List Of Battles 1901-2000

Major Battles of the Twentieth Century

1901 - 1925

1901 Balangiga Massacre September 28 - Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on soldiers of the 9th U.S. Infantry and massacred nearly all of them. Most infamous battle of the Philippine-American War .

1904 -

--- Battle Of Port Arthur February 9 - Protracted Japanese siege of the Russian fortress; start of Russo-Japanese War

--- Battle Of Yalu River May 2 - First Japanese land victory against the Russians

--- Battle Of Nanshan May 25 - 26 - Japanese defeat Russians in a pitched battle outside of Port Arthur

--- Battle Of Dairen May 30 - Japanese defeat Russians

--- Battle Of Te-li-Ssu June 14 - 15 - Russian attempt to relieve Port Arthur smashed by the Japanese

--- Battle Of The Yellow Sea August 10 - Russian naval breakout attempt from Port Arthur defeated by Japanese fleet

--- Battle Of The Japanese Sea August 14 - Japanese forces force Russians to scuttle the cruiser ''Ryurik''.

--- Battle Of Liaoyang August 26 - September 3 - Japanese defeat Russians in the first major battle of the Russo-Japanese War

--- Battle Of Sha-ho River October 11 - 15 - Russian counteroffensive in Manchuria is checked with heavy losses by the Japanese

1905 -

--- Siege Of Port Arthur (ended January 2 ) - Japanese attack on Port Arthur.

--- Battle Of San-de-pu January 25 - 29 - Another failed Russian counteroffensive in Manchuria

--- Battle Of Mukden February 23 - March 7 Largest battle of all time when fought, a glorious Japanese victory

--- Battle Of Tsushima May 27 - 28 - Admiral Togo's decisive victory over Russian Baltic fleet in the Straits of Tshushima

1908 Battle Of Marakesh August 23 - Mulay Hafid successfully revolts against Morocco Sultan

1912 -

--- Battle Of Lemnos October 8 - Greek Marines Occupy the Ottoman held port of Moudros on the Island of Lemnos

--- Battle Of Sarantaporo October 9 - Greeks defeat Ottomans near Koritza

--- Battle Of Giannitsa October 19 - Greeks defeat Ottoman Turks in Central Macedonia

--- Battle Of Kumanovo October 23 - Serbians defeat Ottomans in N.Macedonia

--- Battle Of Kirk Kelesse October 24 - Bulgarians defeat Ottomans in E.Thrace

--- Battle Of Pente Pigadia October 24 - 30 - Greeks defeat Ottomans in seven day battle near Bizani

--- Battle Of Prelep October 27 - Serbians defeat Ottomans

--- Battle Of Lule-Burgas October 31 - November 3 - 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

--- Battle Of Vevi November 2 - Successful Turkish counter offensive against Greek positions

--- Battle Of Monastir November 16 - 19 - Decisive and final defeat in Macedonia of the Ottomans by the Serbians

--- Naval Battle Of Dardanelles December 3 - Greek navy defeats Ottoman fleet & forces it to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles straits

1913 -

--- Naval Battle Of Lemnos January 1 - 18 - Greek navy defeats Ottoman fleet near the Island of Lemnos in final naval engagement of the war

--- Battle Of Bizani February 20 - 21 Greeks defeat last operational Ottoman army in the Balkans and capture city of Ioanina

--- Adrianople March 6 - Fall of the city to the forces of Bulgaria and Serbia and the capture of Turkish Gen Ghazi Shulkri Pasha

--- Battle Of Kilkis-Lahanas June 19 - 21 Greeks defeat Bulgarians in the three day battle for Kilkis

--- Battle Of Kalimantsi July 15 - 18 - Bulgarian defensive victory against the Serbs

--- Battle Of Kresna Gorge July 29 - Inconclusive ten day battle between Bulgaria and Greece

--- Battle Of Dul Madoba

1914 -

--- Liège August 4 - 17 - Germans invade Belgium; start of World War I

--- Battle Of Mulhouse August 9 Part of the Battle Of The Frontiers , France takes town but then loses it again.

--- Battle Of Lorraine August 14 German victory in World War I

--- Battle Of Cer August 16 - 19 - Serbian forces push back Austro-Hungarian invasion.

--- Battle Of Stalluponen August 17 - First battle on the Russian Eastern Front in World War I

--- Battle Of Gumbinnen August 19 - 20 - Russians defeat German Eighth Army, advance deeper into East Prussia

--- Battle Of The Ardennes August 21

--- Battle Of Charleroi August 21

--- Battle Of Mons August 23 British forces hold Germans back.

--- Battle Of Tannenberg August 26 - Samsonov 's Russian Second Army encircled and destroyed by the German Eighth Army

--- Battle Of Le Cateau ( August 26 - August 27 ) - Allied Powers retreat from German forces.

--- First Battle Of Lemberg ( August 26 - September 11 ) - Russia defeats Austria-Hungary.

--- First Battle Of Heligoland Bight August 28 - First major naval engagement of World War I - heavy German losses

--- Battle Of Guise ( August 29 - August 30 ) - Belgians delay Germans to allow British to rest.

--- Siege Of Maubeuge ( August 24 - September 7 ) - Germans capture fortress

--- First Battle Of The Marne September 5 - 9 - German invasion of France halted by Allies

--- First Battle Of The Masurian Lakes September 9 - 14 - German Eighth Army defeats Rennenkampf 's Russian First Army

--- First Battle Of The Aisne ( September 13 - September 28 ) - Indecisive battle in France.

--- Siege Of Przemyśl ( September 17 - March 22 , 1915 ) - Russians initially unsuccessful, but second siege attempt succeeds.

