List of battles 1901–2000

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

1901–1913

*1901
** Battle of Lonoy 5 March
** Battle of Groenkloof 5 September
** Battle of Elands River 17 September
** Battle of Blood River Poort 17 September
**Balangiga massacre 28 September – Filipino guerrillas successfully ambush 78 soldiers of the 9th US Infantry
**Battle of Bakenlaagte 30 October
**Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery 3–27 November
**Battle of Groenkop 25 December
*1902
** Battle of Riyadh 13 January – Ibn Saud successfully captures Riyadh
**Battle of Tweebosch 7 March
**Battle of Rooiwal 11 April
** Battle of Bayang 2–3 May
*1903
** Battle of Dilam 27 January – Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis
** Battle of Krushevo 2 August – the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization defeats the Turks at Mechkin Kamen
** Battle of Smilevo 5 August – the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation defeats the Turks at Smilevo
*1904
**Battle of Port Arthur 9 February – Spetznazogovitch fortress; start of Russo-Japanese War
** Battle of Siranaya March
** Battle of Taraca April
** 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
** Battle of Bekeriyah 15 June – Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis
** Battle of Motien Pass 10 July
** Battle of Tashihchiao 24–25 July
**Battle of the Yellow Sea 10 August – Russian naval breakout attempt from Port Arthur defeated by Japanese fleet
**Battle of Waterberg 11 August
** 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 Russo-Japanese War
** Battle of Shinanah 29 September – Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis
** 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
** Battle of Dolores River 12 December
* 1905
**Siege of Port Arthur ended 2 January – Japanese attack on Port Arthur
** 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 27–28 May – Admiral Togo's decisive victory over Russian Baltic fleet in the Straits of Tshushima
** Battle of the Malalag River 22 October
* 1906
** Battle of Rawdat Muhanna 12 April – Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Rawdat Muhanna.
** First Battle of Bud Dajo 5–8 December
* 1907
** 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
**Battle of Casas Grandes 6 March
** Second Battle of Bud Dajo 18–26 March
**Battle of Cuautla 11–19 May
** Battle of Preveza 29–30 September
** Battle of Tripoli 3–10 October
**Battle of Benghazi (1911) 20 October
** Battle of Shar al-Shatt 23 October
**Battle of Ain Zara 4 December
** Battle of Tobruk 22 December–9 January – Italy begins the invasion of Libya, Italo-Turkish War
* 1912
** Battle of Msaya 19 September
**Battle of Coyotepe Hill 3–4 October
** 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 October – Serbians defeat Ottomans in N. Macedonia
** Battle of Kirk Kelesse 24 October – Bulgarians defeat Ottomans in E. Thrace
**Battle of Pente Pigadia 24–30 October – Greeks defeat Ottomans in seven-day battle near Bizani
**Battle of Giannitsa 2 November – Greeks defeat Ottoman Turks in Central Macedonia
**Battle of Prilep 3 November – Serbians defeat Ottomans
**Battle of Kumanovo 23–24 October
**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 Vevi 2 November – Successful Turkish counter offensive against Greek positions
**Battle of Monastir 16–19 November – Decisive and final defeat in Macedonia of the Ottomans by the Serbians
** Battle of Çatalca 16–17 November – Defeat of Bulgarian advance toward Istanbul
** Battle of Lesbos 21 November – 21 December 1912 – Greeks capture the island of Lesbos from the Ottoman Empire
** Battle of Chios 24 November 1912 – 3 January 2023 – Greeks capture the island of Chios from the Ottoman Empire
**Battle of Elli 3 December – Greek navy defeats Ottoman fleet and forces it to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles straits
* 1913
** Battle of Lemnos 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
** Adrianople 3 November 1912 – 26 March 1913 – Fall of Adrianpole to the forces of Bulgaria and Serbia and the capture of Turkish Gen Ghazi Shulkri Pasha
** Battle of Bud Bagsak 11–15 June – The End of the Moro Rebellion
** 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 in Second Balkan War
** 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
** 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

