positions
		Battle of Prilep		3 November	Serbs defeat Ottomans
		Siege of Adrianople		3 November 1912—26 March 1913	Fall of Adrianpole to the forces of Bulgaria and Serbia and the capture of Turkish general Ghazi Shulkri Pasha
		Battle of Monastir		16–19 November	Decisive and final defeat in Macedonia of the Ottomans by the Serbs
		Battle of Çatalca		17–18 November	Defeat of Bulgarian advance toward Istanbul
		Battle of Lesbos		21 November—21 December	Greeks capture the island of Lesbos from the Ottoman Empire
		Battle of Chios		24 November 1912—3 January 1913	Greeks capture the island of Chios from the Ottoman Empire
		Battle of Elli	At sea	3 December	Greek navy defeats Ottoman fleet and forces it to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles straits
1913	First Balkan War	Battle of Lemnos	At sea	5 January	Greek navy defeats Ottoman fleet near the Island of Lemnos in final naval engagement of the war
		Battle of Bizani		20–21 February	Greeks defeat last operational Ottoman Army in Epirus and capture city of Ioanina
	Moro Rebellion	Battle of Bud Bagsak		11–15 June	The end of the Moro Rebellion
	Second Balkan War	Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas		19–21 June	Greeks defeat Bulgarians in the three-day battle for Kilkis
		Battle of Bregalnica		30 June—8 July	Serbs defeat Bulgarians
		Battle of Kresna Gorge		8–18 July	Inconclusive ten-day battle between Bulgaria and Greece
		Battle of Kalimantsi		15–18 July	Bulgarian defensive victory against the Serbs
	Dervish movement	Battle of Dul Madoba		9 August	A Dervish force raids the Somali Dhulbahante tribe near Burco, killing or wounding 57 members of the "Somaliland Camel Constabulary", including the British commander, Colonel Richard Corfield
1914	World War I	Battle of Liège		4–17 August	Germans invade Belgium; 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		15–24 August	German victory
		Battle of Cer		16–19 August	Serbian forces push back Austro-Hungarian invasion
		Battle of Stallupönen		17 August	First battle on the Russian Eastern Front
		Battle of Gumbinnen		19–20 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 August—11 September	Russians occupy Eastern Galicia
		Battle of the Trouée de Charmes		24–26 August	The second French army, under General Castelnau, defeat a Bavarian army
		Siege of Maubeuge		24 August—7 September	Germans capture Maubeuge
		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 Bülow
		Occupation of German Samoa			New Zealand forces defeat German forces in Samoa
		First Battle of Garua	/	29–31 August
		First Battle of the Masurian Lakes		2-16 September	German Eighth Army defeats Rennenkampf's Russian 1st Army
		First Battle of the Marne		5–9 September	French armies and BEF, under French General Joffre, defeat the Germans armies under General Von Moltke. German invasion of France halted by Allies. The city of Paris was saved.
		Battle of Nsanakong		6 September
		Battle of Bita Paka		11 September	Australian forces defeat German forces in German New Guinea
		First Battle of the Aisne		13–28 September	Indecisive battle
		Battle of Ukoko		21 September
		Siege of Przemyśl		24 September 1914—22 March 1915	Russians initially unsuccessful, but second siege attempt succeeds
		Battle of Sandfontein		26 September
		Siege of Antwerp		28 September—10 October
		Battle of the Vistula River		29 September—31 October	Russians defeat Germans under Marshal von Mackensen
		Battle of Rufiji Delta		October 1914—11 July 1915	British Empire naval forces defeat German naval forces in East Africa
		Battle of the Yser		16–31 October	French and Belgian victory
		First Battle of Ypres		19 October—22 November	Early trench warfare; "Kindermord bei Ypern"
		First Battle of Edea		20–26 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		3–5 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 Łódź		11 November—6 December	Russians take city, lose it on 6 December
		Battle of Elhri		13 November	Moroccan tribes defeat French troops
		Battle of Kraków		16 November	Heavy casualties to Austria and Russia
		Battle of Cape Sarych	At sea	18 November	Inconclusive
		Battle of Łowicz		30 November—17 December	Russians take city
		Battle of Kolubara		3–9 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 Bolimów		14 January—February 28	Cold weather thwarts German gas attack against Russians
		Battle of Jassin		18–19 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 Blücher
		First Suez Offensive		28 January—3 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		7–28 February	Initial German attack is highly successful, but further attacks are repulsed
		Battle of Fort Rivière		17 February
		Battle of Gallipoli		19 February 1915—8 January 1916	The Allied powers attempt a failed frontal assault on the Ottoman Empire
		Naval assault in strait of Çanakkale	At sea	18 March	Turks repel an Allied fleet
		Battle of Hill 60		17–22 April	British forces defeat German forces
		Second Battle of Ypres		22 April—25 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 April—3 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		2–3 May	ANZAC attack on the hill Baby 700, defended by Ottoman forces
		Second Battle of Krithia		6–8 May	Second British attack against Turks uses same plan, also fails
		Third attack on Anzac Cove		19 May	ANZAC forces defeat Ottoman attack
		Second Battle of Garua		31 May—10 June
		Third Battle of Krithia		4 June	Temporary British success reversed by Ottoman counter-attack
		Battle of Bukoba		21–23 June
		First Battle of the Isonzo	/	23 June—7 July	Failed Italian attack on Austrian positions in the Alps
		Battle of Gully Ravine		28 June—5 July	British and Indian forces defeat Ottoman forces
		Second Battle of the Isonzo	/	18 July—3 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		6–10 August	Australians stop Ottoman attack, but it was only a diversion
		Battle of Krithia Vineyard		6–13 August	Turkish diversionary attack to allow for Sari Bair Offensive
		Landing at Suvla Bay		6–15 August	The main attack for which the two diversions were staged; Ottoman victory
		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 September—6 October	German victory
		Battle of Loos		25 September—14 October
		Third Battle of Artois		25 September—4 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 October—4 November	Austrians endure massive Italian bombardment
	American occupation of Haiti	Battle of Fort Dipitie		24–25 October
	World War I	Battle of Banjo		4–6 November
		Battle of Ctesiphon		22–25 November	Indecisive battle between British and Ottoman forces
		Siege of Kut		7 December 1915—29 April 1916	Ottoman forces capture the city and force the surrender of the British Army of Mesopotamia under General Townshend. Largest British surrender of the war.