--- Siege Of Antwerp September 28

--- Battle Of The Vistula River ( September 29 - October 31 ) - Russians defeat Germans under August Von Mackensen .

--- Battle Of The Yser ( October 16 - October 31 ) - French and Belgian victory.

--- First Battle Of Ypres ( October 19 - November 22 ) - Early trench warfare; "Kindermord bei Ypern"

--- Battle Of Penang October 28 - German victory, two allied ships sink near Malaysia .

--- Battle Of Coronel November 1 - Admiral Graf Spee defeats Admiral Cradock

--- Battle Of Tanga November 3 - November 5 , Colonel Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck defeats General Arthur Aitken in German East Africa

--- Fao Landing November 6 - British begin the Mesopotamian Campaign against the Ottoman Empire.

--- Battle Of Cocos November 9 - Australia defeats Germany in a naval battle.

--- Battle Of Łódź November 11 - Russians take city, lose it on December 6

--- Battle Of Elhri November 13 - Moroccan tribes defeat French troops

--- Battle Of Cracow November 16 - heavy casualties to Austria and Russia

--- Battle Of Lowicz November 30 - December 17 - Russians take city

--- Battle Of Kolubara December 3 - 6 - Serbians drive out Austrians

--- Battle Of Falkland Islands December 8 - British defeat Admiral Graf Spee

1915 -

--- Battle Of Jassin ( January 18 - January 19 ) - German victory in East Africa during World War I.

--- Battle Of Dogger Bank (1915) January 24 - Admiral Beatty drives off Vice-Admiral Hipper 's raiding force, sinks ''Blücher''

--- First Suez Offensive ( January 28 - February 3 ) - Ottoman attack fails.

--- Battle Of Bolimov January 31 - Cold weather thwarts German gas attack against Russians.

--- Second Battle Of The Masurian Lakes February 7 - 22 Initial German attack is highly successful but further attacks are repulsed

--- Battle Of Gallipoli February 19 - January 8 1916 The Allied powers attempt a failed frontal assault on the Ottoman Empire

--- Landing At Cape Helles April 25 - British amphibious assault against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

--- First Battle Of Krithia April 28 - British attack fails.

--- Landing At Anzac Cove ( April 25 - May 3 ) - Australia and New Zealand successfully land but later get bogged down.

--- Second Battle Of Krithia ( May 6 - May 8 ) - Second British attack uses same plan, also fails.

--- Second Battle Of Ypres ( April 22 - May 25 ) - Germans use Poison Gas

--- Third Battle Of Krithia June 4 - Temporary British success reversed by Ottoman counter-attack.

--- Battle Of Gully Ravine ( June 28 - July 5 ) - British and Indian forces defeat Ottoman Empire.

--- First Battle Of The Isonzo ( June 23 - July 7 ) - Failed Italian attack on Austrian positions in the Alps .

--- Second Battle Of The Isonzo ( July 18 - August 3 ) - Second attempt on Austrian positions fails.

--- Battle Of Chunuk Bair ( August 6 - August 10 ) - Ottomans defeat Britain and New Zealand.

--- Battle Of Lone Pine ( August 6 - August 12 ) - Australians stop Ottoman attack, but it was only a diversion.

--- Battle Of Krithia Vineyard ( August 6 - August 13 ) - Turkish diversionary attack to allow for Sari Bair Offensive .

--- Landing At Suvla Bay ( August 6 - August 15 ) - The main attack for which the two diversions were staged. Ottoman victory.

--- Battle Of The Nek August 7 - Ottomans defeat Australians.

--- Battle Of Scimitar Hill August 21 - Decisive battle of the Gallipoli Campaign, Ottoman victory.

--- Battle Of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) - Final British attempt to take Gallipoli fails.

--- Battle Of Loos September 25 - 28

--- Third Battle Of The Isonzo ( October 18 - November 3 ) - Austrians endure massive Italian bombardment.

--- Battle Of Ctesiphon - Indecisive battle between British and Ottoman forces.

--- Siege Of Kut ( December 7 - April 29 , 1916 )- Ottoman forces led by a German general capture the city.

1916 -

--- Battle Of Verdun February 21 - December Five-month battle kills 700,000

--- Battle Of Dujaila March 8 - Failed British attempt to relieve the Siege of Kut.

--- Battle Of Asiago March 11 - Massive Austrian counter-offensive against Italy.

--- Battle Of Jutland May 31 - last engagement of the German High Seas Fleet

--- Brusilov Offensive June - Russia nearly collapses Austria but losses are staggering

--- 2nd Battle Of Albert July 1 - Opening day of the Allied Power offensive known as the Battle Of The Somme

--- Battle Of Bazentin Ridge July 14 - British victory during the Somme offensive.

--- Battle Of Fromelles ( July 19 - July 20 ) - German victory south of the rest of the Somme offensive.

--- Battle Of Pozières ( July 23 - August 7 ) - British and Australian forces take and hold town.

--- Battle Of Romani August 3 - Turkish advance on Suez Canal defeated

--- Sixth Battle Of The Isonzo ( August 6 - August 17 ) - Italian victory during World War I.

--- Battle Of Mouquet Farm ( August 8 - September 27 ) - Allied Powers advance toward German fortification.

--- Battle Of Guillemont ( September 3 - September 9 ) - Allied Powers capture city.

--- Battle Of Ginchy September 9 - Irish capture town from Germans, but suffer heavy casualties.

--- Battle Of Flers-Courcelette September 15 - Bad weather thwarts Allied attempt to break through German defenses.

--- Battle Of Morval September 25 - British progress resumes after Fleurs-Courcelette, but French unable to match British progress.

