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

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

Alphabetical list

* List of battles (alphabetical)

Chronological

By era

List of battles before 301 Before 500 BC 5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century 2nd century 3rd century See also * List of Roman battles References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of battles before 301 0000 0000 may ...

* List of battles 301–1300 * List of battles 1301–1600 * List of battles 1601–1800 * List of battles 1801–1900 * List of battles 1901–2000 * List of battles in the 21st century

By war

* List of battles of the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648) *

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

(1792–1815) *

List of American Civil War battles Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Caroli ...

(1861–1865) ** List of costliest American Civil War land battles **

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

* List of World War II battles (1939–1945) * Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1955–1975)

By death toll

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

List of battles and other violent events by death toll A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of events named massacres The following is a list of events for which one of the commonly accepted names includes the word "massacre". Definition ''Massacre'' is defined in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "the indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people ...

By geographic location

By participant

By state participant

By participating commander

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

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

By type

Battles are generally presumed to have been land/field battles, unless otherwise stated. * Lists of aerial operations and battles ** Air raids on Australia, 1942–1943 ** Air raids on Hong Kong **

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

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

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

*** List of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II *** List of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II *

List of amphibious assault operations This is a list of amphibious warfare, amphibious assault operations that have taken place during history. It is structured chronologically by war, then by theatre during wars such as World War II that covered large areas of the world simultaneous ...

* List of military operations on ice *

List of naval battles This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval warfare with the Hittites in the 12th century BC to Piracy off the coast of Somalia in th ...

** List of naval and land-based operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II * List of sieges

External links and references

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

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