1916-1920

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1916	World War I	Battle of Salaita Hill		12 February
		Battle of Verdun		21 February—15 December	The German offensive was repulsed by the French 2nd Army. Verdun was not taken by Germans troops. French win a strategic defensive victory.
		Battle of Dujaila		8 March	Failed British attempt to relieve the Siege of Kut
		Fifth Battle of the Isonzo	/	9-15 March
		Battle of Latema Nek		11–12 March
		Battle of Kahe		18 March
		Raid on Jifjafa		11–14 April	Successful Australian raid on Ottoman forces
	Irish revolutionary period	Easter Rising		24 April	Irish rebellion against the British occupation centered in Dublin
	World War I	Battle of Bondoa Irangi		7–10 May
		Battle of Asiago		15 May—10 June	Massive Austrian counter-offensive against Italy
		Battle of Jutland	At sea	31 May	Last engagement of the German High Seas Fleet
		Brusilov Offensive		4 June—20 September	Russia nearly collapses Austria but losses are staggering
		2nd Battle of Albert		1 July	Opening day of the Allied offensive known as the Battle of the Somme
		Battle of the Somme		1 July—18 November	Inconclusive major Allied offensive on the Western Front
	Banana Wars	Battle of Guayacanas		3 July
	World War I	Battle of Kostiuchnówka		4–6 July	One of the deadliest battles for the Polish Legions
		Battle of Bazentin Ridge		14 July	British victory during the Somme offensive
		Battle of Fromelles		19–20 July	German victory south of the rest of the Somme offensive, considered the darkest day in Australian history due to the high number of casualties
		Battle of Pozières		23 July—7 August	British and Australian forces take and hold town
		Battle of Romani		3 August	Turkish advance on Suez Canal defeated
		Sixth Battle of the Isonzo	/	6–17 August	Italian victory
		Battle of Mouquet Farm		8 August—27 September	Allied powers advance toward German fortification
		Battle of Bir el Abd		9 August	Ottoman victory against British forces
		Battle of Mlali		24 August
		Battle of Guillemont		3–9 September	Allied powers capture city
		Battle of Herkulesfürdő		6–10 September
		Battle of Kisaki		7–11 September
		Battle of Ginchy		9 September	Irish capture town from Germans, but suffer heavy casualties
		Battle of Flers–Courcelette		15–22 September	Bad weather thwarts Allied attempt to break through German defenses
		Battle of Morval		25-28 September	British progress resumes after Fleurs-Courcelette, but French unable to match British progress
		Battle of Thiepval Ridge		26–28 September	German positions captured by Allied powers
		Battle of Le Transloy		1 October—5 November	Failed attempt to capture German defenses
		Battle of Kőhalom		2 October
		Battle of Cinghinarele Island		2–8 October
	Palace Coup against Lij Iyasu	Battle of Segale		7 October	Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu
	World War I	Battle of the Ancre		13-18 November	Allied powers advance further, final battle of the 1916 Somme Campaign
	Banana Wars	Battle of San Francisco de Macorís		29 November
	World War I	Battle of Magdhaba		23 December	Capture of Turkish garrison in the Sinai
1917	World War I	Battle of Rafa	/	9 January
		Second Battle of Kut		23 February	British forces once again take Kut
		Fall of Baghdad		8–11 March	British forces capture the city
		Battle of Nambanje		13 March
		Battle of Mount Hamrin		25 March
		First Battle of Gaza		26 March	British fail to advance into Palestine
		Vimy Ridge		9 April	Canada's finest hour
		Battle of Arras		9 April—16 May	British forces advance but no breakthrough was achieved
		Nivelle Offensive		16 April—9 May	Indecisive Allied offensive on Western Front
		Second Battle of Gaza		17-19 April	Turkey repels British assault on Gaza-Beersheba line
		Battle of Istabulat		21 April
		Action of 4 May 1917	At sea	4 May	British and Australian naval forces indecisive action against German Navy and zeppelin
		Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway		23 May	Australian and New Zealand forces raid and destroy Ottoman railway
		Battle of Messines		7–14 June	British forces advance on Western Front
		Battle of Mount Ortigara		10–25 June
		Battle of Zboriv		1–2 July	Part of Kerensky Offensive; the only successful engagement of the last Russian offensive in World War I
		Battle of Aqaba		6 July
		Battle of Passchendaele		31 July—November 10	Also known as Third Battle of Ypres, the three-month battle costs Britain 400,000
		Battle of Pilckem Ridge		31 July—2 August	Allied victory over German forces
		Battle of Langemarck		16–18 August	Indecisive battle between Anglo-French forces and German forces
		Battle of the Menin Road Ridge		20–26 September	British Empire victory over German
		Battle of Broodseinde		4 October	British, Australian, New Zealand victory against German forces on the Western Front
		Battle of Poelcappelle		9 October	Australian and British forces fight inconclusive battle against German forces
		Battle of Wadi Musa		23 October
		Battle of Caporetto		24 October—19 November	Also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo; Italians defeated by Central Powers and driven back to Venice
		Second Battle of Passchendaele		26 October—10 November	Allied victory over Germans on Western Front
		Battle of Beersheba		31 October	Australian Light Horse capture Beersheba
		Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe		1–6 November	British forces defeat Ottoman forces
		Third Battle of Gaza		1-7 November	British break Turkish defensive line in southern Palestine
		Battle of Hareira and Sheria		6–7 November	British, Australian, New Zealand forces Ottoman Army
		Battle of Mughar Ridge		13 November	British forces gain victory over Ottoman forces
		Battle of Ayun Kara		14 November
		Second Battle of Heligoland Bight	At sea	17 November	Indecisive naval battle, Germans lose one torpedo boat
		Battle of Cambrai		20 November—7 December	First successful use of tanks
		Battle of Ngomano		25 November	Germans defeat Portuguese and launch invasion of Portuguese East Africa
		Battle of Polygon Wood		26 September—3 October	Australian and British forces defeat German forces
		Battle of Buqqar Ridge		27 October	British and Australian victory over Ottoman forces
		Battle of Jerusalem		17 November—30 December	British forces capture Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire
		Occupation of Kharkiv		17 December 1917—10 January 1918	Soviet victory
1918	Finnish Civil War	Battle of Kämärä		27 January
	World War I	Battle of Kruty		29–30 January	Ukrainian victory, enables Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
	Finnish Civil War	Battle of Vilppula		31 January—18 March
	World War I	Battle of Bobruysk		2 February—11 March	Units of the Polish I Corps in Russia, fought with the Red Army over the control of the city of Babruysk
		First Battle of Kiev	/	5–8 February	Bolsheviks capture Kyiv
	Finnish Civil War	Battle of Ruovesi		5 February—19 March
		Battle of Antrea		11 February—25 April
	World War I	Battle of Rarańcza		15–16 February
		Capture of Jericho		19–20 February	Australians capture Jericho from Ottoman forces
	Finnish Civil War	Battle of Varkaus		19–21 February
		Battle of Rautu		21 February—5 April
	World War I	Battle of Tell 'Asur		8–12 March	British and Australian forces defeat Ottoman forces
		Battle of Bakhmach		8–13 March	Czechoslovak Legion escape German encirclement
	Finnish Civil War	Battle of Tampere		8 March—6 April	The bloodiest battle in Finnish history at the time
		Battle of Länkipohja		16 March
	World War I	First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux		20 March—5 April	Australian victory over German forces
		First Transjordan attack on Amman		21 March—2 April	Ottoman forces defeat British forces
		First Battle of Amman		27-31 March	Ottoman victory over British forces
		First Battle of Morlancourt		28–30 March	Australians lead by John Monash defeat Germans
		Battle of the Avre		4–5 April	German attack fought between German forces and defending Australian and British forces
		Second Battle of Dernancourt		5 April	Australian forces halt German advance on Amiens
	Finnish Civil War	Battle of Ahvenkoski		10 April—5 May
		Battle of Helsinki		12–13 April
	World War I, Russian Civil War, Ukrainian–Soviet War	Crimea Operation		13–25 April	Germans, Ukrainians, and Crimeans invade Crimea, cause dissolution of the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic
	Finnish Civil War	Battle of Lahti		19 April—1 May
	World War I	Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux		24–25 April	Australian forces capture the town
	Finnish Civil War	Battle of Vyborg		24–29 April
		Battle of Syrjäntaka		28–29 April
	World War I	Second Battle of Morlancourt		4–14 May	Australian victory over German forces on Western Front
		Battle of Cantigny		28 May	U.S. 1st Infantry Division wins in first independent action
		Third Battle of Morlancourt		10 June	Australian forces defeat German forces
	Russian Civil War	Battle of Barnaul		13–15 June	White Russian victory
	World War I	Battle of the Piave River		15–23 June	Downfall of Austria
		Battle of Belleau Wood		25 June	U.S. 2nd Marine Division capture woods
		Battle of Hamel		4 July	Australian success with departure from massed frontal assaults, birth of 20th-century combined arms warfare
		Battle of Abu Tellul		14 July	British, Australian and Indian forces successfully defend against German/Ottoman attacks
		Second Battle of the Marne		15–18 July	French troops, helped by American and British troops, win a great and decisive victory against Germans armies and saved Paris. 95,000 French soldiers killed or wounded, 12,000 Americans killed or wounded and 12,000 British killed or wounded. 180,000 Germans soldiers killed or wounded.
		Battle of Chateau Thierry		18 July
		Capture of Kazan by the White Army		5–7 August	White Army captures Kazan
		Battle of Amiens		8–11 August	British force Germans to von Hindenburg's line
		Hundred Days Offensive	/	8 August—11 November	Last major Allied offensive on the Western Front and the near collapse of the Imperial German Army
		Battle of Lake Baikal		16 August	Czechoslovak forces defeat Reds
		Battle of the Ailette		17–23 August
		Second Battle of the Somme		21 August—2 September	Allied victory over German forces
	Armenian–Azerbaijani war, World War I, Russian Civil War	Battle of Baku		26 August—14 September	The Army of Islam of Ottoman Empire captures the city of Baku
	Mexican Revolution, World War I, Mexican Border War	Battle of Ambos Nogales		27 August	Americans defeat Mexicans
	World War I	Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin		31 August—3 September	Australian forces capture Mont Saint-Quentin, General Rawlinson calls it the greatest military achievement of the war
	Russian Civil War	Kazan Operation		5–10 September	Second battle of Kazan, Red Army recaptures the city
	World War I	Battle of Havrincourt		12 September	British victory, German morale begins to weaken
		Battle of Saint-Mihiel		12–19 September	Americans defeat Germans
		Battle of Épehy		18 September	British and Australians defeat Germans
		Battle of Tulkarm		19 September	British Empire victory over Ottomans
		Battle of Tabsor		19–20 September
		Battle of Megiddo		19–25 September	Allenby's British forces crush Ottoman Army
		Battle of Sharon			British Empire victory over Ottoman Empire
		Battle of Nablus
		Capture of Jenin		20 September	Australian and British forces capture Jenin from the Ottoman Empire
		Second Battle of Amman		25 September	British forces land victory over Ottoman forces
		Capture of Damascus		26 September—1 October	Australian Light Horse capture the city of Damascus from Ottoman forces
		Battle of Meuse		26 September—11 November	Argonne Forest, largest AEF action of the war; Allied victory. On 8 October, Corporal Alvin York, outnumbered 19:1, leads capture of German machine-gun nest
		Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub		27 September	Australian and British forces defeat Ottoman forces
		Battle of St Quentin Canal		29 September—10 October	British, Australian and American forces decisive Allied victory over German forces
	Ukrainian War of Independence	Battle of Dibrivka		30 September	Insurgents defeat Austro-German forces
	World War I	Battle of Durazzo	At sea	2 October	Allied naval forces defeat Austro-Hungarian naval forces
Pursuit to Haritan			3–27 October	British forces defeat Ottoman forces final phase of the Middle East Campaign
Battle of Vittorio Veneto			24 October—3 November
Battle of Aleppo			25 October	Allied victory against Ottoman/German forces
Second Battle of the Sambre			4 November	Allied power victory during final phase of World War I
Polish–Ukrainian War	Battle of Przemyśl		11–12 November	Polish forces capture town from Ukrainians
Russian Civil War	Battle of Tulgas		11–14 November
	First North Caucasus Operation		December 1918—January 1919	Whites capture all of the Northern Caucasus minus Astrakhan
1919	Ukrainian–Soviet War, Ukrainian War of Independence	Khotyn Uprising	/	7 January—1 February	Ukrainian uprising in Romania fails
	Greater Poland uprising	Battle of Ławica		9 January
	Russian Civil War	Battle for the Donbas		12 January—31 May	White Army victory
	Estonian War of Independence	Battle of Utria		17-20 January	Estonian victory
		Battle of Laagna		18 January
	Soviet–Ukrainian War, Russian Civil War	Second Battle of Kiev		18 January—5 February	Soviets capture Kyiv
	Russian Civil War	Battle of Shenkursk		19–25 January
		Battle of Vystavka		27 January—early March	Bolsheviks defeat Americans
	Polish–Czechoslovak War	Battle of Skoczów		28–30 January
	Estonian War of Independence	Battle of Paju		31 January	Estonians and Finnish volunteers defeat the Red Latvian Riflemen in southern Estonia
	Polish-Soviet War	Battle of Bereza Kartuska		14 February	Polish victory, first battle of the Polish–Bolshevik War
	Russian Civil War	Battle of Mariupol		19–27 March	Soviets and Makhnovists capture Mariupol
		Battle of Bolshie Ozerki		31 March—2 April
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Lida		16–17 April
	Ukrainian War of Independence	Hryhoriv Uprising		7 May—27 July	Uprising fails, Nykyfor Hryhoriv assassinated by Nestor Makhno
		Battle of Mospyne		13 May	White Army defeats Makhnovists
	Greco-Turkish War	Greek landing at Smyrna		15 May	Greeks capture Smyrna
		Urla clashes		16–17 May	Greek forces enter Urla
	Russian Civil War	Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort		21 May
	Mexican Revolution, Mexican Border War	Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez	/	15–16 June	Americans and Carrancistas defeat Villistas
	Greco-Turkish War	Malgaç Raid			Turkish rebels capture Greek weaponry
		Battle of Bergama		15–20 June	Greeks capture Bergama
		Raid on Erbeyli		20–21 June	Greek victory
	Russian Civil War	First Kharkiv Operation		20–25 June	White Army captures Kharkiv
	Greco-Turkish War	Raid on Erikli		21–22 June	Greek forces leave the village of Erikli
	Estonian War of Independence, Latvian War of Independence	Battle of Cēsis		23 June	Estonian and Latvian victory over the German Landeswehr
	Russian Civil War	Battle of Romanovka		25 June
	Greco-Turkish War	Battle of Tellidede		25–26 June	Greek forces capture Tellidede
		Battle of Aydın		27 June—4 July	Greeks capture Aydın
	Russian Civil War	Advance on Moscow		3 July—18 November	Beginning of the end of Armed Forces of South Russia
		Battle of Novo Litovoskaya		7 August	U.S. forces defeat Bolsheviks
		Capture of Kiev by the White Army		31 August	White Army captures Kyiv
		Battle of Bogdat		25 September—19 October	White Army victory
	Ukrainian War of Independence, Russian Civil War	Battle of Peregonovka		26 September
	Russian Civil War Estonian War of Independence	Battle of Petrograd		28 September—14 November	White Army fails to capture Saint Petersburg
	Polish–Ukrainian War	Battle of Lwów		1 November 1918—30 May 1919	Polish city besieged by Ukrainian forces
	Estonian War of Independence	Battle of Krivasoo		18 November—30 December	Estonian victory
	Russian Civil War	Khopyor–Don Operation		20 November—8 December	Red victory
		Second Kharkiv Operation		24 November—12 December	Red offensive towards Kharkiv, resulting in its capture
		Third Battle of Kiev		10–16 December	Bolsheviks regain control of Kyiv
	Russian Civil War	Donbas operation		18–31 December	Red Army captures Donbas
	Polish–Soviet War	First Battle of Berezina			Polish victory
1920	Polish-Soviet War, Latvian War of Independence	Battle of Daugavpils		3–5 January	Polish-Latvian victory
	Russian Civil War	Rostov–Novocherkassk Operation		6–10 January	Red victory, splitting the White Army in two
		Battle of Posolskeya		9 January	Last battle of the Russian Civil War to involve the US
		Second North Caucasus Operation		17 January—7 April	Reds force Whites out of the North Caucasus and into Georgia and Azerbaijan, which the Reds later invade
	Franco-Turkish War	Battle of Marash		21 January—12 February	French troops leave Kahramanmaraş
		Battle of Urfa		9 February—11 April	French surrender, but are massacred by Turks
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Letychiv		18–22 February	Polish victory
	Franco-Turkish War	Siege of Aintab		1 April 1920—8 February 1921	French victory
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Koziatyn		25–27 April
		Kiev offensive		25 April—July	Poles capture Kyiv and are forced to retreat by Soviets
		Battle of Czarnobyl		27 April	Poles capture Chernobyl
	Russian Civil War	Action of 3 May 1920	At sea	3 May	A French and Soviet ship fight
	Franco-Turkish War	Battle of Geyve		15–17 May	Ottoman and Turkish forces clash
	Russian Civil War	Anzali Operation		18 May	Soviet victory
	Franco-Turkish War	Karboğazı ambush		27–28 May	Turkish victory
	Polish-Soviet War	Battle of Wołodarka		29–31 May	Polish victory
		Battle of Bystryk		31 May	Polish victory by surprise attack
		Battle of Boryspil		2 June	Polish capture Russian supplies
		Battle of Borodzianka		11–13 June	Polish victory
	Turkish–Armenian War	First Battle of Oltu		18–25 June	Armenian victory
	Russian Civil War	Battle of Romanovka		25 June
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Głębokie		4–6 July
		Battle of Chorupań		13–19 July	Soviet victory over Dubno and Chorupan
		First Battle of Grodno		19–20 July	Soviets capture Hrodna
	Franco-Syrian War	Battle of Maysalun		23 July	The French advance into Syria and defeat Yusuf al-Azmah's hastily assembled army
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Lwów		July—September	Poles hold Lviv
		Battle of Radzymin		12–15 August	Town changes hands twice
		Battle of Radzymin		13–16 August	Polish victory
		Battle of Warsaw		13–25 August	Poles defeat Red Army
		Battle of Ossów		14 August	One of the rare Polish victories during the Battle of Warsaw
		Battle of Chołojów			Soviet victory
		Battle of Nasielsk		14–15 August	Minor Polish victory as part of the action around Warsaw
		Battle of Borkowo			Minor Polish victory
		Battle of Sarnowa Góra			Polish victory
		Battle of Kock		14–16 August
	Russian Civil War	Ulagay's Landing		14 August—7 September	Red Army takes control of Crimea, the last White stronghold
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Cyców		15–16 August
		Battle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki		16–18 August	Polish victory as part of the counteroffensive after Battle of Warsaw
		Battle of Zadwórze		17 August	Polish army defeated by the Red Army forces of Semyon Budennyi
		Battle of Przasnysz		21 August	Soviet victory
		Battle of Białystok		22 August
	Greco-Turkish War	Battle of Sakarya		23 August—13 September
	Russian Civil War	Bukhara operation		28 August—2 September	Fall of the Emirate of Bukhara
	Polish–Lithuanian War Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Giby		30 August	Lithuanian withdrawal successfully mediated by French at request of Poland
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Komarów		30 August—2 September
	Polish–Lithuanian War Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Sejny		2–19 September	Polish victory against Lithuania
	Vlora War	Battle of Vlora		3 September	Albanian patriots seize Vlora from Italian control in a rapid night strike
	Turkish-Armenian War	Second Battle of Oltu		3–5 September	Turks recapture Oltu
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Kobryń		11–23 September
	Russian Civil War	Battle of Obytichnyi Spit	At sea	15 September	Red and White Army ships interact outside Berdiansk, with both sides claiming victory.
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of the Niemen River		15–25 September	Poles defeat the reserves of the Red Army
		Battle of Dytiatyn		16 September	Soviet victory
		Battle of Brzostowica		20–25 September	Polish victory
		Battle of Obuchowo		26 September
	Ukrainian War of Independence Russian Civil War	Battle of Peregonovka			Insurgent victory
	Polish–Soviet War	Battle of Krwawy Bór	/	27–28 September	Polish victory
	Turkish-Armenian War	Battle of Sarıkamış		29 September	Turkish victory
	Franco-Turkish War	Battle of Kovanbaşı		10–11 October
	Greco-Turkish War	Battle of the Gediz		24 October—12 November	Greek army captures Gediz
	Turkish-Armenian War	Battle of Kars		30 October	Turkish victory
	Franco-Turkish War	Battle of Kanlı Geçit		1 November
	Irish War of Independence	Battle of Ballinalee		3 November
	Turkish-Armenian War	Battle of Alexandropol		7 November	Turkish victory, Treaty of Alexandropol
	Franco-Turkish War	Battle of Fadıl		20–24 November	Turkish victory
Irish War of Independence	Kilmichael Ambush		28 November	Important battle in the Irish War of Independence

1921-1925

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1921	Greco-Turkish War	First Battle of İnönü		6–11 January	Greek offensive stopped, Turkish victory
	Russian Civil War	Action of 9 January 1921	At sea	9 January	French ship destroys Russian ship in the Black Sea
	Greco-Turkish War	Second Battle of İnönü		23 March—1 April	Turkish victory, and a turning point in the Greco-Turkish War
	Russian Civil War	Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort	At sea	21 May	Brits defeat Red Russians in the Caspian Sea
	Greco-Turkish War	Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir		10–24 July	Greek victory
	Rif War	Battle of Annual		22 July	Near Annual, Morocco, Spanish Army loses to Rifi Berbers of Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi
	Greco-Turkish War	Battle of Sakarya		23 August—17 September	Turkish victory, farthest Greek advance in the Greco-Turkish War
1922	Russian Civil War	Battle of Volochayevka		5-14 February	Reds retake Khabarovsk
	Turkish War of Independence	Bombardment of Samsun		7 June	Samsun falls under Greek control, but Turkish forces aren't swayed
	Irish Civil War	Battle of Dublin		28 June—5 July	First and probably most important battle of the Irish Civil War
		Battle of Kilmallock		25 July—5 August
	Greco-Turkish War	Battle of Dumlupınar		26–30 August	Turkish victory, final battle of the Greco-Turkish War
		Turkish capture of Smyrna		9 September	Greeks withdraw from Anatolia
1923	Political violence in Germany	Beer Hall Putsch		8–9 November	Failed Nazi Party uprising in Munich, Hitler wounded and captured
1924	Unification of Saudi Arabia	Battle of Mecca		5 December	Mecca became a Saudi Arabian territory
1925		Battle of Jeddah		10 February	Jeddah became a Saudi Arabian territory, end of Kingdom of Hejaz
	Great Syrian Revolt	Battle of al-Kafr		22 July
		Battle of al-Mazraa		2–3 August
	Rif War	Alhucemas landing		8 September	Spanish amphibious landing including tanks and air support
	Great Syrian Revolt	Battle of al-Musayfirah		17 September
		Battle of Rashaya		20–24 November

1926-1930

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1927	American occupation of Nicaragua	Battle of La Paz Centro		16 May
		Battle of Ocotal		16 July
		Battle of San Fernando		25 July
		Battle of Santa Clara		27 July
		Battle of Telpaneca		19 September
		Battle of Sapotillal		9 October
		Battle of Humen–Shijing		18 November
1928	American occupation of Nicaragua	Battle of El Bramadero		27–28 February
		Battle of La Flor		13–14 May
1929	Ikhwan Revolt	Battle of Sabilla		29–31 March
		Battle of Yichang		11 April
	Cristero War	Battle of Tepatitlán		19 April
	Central Plains War	First Battle of Guilin		15 May	Chiang-Gui War
		Second Battle of Guangzhou		17–21 May
		Battle of Northern Henan		27 May
		Battle of Liuzhou		7–18 June	Chiang-Gui War
		Battle of Guiping		21 June
	Afghan Civil War	Battle Of Unai Pass		28 June—10 July	Hazara victory
1930	Opposition to Haile Selassie	Battle of Anchem		31 March	Ras Gugsa Welle is defeated by Dejazmach Mulugeta Yeggazu, suppressing the last obstacle to Ras Tafari Makonnen's ascension to Ethiopia's throne
	Central Plains War	Battle of Xuchang		10–12 June
		Battle of Shangcai		16 June
		Battle of Guanghua		3 July
		Second Battle of Guilin		17 July
		Battle of Jinan		14 August
		Second Battle of Nanning		15 August—22 October
		Battle of Xinzheng		5–8 October

1931-1935

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1931	Japanese invasion of Manchuria	Mukden Incident		18 September	Japanese forces create a pretext to invade Manchuria
1932		First Battle of Shanghai		28 January—3 March	Ceasefire declared
	Chaco War	Battle of Boquerón		7-29 September	First major battle during the Chaco War and a Paraguayan victory
	United States occupation of Nicaragua	Battle of Agua Carta		26 September
		Emu War		2 November—10 December	Minor battle between the Australians and emus
	United States occupation of Nicaragua	Battle of El Sauce		26 December
1933	Inner Mongolian Campaign	Defense of the Great Wall		1 January—31 May	Japanese victory
	Chaco War	First Battle of Nanawa		20–26 January	Paraguayan victory
	Inner Mongolian Campaign	Battle of Rehe		21 February—1 March	Japanese victory
	Chaco War	Second Battle of Nanawa		4–9 July	Paraguayan victory
		Battle of Gondra		11–15 July
1935	Soviet–Japanese border conflicts	Battle of Khalkhyn Temple		8 January
	Chinese Civil War	Battle of Chishui River		19 January—22 March