--- Battle Of Thiepval Ridge ( September 26 - September 28 ) - German positions captured by Allied Powers.

--- Battle Of Le Transloy ( October 1 - November 5 ) - Failed attempt to capture German defenses.

--- Battle Of The Ancre November 13 - Allied Powers advance further, final battle of the 1916 Somme Campaign.

--- Battle Of Segale - Negus Mikael , marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V , is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis , securing the throne for Empress Zauditu .

--- Battle Of Ctesiphon November 22 - 25 - Anglo Indian advance up the Tigris River in Mesopotamia turned back.

--- Battle Of Magdhaba December 23 - Capture of Turkish garrison in the Sinai

--- Siege Of Kut December 7 , 1916 - April 29 , 1917 - Siege and surrender of the 6th Poona Division in Mesopotamia in the tiny town of Kut el-Amara on the Tigris.

1917 -

--- Battle Of Rafa January 9 - Capture of Turkish garrison in the Sinai

--- Second Battle Of Kut February 23 - British forces once again take Kut.

--- Fall Of Baghdad ( March 8 - March 11 ) British forces capture the city.

--- First Battle Of Gaza March 26 - British fail to advance into Palestine

--- Vimy Ridge April 9 - Canada's finest hour

--- Second Battle Of Gaza April 19 - Turkey repels British assault on Gaza-Beersheba line

--- Passchendaele July 31 - also known as Third Battle Of Ypres . Three-month battle costs Britain 400,000

--- Battle Of Caporetto October 24 - Also known as the Twelfth Battle Of The Isonzo - Italians defeated by Central Powers, driven back to Venice

--- Battle Of Beersheba October 31 - Australian Light Horse capture Beersheba

--- Third Battle Of Gaza ( October 31 - November 7 ) - British break Turkish defensive line in southern Palestine

--- Second Battle Of Heligoland Bight November 17 - Indecisive naval battle, Germans lose one torpedo boat.

--- Battle Of Cambrai ( November 20 - December 7 ) - First successful use of tanks

--- Battle Of Jerusalem ( December 8 - December 26 ) - British forces capture the city of Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire .

1918 -

--- Battle Of Tampere March 8 - April 6 in Finnish Civil War

--- Battle Of Cantigny May 28 - US First Division wins in first independent action

--- Battle Of The Piave River June 15 - June 22 Downfall of Austria in World War I .

--- Battle Of Belleau Wood June 25 - US Second Division Marines capture woods

--- Battle Of Hamel July 4 - Australian success with departure from massed frontal assaults

--- Second Battle Of The Marne July 15 - 18 - Allies halt four month German drive

--- Battle Of Chateau Thierry July 18

--- Battle Of Amiens August 8 - August 11 - British force Germans to Hindenburg line

--- Battle Of Havrincourt September 12 - British victory, German morale begins to weaken.

--- Battle Of Saint-Mihiel ( September 12 - September 19 ) - Americans defeat Germans.

--- Battle Of Epéhy September 18 - British and Australians defeat Germans.

--- Battle Of Megiddo September 19 - Allenby's British crush Ottoman army

--- Battle Of Meuse Argonne Forest, September 26 - November 11 - Largest AEF action of war; Allied victory. (In it, October 8 , Cpl. Alvin York , outnumbered 19:1, leads capture of German machine-gun nest)

--- Battle Of Vittorio Veneto October 23 - November 3

--- Second Battle Of The Sambre November 4 - Allied Power victory during final phase of World War I.

--- Battle Of Przemyśl ( November 11 - November 12 ) - Polish forces capture town from Ukrainians.

1919 -

--- Battle Of Bereza Kartuska February 14 - Polish victory during Polish-Bolshevik War

--- Battle Of Lwów (November 1918 - June 1919) - city besieged by the Ukrainian forces.

--- Battle Of Daugavpils ( September 28 - January 15 , 1920 ) - Polish victory in Latvia.

1920 -

--- Battle Of Wołodarka May 29 - May 31 - Polish victory during Polish-Bolshevik War.

--- Battle Of Bystrzyk May 31 - Polish victory by surprise attack.

--- Battle Of Boryspol June 2 - Polish capture Russian supplies.

--- Battle Of Radzymin August 12 - August 15 - Town changes hands twice during Polish-Bolshevik War.

--- Battle Of Nasielsk August 14 - August 15 - Minor Polish victory as part of the action around Warsaw.

--- Battle Of Zadwórze August 17 - Polish army defeated by the Red Army forces of Semyon Budennyi

--- Battle Of Warsaw August 13 - August 25 - Poles defeat Red Army

--- Battle Of Raszyn (August)

--- Battle Of Giby August 30 - Lithuanian withdrawal successfully mediated by French at request of Poland during Polish-Lithuanian War .

--- Battle Of Komarow August 31 - Decisive Polish victory.

--- Battle Of The Niemen River September 15 - September 25 - Poles defeat the reserves of the Red Army

1921 -

--- First Battle Of Inonu ( January 9 - January 11 ) - Greek reconnaissance-in-force, indecisive.

--- Second Battle Of Inonu ( March 26 - March 31 ) - Turkish forces victorious.

--- Battle Of Annual July 21 near Annual, Morocco, Spanish army loses to Rifi Berbers of Abd El Krim .

--- Battle Of Sakarya - Farthest Greek advance in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) (" Turkish War Of Independence ")

1922 Battle Of Dumlupinar - Final battle of Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) (" Turkish War Of Independence ")

1923 Beer Hall Putsch ( November 8 - November 9 ) - Failed NSDAP uprising in Munich, Hitler wounded and captured.

1926 - 1950

1931 Mukden Incident September 18 - Japanese forces create a pretext to invade Manchuria, start of Second Sino-Japanese War .