1936-1940

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1936	Second Italo-Ethiopian War	Battle of Ganale Dorya		7–10 January	General General Graziani attacks troops under Ras [[Desta Damtew}]]; after over three days of slaughter, the Ethiopians break and flee
		First Battle of Tembien		20–24 January	Ethiopian forces suffer 8,000 casualties compared to Italy's 1,100
		Battle of Amba Aradam		10 February	Ethiopians under Ras Mulugeta Yeggazu counterattack the invading Italians southwest of Chalacot, but are defeated with heavy losses
		Second Battle of Tembien		27 February
		Battle of Shire		29 February—2 March
		Battle of Maychew		31 March	Emperor Haile Selassie leads in person the final Ethiopian counter-attack of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, which is a crushing Ethiopian defeat
		Battle of the Ogaden		15–25 April	Final battle during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. By 5 May, Emperor Haile Selassie has gone into exile and Italians have declared victory
	1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine	Battle of Anabta		21 June	Mandatory British victory
	Spanish Civil War	Battle of Mérida		10–11 August	Spanish Nationalist victory
		Battle of Badajoz		14 August	Nationalists storm Badajoz
		Battle of Irún		19 August—5 September	Nationalist victory
		Battle of Monte Pelado		28 August	Republican victory
	1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine	Battle of Balaa		3 September	Palestinian rebels withdraw
	Spanish Civil War	Battle of Talavera de la Reina
		Battle of Cerro Muriano		5–6 September	Republican victory, the Falling Soldier photograph was taken during this battle by Robert Capa
	1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine	Battle of Beit Imrin		29 September	Palestinian rebels withdraw
	Spanish Civil War	Battle of Seseña		29 October	Nationalist victory over Republicans and Soviets
		Battle of Ciudad Universitaria		15–23 November	Spanish Republican victory
		First Battle of the Corunna Road		29 November—3 December
		Second Battle of the Corunna Road		13 December 1936—15 January 1937
		Battle of Lopera		27–29 December	Nationalist victory
1937	Second Italo-Ethiopian War	Battle of Gogetti		19 February	Battle between the Italian occupation forces and the remnants of the Ethiopian armies. The surviving elements of the Ethiopian armies of Sidamo and Bale are encircled and destroyed by the Italian forces near Lake Shala [ citation needed ]
	Spanish Civil War	Battle of Guadalajara		8–23 March	Spanish Republican defeat Italians
		Battle of Gernika		26–28 April	Franco's forces capture Guernica following a Luftwaffe bombing
		Battle of Albarracín		5 July—11 August	Nationalist victory
	Second Sino-Japanese War	Battle of Lugou Bridge		7 July	Japanese victory triggers outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War
		Battle of Beiping-Tianjin		25–31 July	Japanese victory
		Second Battle of Shanghai		13 August—9 November
	Spanish Civil War	Battle of Santander		14 August—17 September
	Second Sino-Japanese War	Battle of Taiyuan		1 September—9 November	Japanese victory
	Spanish Civil War	Battle of El Mazuco		6–22 September	Nationalist victory
	Second Sino-Japanese War	Battle of Xinkou		13 September—8 November	Japanese victory
		Battle of Pingxingguan		25 September	Chinese victory
		Battle of Nanjing		Early November—13 December	Japanese victory
1938	Spanish Civil War	Battle of Alfambra		5–8 February	Nationalist victory
		Battle of Cape Palos	At sea	5–6 March	Republican victory
		Battle of Caspe		16–17 March	Nationalist victory
	Second Sino-Japanese War	Battle of Xuzhou		24 March—1 May	Japanese victory
		Battle of Tai er zhuang		27 March	Chinese victory
	Spanish Civil War	Battle of Gandesa		1–3 April	Nationalist victory
	Second Sino-Japanese War	Battle of Wuhan		11 July—27 October	Japanese pyrrhic victory
	Spanish Civil War	Battle of the Ebro		25 July—16 November	Spanish Republicans launch attacks across the Ebro River. The purpose of the battle is to relieve pressure off Valencia and Catalonia. It is soon to become the decisive battle of the war, and a Republican defeat.
	Soviet–Japanese border conflicts	Battle of Lake Khasan	/	29 July—11 August	In Manchuria between forces of the Soviet Union and Empire of Japan
	1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine	Battle of Beersheba		9-10 September	Palestinian rebels capture Beersheba
1939		Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine		15-17 March	Hungarian forces defeat Carpatho-Ukraine
	Second Sino-Japanese War	Battle of Nanchang		17 March—9 May	Japanese forces defeat Nationalist Chinese
	Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, World War II	Battle of Khalkhin Gol		1 May—16 September	The Soviet Union and Mongolia defeat Japan
	Second Sino-Japanese War	Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang		24 May	Nationalist Chinese counterattack successful against Japan
	World War II	Invasion of Poland	/ /	1 September—6 October	Start of World War II in Europe, German victory
		Battle of the Border	/	1–4 September	Collective term for battles between Germany and Poland in the first days of the invasion; German victory
		Battle of Danzig Bay	At sea	1 September	Germany defeats Poland
		Battle of Chojnice			Germans capture Chojnice from Poland
		Charge at Krojanty			Failed Polish counterattack against Germany
		Battle of Mokra			First German defeat in Poland and one of the only Polish victories in the invasion
		Battle of Lasy Królewskie			Polish victory over Germany
		Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig			Polish forces hold up in the Polish post office, but fail to defend it against Danzig and Germany
		Battle of Mikołów		1–2 September	German tactical victory during the Invasion of Poland
		Battle of Pszczyna			German victory over Poland
		Battle of Mława		1–3 September
		Battle of Jordanów
		Battle of Częstochowa
		Battle of Węgierska Górka
		Battle of Grudziądz		1–4 September
		Battle of Tuchola Forest		1–5 September
		Battle of Westerplatte		1–7 September	First battle in the Invasion of Poland; Germany and Danzig defeat Poland
		Raid on Fraustadt		2 September	Polish insurgents successfully raid a German town
		Battle of Borowa Góra		2–5 September	German victory over Poland
		Battle of Bukowiec		3 September
		Defense of Katowice		3–4 September	Polish Boy and Girl Scout units irregularly defend Katowice but fail against Germany
		Battle of the Atlantic	At sea	3 September 1939—8 May 1945	Name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II between Allied forces, and Germany and Italy.
		Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski		4–6 September	Polish withdrawal from German forces
		Battle of Różan			German victory over Poland
		Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki		6 September
		Battle of Pułtusk		6–7 September	Poles lose Pułtusk to Germany
		Battle of Łódź		6–8 September	German victory over Poland
		Battle of Barak		7–8 September	Poland retreat from German Forces
		Battle of Wizna		7–10 September	German victory over Poland
		Battle of Łomża
		Battle of Wola Cyrusowa		8 September	Pyrrhic German victory over Poland
		Battle of Radom		8–9 September	Germans capture Radom from Poland
		Battle of Gdynia		8–14 September	Germans capture Gdynia from Poland
		Battle of Warsaw		8–28 September	Germany captures Warsaw from Poland
		Battle of the Bzura River		9–19 September	Largest Polish counterattack, but it fails against Germany
		Battle of Kampinos Forest		9–20 September	German victory over Poland
		Battle of Hel		9 September—2 October
		Battle of Jarosław		10–11 September
		Battle of Kępa Oksywska		10–19 September
		Battle of Kałuszyn		11–12 September	Poland defeats Germany
		Battle of Przemyśl		11–14 September	German victory over Poland
		First Battle of Lwów		12–22 September	Germans, aided by the Soviet Union, capture Lviv from Poland
		Battle of Modlin		13–29 September	Pyrrhic German victory over Poland
		Battle of Jaworów		14–16 September	Poles hold Yavoriv against Germany
		Battle of Brześć Litewski		14–17 September	Germans capture Brest from Poland
		Battle of Kobryń		14–18 September	Inconclusive battle between Germany and Poland
	Second Sino-Japanese War	First Battle of Changsha		17 September—6 October	Chinese forces successfully defend city; heavy Japanese casualties
	World War II	Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski		17–26 September	Germany defeats Poland in the Invasion of Poland's second largest battle
		Battle of Wilno		18–19 September	Soviets capture Vilnius from Poland, which is transferred to Lithuania
		Battle of Wólka Węglowa		19 September	Polish victory over Germany
		Battle of Krasnystaw		19–20 September	Failed Polish counterattack against Germany
		Battle of Grodno		20–22 September	Soviets capture Hrodna from Poland
		Battle of Cześniki		21–22 September	Polish victory over the Soviet Union
		Battle of Łomianki		22 September	Failed Polish counterattack against Germany
		Battle of Krasnobród		23 September	Successful Polish counterattack against Germany, and one of the last battles using cavalry in Europe
		Battle of Husynne			Soviet victory over Polish
		Battle of Kodziowce		23–24 September	Poles hold the town against the Soviet Union, but later retreat to Lithuania
		Battle of Władypol		27 September	Soviets capture Wladypol (now Vladypil in Ukraine) from Poland
		Battle of Szack		28 September	Poles hold the town from the Soviets
		Battles of Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów		29–30 September	Poles hold the towns from Soviets
Battle of Wytyczno		1 October		The Soviet Union defeats Poland
Battle of Kock		2–5 October		Last battle in the Invasion of Poland; Germany defeats Poland
Winter War, World War II	Battle of Suomussalmi		30 November 1939—8 January 1940	First battle of the Winter War, and the most notable Finnish victory over the Soviet Union
	Battle of Petsamo		30 November 1939—12 March 1940	Russian victory over Poland
	Battle of Salla		30 November 1939—13 March 1940	Finnish victory over the Soviet Union
	Battle of Taipale		6–27 December
	Battle of Kollaa		7 December 1939—13 March 1940
	Battle of Varolampi Pond		10–11 December	Finnish hold the pond against the Soviet Union, in what's called the "Sausage War"
	Battle of Tolvajärvi		12 December	Colonel Talvela's Finnish forces defeat Soviet forces
World War II	Battle of the River Plate	At sea	13 December	Admiral Graf Spee chased into Montevideo harbour and scuttled by the UK and New Zealand
Winter War, World War II	First Battle of Summa		16-22 December	Finnish attack thwarted against the Soviet Union
	Battle of Kelja		25–27 December	Finnish victory over the Soviet Union
	1940		Battle of Raate Road		1–7 January
			Second Battle of Summa	1–15 February	Finnish attack against the Soviet Union thwarted
			Battle of Kuhmo	28 January—13 March	Stalemate between Finland and the Soviet Union
Second Sino-Japanese War		Battle of South Henan		30 January—1 March	Chinese Nationalists led by Li Zongren defeat Japanese
Winter War, World War II		Battle of Honkaniemi		25–27 February	In the only tank action of the Winter War, the Soviet Union defeats Finland
		First Battle of Vyborg Bay		2–13 March	Battle ends after a ceasefire between Finland and the Soviet Union
World War II		Battle of Drøbak Sound		9 April	German naval attack thwarted by Norwegian forces
		Battle of Midtskogen		9–10 April	Norwegian forces defeat German raiding party
		Battle of Narvik		9 April—10 June	A minor Allied victory of Norway, France, the UK and Poland against Germany in the Arctic
		Battle of Dombås		14–19 April	Norwegian Army units defeat German Fallschirmjäger attack
		Battle for The Hague		10 May	In the first major air-landing operation in history, the Netherlands defeat Germany
		Battle of Maastricht			Maastricht was a key city for the German advance; Germany defeats the Netherlands
		Battle of Fort Eben-Emael		10–11 May	Germany captures the fort and breaks through the Belgian line of defense
		Battle of Mill			Dutch troops manage to hold back a German battalion
		Battle of Rotterdam		10–14 May	German attempt to seize the Dutch city; it ends in a German victory following the Rotterdam Blitz
		Battle of the Netherlands		10–17 May	Germany invades the Netherlands
		Battle of France		10 May—25 June	Germany takes on France; British Expeditionary Force and French Army defeated
		Battle of the Grebbeberg		11–13 May	A major engagement during the Battle of the Netherlands, Operation Fall Gelb. Germany defeats the Netherlands.
		Battle at the Afsluitdijk		12–14 May	The Netherlands hold against Germany
		Battle of Hannut			Largest tank battle of the campaign. France defeats Germany in Belgium.
		Battle of Sedan		12–17 May	Germany defeats France and the UK. After a quick advance, Germany reaches the English Channel and traps most of the Allied army in northern France and western Belgium.
		Battle of Arras		21 May	France and the UK fail to break through German lines to end the encirclement of the Allied main armies
		Battle of Dunkirk		27 May—5 June	Escape of defeated British Expeditionary Forces. Dunkirk is captured by Germany. On the Allied side, forces from France, the UK, Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands participated in the battle.
		Battle of Mers-el-Kebir	At sea	3 July	British Navy destroys Vichy French fleet off the coast of North Africa
		Battle of Calabria		9 July	British forces fight indecisive naval battle with Italians
		Battle of Cape Spada		19 July	British and Australian forces sink an Italian cruiser
		Battle of Britain		10 July—31 October	Germans try to bomb Britain into submission – the Royal Air Force answers with fighters
		Battle of Tug Argan		11 August	Italy defeats the UK and captures British Somaliland
Second Sino-Japanese War		Battle of Hundred Regiments		20 August—5 December	Major engagement of the Soviet Red Army against the Japanese Imperial Army
World War II		Skirmish at Diosig		4 September	Romanian victory over Hungary
		Battle of Taranto		11–12 November	British carrier-based planes destroy Italian fleet at Taranto harbour
		Battle of Cape Spartivento	At sea	27 November	British Navy under Admiral Somerville fights indecisive battle with Italy
		Battle of Pindus	/	28 October—13 November	Italy invades Greece, but is defeated. Greece captures parts of Albania from Italy in response.

1941-1945

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1941	World War II	Battle of Bardia		3–5 January	British/Australian and Free French victory in Libya over Italy
		Battle of Agordat		26–31 January	The UK defeats Italy in Eritrea
		Battle of Keren		3 February—1 April	Hard-fought British and Commonwealth victory over Italian forces during East African Campaign
		Battle of Beda Fomm		6–7 February	British/Australian victory over Italy forces in Libya
	Second Sino-Japanese war	Battle of Shanggao		14 March—9 April	Chinese victory over Japan
	World War II	Battle of Cape Matapan	At sea	27-29 March	British Royal Navy task force defeats Italian fleet
		Invasion of Yugoslavia		6–18 April	Germany, Italy and Hungary invade and conquer Yugoslavia
		Battle of Greece		6–24 April	Germany takes the Balkan Peninsula after Italian stalemate
		Siege of Tobruk		10 April—27 November	German commander Erwin Rommel with a mixed German/Italian army defeated in North Africa by Allied forces (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Czechoslovakia, British Indian and Free Libyan Arabs)
		Battle of Vevi		11-12 April	German victory over Australians
		Battle of Tempe Gorge		18 April	Australians and New Zealanders slow German advance
		Battle of Athens		20 April	Dog-fighting air battle over Athens between the UK and Germany fought for half an hour between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe towards the end of the Battle of Greece
		Battle of Thermopylae		24-25 April	German victory over New Zealanders and Australians
		Battle of the Corinth Canal		26 April	German victory over British Empire forces
	Second Sino-Japanese War	Battle of South Shanxi		7–27 May	Japanese victory in China
	World War II	Battle of Fallujah		17–21 May	The UK defeats Iraq
		Battle of Rethymno		20 May	Australian and Greek tactical victory over Germany
		Battle of Crete		20 May—1 June	German paratroopers and Italians capture Crete, suffer many casualties against New Zealand, Greece, the UK and Australia
		Battle of Denmark Strait	At sea	23 May	German Bismarck sinks British HMS Hood
		Sinking of the Bismarck		27 May	Famous German battleship is lost against the UK and Poland
		Battle of 42nd Street			Australian and New Zealanders halt German advance
		Battle of the Litani River		9 June	British/Australian victory over Vichy French forces in French Lebanon
		Battle of Jezzine		13 June	Australians defeat Vichy French
		Battle of Sidon		13–17 June
		Battle of Kissoué		17 June	British Empire and Free French forces defeat Vichy French in Syria
		Battle of Merdjayoun		19–24 June	British Empire forces defeat Vichy French
		Operation Barbarossa		22 June	German invasion of the Soviet Union
		Battle of Białystok-Minsk		22–29 June	German victory in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (present-day Belarus) over the Soviet Union
		Battle of Raseiniai		23–27 June	German victory in Lithuania over the Soviet Union
		Raid on Constanța		26 June	Axis (Germany and Romania) victory over the Soviet Union
		Battle of Brody		26–30 June	In one of the largest tank battles of World War II, Germany defeats the Soviet Union
		Battle of Damour		5–9 July	Australians defeat Vichy French
		Battle of Smolensk		6 July—5 August	Soviet attempt to block German Wehrmacht's advance on Moscow
		Battle of Kiev	/	7 July—26 September	In the largest encirclement battle of World War II, Germany defeats the Soviet Union
		Battle of Beirut		12 July	Free French, British, Australian and British Indian forces defeat Vichy French forces
		Battle of Uman		15 July—8 August	Axis (Germany, Romania and Hungary) victory over the Soviet Union
	Second Sino-Japanese War	Second Battle of Changsha		6 September—8 October	Failed Japanese attempt to take Chinese city
	World War II	Siege of Leningrad		8 September 1941—27 January 1944	After a three-year Nazi siege on Leningrad, the Soviet Union defeats Germany
		Battle of the Sea of Azov	At sea	26 September—11 October	Axis controls Sea of Azov; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union.
		Battle at Borodino Field		13 October 1941—18 January 1942	Germany defeats the Soviet Union in October and the Soviet Union defeats Germany in January
		Battle of Rostov		27 November	Germans forced to withdraw despite Hitler's orders, but Soviets suffer over 140,000 casualties
		Battle of Kota Bharu		8 December	Japanese forces capture Kota Bharu from the UK
		Battle of Prachuab Khirikhan		8–9 December	Japan conquers Thailand
		Battle of Wake Island		8–23 December	Japanese forces capture the American Wake Island in the Pacific
		Battle of Hong Kong		8–25 December	Japanese drive British forces from their Chinese territory
		Battle of Malaya		8 December 1941—15 February 1942	Japan invades British Malaysia
		Battle of the Philippines		8 December 1941—8 May 1942	Japanese victory over the U.S. and the Philippines; Douglas MacArthur promises to return
		Naval Battle of Singapore	At sea	10 December	Japanese torpedo craft sink British HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse
		Battle of Jitra		11–13 December	Japan pushes back British forces in Malaya
		Battle of Cape Bon	At sea	13 December	Italian naval defeat against the UK and the Netherlands
		First Battle of Sirte		17 December	Indecisive engagement between Italian and British naval forces
	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	Battle of Changsha		24 December 1941—15 January 1942	Chinese forces battle Japanese back during another Japanese attack on Changsha and claim victory
	World War II	Battle of the Kerch Peninsula		26 December 1941—19 May 1942	Axis controls Crimea; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union
		Battle of Kampar		30 December 1941—2 January 1942	British forces delay Japanese advance Malaya
1942	World War II	Battle of Bataan		1 January—9 April	Japanese defeat and imprison U.S. and Philippine force
		Battle of Slim River		6–8 January	Japan defeats the UK and British India
		Battles of Rzhev		8 January 1942—31 March 1943	A series of inconclusive battles between the Soviet Union and Germany, ending with Germany's retreat
		Battle of Dražgoše		9 January	First frontal engagement on Slovenian soil with the German occupier
		Battle of Tarakan		11–12 January	Japan defeats the Netherlands
		Battle of Manado
		Battle of Gemas		14 January	Australias ambush Japanese forces
		Battle of Muar		14–22 January	Japan defeats Australia, the UK and British India
		Battle of Moscow		17 January	Soviet defenders drive back German Army Group Centre
		Barvenkovo-Lozovaya offensive		18–31 January	The Soviet Union pushes Germany back in Ukraine
		Battle of Balikpapan		23 January	Battle in Borneo, Netherlands East Indies ends with a Japanese victory over the Dutch
		Battle of Rabaul		23 January—February	Japan defeats Australians and occupies the first Australian territory taken by conquest in Australian history
		Battle off Endau		26–27 January	British/Australian naval defeat by Japan's navy
		Battle of Ambon		30 January—3 February	Japanese victory over the Netherlands, Australia and the U.S. in the Dutch East Indies
		Battle of Port Moresby		3 February 1942—17 August 1943	Air war over Port Moresby; Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan
		Battle of Makassar Strait		4 February	Japanese defeat Dutch and U.S. naval force
		Battle of the Java Sea		4 February—1 March	Japanese wipe out Allied (Netherlands, U.S. the UK and Australia) naval squadron
		Battle of Singapore		8-15 February	Japanese forces capture city in Malaya; British army under Arthur Percival surrenders; largest British surrender of the war.
		Battle of Kranji		9–10 February	Japanese forces capture strait islands from the UK
		Battle of Bukit Timah		10–12 February	Japanese defeat British Empire forces
		Battle of Palembang		13–15 February	Japan defeats Allied forces (UK, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand)
		Battle of Badung Strait		18–19 February	Japanese naval victory over the Netherlands, the U.S. and the UK despite friendly fire incident
		Bombing of Darwin		19 February	Australia hit by Japanese aerial attacks
		Battle of Timor	/	19 February 1942—10 February 1943	Japanese victory; tactical Australian victory
		Battle of Sunda Strait		28 February—1 March	ABDACOM naval force (U.S., Australia and the Netherlands) under Admiral Doorman defeated by Japanese fleet
		Battle of Java		28 February—12 March	A battle of the Pacific theatre between Japan and the Netherlands; Japanese victory
		Battle of Leuwiliang		3–5 March	British, Australian and American forces are defeated by Japan
		Invasion of Buka and Bougainville		9 March—5 April	Japanese forces invades and defeats Australian forces, capturing Buka and Bougainville
		Battle of Toungoo		19–29 March	Japan defeats China in Burma
	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	Battle of Oktwin		20–23 March
	World War II	Second Battle of Sirte	At sea	22 March	An Italian naval force attacks the escort of a British convoy
		Japanese Raids into Indian Ocean		31 March	Japanese raids against the British Eastern Fleet, resulting in heavy British losses
		Battle of Yenangyaung		11–19 April	China, the UK and British India defeat Japan
		Battle of Nanos		18 April	800 Italian soldiers lay siege to 54 Slovene Partisans; Italian victory.
		Doolittle Raid			U.S. aircraft bomb Tokyo, crash-land in China
		Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi			Chinese and Japanese forces search for the surviving Doolittle Raiders; Japan defeats China and the U.S.
		Destruction of Telavåg		30 April	German forces destroy entire Norwegian town
		Battle of the St. Lawrence	At sea	May 1942—November 1944	German submarine U-553 sinks the Canadian Nicoya and Leto in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
		Battle of the Coral Sea		4 May	U.S. loses USS Lexington; Japanese win tactically but lose strategically to U.S./Australian navies. First naval battle in history in which the opposing ships neither sighted nor directly fired on one another; all offensive action was carried out by carrier-based aircraft.
		Battle of Corregidor		5–6 May	Last U.S. bastion in Asia surrenders to the Japanese after prolonged siege
		Second Battle of Kharkov		12–28 May	Soviet counterattack thwarted against Germany and the Axis
		Battle of Bir Hakeim		26 May—11 June	Free French Forces successfully delay Rommel's Italian and German advance towards Egypt
		Battle of Gazala		26 May—21 June	German commander Erwin Rommel, reinforced by Italians, defeats Great Britain
		Operation Anthropoid		27 May	Czech resistance fighters assassinate Schutzstaffel (SS)-Obergruppenfüher Reinhard Heydrich
		Attack on Sydney Harbour		31 May—8 June	Japanese submarines attack Australian cities
		Battle of Midway	At sea	4–7 June	U.S. loses USS Yorktown; Japanese lose four aircraft carriers
		Battle of Pantelleria		15 June	An Italian naval force successfully attacks a British convoy (Operation Harpoon).
		Convoy PQ 17		27 June—10 July	35 ships leave Iceland on 17 June for Murmansk; only 11 reached their destination
		Raid on Salamaua		28 June	Australian commandos raid Japanese forces; 120 Japanese killed, 3 Australians wounded
		First Battle of Voronezh		28 June—24 July	Germany and other Axis capture Voronezh from the Soviet Union
		First Battle of El Alamein		1 July	British Eighth Army stops Rommel's Axis (Italy and Germany) forces invading Egypt
		Raid on Heath's Farm			Australian commandos attack and kill 44 Japanese
		Battle of Sevastopol		2 July	Soviet city captured by Germans, Romanians and Italians after eight-month siege
		Battle of Stalingrad		17 July 1942—2 February 1943	City besieged by Paulus' German Sixth Army; from 23 November the Sixth Army is surrounded and destroyed by Soviets; bloodiest battle in history with approximately 1.8 million dead
		Invasion of Buna–Gona		21–27 July	Japan defeats Australian forces and capture Buna-Gona
		Kokoda Track campaign		21 July—16 November	Australia's finest hour; Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan
		Battle of Guadalcanal		7 August 1942—9 February 1943	Allies (U.S., UK, Australia and New Zealand) finally take the island from Japan after a six-month battle
		Battle of Kokoda		8–10 August	Australians capture Kokoda Airfield from Japan
		Battle of Savo Island	At sea	9 August	Japanese sink four U.S. cruisers; HMAS Canberra is also lost
		Battle of Dieppe		19 August	Also known as Operation Jubilee; Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe. Allied failure helped prepare them for D-Day. Soldiers from the UK, Canada, Free French, Poland and Czechoslovakia participated in the battle on the Allied side.
		Battle of the Eastern Solomons		24 August	Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō sunk by the U.S.
		Battle of Milne Bay		25 August—7 September	Australians defeat Japanese in the first clear Allied victory over Japanese land forces
		Battle of Isurava		26–31 August	Australian forces are pushed down the Kokoda trail by Japan
		Battle of Alam Halfa		30 August—6 September	Allies vs. Rommel in North Africa; the UK and New Zealand defeat Germany and Italy
First Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing			31 August - 5 September	Japanese forces defeat Australian forces
Battle of Mission Ridge – Brigade Hill			6–9 September
Battle of Ioribaiwa			14–16 September	Australians withdraw from Japanese forces down the Kokoda trail
Raid on Mubo			1 October	Australian commandos raid Japanese forces]] killing 50
Battle of Višegrad			5 October	Yugoslav Chetniks defeat Germany and the German fascist puppet state of Croatia
Battle of Cape Esperance		At sea	11 October	Near Guadalcanal, the U.S. defeats Japan
Second Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing			11–28 October	Australians advance after being halted by Japan
Battle of Goodenough Island			22–27 October	Australians take island from the Japanese
Second Battle of El Alamein			23 October—4 November	Montgomery's Eighth Army forces Rommel out of Egypt. The UK, British India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Free France, Greece and the U.S. defeat Germany and Italy.
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands		At sea	25 October	Near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw victorious
Battle of Oivi–Gorari			4–11 November	Major Australian victory over Japan
Operation Torch			8 November	Allied landings in North Africa; the U.S., the UK, British India, Free France, Canada, the Netherlands and Australia defeat Vichy France, Germany and Italy
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal			12 November	U.S. defeats Japan, turning point of the Pacific War
Battle of Buna–Gona			16 November 1942—22 January 1943	Australian and American forces win decisive victory over Japan
Battle of Velikiye Luki			19 November 1942—16 January 1943	Germans clash with Soviets; Soviet victory
Battle of Tassafaronga		At sea	30 November	Off Guadalcanal, Japan defeats the U.S.
1943	World War II	Battle of Osankarica		8 January	About 2,000 Germans massacre all 69 men and women of the Pohorje Battalion; Germans lose 19 men and 31 are wounded
		Battle of Neretva		20 January—March	Large joint Axis (Germany, Italy, German puppet state of Croatia, Serbian Chetniks) offensive that attempts to destroy communist-led Partisan resistance in Yugoslavia, but fails
		Battle of Rennell Island		29–30 January	Japanese bombers sink an American cruiser
		Battle of Wau		29 January—4 February	Australian and American victory over Japan
		Battle of the Kasserine Pass		14–25 February	German victory over British Empire and U.S. forces in Tunisia
		Third Battle of Kharkov		16 February—15 March	German victory over the Soviet Union
		Battle of the Bismarck Sea	At sea	2-4 March	Australian and U.S. air forces destroy Japanese convoy
		Battle of Blackett Strait		6 March	Two Japanese destroyers sunk by the U.S.
		Battle of the Komandorski Islands		26 March	U.S. naval victory over Japanese, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) damaged
		Warsaw Ghetto Uprising		18 April	13,000 Polish Jews are killed by German forces; uprising is defeated
		Operation Vengeance			Killing of Imperial Japanese Navy Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto by the U.S.
		Battle of Mubo		22 April—14 July	Australians force Japan to retreat
		Battle of Bobdubi		22 April—19 August	Australian forces defeat Japanese forces
		Raid on Darwin		2 May	Major Japanese air raid on Darwin
	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	Battle of West Hubei		12 May—11 June	Chinese forces under Bai Chongxi defeat Japanese
	World War II	Sutjeska offensive		15 May—16 June	Failed Axis (Germany, Italy, Croatia and Bulgaria) offensive against Yugoslav Partisans
		Battle of Lababia Ridge		20–23 June	Australians defeat Japanese attack
		Battle of New Georgia		20 June—25 August	U.S. and British Empire victory over Japan in the Solomon Islands
		Landing at Nassau Bay		30 June	Australians and Americans defeat Japan
		Battle of Kursk		5 July—23 August	Germans attack Kursk salient at Orel and Belgorod, but are stopped by heavy Russians defenses; arguably the largest tank battle ever fought. Heavy losses.
		Battle of Kula Gulf		6 July	Indecisive naval battle between the U.S. and Japan in the Solomon Islands
		Battle of Enogai		10–11 July	U.S. victory over Japan
		Battle of Kolombangara		12–13 July	American ships damaged while pursuing Japanese
		Battle of Mount Tambu		16 July—18 August	Australian and American decisive victory over Japan
		Battle of Bairoko		20 July	Japanese victory over the U.S.
		Battle of Roosevelt Ridge		21 July—14 August	Allied victory (U.S. and Australia) over Japan
		Battle of Munda Point		22 July—5 August	The U.S. defeats Japan
		Battle of Centuripe		2–4 August	The UK defeats Germany in Sicily
		Battle of Vella Gulf		6–7 August	Japanese lose three destroyers against the U.S.
		Smolensk operation		7 August—2 October	The Soviet Union captures the Smolensk and Bryansk regions from Germany
		Battle of the Aleutian Islands		15 August	Japanese invade, but are repelled by American and Canadian forces
		Battle of Vella Lavella		15 August—6 October	The U.S. and New Zealand defeat Japan
		Battle off Horaniu		17–18 August	Japanese naval retreat, subsequent evacuation of 9,000 Japanese men; American victory
		Fourth Battle of Kharkov		23 August	Soviets liberate town from Germany
		Battle of the Dnieper		26 August—23 December	The Soviet Union takes Eastern Ukraine from Germany
		Battle of Arundel Island		27 August—21 September	The U.S. defeats Japan
		Landing at Lae		4–16 September	Australians and Americans land at Lae in Japanese-held territory
		Landing at Nadzab		5 September	American/Australian airborne landing defeats Japanese forces
		Battle of Castle Turjak		19 September	Communist-led Slovene Partisans take the castle guarded by the pro-German, anti-communist Slovene village sentries
		Battle of Kaiapit		19–20 September	Australian victory over Japan
		Battle of Dumpu		22 September—4 October	Australian forces defeat Japan
		Battle of Finschhafen		22 September—24 October	Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan
		Battle of Leros	At sea	26 September—16 November	Germans attack and force surrender of British garrison on Leros; British force under General Tilney are forced to surrender