1932 First Battle Of Shanghai ( January 28 - March 3 ) - Battle halted by a cease-fire, leads to demilitarization of city.

1933 -

--- Defense Of The Great Wall ( January 1 - May 31 ) - Chinese forces forced back from Great Wall, results in another truce.

--- Battle Of Rehe ( February 21 - March 1 ) - Japanese forces capture Chinese town.

1936 -

--- Battle Of Badajoz ( August 14 ) - Nationalists storm Badajoz.

1937 -

--- Battle Of Guadalajara ( March 8 - March 23 ) - Spanish Republicans defeat Italians.

--- Battle Of Guernica April 26 - April 28 Franco's forces capture Guernica following a Luftwaffe bombing.

--- Battle Of Lugou Bridge July 7 - Japanese victory triggered outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War

--- Battle Of Beiping-Tianjin ( July 25 - July 31 ) - China vs. Japan.

--- Second Battle Of Shanghai ( August 13 - November 9 ) - Japanese forces invade the Chinese city, forcing a Chinese evacuation.

--- Battle Of El Mazuco (September) - Nationalist victory during Spanish Civil War .

--- Battle Of Pingxingguan September 25 - Japanese blunders result in Chinese victory.

--- Battle Of Xinkou ( September 13 - November 8 ) - Japanese forces defeat National Revolutionary Army of China.

--- Battle Of Taiyuan ( September 1 - November 9 - Japanese victory ends large-scale resistance in Northern China.

--- Battle Of Nanjing early November to December 13 - Japanese victory after 2 months siege of the capital of Republic Of China .

1938 -

--- Battle Of Cape Palos ( March 5 - March 6 ) - Republican victory over Italy during Spanish Civil War .

--- Battle Of Tai Er Zhuang March 27 - Chinese claim strategic and moral victory over Japanese

--- Battle Of Xuzhou (December 1937 - May) - Japanese victory, Chinese forced to destroy Yellow River dikes.

--- Battle Of Wuhan (July - October) - Chiang Kai-shek leads Chinese forces. Result is Japanese phyrric victory.

--- Battle Of The Ebro ( July 25 - November 16 ) - Spanish Republicans launch attacks across the Ebro river. The purpose of the battle is to relieve pressure off of Valencia and Catalonia . It is soon to become the descisive battle of the war, and a Republican defeat.

--- Battle Of Lake Khasan

1939 -

--- Battle Of Nanchang ( March 17 - May 9 ) - Japanese forces defeat Nationalist Chinese.

--- Battle Of Suixian-Zaoyang May 24 - Chinese counterattack successful.

--- Battle Of Halhin Gol (May - September)

--- Blitzkrieg Attack On Poland September 1 - October 6 - Start of World War II in Europe, German victory

--- Battle Of The Bzura River September 9 - 19

--- Battle Of Tomaszow Lubelski September 17 - 26

--- Battle Of Warsaw September 8 - 28

--- First Battle Of Changsha ( September 17 - October 6 ) - Chinese forces successfully defend city. Heavy Japanese casualties.

--- Battle Of Kock October 2 - 5

--- Battle Of Tolvajärvi December 12 - Colonel Paavo Talvela 's Finnish forces defeat Soviet Union forces.

--- Battle Of Suomussalmi ( December 8 - January 7 1940 ) - During Winter War , Hjalmar Siilasvuo leads Finnish to victory over Soviets.

--- Battle Of The River Plate December 13 - '' Admiral Graf Spee '' chased into Montevideo harbour and scuttled

--- Battle Of Summa December 23 - Finnish attack thwarted during Winter War.

1940 -

--- Battle Of The Atlantic (1940 - 1945) - the name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II.

--- Battle Of South Henan - Chinese Nationalists led by Li Zongren defeat Japanese.

--- Battle Of Honkaniemi February 26 - Only tank action of the Winter War .

--- Battle Of Salla February 28 - Finnish victory during Winter War.

--- Battle Of Petsamo March 12 - Russian victory during Winter War.

--- Battle Of Drøbak Sound April 9 - German naval attack thwarted by Norwegian forces.

--- Battle Of Midtskogen ( April 9 - April 10 ) - Norwegian forces defeat German raiding party.

--- Battle Of Narvik April 9 - June 10 - A minor Allied victory in the Arctic.

--- Battle At The Afsluitdijk May 10 - May 14

--- Battle Of France May 9 - May 15 - Germany takes on France, British Expeditionary Force and French Army Defeated

--- Battle Of The Netherlands ( May 10 - [[May 17 ) - Germany invades The Netherlands.

--- Battle Of Dunkirk May 27 - June 5 - Escape of defeated British Expeditionary Forces

--- Battle Of Mers-el-Kebir July 3 - British navy destroys Vichy Fleet off the coast of North Africa.

--- Battle Of Calabria July 9 - British forces fight indecisive naval battle with Italians.

--- Battle Of Cape Spada July 19 - British and Australian forces sink an Italian cruiser.

--- Battle Of Britain July 9 - October 31 Germans try to bomb Britain into submission - RAF answers with fighters

--- Battle Of Taranto November 11 - November 12 - British carrier-based planes destroy Italian fleet at Taranto Harbor.

--- Battle Of Cape Spartivento November 27 - British Navy under James Somerville fights indecisive battle with Italy.

--- Battle Of Hundred Regiments - Major engagement of the Red Army against the Japanese Imperial Army in August and September.

1941 -

--- Battle Of Shanggao ( March 14 - April 9 ) - Chinese victory.

--- Battle Of Cape Matapan March 28 - British Royal Navy task force defeats Italian fleet.

--- Battle Of Greece ( April 6 - April 24 ) - Germany takes the Balkan Peninsula after Italian Stalemate.

--- Battle Of South Shanxi ( May 7 - May 27 ) - Japanese victory in China.

--- Battle Of Denmark Strait May 23 - ''Bismarck'' sinks HMS ''Hood''

--- Sinking of the Bismarck May 27 - Famous German Battleship is lost.

--- Battle Of Crete May 20 - June 1 - German paratroopers capture Crete, suffer many casualties.

--- Operation Barbarossa June 22 - German invasion of the Soviet Union

--- Battle Of Białystok-Minsk ( June 22 - June 29 ) - German victory in Belarus .

--- Battle At Brody - Rovno June 24 - June 26 - One of the largest tank battles of the World War II

--- Battle Of Kiev July 7 - September 26 - The largest encirclement battle of the World War II

--- Battle Of Smolensk July 10 - September 10 - Soviet attempt to block Wehrmacht's advance on Moscow

--- Battle Of Uman August 8 - German victory over Soviet Union.

--- Siege Of Leningrad ( September 8 - January 18 , 1944 ) - City endures three-year Nazi siege.

--- Second Battle Of Changsha ( September 6 - October 8 ) - Failed Japanese attempt to take city.

--- Battle Of Borodino

--- Siege Of Tobruk ( March 31 - November 27 ) - Erwin Rommel defeated in North Africa.

--- Battle Of Rostov November 27 - Germans forced to withdraw despite Hitler's orders, but Soviets suffer over 140,000 casaulties.

--- Battle Of Pearl Harbor December 7 - Japanese carrier task force destroys U.S. Fleet in surprise attack

--- Battle Of Malaya December 8 - Japan invades Malaysia .

--- Naval Battle Of Singapore December 10 - Japanese torpedo craft sunk HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse.

--- Battle Of Cape Bon December 13 - Italian naval defeat.

--- First Battle Of Sirte December 17 - Angelo Iachino defeats Andrew Cunningham in a naval battle.

--- Battle Of Wake Island ( December 8 - December 23 ) - Japanese forces capture the Pacific Island.

--- Battle Of Prachuab Khirikhan ( December 8 - December 23 ) - Japan conquers Thailand .

--- Battle Of Hong Kong ( December 8 - December 25 ) - Japanese drive British forces from their Chinese territory.

1942 -

--- Third Battle Of Changsha ( December 24 , 1941 - January 15 ) - Chinese forces battle Japanese back during another Japanese attack on that city.

--- Battle Of Makassar Strait January - U.S. and Dutch forces attack Japanese convoy

--- Battle Of Drazgose January 9 - First frontal engagement on Slovenian soil with the German occupier

--- Battle Of Moscow January 17 Soviet defenders drive back German Army Group Centre

--- First Battle Of Rabaul January 23 - Japanese victory.

--- Battle Of Ambon ( January 30 - February 3 ) - Japanese victory in the Dutch East Indies.

--- Battle Of Singapore ( January 31 - February 15 ) - Japanese forces capture city in Malaya.

--- Battle Of Badung Strait ( February 18 - February 19 ) - Japanese naval victory despite friendly fire incident.

--- Darwin Air Raids February 19 - Australian city hit by Japanese aerial attacks.

--- Battle Of The Java Sea February 4 - March 1 Japanese wipe out Allied naval squadron

--- Second Battle Of Sirte March 22 - Iachino is victorious over British naval forces.

--- Japanese Raids Into Indian Ocean March 31 - Japanese Raids against the British Eastern Fleet. Heavy British losses.

--- Battle Of Bataan January 1 - April 9 Gen. Douglas MacArthur 's USAFFE make gallant stand, U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war forced on Bataan Death March .

--- Battle Of Nanos April 18 - 800 Italian soldiers lay siege to 50 Slovene partisans.

--- Doolittle Raid April 18 - U.S. Aircraft bomb Tokyo , crash-land in China .

--- Battle Of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 18 - Chinese and Japanese forces search for the surviving Doolittle Raiders.

--- Destruction of Telavåg April 30 - German forces destroy entire Norwegian town.

--- Battle Of The Coral Sea May 4 - US loses USS ''Lexington'' ; Japanese win tactically but lose strategically.

--- Battle Of Corregidor May 5 - 6 - Last U.S. bastion in Asia surrenders to the Japanese after prolonged siege.

--- Battle Of The Philippines ( December 8 , 1941 - May 8 ) Japanese victory, Douglas MacArthur promises to return.

--- Battle Of The St. Lawrence May 11 - U-553 sinks the Nicoya and the Leto in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence river.

--- Second Battle Of Kharkov ( May 12 - May 28 ) - Soviet counterattack thwarted.

--- Battle Of Bir Hakeim ( May 26 - June 11 ) - Rommel defeats Allies.

--- Battle Of Gazala ( May 26 - June 21 ) - Erwin Rommel, reinforced by Italians, defeats Great Britain.

--- Battle Of Midway June 3 - US loses USS ''Yorktown'' ; Japanese lose four aircraft carriers

--- Attack On Sydney Harbour ( May 31 - June 8 ) - Japanese submarines attack Australian cities.