		Naval Battle of Vella Lavella		6 October	Japanese win against the U.S., both sides lose one destroyer
		Battle of John's Knoll–Trevor's Ridge		12–13 October	Australian victory over Japan
		Battle of Lenino			Germany defeats the Soviet Union and Poland
		Raid on Schweinfurt		14 October	Also known as Black Thursday; air battle between the German Luftwaffe and the U.S. Air Force, German victory
		Battle of the Treasury Islands		27 October—12 November	Major New Zealand and American victory over Japan
		Battle of Empress Augusta Bay		1–2 November	Japan suffers a naval defeat against the U.S.
		Landings at Cape Torokina		1–3 November	American/New Zealand forces defeat Japanese forces
		Bombing of Rabaul		2–11 November	Allied (U.S., Australia and New Zealand) air attacks against Japan in Rabaul
	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	Battle of Changde		2 November—20 December	Chinese victory, Japanese use biological and chemical weapons
	World War II	Battle of Koromokina Lagoon		7–8 November	The U.S. defeats Japan
		Battle for Piva Trail		8–9 November
		Battle of Sattelberg		17–25 November	Major Australian and American victory over Japan
		Battle of Tarawa		20–22 November	First contested amphibious landing of World War II by the U.S. against Japan
		Battle of Makin		20–24 November	American forces defeat the Japanese in the Gilbert Islands
		Battle of Cape St. George		27 November	Japanese convoy suffers heavy damage against the U.S.
		Battle of Wareo		27 November—8 December	Australia defeats Japan
		Battle for Monte la Difensa		3–9 December	The UK, the U.S. and Canada defeat Germany
		Battle of Sio		5 December	Major Australian victory over Japan
		Battle of Arawe		15 December 1943—24 February 1944	Allied (U.S. and Australia) victory against Japan
		Battle of Ortona		20–28 December	Canada defeats Germany
		Dnieper-Carpathian offensive	/ /	24 December 1943—6 May 1944	The Soviet Union captures Western Ukraine from Germany and enters Poland and Romania
Battle of North Cape		At sea	26 December	British naval victory over Germany
Battle of The Pimple			27–28 December	Australian victory over Japan
1944	World War II	Leningrad-Novgorod offensive	/	14 January—1 March	The Soviet Union lifts the Siege of Leningrad and liberates the area around Veliky Novgorod from Germany
		Battle of Monte Cassino		17 January—19 May	Four battles, Allies (the UK, British India, the U.S., Free France, Poland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Italy) finally victorious against Germany, breaking through to advance on Rome
		Battle of Shaggy Ridge		19–31 January	Australian victory over Japan
		Battle of Rapido River		20–22 January	Germany defeats the U.S.
		Battle of Anzio		22 January—5 June	After an amphibious landing near Rome, the Allied armies of the U.S., the UK and Canada are only able to break out a German encirclement after a couple of months
		Battle of Korsun Pocket		24 January—16 February	Decisive Soviet victory over Germany
		Battle of Cisterna		30 January—2 February	Part of Operation Shingle – 1st, 3rd and 4th U.S. Army Ranger battalions attempted to capture the town of Cisterna, German victory
		Battle of Kwajalein		31 January—3 February	American victory over Japan in the Marshall Islands, several Korean laborers captured
		Battle of Madang		February—April	Australian and American victory over Japan in the Pacific
		Battle of Narva		2 February—10 August	Germany successfully holds ground against the Soviet Union
		Battle of the Green Islands		15–20 February	New Zealand forces supported by Americans defeat Japan
		Attack on Truk	At sea	17–18 February	Successful American air raid against Japan in the Marshall Islands
		Battle of Eniwetok		17–23 February	American victory over Japan allows U.S. forces to set up for an attack on the Mariana Islands
		Battle of Hube's Pocket	/ /	4 March—17 April	Germans victorious over the Soviet Union, but have to retreat afterward
		Battle of Imphal		8 March—3 July	An invasion of British India by Japan is stopped by the UK and British Indian soldiers
		Raid on Drvar		April—May	Failed German military operation that aimed to capture Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav Partisans
	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	Battle of Central Henan		April—December	Marginal Japanese victory over China and the U.S.
	World War II	Crimean offensive		8 April—12 May	The Soviet Union captures Crimea from Germany; Germany got aid from Romania
		Siege of Myitkyina		17 May—3 August	China and the U.S. capture Myitkyina in Burma from Japan
		Battle of Lone Tree Hill		17 May—2 September	American victory over Japan in the Pacific theatre
		Battle of Wakde		18–21 May	American and Australian victory over the Japanese
		Battle of Biak		27 May—17 August
		Battle of Mogaung		4–27 June	The UK, China and the U.S. defeat Japan
		Battle for Caen		6 June—6 August	After more than a month of fighting, the UK and Canada finally capture Caen from Germany
		Battle of Normandy		6 June—25 August	Allies (The U.S., the UK, Canada, France, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa) invade northern France across the Normandy beaches (Operation Overlord); hard fighting from Cherbourg to Caen; Germans surrounded and destroyed at Falaise
		Battle of Villers-Bocage		13 June	Germans defeat the UK near Normandy during Operation Overlord
		Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze		14–15 June	Polish and Soviet partisans temporarily defeat Germany
		Battle of Saipan		15 June—9 July	American forces capture island from Japan
		Battle of Philippine Sea	At sea	19 June	Major carrier battle; U.S. loses 123 planes and destroys 315 Japanese planes
		Operation Bagration	/	22 June	Eastern Front; Soviet offensive destroys German Army Group Centre
		Operation Martlet		25 June	The UK defeats Germany
	Continuation War, World War II	Battle of Tali-Ihantala		25 June—9 July	Finnish stop Soviet offensive
	World War II	Battle of Noemfoor		2 July—31 August	American victory over Japan, supported by the Royal Australian Air Force
	Continuation War, World War II	Battle of Vuosalmi		4–11 July	Finnish victory over the Soviets
	World War II	Battle of Driniumor River		10 July—25 August	The U.S. and Australia defeat Japan
		Lvov–Sandomierz offensive	/	13 July—29 August	The Soviet Union captures Eastern Poland and Western Ukraine from Germany; Germany was aided by Hungary
		Battle of Auvere		20–25 July	Germany defeats the Soviet Union
		Battle of Guam		21 July—10 August	The U.S. captures Guam; 18,000 Japanese killed during American attack.
		Battle of Tinian		24 July—1 August	The Japanese, realizing they will lose, launch a suicidal charge against Americans
		Operation Cobra		25–31 July	The U.S. breaks out of Normandy and liberates Western France from Germany
		Battle of Sansapor		30 July—31 August	The U.S. defeats Japan
	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	Fourth Battle of Changsha		August	Japanese capture nearby town from China, but unable to continue fighting afterward
	World War II	Warsaw Uprising		1 August—3 October	20,000 armed Poles against 55,000 Wehrmacht and SS ; 90% of the city is destroyed and there are more than 250,000 casualties
		Falaise pocket		12–21 August	A German army gets trapped and defeated near Falaise, while the Allied armies (the U.S., the UK, Canada, Poland and France) liberate most of France
		Operation Dragoon		15 August	AKA Operation Anvil; Allied (the U.S., France, the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Greece and New Zealand) invasion of German-occupied Southern France
		Liberation of Paris		15–25 August	Allied forces (France, the U.S. and the UK) drive Nazi German forces out of the French capital
	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou		16 August—24 November	Japanese victory over China and the U.S.
	World War II	Battle of Romania		20 August—24 September	The Soviet Union breaches through the German and Romanian lines, capturing vast territories. Romania change sides from Germany to the Soviet Union. On 24 September, most of Romania is occupied by the Soviet Union.
		Baltic Offensive	/ / / /	14 September—24 November	The Soviet Union captures most of the Baltic States and enters Germany in East Prussia
		Operation Tanne Ost	At sea	15 September	Germans unable to capture island from Finland; Finland was supported by the Soviet Union.
		Belgrade offensive		15 September—24 November	The Soviet Union, communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and Bulgaria capture Belgrade from Germany
		Battle of Peleliu		15 September—27 November	A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific; the U.S. defeats Japan
		Battle of Arnhem		17–26 September	The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. Germany defeats the UK and Poland.
		Battle of Anguar		17–30 September	Volcanic island captured by Americans from Japan
		Battle of Hürtgen Forest		19 September 1944—10 February 1945	German Army repels U.S. forces with high losses for both
		Battle of Porkuni		21 September	The Soviet Union defeats Estonians fighting for Germany
		Battle of Olhava		28 September	Germany defeats Finland
		Battle of Tornio		1–8 October	Finns capture Tornio from the Germans; start of the Lapland War proper
		Battle of the Scheldt	/	2 October—8 November	Difficult Canadian victory secures the port of Antwerp from Germany, and ensures critical supplies for advancing Allied (Canada, the UK, Poland, the U.S., Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Norway) forces
		Battle of Aachen		2–21 October	Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II; the U.S. defeats Germany
		Battle of Kos		3–4 October	Germany defeats Italy, the UK and South Africa
		Battle of Debrecen		6–29 October	Germans able to hold back Soviets
		Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive		7–29 October	The Soviet Union breaks through German lines into Norway
		Battle of Crucifix Hill		8 October	The U.S. 1st Infantry Division attacks and takes Crucifix Hill from Germany, a strategic point which allows the Battle of Aachen to occur
Battle of Morotai			15 October	Allied (the U.S., Australia, the Netherlands and the UK) victory over Japan
Battle of Vukov Klanac			15–23 October	Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans defeat the German fascist puppet state of Croatia
Operation Pheasant			20 October—4 November	The UK, Canada, Poland, the U.S. and the Netherlands liberate North Brabant from Germany
Battle of Leyte			20 October—31 December	Combined American and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas begin the liberation of the Philippines
Battle of Leyte Gulf			23–26 October	The largest air-sea battle in history; American/Australian fleet destroy Japan's fleet
Liberation of Finnmark			23 October 1944—26 April 1945	The Soviet Union and Norway, supported by the UK, Canada and Sweden, drive Germany from the Norwegian region of Finnmark
Budapest offensive			29 October 1944—13 February 1945	The Soviet Union and Romania capture Budapest and most of Hungary from Germany and Hungary
Aitape–Wewak campaign			November 1944—August 1945	Australia victory over Japan
Landing at Jacquinot Bay			4 November	Australians land at Japanese-occupied Jacquinot Bay
Battle of Ormoc Bay			11 November—21 December	Americans prevent Japanese from resupplying Leyte
Operation Queen			16 November	Germany defeats the U.S. and the UK
Battle of Monte Castello			25 November 1944—12 February 1945	Brazilian and American troops defeat Germans in Italy
Battle of Wide Bay–Open Bay			December 1944—April 1945	Australias defeat Japanese
Battle of Mindoro			13–16 December	Combined U.S., Australia and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas capture main island off Luzon, Philippines from Japan
Battle of the Bulge		/ /	16 December 1944—25 January 1945	German counterattack in Ardennes; General McAuliffe says "NUTS" at Bastogne. The U.S., the UK, Belgium, Canada, France and Luxembourg defeat Germany
Battle of Pearl Ridge			30–31 December	Australia defeats Japan
1945	World War II	Battle of Luzon		9 January—15 August	Filipino, American, Australian and Mexican victory. U.S. Sixth and Eighth Armies including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary including recognized guerrillas retakes and completes the recapture of Northern Philippines from Japan
		Vistula-Oder offensive	/	12 January—2 February	The Soviet Union captures Western Poland from Germany and advances in parts of Eastern Germany
		East Prussian offensive	/ /	13 January—25 April	The Soviet Union captures most of East Prussia from Germany
		Battle of Tsimba Ridge		17 January—9 February	Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan
		Operation Elephant		26 January	Canadian offensive succeeds against a German bridgehead at Kapelsche Veer in the Netherlands
		Raid at Cabanatuan		30 January	U.S. Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas rescue Bataan and Corregidor prisoners of war from Japanese prison camp
		Battle for the Recapture of Bataan		31 January—8 February	Combined U.S and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas retake the historic Bataan Peninsula from Japan
		Battle for the Liberation of Manila		3 February—3 March	City totally devastated after month-long battle between the combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas against the Japanese Imperial forces; 100,000 civilians killed
		Rhineland Offensive		8 February—27 March	The U.S., the UK and Canada capture the Rhineland from Germany
		Silesian offensives	/ / /	8 February—31 March	The Soviet Union captures Silesia from Germany
		Black Friday		9 February	British Empire air operation ends in defeat against Germany
		Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor		16–26 February	Spectacular combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth assault retakes island bastion from Japanese forces
		Battle of Baguio		21 February—26 April	Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army; USAFIP-NL; and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division retake Baguio City, Northern Philippines, from Japan
		Raid at Los Baños		23 February	U.S. Airborne Task Force and Filipino guerrillas rescues more than 2,000 Allied POWs and civilian internees held by Japanese
		East Pomeranian offensive		24 February—4 April	The Soviet Union captures parts of Northeastern Germany
		Battle of the Transdanubian Hills		6–21 March	Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Italy defeat Germany
		Battle of Mindanao		10 March—15 August	U.S. Eighth Army including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary and recognized guerrillas recapture the Southern Philippines from Japan
		Vienna offensive		16 March—15 April	The Soviet Union captures Vienna from Germany
		Operation Varsity		17 March	134 Allied (the UK, the U.S. and Canada) gliders land troops in Wesel in Germany
		Battle of the Visayas		18 March—30 July	U.S. Eighth Army including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary and recognized guerrillas retakes central Philippine islands from Japan
	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	Battle of West Henan and North Hubei		21 March—11 May	Indecisive battle between China and Japan; Japan controls airbases after battle
	World War II	Battle of Iwo Jima		26 March	After a month, U.S. forces take main offshore Japanese island
		Battle of Slater's Knoll		28 March—6 April	Decisive Australian victory over Japan
		Battle on Lijevča field		30 March—8 April	Total Ustashian (Croats fighting for Germany) victory over Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists)
	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	Battle of West Hunan		6 April—9 June	Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan
	World War II	Battle of Bologna		9–21 April	Poland, the UK, the U.S., Italy and Brazil defeat Germany
		Battle of the Argenta Gap		12–19 April	The UK defeats Germany
		Battle of the Hongorai River		17 April—22 May	Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan
		Battle of Halbe		24 April—1 May	Part of Battle of Berlin, Germans unable to break out, Soviet victory
		Battle of Tanlwe Chaung		26 April	The UK defeats Japan
		Battle of Berlin		26 April—2 May	Soviet forces encircle and capture German capital; Hitler commits suicide
		Battle of Triest		30 April—2 May	Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans, New Zealand and the Italian resistance capture the city from Germany, pro-German Italians and Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists)
		Battle of Tarakan		1 May	Australian attack supported by the U.S. and the Netherlands as part of the Borneo campaign, defeating Japan
		Prague offensive		6–11 May	The Soviet Union captures Prague from Germany
		Battle of Zelengora		10–13 May	Yugoslav communists defeat Yugoslav nationalists
		Battle of Poljana		14–15 May	Last battle of World War II in Europe; Yugoslav communists and the UK defeat Germany and Yugoslavs, fighting on the German side.
		Battle of Ratsua		June—August	Australian victory over Japan
		Battle of Porton Plantation		8–10 June	Japan defeats Australia and New Zealand
		Battle of Labuan		10–21 June	Australia, aided by the U.S. and UK, defeats Japan in Borneo
		Battle of Bessang Pass		14 June	Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL complete and retake the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon, Philippines from Japan
		Battle of North Borneo		17 June—15 August	Australian victory in north Borneo over Japan; the U.S. supported Australia.
		Battle of Okinawa		21 June	U.S. and British Empire forces defeat Japanese, U.S. occupies island
		Battle of Beaufort		26–28 June	Australian victory over [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese[[ forces
		Battle of Balikpapan		1–21 July
		Battle of Sagami Bay	At sea	22–23 July	The U.S. defeats Japan
		Battle of Mayoyao Ridge		26 July—9 August	Filipino troops of the 11th and 14th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL, take the Japanese stronghold of Mayoyao, Mountain Province with U.S. air support
		Soviet invasion of Manchuria	/	9–20 August	Decisive Russian victory over Japan
	Chinese Civil War, World War II	Opening Campaign		10 August 1945—10 January 1946	Chinese Civil War resumes, with three sides: Nationalist China and the U.S.; Communist China and the Soviet Union; and the Japan
	World War II	Battle of Mutanchiang		12–16 August	Japan defeats the Soviet Union
	Chinese Civil War, World War II	Battle of Baoying		15–23 August	Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists
		Battle of Yongjiazhen		16–19 August
		Battle of Tianmen		17 August
	World War II	Battle of Shumshu		18–23 August	The Soviet Union defeats Japan
	Chinese Civil War	Battle of Wuhe		24 August	Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists
		Battle of Yinji		26–27 August
		Battle of Dazhongji		1–13 September
		Battle of Lingbi		4–5 September
		Battle of Xiangshuikou		18 September
		Battle of Rugao		21 September
		Battle of Houmajia		18 October
	Indonesian National Revolution	Battle of Surabaya		27 October—20 November	Indonesian soldiers and militia against British and Dutch troops as a part of the Indonesian National Revolution; British victory.
	Chinese Civil War	Battle of Shaobo		19–21 December	Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists

1946–1950

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1946	Chinese Civil War	Battle of Siping		15–17 March	Communist victory
		Battle of Huaiyin–Huai'an		21 August—22 September	Nationalist victory
		Battle of Lishi		6–9 September	Communist victory
		Battle of Kalgan		10-20 October	Nationalist victory
1947		Battle of Yan'an		19 March
		Battle of Niangziguan		24–25 April
		Battle of Tang'erli		27–28 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 1947—5 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		7–9 December
	1948 Arab–Israeli War	Battles of Kfar Darom		7 December 1947—9 July 1948	Egyptian victory
1948	1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine	Battle of Haifa		21-22 April	Jewish militias capture Haifa
	1948 Arab–Israeli 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 May—18 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 September—12 November	Decisive Chinese Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists
		Huaihai Campaign		6 November 1948—10 January 1949
		Pingjin Campaign		29 November 1948—31 January 1949
	Indonesian National Revolution	Operatie Kraai		19 December 1948—5 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		25–27 October	Nationalist victory establishes Taiwan as the Nationalist refuge; Communists left in control of mainland China
		Battle of Dengbu Island		3–5 November
1950		Battle of Bamianshan		19–31 January
		Battle of Tianquan		14–20 February
		Battle of Nan'ao Island		3 March
		Battle of Dongshan Island		11 May
	Korean War	Battle of Gorangpo		25–26 June
		Battle of Kaesong-Munsan
		Battle of Ongjin
		Battle of Uijeongbu
		First Battle of Seoul		25–28 June
		Battle of Chuncheon		25–29 June
		Air Battle of South Korea	/	25 June—20 July
		Operation Pokpoong		25 June—31 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		7–8 July
		Battle of Chochiwon		10–12 July
		Battle of Taejon		14–21 July
		Battle of Sangju		20–31 July
		Battle of Yongdong		22–25 July
		Battle of Hwanggan		23–29 July
		Hadong Ambush		27 July
		Battle of Andong		29 July—1 August
		Battle of the Notch		2 August
		Battle of Pusan Perimeter		4 August—18 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		25–26 October
		Battle of Onjong		25–29 October	Chinese victory
		Battle of Unsan		25 October—4 November
		Battle of Chongju		29–30 October	Australian/UN victory
		Battle of Pakchon		5 November
		Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River		25 November—2 December	Decisive Chinese victory, UN forces expelled from North Korea
		Battle of Chosin Reservoir		27 November—13 December	Chinese strategic victory
		Third Battle of Seoul		31 December 1950—7 January 1951	Chinese and North Korean forces take Seoul

1951-1955

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1951	Korean War	Battle of Uijeongbu		1–4 January	UN defeat
	First Indochina War	Battle of Vĩnh Yên		13–17 January	French victory
	Korean War	Battle of the Twin Tunnels		1 February	UN victory
		Battle of Hoengsong		11–13 February	Chinese and North Korean victory
		Third Battle of Wonju		13–18 February	UN victory
		Battle of Maehwa-san		7–12 March
	First Indochina War	Battle of Mạo Khê		23–28 March	French victory
	Korean War	Battle of Yultong		22–23 April	Filipino/UN victory
		Battle of the Imjin River		22–25 April	Chinese victory
		Battle of Kapyong			Australian/UN victory
		Battle of Bloody Ridge		18 August—5 September	UN victory
		Battle of Heartbreak Ridge		13 September—15 October
		Naval Battle of the Han River		28–30 September	Australian Navy ship bombs Chinese forces
		First Battle of Maryang San		3–8 October 1951	UN victory
	First Indochina War	Battle of Nghĩa Lộ		3–10 October	French victory
	Korean War	Battle of Haktang-ni		9–13 October	UN victory
		Battle of Yongyu		21–22 October	Americans and Australians defeat North Korean forces
		Second Battle of Maryang San		5 November 1951	Chinese victory
		Battle of Chuam-ni		14–17 November	UN victory over China
		Battle of Sunchon		1 December	Soviet Air Force defeats Australian Air Force
1952	Korean War	Battle of Hill Eerie		21 March—18 July	UN victory
		Battle of Old Baldy		26 June 1952—26 March 1953
		Battle of Bunker Hill		9 August – 30 September	UN victory
		Battle of Outpost Kelly		17–24 September	Chinese victory
	Cross-Strait conflict	Battle of Nanpeng Archipelago		20 September—20 October
	Korean War	Battle of White Horse		6–15 October	UN victory
	Chinese Civil War	Battle of Nanri Island		11–15 October
	Korean War	Battle of Triangle Hill		14 October—25 November	Chinese victory
		Second Battle of the Hook		18–19 November	UN victory
	First Indochina War	Battle of Nà Sản		23 November—2 December	French victory
	Korean War	Battle of the Noris		11–14 December	UN victory
1953	Korean War	Battle of Pork Chop Hill		23 March—11 July	UN victory in April, Chinese victory in July
		Battle of the Nevada Complex		25–29 May	Chinese victory
		Third Battle of the Hook		28–29 May	UN victory
		Battle of Dalushan Islands		29 May
		Battle of Kumsong		10 June—20 July	Chinese victory
		Battle of the Berlin Outposts and Boulder City		7–27 July	UN victory
		Battle of the Samichon River		24–26 July
1954	First Indochina War	Battle of Dien Bien Phu		13 March—7 May	France loses Indochina
1955	First Taiwan Strait Crisis	Battle of Yijiangshan Islands		18–20 January
	Algerian War	Battle of Philippeville		20 August
	Cyprus Emergency	Battle of Famagusta		20–21 November
		Battle of the Pine		23 November
		Battle of Spilia		12 December

1956-1960

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1956	Suez Crisis	Battle of Mitla Pass		31 October	Britain, France and Israel attempt to retake the Suez Canal after recent Egyptian nationalization
		Battle of Port Said		5 November—22 December
1957	Algerian War	Battle of Agounennda		23–25 May
		Battle of Bouzegza		4–12 August
1958		Battle of Bab El Bekkouche		28–31 May
	Cuban Revolution	Battle of La Plata		11–21 July
		Battle of Las Mercedes		29 July—8 August
		Battle of Yaguajay		19–30 December

1961-1965

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1961	Cuban Revolution	Bay of Pigs Invasion		17-20 April	A failed U.S.-backed attempt to capture Cuba and a major blow to U.S. pride and reputation
1962	Vietnam War	Operation Chopper		12 January	First major combat of American forces in the Vietnam War
	Western New Guinea dispute	Battle of Arafura Sea	At sea	15 January	Operation Trikora; this was the last time the Royal Netherlands Navy sunk a ship
	Vietnam War	Operation Sunrise		22 March—30 April	South Vietnamese counteroffensive to disrupt Vietcong near Saigon
	Sino-Indian War	Battle of Namka Chu	/	10 October—16 November	Chinese victory
	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Raid on Limbang		12 December	British commandos defeat Malaysian insurgents
1963	Vietnam War	Battle of Ap Bac		2 January	North Vietnamese victory
		Battle of Go Cong		3 September	South Vietnamese victory
	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Battle of Long Jawai		28 September	Initial Indonesian victory, but Britain successfully counterattacks
	Vietnam War	Battle of Hiệp Hòa		22 November	Vietcong victory
1964		Battle of Long Dinh		26 February	Indecisive
		Battle of Kien Long		12–20 April	South Vietnamese victory; Vietcong successfully retreats
		Operation Quyet Thang 202		27 April—27 May	South Vietnamese victory
		Battle of Nam Dong		5–6 July	Allied victory over North Vietnam
	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Landing at Labis		September—October	Allied (the UK, New Zealand and Malaysia) forces successfully land on Indonesian troops
		Landing at Kesang River		29 October	Australian and British forces defeat Indonesian landing
	Vietnam War	Battle of An Lão		7–9 December	North Vietnamese victory
	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Action of 13 December 1964	At sea	13 December	Australian minesweeper defeats Indonesian patrol boat
	Vietnam War	Battle of Binh Gia		28 December 1964—1 January 1965	Vietcong victory
1965		Attack on Camp Holloway		6-7 February	Vietcong victory, beginning of Operation Flaming Dart
		Battle of Dương Liễu–Nhông Pass		7-8 February	Vietcong victory
		Operation Flaming Dart		7-24 February	Escalation of the Vietnam War
		First Battle of Thanh Hóa Bridge		4 April 1965—13 May 1972	North Vietnamese jets take down three American jets attempting to blow up a key bridge; the bridge still stands
		Operation Starlite		18–24 April	First major American-only offensive, both sides claim victory
	Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation	Battle of Plaman Mapu		27 April	British victory
	Vietnam War	Battle of Sông Bé		10–15 May	American-South Vietnamese victory
	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Battle of Sungei Koemba		27 May—12 June	Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces
	Vietnam War	Battle of Ba Gia		28–31 May	Vietcong victory
	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Battle of Kindau		15 June	Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces
		Battle of Babang		12 July
	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965	Battle of Lahore		6–12 September	Indian victory
	Vietnam War	Operation Piranha		7–10 September	American forces storm the Batangan Peninsula
	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965	Battle of Phillora		7–11 September	Indian victory
		Battle of Asal Uttar		8–10 September
		Battle of Chawinda		14–19 September	Inconclusive
	Vietnam War	Battle of An Ninh		18–19 September	Americans considered the battle a victory due to low losses and capture, but in the wider campaign, it was a defeat
		Siege of Plei Me		19–25 October	First major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnam
		Pleiku Campaign		27 October—26 November	Large American victory
		Operation Hump		5-8 November	American/Australian success
		Battle of Gang Toi		8 November	First major encounter between Australia and North Vietnam, a minor Vietcong victory
		Battle of Ap Bau Bang		12 November	Both sides declare victory
		Battle of Ia Drang		14–18 November	First major encounter between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam in Vietnam. Over the first two days an American battalion repulses continuous Vietnamese assaults; another battalion, sent to reinforce the first, is ambushed on the fourth day when it withdraws, suffering heavy losses.
	Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation	Battle of Bau		21 November	British victory
	Vietnam War	Operation Bushmaster II		1–6 December	American victory
		Operation Harvest Moon		8–20 December	Allied victory