--- Convoy PQ-17 - 27 ships leave Iceland on June 17 for Murmansk – on July 5 10 ships reach Murmansk

--- First Battle Of El Alamein July 1 - British Eighth Army stops Rommel 's Axis forces invading Egypt

--- Battle Of Sevastopol July 2 - Captured by Germans after eight month siege

--- Battle Of Changsha - Chinese claim victory over Japanese

--- Battle Of Savo Island August 9 - Japanese sink four US cruisers

--- Battle Of Dieppe August 19 - "Operation Jubilee" was an Allied attack on the German occupied port of Dieppe in France. Allied Failure,Information used for D-Day.

--- Battle Of Kursk ( July 4 - August 23 ) - Hitler forces to call off attack on Russians due to invasion of Sicily .

--- Battle Of Stalingrad August 22 - February 2 1943 - City besieged by Paulus ' German Sixth Army; from November 23 the Sixth Army is surrounded and destroyed by Soviets; bloodiest battle in history, 1.8 millions dead approx.

--- Battle Of The Eastern Solomons August 24 - Japanese aircraft carrier '' Ryuho '' sunk

--- Battle Of Milne Bay , Papua New Guinea ( August 25 - September 5 ) - Allied victory.

--- Battle Of Alam Halfa ( August 30 - September 6 ) - Allies vs. Rommel in North Africa.

--- Battle Of Bloody Ridge September 12

--- Battle Of Cape Esperance October 11 - near Guadalcanal

--- Second Battle Of El Alamein October 23 - November 4 - Montgomery 's Eighth Army forces Rommel out of Egypt

--- Battle Of The Santa Cruz Islands October 25 - near Guadalcanal, USS ''Hornet'' sunk, but Japanese withdraw victorious

--- Operation Torch November 8 - Allied landings in North Africa

--- Naval Battle Of Guadalcanal November 12 - U.S. defeats Japan. Turning point of Pacific War .

--- Battle Of Tassafaronga November 30 - off Guadalcanal

1943 -

--- Battle Of Osankarica January 8 - Over 200 Germans massacred all 69 men and women of the Pohorje battalion. Germans lost 19 men and had 31 wounded

--- Battle Of Velikiye Luki ( November 19 , 1942 - January 16 ) - Germans clash with Soviets.

--- Battle Of Buna Gona ( November 16 , 1942 - January 22 ) - Americans and Australians defeat Japanese.

--- Battle Of Rennell Island January 29 - 30 - Japanese bombers sink a cruiser

--- Battle Of Guadalcanal February 8 - Allies take the island after a six month battle.

--- Battle Of Timor February 10 - After one year battle, Japanese conquer the island.

--- Battle Of The Kasserine Pass February 14 - 25 - Battle between US and German armored forces in Tunisia

--- Third Battle Of Kharkov ( February 16 - March 15 ) - Nazi victory.

--- Battle Of The Bismarck Sea March 2 - U.S. sinks Japanese transports

--- Battle Of Blackett Strait March 6 - Two Japanese destroyers sunk.

--- Battle Of The Komandorski Islands March 26 - U.S. naval victory, USS Salt Lake City damaged.

--- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising April 18 - 5000 Jews and 5000 Germans die, Jews confined

--- Battle Of West Hubei ( May 12 - June 3 ) - Chinese forces under Bai Chongxi defeat Japanese.

--- Battle Of New Georgia ( June 20 - August 25 ) - American victory in the Solomon Islands .

--- Battle Of Kula Gulf July 6 - Indecisive naval battle in the Solomons.

--- Battle Of Kolombangara ( July 12 - July 13 ) - American ships damaged while pursuing Japanese.

--- Battle Of Vella Gulf ( August 5 - August 6 ) - Japanese lose three destroyers.

--- Battle Of The Aleutian Islands August 15 - Japanese invade, but repelled by American and Canadian forces.

--- Battle Off Horaniu ( August 17 - August 18 ) - Japanese naval retreat, subsequently evacuation of 9,000 Japanese men.

--- Battle Of Castle Turjak September 19 - Slovene partisans took the castle guarded by the Slovene village sentries

--- Battle Of Kursk July - Germans attack Kursk salient at Orel and Belgorod; Russians drive them back; arguably the largest tank battle ever fought. Heavy Looses

--- Fourth Battle Of Kharkov August 23 - Soviets liberate town.

--- Naval Battle Of Vella Lavella October 7 - Japanese win, both sides lose one destroyer.

--- Raid On Schweinfurt October 14 - The greatest Air battle among the Luftwaffe and the USAF. The famous Air Battle known as "Black Thursday."

--- Attack On Rabaul ( October 12 - November 5 ) - Allies launch successful raids.

--- Battle Of The Treasury Islands ( October 25 - October 27 ) - New Zealand defeats Japan in the Solomon Islands.

--- Battle Of Empress Augusta Bay ( November 1 - November 2 ) - Japan suffers a naval defeat.

--- Battle Of Tarawa November 20 - November 22 - First contested amphibious landing of WWII.

--- Battle Of Makin ( November 20 - November 24 ) - United States forces defeat the Japanese in the Gilbert Islands .

--- Battle Of Changde ( November 2 - December 20 ) - Chinese victory, Japanese use biological and chemical weapons.

--- Battle Of Cape St. George November 27 - Japanese convoy suffers heavy damage.

--- Battle Of North Cape December 26 - British naval victory over Germany.

1944 -

--- Battle Of Cisterna January 29 - Part of Operation Shingle - the 1st, 3rd, and 4th US Army Ranger battalions attempted to capture the town of Cisterna.

--- Battle Of Kwajalein ( January 31 - February 3 ) - American victory in the Marshall Islands, several Korean laborers captured.

--- Battle Of Korsun Pocket ( January 24 - February 16 ) - Decisive Soviet victory.

--- Attack On Truk ( February 17 - February 18 ) - Successful American air raid in the Marshall Islands.