1966-1970

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1966	Vietnam War	Operation Marauder		1–8 January	Allied victory
		Battle of the Ho Bo Woods		8–14 January	American/Australian victory
		Operation Double Eagle		18 January—17 February	Inconclusive
	Laotian Civil War, Vietnam War	Battle of Nakhang		16–28 February
	Vietnam War	Battle of Suoi Bong Trang		23–24 February	Major Australian victory
		Battle of Đức Cơ
		Operation Utah		4–7 March	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Battle of A Sau		9–10 March
		Operation Jackstay		26 March—6 April	American victory
		Battle of Xa Cam My		11–12 April
		Operation Georgia		21 April—10 May	American victory
	Rhodesian Bush War	Battle of Sinoia		28 April
	Vietnam War	Operation Davy Crockett		1–16 May	American victory
		Operation Paul Revere		10 May—1 August	American/South Korean victory
		Operation Wahiawa		16–30 May	American victory
		Operation Crazy Horse		16 May—5 June
		Operation Hardihood		16 May—8 June	American/Australian victory
		Operation El Paso		19 May—13 July	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Operation Hawthorne		2–21 June
		Battle of Hill 488		15–16 June	American victory
		Operation Nathan Hale		19–30 June
		Operation Jay		25 June—2 July
		Operation Macon		4 July—28 October
		Battle of Minh Thanh Road		9 July
		Operation Hastings	/	15 July—3 August	American troops force North Vietnamese across the Vietnamese DMZ
		Operation John Paul Jones		21 July—5 September	Inconclusive
	Laotian Civil War	Battle of Nam Bac		August 1966—January 1968
	Vietnam War	Operation Prairie	/	3 August 1966—31 January 1967	Attempt to drive away North Vietnamese units under the Vietnamese DMZ
		Battle of Đức Cơ		9–10 August
		Battle of Long Tan		18–19 August	First major action of Australian forces in Vietnam
		Operation Amarillo		23–31 August	Inconclusive
		Operation Seward		5–25 September	American victory
		Operation Thayer		13 September 1966—12 February 1967	Allied victory
		Operation Attleboro		14 September—25 November	Both sides declare victory
		Operation Shenandoah		16 October—2 November	American victory
		Operation Atlanta		19 October—December
		Operation Paul Revere IV		20 October—30 December	Inconclusive
		Operation Fairfax		November 1966—15 December 1967	American combing operation victory
1967	Vietnam War	Operation Deckhouse Five		6–15 January	Inconclusive
		Operation Cedar Falls		8–26 January
		Operation Desoto		27 January—7 April	American victory
		Operation Prairie II	/	1 February—18 March
		Operation Enterprise		13 February 1967—11 March 1968
		Battle of Trà Bình		14–15 February	South Korean victory
		Operation Bribie		17–18 February	Inconclusive
		Operation Junction City		22 February—14 May
		Battle of Prek Klok I		28 February	American victory
		Battle of Prek Klok II		10 March	American victory over a Vietcong ambush
		Second Battle of Bàu Bàng		19–20 March	American victory
		Operation Prairie III	/	19 March—19 April
		Battle of Suoi Tre		21 March	Costly Vietcong defeat
		Battle of Ap Gu		31 March—1 April	American forces defeat Vietcong
		Operation Francis Marion		6 April—11 October	Inconclusive
		Operation Lejeune		7–22 April	American victory
		Operation Prairie IV	/	20 April—17 May	Costly American victory
		Operation Union		21 April—16 May	American attempt to find Vietcong in the Quế Sơn Valley
		Operation Baker		22 April—31 July	American victory
		Operation Manhattan		23 April—7 June	American recon victory
		First Battle of Khe Sanh		24 April—11 May	Americans capture Hill 861
		Operation Beaver Cage		28 April—12 May	American victory
		Operations Malheur I and Malheur II		11 May—2 August
		Operation Crockett		13 May—16 July
		Operation Kole Kole		14 May—7 December
		Operation Hickory		18–28 May	Inconclusive
		Operation Barking Sands		18 May—7 December	American victory
		Operation Union II		26 May—5 June	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Operation Dragnet		26 May 1967—27 January 1968	Allied victory
	Six-Day War	Battle of Abu-Ageila		5–6 June
		Battle of Ammunition Hill		6 June
	Vietnam War	Operation Akron		9–29 June	American/South Vietnamese forces attempt to flank Vietcong troops, but both sides take losses
		Operation Billings		12–26 June	American victory
		Operation Concordia		19–21 June	Allied victory
		Battle of the Slopes		20–22 June	North Vietnamese victory
	Nigerian Civil War	Battle of Nsukka		2–12 July
	Vietnam War	Operation Diamond Head		11 July—31 October	American victory
		Operation Kingfisher		16 July—31 October	Inconclusive, both sides claim victory
		Operation Coronado II		27–31 July	Allied victory
		Operation Hood River		2–13 August	Inconclusive
		Battle of Suoi Chau Pha		6 August	Australian victory
		Operation Colorado		6–22 August	American/South Vietnamese victory
	Nigerian Civil War	Midwest Invasion of 1967		9 August—20 September
		Battle of Ore		11 August
	Vietnam War	Operation Benton		13–29 August	American victory
		Operation Coronado IV		19 August—9 September
		Action of 23 August 1967		23 August	North Vietnamese fighter jets defeat American jets
		Operation Byrd		25 August—1 December	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Operation Swift		4–15 September
	Nathu La and Cho La clashes		/	11–14 September	Indian forces beat back Chinese forces
	Vietnam War	Operation Wheeler/Wallowa		11 September 1967—11 November 1968	American offensive, where the Tiger Force committed war crimes
	Nigerian Civil War	Fall of Enugu		12 September—4 October	Nigerian forces capture the Biafran capital of Enugu
	Vietnam War	Operation Coronado V		12 September—7 October	American victory
		Operation Kunia		15 September—9 November	Inconclusive
		Operation Shenandoah II		29 September—10 December	Americans try to repair highway
	Nigerian Civil War	First Battle of Onitsha		4–12 October
	Vietnam War	Operation Medina		11–20 October	Inconclusive
		Operation MacArthur		12 October 1967—31 January 1969	American victory
		Battle of Ong Thanh		17 October	Vietcong victory
	Nigerian Civil War	Operation Tiger Claw		17–19 October
	Vietnam War	Operation Osceola		20 October 1967—16 February 1968	Inconclusive
		First Battle of Loc Ninh		29 October—7 November	American and South Vietnamese troops capture Loc Ninh
		Operation Lancaster		1 November 1967—20 January 1968	Minor operation, Tet Offensive causes beginning of Operation Lancaster II
		Operation Coronado IX		1 November 1967—22 January 1968	American victory
Operation Neosho		1 November 1967—25 January 1968		Continuation of Operation Fremont
Operation Kentucky		1 November 1967—28 February 1969		Low-level American cross-Vietnamese DMZ operation
Battle of Dak To		3–23 November		Pyrrhic American victory
Operation Santa Fe		3 November 1967—5 January 1968		Allied victory
Operation Essex		6–17 November		Minor American victory
Operation Napoleon/Saline		November—9 December		Allied victory
Operation Kien Giang 9-1		15–19 November		American/South Vietnamese victory
Operation Manchester		4 December 1967—17 February 1968		American victory
Battle of Tam Quan		6–20 December
Operation Yellowstone		8 December 1967—24 February 1968
Operation Saratoga		8 December 1967—11 March 1968
Operation Muscatine		18 December 1967—10 June 1968
Operation Badger Tooth		26 December 1967—2 January 1968		Inconclusive
Operation Auburn		28 December 1967—3 January 1968		American victory
1968	Vietnam War	Operation Niagara		January—March	American counterattack on Tet Offensive
		New Year's Day battle of 1968		1–2 January	American victory
	Nigerian Civil War	Second Battle of Onitsha		2 January—20 March	Nigerian forces capture Onitsha
	Vietnam War	Operation Lancaster II		20 January—23 November	American victory
		Operation McLain		20 January 1968—31 January 1969
		Operation Jeb Stuart		21 January—31 March	Spontaneous American counterattack disrupted by Tet Offensive
		Battle of Khe Sanh		21 January—8 April	Desperate defense by the U.S. Marines to hold strategically important fire base against huge NVA numbers. Vietnamese Communists fail in their bid to turn the siege into an "American Battle of Dien Bien Phu", though it is also possible that Khe Sanh was used as a diversion. [1]
	Korean DMZ Conflict	Capture of the USS Pueblo	At sea	23 January	North Korea seizes U.S. ship USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
	Vietnam War	Battle of Ban Houei Sane		23–24 January	North Vietnamese troops defeat a small garrison of Laotian Royal troops
		Operation Coronado X		23 January—12 February	Allied victory
		Operation Coburg		24 January —1 March	Allied victory over North Vietnam
		Tet offensive attacks on Da Nang		29 January—11 February	Allied forces repulse Vietcong attacks
		Tet Offensive		30 January	North Vietnam loses militarily but turns the tide of U.S. opinion against the war
		Battle of Saigon		30 January—7 March	American and South Vietnamese troops repel the attack, but it heavily increases anti-war sentiment in the US.
		Battle of Bến Tre		31 January—5 February	Vietcong attack Bến Tre, but fail to capture it
		Battle of Quang Tri		31 January—6 February	South Vietnamese/American victory
		Battle of Da Lat		January—9 February	North Vietnamese attacks and captures Da Lat, but loses it in an American/South Vietnamese attack days later
		Battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack		31 January—11 February	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Battle of Huế		31 January—2 March	American and South Vietnamese forces successfully defend the city, although Vietcong commit the Hue Massacre
		Battle of Lang Vei		6–7 February	North Vietnamese captures Lang Vei camp
		Operation Truong Cong Dinh		7 March—7 August	South Vietnam attempts to regain control over major highways
		Battle of Lo Giang		8–9 February	American troops repel North Vietnamese attacks
		Operation Hop Tac I		10 February—10 March	American victory
		Operation Coronado XI		12 February—3 March	Allied victory
		Operation Houston		26 February—12 September	American victory
		Action of 1 March 1968		1 March	North Vietnamese ships attempt to ambush South Vietnamese ships
		Operation Patrick		1–30 March	American victory
		Battle of Tam Kỳ		3–6 March
	Nigerian Civil War	Invasion of Port Harcourt		8 March—24 May	Nigerian forces capture Port Harcourt
	Vietnam War, Laotian Civil War	Battle of Lima Site 85		10–11 March	North Vietnamese-Pathet Lao victory
	Vietnam War	Operation Quyet Thang		11 March—7 April	South Vietnamese and U.S. recapture areas around Saigon
		Operation Walker		17 March 1968—31 January 1969	American victory
		Operation Carentan		18 March—17 May
		Operation Frederick Hill		18 March 1968—28 February 1971	American successfully conduct a security operation in Quảng Tín province
		Operation Geneva Park			American successfully conduct a security operation in Quang Ngai Province
	War of Attrition, Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Battle of Karameh		21 March	Jordanian troops with the PLO repel an Israeli raid to capture Yasser Arafat, but the camp is destroyed
	Vietnam War	Operation Cochise Green		30 March—31 January 1969	American victory
	Nigerian Civil War	Abagana Ambush		31 March	Biafran ambush wipes out the Nigerian 2nd Division
	Vietnam War	Operation Toan Thang I		8 April—31 May	Allied victory
		Operation Burlington Trail		8 April—11 November	American victory
		Battle of Signal Hill		19–21 April	Pyrrhic North Vietnamese victory
		Operation Delaware		19 April—17 May	Inconclusive
		May Offensive		29 April—30 May	North Vietnamese offensive smaller in scale than the Tet Offensive, but much bloodier
		Battle of Dai Do		30 April—3 May	Both sides claim victory
		Operation Allen Brook		4 May—24 August	American/South Vietnamese forces drive back Vietcong
		Battle of An Bao		5–6 May	North Vietnamese forces ambush Americans, but the Americans fight back and win
		Battle of West Saigon		5–12 May	Allied victory
		Battle of Landing Zone Center		5–25 May	American victory
		Battle of South Saigon		7–12 May	Allied victory
		Operation Concordia Square		8–17 May	American victory
		Battle of Kham Duc		10–12 May	North Vietnamese victory and one of the largest battles of the war
		Battle of Coral–Balmoral		12 May—6 June	Australian forces repel multiple North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks over 26 days of fighting
		Operation Jeb Stuart III		17 May—3 November	U.S. forces attack North Vietnamese bases
		Operation Nevada Eagle		17 May 1968—28 February 1969	Protection of Huế by Americans
		Operation Toan Thang II		1 June 1968—16 February 1969	Allied victory
		Operation Robin		2–19 June	American victory
		Battle of Binh An		27–28 June
		Operation Thor		1–8 July
		Operation Pocahontas Forest		6–31 July	Allied victory
		Operation Quyet Chien		3 August—30 November	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Operation Somerset Plain		4–20 August	U.S. claims victory
		Phase III offensive		17 August—27 September	Failed third push by the North Vietnamese after the Tet Offensive
		Battle of Duc Lap		24–27 August	American/South Vietnamese victory
	Nigerian Civil War	Operation OAU		2 September—15 October	Nigerian forces capture Owerri and Aba, but are unable to capture Umuahia; the failure allows Biafra to retake Owerri and Aba
Vietnam War	Operation Champaign Grove		8–24 September	American victory
	Operation Vinh Loc		10–20 September	American/South Vietnamese victory
	Operation Maui Peak		1–19 October	American victory
Nigerian Civil War	Siege of Owerri		15 October 1968—25 April 1969	Biafra recaptures Owerri
Vietnam War	Operation Fulton Square		22 October 1968—18 January 1970	Minor clashes between American/South Vietnamese forces and Vietcong
	Operation Henderson Hill		23 October—6 December	American victory
	Operation Sheridan Sabre		7 November 1968—4 April 1969
	Operation Commando Hunt		15 November 1968—29 March 1972	Americans fail to bomb Vietcong supply routes
	Operation Meade River		20 November—9 December	American victory
	Battle of Hat Dich		3 December 1968—19 February 1969	Allied victory
	Operation Taylor Common		7 December 1968—8 March 1969	American/South Vietnamese victory
	Operation Fayette Canyon		15 December 1968—28 February 1969	American victory
1969	Vietnam War	Operation Dewey Canyon		22 January—18 March	Last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division
		Operation Toan Thang III		17 February—31 October	Allied victory
		Operation Massachusetts Striker		28 February—8 May	Both sides claim victory
		Operation Iron Mountain		28 February 1969—28 February 1971	American victory
		Operation Purple Martin		1 March—2 May
		Operation Kentucky Jumper		1 March—14 August	American reconnaissance operation
		Operation Maine Crag		15 March—2 May	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Operation Atlas Wedge		17–24 March	American victory
		Operation Montana Mauler		23 March—3 April
	Nigerian Civil War	Defense of Umuahia		27 March—22 April
	Vietnam War	Operation Washington Green		15 April 1969—1 January 1971	American victory
		Operation Virginia Ridge		2 May—16 July
		Operation Apache Snow		10 May—7 June	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Battle of Hamburger Hill		13–20 May	American and South Vietnamese troops win, but heavy losses force them to withdraw
		Operation Lamar Plain		15 May—14 August	American victory
		Operation Pipestone Canyon		26 May—7 November	American launch a successful local offensive
		Battle of Binh Ba		6–8 June	Australians defeat Vietcong
		Operation Montgomery Rendezvous		8 June—15 August	Costly American victory
		Operation Utah Mesa		12 June—6 July	Allied victory
		Operation Campbell Streamer		13 July—15 August	Dozens of Vietcong killed
		Football War	14 July	Between El Salvador and Honduras
	Vietnam War	Operation Idaho Canyon		21 July—25 September	American victory
		Operation Nantucket Beach		23 July 1969—10 March 1971
	The Troubles	Battle of the Bogside		12-14 August	Unarmed Irish residents of the Bogside in Derry City expel British Police and Militia Forces from their area. The riots lasts for 2 days until the British Army is sent in. This event is often described as the beginning of the Troubles, a 30-year guerrilla war.
	Vietnam War	Operation Camden		21 August	Australian victory
		Siege of Landing Zone Kate		27 October—1 November	North Vietnamese victory
		Operation Toan Thang IV		1 November 1969—1 May 1970	Allied victory
		Operation Randolph Glen		7 December 1969—31 March 1970	Inconclusive
	Nigerian Civil War	Defense of Oguta		20–24 December
1970		Operation Tail-Wind		7–12 January	Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
	Vietnam War	Operation Green River		19 January—22 July	American victory
		Operation Texas Star		1 April—5 September	Indecisive
	The Troubles	Battle of St Matthew's		27–28 June	A battle between Provisional IRA and loyalists
	Vietnam War	Operation Pennsylvania Square		29 June 1970—1 March 1971	American victory
		Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord		1–23 July	North Vietnamese victory
		Operation Clinch Valley		9–15 July	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Operation Elk Canyon		12 July—29 September	Americans attempt to improve positions after the fall of Kham Duc, but fail
		Operation Pickens Forest		16 July—24 August	American victory
		Operation Wolfe Mountain		22 July 1970—30 January 1971	Inconclusive
		Operation Chicago Peak		24 July—11 August	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Siege of Firebase O'Reilly		9 August—7 October	North Vietnamese victory as the base closes down
		Operation Imperial Lake		1 September 1970—7 May 1971	American/South Korean success, but perpetration of the Sơn Thắng massacre
		Operation Jefferson Glenn		5 September 1970—8 October 1971	Last major ground offensive involving the U.S.
		Operation Tailwind		11–13 September	American/South Vietnamese victory
		Operation Ivory Coast		21 November	American attempt to rescue POWs, but there were none
	Guinea-Bissau War of Independence	Operation Green Sea		22 November	An amphibious attack on Conakry by Portugal

1971-1975

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1971	Vietnam War	Battle of Snuol		5 January—30 May	American and North Vietnamese troops clash in Cambodia
		Operation Cuu Long 44-02		13–25 January	South Vietnamese victory
		Operation Finney Hill		10 March—1 July	American victory
		Operation Middlesex Peak
		Battle of FSB Mary Ann		28 March	Vietcong ambush victory
		Operation Caroline Hill		29 April—1 July	American victory
		Battle of Long Khánh		6–7 June	Pyrrhic Australian victory, as the North Vietnamese ability to retreat and defend its supply routes ultimately led it to win over Australia
		Battle of Nui Le		21 September	Last major Australian/New Zealand victory of Vietnam War
	Bangladesh Liberation War, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	Battle of Garibpur		20–21 November	Decisive Indian victory
		First Battle of Hilli		22–24 November	Bloodiest battle of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Indian and Bengali victory
	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	Operation Trident		4–5 December	Indian Navy attacks Karachi port
		Battle of Longewala		4–7 December	Decisive Indian victory
		Battle of Basantar		6–16 December	Tactical Indian victory
		Second Battle of Hilli		10–11 December	Failed Pakistani counterattack on Hilli, Indian/Bengali victory
1972	Vietnam War	First Battle of Quảng Trị		30 March—1 May	North Vietnamese victory during Easter Offensive
		Second Battle of Lộc Ninh		4–7 April	North Vietnamese victory
		Battle of An Lộc		13 April—20 July	Major battle ending in a South Vietnamese victory
		Battle of Đồng Hới		19 April
		Battle of the Mỹ Chánh Line		5 May—26 June	South Vietnamese/American victory
	The Troubles	Battle at Springmartin		13–14 May	A battle that involved the British Army, the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Ulster Volunteer Force
	Vietnam War	Battle of Kontum		13 May—9 June	South Vietnam and U.S. troops repulse Vietcong attack
		Second Battle of Quảng Trị		28 June—16 September	South Vietnamese forces retake most of Quảng Trị province
	Dhofar Rebellion	Battle of Mirbat		19 July	British SAS forces defeat Communist rebels during an attempted coup of Oman
1973	Vietnam War	Battle of Cửa Việt		25–31 January	North Vietnam captures Cửa Việt Base.
		Battle of Hồng Ngự		March-4 May	Allied victory
		Battle of Tong Le Chon		25 March 1973—12 April 1974	North Vietnam captures Tonle Cham Camp
		Battle of Trung Nghia		8 June—16 September	South Vietnamese victory
		Battle of Ap Da Bien		3 October	South Vietnamese victory
	Yom Kippur War	Battles of Fort Budapest		6 October	Egyptian troops fail to capture an Israeli fort
	1973 Arab–Israeli War	Battle of Fort Lahtzanit			Egyptians capture an Israeli fort
	Yom Kippur War	Ofira Air Battle			Israeli victory in the air
		First Battle of Mount Hermon		6–7 October	Syria recaptures Mount Hermon
	1973 Arab–Israeli War, Yom Kippur War	Operation Badr		6–8 October	Egyptian offensive marking the beginning of the Yom Kippur War
	Yom Kippur War	Valley of Tears		6–9 October	Very bloody battle in the Golan Heights
		Operation Model 5		7 October	Syrian troops win an anti-aircraft battle
		Operation Tagar			Israel forfeits the operation attempting to block Egyptian troops
		Battle of Marsa Talamat	At sea		Israel defeats Egyptian ships
		Battle of Latakia			Israel defeats Syrian troops off the coast of Latakia]
		Romani ambush			Successful Israeli ambush
		Second Battle of Mount Hermon		8 October	Syrian victory
		Battle of Baltim	At sea	8–9 October	Israel defeats Egyptian ships off the Egyptian coast
		Syrian General Staff Headquarters raid		9 October	Israel successfully raids the general staff of Syria
		Second Battle of Latakia		11 October	Inconclusive
		Operation Gown		12 October	Israel destroys Syrian supply lines
		Raid on al-Mazzah Airport		13 October	Israeli victory
		Air battle of Mansoura		14 October	Egyptian planes defeat an Israeli plane
		Battle of the Sinai			Israeli victory
		Battle of The Chinese Farm		15–17 October
		Operation Abirey-Halev		15–23 October
		Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush		17 October
		Battle of Ismailia		18–22 October	Israel fails to block Egyptian supply lines
		Third Battle of Mount Hermon		21–22 October	Israel captures the mountain after a third assault
		Battle of Suez		24–25 October	Egypt holds the Suez Canal
	Vietnam War	Battle of Quang Duc		30 October 1973—10 December 1974	South Vietnamese victory
1974		Battle of the Paracel Islands		19–20 January	Chinese victory
		Battle of Tri Phap		12 February—4 May	South Vietnamese victory
	Vietnam War, Cambodian Civil War	Battle of Kampot		26 February—2 April
	Vietnam War	Battle of Svay Rieng	/	27 March—2 May	South Vietnamese victory
		Battle of the Iron Triangle		16 May—20 November
		Battle of Duc Duc		18 July—4 October	North Vietnamese victory
	Cyprus problem	Turkish invasion of Cyprus		20 July—16 August
	Vietnam War	Battle of Thượng Ðức		29 July—11 November	Costly for both sides; South Vietnam holds off North assault on Da Nang, but fails to capture Thuong Duc
		Battle of Phú Lộc		28 August—10 December	South Vietnamese victory
		Battle of Phước Long		12 December 1974—6 January 1975	Important North Vietnamese victory
1975		Battle of Ban Me Thuot		3–18 March	North Vietnam captures Tay Nguyen region, destroying South Vietnam's 2nd Corps in the process
		Hue–Da Nang Campaign		5 March—12 April	North Vietnam captures Huế and Da Nang with little resistance
		Battle of Xuân Lộc		9–12 April	Remnants of ARVN make a last stand in the final major battle of the Vietnam War
		East Sea Campaign	At sea	9–29 April	North Vietnam captures the Spratly Islands in one of the last South Vietnamese-controlled places
	Cambodian Civil War, Vietnam War	Fall of Phnom Penh		17 April	The Khmer Rouge captures the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh
	Vietnam War	Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base		28 April	First bombing by the Vietnamese Air Force
		Fall of Saigon		30 April	North Vietnam wins the Vietnam War
	Lebanese Civil War	Battle of the Hotels		23 October 1975—2 April 1976	Muslims and Christians end up divided in Western Beirut
	Cold War	Indonesia invades East Timor		7 December
	Western Sahara War	Battles of La Güera and Tichla		10–22 December	Mauritania occupies La Güera and Tichla

1976–1980

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1976	Western Sahara War	First Battle of Amgala		27–29 January	Algerian withdrawal
		Second Battle of Amgala		14–15 February	Sahrawi victory
	The Troubles	Flagstaff Hill incident		5–6 May	Irish Army pushes back British special forces
	Arab–Israeli conflict, Cold War	Operation Entebbe		4 July
	The Troubles	Garryhinch ambush		16 October	IRA bombs Brits
	Rhodesian Bush War	Battle of Hill 31		15 November
1977	Ogaden War	Battle of Dire Dawa		July—August	The Ethiopian Army inflicts heavy losses on the Somali National Army after a Somali attack by one tank battalion and a mechanized infantry brigade supported by artillery units
		First Battle of Jijiga		September	The Somalis, trying to take the town, lose more than half of their attacking force of three tank battalions, each of which includes more than 30 tanks[ citation needed ]
		Battle of Harar		October 1977—27 January 1978	A major battle of the Ogaden War
1978	The Troubles	British Army Gazelle downing		17 February
	Ogaden War	Second Battle of Jijiga		March	Three Somali tank battalions overwhelm an Ethiopian garrison. After inflicting some heavy losses on Somali armor, Ethiopian troops mutiny and withdraw from the town, leaving its defense to the militia, which is incapable of slowing the Somali advance.[ citation needed ]
	South African Border War	Battle of Cassinga
	Lebanese Civil War	Battle of Kaukaba		9 May
	Shaba II	Battle of Kolwezi		18–22 May
1979	Chadian Civil War	Battle of N'Djamena		12-15 February
	Sino-Vietnamese War	Battle of Dong Dang		17–23 February
		Battle of Lào Cai		17 February—5 March
		Battle of Lạng Sơn 17 February—16 March
	Uganda-Tanzania War	Battle of Masaka		23–24 February
		Battle of Tororo		2–4 March
		Battle of Lukaya		10–11 March
		Battle of Entebbe		7 April
		Battle of Jinja		22 April
		Battle of Lira		15 May
		Battle of Karuma Falls		17 May
		Battle of Bondo		27 May
	The Troubles	Warrenpoint ambush		27 August
	Western Sahara War	First Battle of Al Mahbes		14 October	Sahrawi victory
1980	Chadian-Libyan conflict	Second Battle of N'Djamena		22 March—15 December
	Iran–Iraq War	Siege of Abadan		November 1980—September 1981	Iraq attacks the Iranian city of Abadan but fails to capture it
		Liberation of Khorramshahr		November 1980—24 May 1982	The Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis

1981-1985

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1981	Iran-Iraq War	Battle of Dezful		5-9 January	Iranian armored regiments are forced to flee after an Iraqi ambush
	Cold War	Gulf of Sidra incident	At sea	19 August	Two Sukhoi Su-22 are shot down by two U.S. F-14A Tomcats
	Western Sahara War	First Battle of Guelta Zemmur		13–29 October	Sahrawi victory
1982	Falklands War	Battle of San Carlos		21–25 May
		Battle of Seal Cove		23 May
		Battle of Goose Green		28–29 May
	1982 Lebanon War	Battle of Beaufort		6-7 June	Israeli invasion of Lebanon
		Battle of Jezzine		8 June
		Battle of Sultan Yacoub		10 June
	Falklands War	Battle of Mount Harriet		11-12 June
		Battle of Two Sisters
		Battle of Mount Longdon
		Battle of Wireless Ridge		13-14 June
		Battle of Mount Tumbledown
	1982 Lebanon War	Siege of Beirut		14 June—21 August
1983	Cold War	Invasion of Grenada		25 October—2 November	By U.S. forces
1984	Iran-Iraq War	Battle of the Marshes		February	Iran opens a new offensive in the lakes of the Hawizeh Marshes in Iraq
	Siachen conflict	Operation Meghdoot		13 April	Battle between India and Pakistan in which India captures the entire Siachen Glacier
	Insurgency in Punjab, India	Operation Blue Star		6 June
1985	Western Sahara War	Second Battle of Al Mahbes		12 January	Sahrawi forces break through a wall put up by Morocco

1986-1990

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1986	Iran-Iraq War	First Battle of Al Faw		10 February—10 March	Iranians launch a surprise attack against the Iraqi troops defending the al-Faw Peninsula
	Cold War	Action in the Gulf of Sidra	At sea	24 March	U.S. naval operations against Libya [ citation needed ]
1987	Toyota War	Battle of Fada		2 January
		Battle of B'ir Kora		18–20 March
		Battle of Aouzou		8–28 August
	South African Border War, Angolan Civil War	Battle of Cuito Cuanavale		14 August 1987—23 March 1988	South African victory against Angola
	Toyota War	Battle of Maaten al-Saara		5 September
	Western Sahara War	Battles of Farsia and Oum Dreyga		18 November	Inconclusive
1988	Eritrean War of Independence, Ethiopian Civil War	Battle of Afabet		17–20 March	A decisive Eritrean victory over Ethiopia
	Iran-Iraq War	Second Battle of Al Faw		17 April	Newly restructured Iraqi Army conducts a major operation to clear the Iranians out of the peninsula
		Operation Praying Mantis	At sea	18 April	One day U.S./Iranian naval action
		Operation Mersad		26-30 July	Islamic Republic of Iran victory
1989	Cold War	Gulf of Sidra incident	At sea	4 January	Two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger Es are shot down by U.S. F-14A Tomcats
	Western Sahara War	Second Battle of Guelta Zemmur		7 October	Moroccan victory
		Battle of Hausa		11 October
		Third Battle of Amgala		8 November	Last military operation of the Western Sahara War until the 90s
	Cold War	Operation Just Cause		20 December	American invasion of Panama
1990	Gulf War	Battle of the Bridges		2 August	Iraqi victory

1991-1995

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1991	Gulf War	Battle of Khafji		29 January—1 February	First major ground engagement of the Gulf War
		Liberation of Kuwait	/ /At sea	24–28 February
		Battle of 73 Easting		26–27 February	A decisive tank battle fought between Coalition armoured forces against those of the Iraqi Republican Guard
		Battle of Medina Ridge		27 February	A decisive tank battle fought between the U.S. 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Brigade of the Iraqi Republican Guard
	Croatian War of Independence	Battle of Vukovar		25 August—18 November
		Battle of the Barracks		14 September—23 November
1992	Bosnian War/Yugoslav Wars	Siege of Sarajevo		5 April 1992—29 February 1996
		Battle of Žuč		8 June
	Transnistria War	Battle of Tighina		19–21 June
	Croatian War of Independence	Battle of the Miljevci Plateau		21–23 June
	Bosnian War	Operation Corridor		24 June—6 October	Army of the Republika Srpska defeats joint forces of the Croatian Defence Council and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and creates the Brčko corridor, connecting two eastern and western parts of Republic of Srpska, while Croatian and Bosniak (Muslim) forces suffered large casualties
	War in Abkhazia	Battle of Sukhumi		14-18 August	Georgian forces repulse Abkhaz rebels
		Battle of Gagra		1-6 October	Abkhaz insurgents and North Caucasian militants capture Gagra from Georgian forces
		Siege of Tkvarcheli		October 1992—29 September 1993	Abkhazian forces break the Georgian siege
1993	Croatian War of Independence	Operation Maslenica		22 January—1 February
	Angolan Civil War	55 Day War		9 January—6 March
	First Nagorno-Karabakh War	Battle of Kelbajar		27 March—3 April	Armenians and Azeris fight for disputed territories
	Croat–Bosniak War	Battle of Žepče		24 June
		Battle of Bugojno		18–29 July
	The Troubles	Battle of Newry Road		23 September	Gun battle between British Army helicopters and Provisional Irish Republican Army armed trucks
	Somali Civil War	Battle of Mogadishu		3–4 October	Policing mission gone wrong; U.S. soldiers trapped against militia in a populated city
	Sri Lankan Civil War	Battle of Pooneryn		11–14 November
1994	Chiapas conflict	Zapatista uprising		1–12 January	Battles between Mexican Army and Zapatista rebels
	Afghan Civil War	Battle of Kabul		28 April 1992—27 September 1996
		Invasion of Kandahar City		October—November	Afghanistan's Islamic State of Afghanistan (United Front) ousted by Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban)
	Karen conflict	Fall of Manerplaw		11 December 1994—27 January 1995	[Myanmar Army]] and DKBA soldiers capture and occupy the headquarters of the Karen National Union
		Battle of Kawmoora		19 December 1994—21 February 1995	The Myanmar Army capture the final stronghold of the Karen National Union
1995	First Chechen War	First battle of Grozny		31 December 1994—8 February 1995	Russian Army captures Grozny
	Croatian War of Independence	Operation Flash		1–3 May
	Bosnian War	Battle of Orašje		5 May—10 June
		Battle of Vrbanja Bridge		27 May
	Croatian War of Independence, Bosnian War, Inter-Bosnian Muslim War	Operation Storm		4–8 August

1996 - 2000

Year	War	Battle	Loc.	Date(s)	Description
1996	First Chechen War	Battle of Grozny		Chechen rebels recapture the city
1997	Sri Lankan Civil War	Battle of Vavunathivu		7 March
		Battle of Kanakarayankulam		4 December
1998	Kosovo War	Battle of Belaćevac Mine		23–30 June	A coal mine critical to the electricity supply of Kosovo is temporarily captured by the Kosovo Liberation Army from the Yugoslav Army
		Battle of Glodjane		11-12 August	Glodjane retaken by the Yugoslav Army from the Kosovo Liberation Army
	Second Congo War	Battle for Kinshasa	/	26–30 August	Rwanda fails to take Kinshasa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe
	Sri Lankan Civil War	Battle of Kilinochchi		27–29 September	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam captures Kilinochchi from the Sri Lanka Army
	Korean Conflict	Battle of Yeosu		17–18 December	North Korean semi-submersible vessel intercepted and sunk by Republic of Korea Navy
	Kosovo War	Battle of Podujevo		23–27 December
1999	Kosovo War	Battle of Košare		9 April—10 June
	Kargil War	Battle of Tololing		May—June	Indian victory
	Kashmir conflict, Indio-Pakistani War of 1999	Kargil War		3 May—26 July	Pakistani paramilitary forces infiltrate India's Kargil district, triggering full-scale war between the two neighbours. After two months of intense fighting, there is a ceasefire and return to status quo ante bellum. The battle ended with decisive Indian victory.
	1999 East Timorese crisis	Battle of Aidabasalala		16 October	Australian special forces victory
	Second Chechen War	Battle of Grozny		25 December 1999—6 February 2000	Russian Army sieges Grozny in December, captures it in February 2000
2000	Moro conflict	Operation Valiancy		15-17 February	Philippine forces defeat Islamists
	Second Chechen War	Battle of Komsomolskoye		6–24 March	Russian Army destroys a remnant Chechen group that escaped Grozny
	Moro conflict	Operation Audacity		15-21 March	Philippine forces defeat Moro Islamic Liberation Front hideouts
	Sierra Leone Civil War	Lungi Lol confrontation		17 May	UK repulses an Revolutionary United Front attack during the British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War
	Moro conflict	Battle of Camp Abubakar		July 9

References

1. Pisor, p. 210.

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