--- Battle Of Eniwetok ( February 17 - February 23 ) - American victory allows U.S. forces to set up for an attack on the Mariana Islands .

--- Battle Of Hube's Pocket ( March 25 - April 15 ) - Germans victorious, but have to retreat afterward.

--- Battle Of Central Henan (April - December) Marginal Japanese victory in China.

--- Battle Of Monte Cassino May 11 - 18

--- Battle Of Normandy June 6 - August 25 - Allies 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 June 13 - Germans defeat allies near Normandy during Operation Overlord.

--- Battle Of Saipan ( June 15 - July 1 ) - American forces capture island.

--- Battle Of Philippine Sea June 19 - Major carrier battle; U.S. lose 123 planes and destroy 315 Japanese planes

--- Operation Bagration June 22 - Eastern Front - Soviet offensive destroys German Army Group Center.

--- Battle Of Fontenay June 25

--- Battle Of Tali-Ihantala ( June 25 - July 10 ) - Finnish stop Soviet offensive

--- Battle Of Vuosalmi ( July 4 - July 11 ) - Soviet victory during Continuation War .

--- Battle Of Guam ( July 21 - August 10 ) - 18,000 Japanese killed during American attack.

--- Battle Of Tinian July 24 - August 1 ) - Japanese, realizing they will lose, launch a suicidal charge against Americans.

--- Warsaw Uprising August 1 - October 5 - 20.000 armed Poles against 55.000 Wehrmacht and SS . City destroyed in 90%, more than 250.000 casualties.

--- Fourth Battle Of Changsha (August) - Japanese capture nearby town, but unable to continue fighting afterward.

--- Operation Dragoon (a.k.a. Operation Anvil ) August 15 - Allied invasion of Southern France

--- Liberation Of Paris ( August 15 - August 25 ) - Allied forces drive Third Reich forces out of the French capital.

--- Battle Of Guilin-Liuzhou ( August 16 - November 24 ) - Japanese victory in China .

--- Operation Tanne Ost September 15 - Germans unable to capture island.

--- Battle Of Peleliu September 17 - A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific .

--- Battle Of Arnhem September 17 - 26 - The major battle of Operation Market Garden ; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed

--- Battle Of Anguar September 17 - September 30 - Volcanic island captured by Americans.

--- Battle Of Tornio October 1 - October 8 Finns capture Tornio from the Germans, start of the Lapland War proper.

--- Battle Of Debrecen ( October 6 - October 29 - Germans able to hold back Soviets.

--- Battle Of The Scheldt October 2 - November 8 - Difficult Canadian victory secures the port of Antwerp , and ensures critical supplies for advancing allied forces.

--- Hürtgen Forest October 6 - Stubborn German defence, appalling loses to U.S. Army

--- Battle Of Aachen - October. Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II.

--- Battle Of Leyte ( October 20 - December 31 ) - American forces begin the liberation of the Philippines .

--- Battle Of Leyte Gulf ( October 23 - 26 ) - The largest air-sea battle in history.

--- Operation Queen November 16

--- Battle Of Ormoc Bay ( November 11 - December 21 ) - Americans prevent Japanese from resupplying Leyte.

--- Battle Of Monte Castello November 25 - February 12 1945 - Brazilian troops fight Germans in Italy

--- Battle Of Mindoro December 13 - 16 - U.S. Forces capture main island off Luzon , Philippines .

--- Battle Of Luzon December 15 - American victory.

--- Battle Of The Bulge December 16 - January 27 , 1945 - German counterattack in Ardennes ; General McAuliffe says "NUTS" at Bastogne

1945 -

--- Operation Elephant January 26 - Allied offensive in Netherlands

--- Raid At Cabanatuan January 30 - US Army Rangers rescue Bataan and Corregidor POWs from Japanese prison camp.

--- Battle For The Recapture Of Bataan January 31 to February 8 - U.S. Forces retake the historic Bataan Peninsula.

--- Battle For The Liberation Of Manila February 3 to March 3 - City totally devastated after month-long battle, 100,000 civilians killed.

--- Battle For The Recapture Of Corregidor February 16 - 26 - Spectacular combined assault retakes island bastion from Japanese forces.

--- Raid At Los Baños February 23 - U.S. forces rescue POW's held by Japanese.

--- Battle Of Mindanao March 10 - U.S. completes the recapture of Southern Philippines.

--- Operation Varsity March 17 - 134 Allied gliders land troops in Weisel

--- Battle Of Iwo Jima March 26 - After a month, US takes the island

--- Battle Of West Henan And North Hubei ( March 21 - May 11 ) - Indecisive battle between China and Japan. Japan controls airbases after battle.

--- Battle Of Halbe ( April 24 - May 1 ) - Part of Battle of Berlin, Germans unable to break out.

--- Battle Of Berlin April 26 - May 2 - Soviet forces encircle and capture German capital; Hitler commits suicide

--- Battle Of Triest April 30 - May 2 - British army and Yugoslav capture the city

--- Battle Of Tarakan May 1 - Allied attack as part of the Borneo campaign.

--- Battle Of Poljana - Last battle of World War II in Europe

--- Battle Of West Hunan (April - June) - Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan .

--- Battle Of Okinawa June 21 - US takes Japanese Island in the Ryukyus; many casualties to both sides.

--- Battle Of North Borneo ( June 17 - August 15 ) - US victory during final stages of World War II in the Pacific.

--- Battle Of Balikpapan ( July 7 - July 21 ) - Allied victory over Japan.

1947 First Kashmir War - Also known as the Indo-Pakistani War Of 1947 , was the first war fought between the Union Of India and Pakistan . The war ended in a stalemate.

1948 Israeli War Of Independence - State of Israel established on May 14 ; war with Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan, Egypt and Iraq; many Arab refugees

1949 - Battle Of Kuningtou - Nationalist victory establishes Taiwan as the Nationalist refuge. Communists left in control of mainland China.

1950 -

--- Battle Of Pusan Perimeter August-September - UN forces stop North Korean invasion of South Korea, counterattack in mid-September in conjunction with Battle Of Inchon

--- Battle Of Inchon September 14 - UN retakes South Korea, reaches Seoul in 12 days

--- Battle Of Chosin Reservoir November 27

1951 - 1975

1951 -

--- Battle Of The Imjin River Chinese victory in Korea.

--- Battle Of Kapyong Chinese offensive halted April 23

--- Battle Of Pork Chop Hill (April - July) Chinese capture hill in April, UN retakes it in July.

--- Battle Of Bloody Ridge August 18 - September 5 UN attack captures hill positions in central Korea

--- Battle Of Heartbreak Ridge September 23 - After 37 days, heights fall to UN

1953 Battle Of The Hook ( May 28 - May 29 ) - UN forces defeat Chinese in Korea.

1954 Battle Of Dien Bien Phu - France loses Indochina when besieged here, from 1953 ( First Indochina War )

1956 Suez Crisis - Britain, France, Israel attempt to retake Suez Canal after recent Egyptian nationalization. Large engagements included the Battle Of Mitla Pass and the Battle Of Port Said .

1961 Bay Of Pigs Invasion - A failed U.S.-backed attempt to capture Cuba and a major blow to U.S. pride and reputation.

1962 Battle Of Namka Chun - Sino-Indian War

1965 Second Kashmir War - also known as the Indo-Pakistani War Of 1965 , was the second battle fought between the Republic Of India and the Islamic Republic Of Pakistan over Kashmir . The war resulted in a UN -mandated ceasefire between the two countries.

--- Battle Of Asal Uttar , Decisive Indian victory

--- Battle Of Lahore , Tactical Pakistani victory, Strategic Indian victory

1966 Battle Of Long Tan August 18 - 19 - First major action of Australian forces in Vietnam

1967 -

--- Six Day War June 5 - 10 - Israel defeats Egypt, Jordan and Syria, occupies Golan Heights, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula

--- Battle Of The Ammunition Hill

1968 -

--- USS Pueblo (AGER-2) capture January 23 North Korea seizes US ship

--- Tet Offensive January 30 - North Vietnam loses militarily but turns the tide of US opinion against the war

--- Battle Of Khe Sanh February 5 - Desperate defense by the U.S. Marines to hold strategically important fire base against huge NVA numbers

1969 Football War July 14 - Between El Salvador and Honduras

1971 Indo-Pakistani War Of 1971 / Bangladesh Liberation War - Mid November to December 16 - India militarily supports East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ) in its struggle for independence from West Pakistan (now Pakistan ). Backed by the Mukti Bahini , the Armed Forces Of India defeat Pakistan and liberate Bangladesh.

--- Battle Of Longewala December 5 - Decisive Indian victory.

--- Battle Of Hilli November/December - Indian/Mukti Bahini victory

--- Battle Of Garibpur - Indian victory

--- Battle Of Basantar - Indian vitory

--- Operation Trident December 4 Indian Navy attacks Karachi port

1972 Battle Of Mirbat July 19 - British SAS forces defeat Communist rebels during an attempted Coup of Oman .

1973 -

--- Battle Of Latakia

--- Battle Of Nafkeh

--- Adan's Counterattack

--- Battle Of The Chinese Farm

--- Battle Of Hermon

--- Battle Of Suez City

1975 Indonesia invades East Timor December 7

1976 - 2000

1977 -

--- Battle Of Dire Dawa A battle of the Ogaden War

--- First Attle Of Jijiga A battle of the Ogaden War

--- Second Battle Of Jijiga A battle of the Ogaden War

--- Battle Of Harar A major battle of the Ogaden War

1982 -

--- Operation Peace For Galilee - Israeli invasion of Lebanon June 6

--- Battle Of Goose Green

--- Battle Of Mount Harriet June 11

--- Battle Of Two Sisters June 11

--- Battle Of Mount Longdon June 11

--- Battle Of Wireless Ridge June 13

--- Battle Of Mount Tumbledown June 13

1983 Operation Urgent Fury October 25 - US invasion of Grenada

1988 Operation Praying Mantis April 18 - One day US-Iranian naval action

1989 -

--- Gulf Of Sidra Incident January 4

--- Operation Just Cause December 20 - US invasion of Panama

1991 -

--- Operation Desert Storm February - Coalition forces eject Iraq from Kuwait

--- Battle Of Vukovar August 25 - November 18 - Croatian War Of Independence

1993 -

--- Battle Of Mogadishu October 3 - Policing mission gone wrong, US soldiers trapped against militia in a populated city

1994 Afghanistan 's Islamic State Of Afghanistan ( United Front ) ousted by Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan ( Taliban ).

1995 -

--- First Battle Of Grozny - The Russian Armz captures Groynz in february

--- Operation Flash May 1 - May 2 - Croatian War Of Independence

--- Operation Storm August 4 - August 7 - Croatian War Of Independence

--- The fall of Manerplaw in the war between the Burma Army and the KNU

1999 -

--- Kargil War - Pakistan i Paramilitary forces infiltrate into India 's Kargil district triggering full-scale war between the two neighbours. After two months of intense fighting, India successfully regains possession of Kargil.

--- Battle Of Tololing Indian victory

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