1914–1918

*1914: World War I
** Liège 4–17 August – Germans invade Belgium; start of World War I ''See also'' a List of World War I Battles
** 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
**Battle of Lorraine 14 August – German victory in World War I
** Battle of Agbeluvhoe 15 August
** Battle of Dinant 15–24 August
**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 in World War I
**Battle of Gumbinnen 19–20 August – Russians defeat German Eighth Army, advance deeper into East Prussia
**Battle of the Ardennes 21 August
** Battle of Charleroi 21 August
** Battle of Chra 22 August
** Battle of Mons 23 August – British forces hold back
**Battle of Tannenberg 23 August – 2 September – Samsonov's Russian Second Army encircled and destroyed by the German Eighth 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
**Battle of Le Cateau 26 August – Allied Powers retreat from German forces
**Battle of Galicia 26 August – 11 September – Russia defeats Austria-Hungary
** First Battle of Heligoland Bight 28 August – First major naval engagement of World War I. Heavy German losses
**Battle of Guise 29 August – The fifth French army, under general Lanzerac, defeat the second German army under general Bülow.
**Occupation of German Samoa 29-30 – New Zealand forces defeat German forces in Samoa
** Siege of Maubeuge 24 August – 7 September – Germans capture Maubeuge
** First Battle of Garua 29–31 August
**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 4 September
**First Battle of the Masurian Lakes 9–14 September – German Eighth Army defeats Rennenkampf's Russian First Army
** 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 in France
** 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
**Battle of the Vistula River 29 September – 31 October – Russians defeat Germans under August von Mackensen
**Battle of the Yser 16–31 October – French and Belgian victory
**Battle of Rufiji Delta October – 11 July 1915 – British empire naval forces defeat German naval forces in East Africa
**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 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck defeats General Arthur Aitken in German East Africa
**Fao Landing 6 November – British begin the Mesopotamian campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War
** Battle of Cocos 9 November – Australia defeats Germany in a naval battle
** Battle of Łódź 11 November – 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 18 November - Inconclusive
** Battle of Łowicz 30 November – 17 December – Russians take city
**Battle of Kolubara 3–9 December – Serbians drive out Austrians
** Battle of Falkland Islands 8 December – British defeat Admiral Graf Spee
*1915
** Second Battle of Edea 5 January
** Battle of Jassin 18–19 January – German victory in East Africa
** Battle of Dogger Bank 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 Bolimów 31 January – Cold weather thwarts German gas attack against Russians
**Battle of Kakamas 4 February – Took place in Kakamas, Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It was 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 7–22 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 18 March – Turks repel an Allied fleet
**Battle of Hill 60 (Western Front) 17–22 April – British empire forces defeat German Empire forces
**Second Battle of Ypres 22 April – 25 May – Germans use poison gas
**Landing at Cape Helles 25 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
**First Battle of Krithia 28 April – British attack against Turks fails
**Battle of Gurin 29 April
**Battle for Baby 700 2–3 May – ANZAC attack on 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
**Second attack on Anzac Cove 27 April – Ottoman Empire forces attack Australian and New Zealand forces
**Third Battle of Krithia 4 June – Temporary British success reversed by Ottoman counter-attack
** Battle of Bukoba 21–23 June
**Battle of Gully Ravine 28 June – 5 July – British and Indian forces defeat Ottoman Empire
**First Battle of the Isonzo 23 June – 7 July – Failed Italian attack on Austrian positions in the Alps
**Second Battle of the Isonzo 18 July – 3 August – Second attempt on Austrian positions fails
**Battle of Chunuk Bair 6–10 August – Ottomans defeat Britain and New Zealand
** Battle of Lone Pine 6–12 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 Scimitar Hill 21 August – Decisive battle of the Gallipoli Campaign, Ottoman victory
**Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) – Final British attempt to take Gallipoli fails
**Battle of Loos 25 September – 14 October
** Battle of Es Sinn 28 September
**Third Battle of the Isonzo 18 October – 3 November – Austrians endure massive Italian bombardment
**Battle of Fort Dipitie 24–25 October
**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 Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, KCB, DSO. Largest British surrender of the war.
*1916
**Battle of Salaita Hill 12 February
**Battle of Verdun 21 February – 15 December – The great German offensive was repulsed by the heroic second French 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
**Battle of Asiago 11 March – Massive Austrian counter-offensive against Italy
** Battle of Kahe 18 March
** Battle of Latema Nek 11–12 March
** Raid on Jifjafa 11–14 April – Successful Australian raid on Ottoman forces
** Easter Rising 24 April – Irish rebellion against the British occupation centered in Dublin
** Battle of Bondoa Irangi 7–10 May
** Battle of Jutland 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 Power offensive known as the Battle of the Somme
** Battle of the Somme 1 July – 18 November – Inconclusive major Allied offensive on the western front
**Battle of Guayacanas 3 July
**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, darkest day in Australian history
** 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 Empire 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 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
**Battle of the Ancre 13 November – 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 Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu
** Battle of San Francisco de Macorís 29 November
**Battle of Magdhaba 23 December – Capture of Turkish garrison in the Sinai
*1917
**Battle of Rafa 9 January – Capture of Turkish garrison in the Sinai
** 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 (1917) 9 April – 16 May – British Empire forces advance but no breakthrough was achieved
**Nivelle Offensive 16 April – 9 May indecisive Allied offensive on western front
**Second Battle of Gaza 19 April – Turkey repels British assault on Gaza-Beersheba line
**Battle of Istabulat 21 April
** Action of 4 May 1917 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 (1917) 7–14 June – British empire 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 WWI
**Battle of Aqaba 6 July
** Battle of Passchendaele 31 July – Also known as Third Battle of Ypres. Three-month battle costs Britain 400,000
**Battle of Pilckem Ridge 31 July – 2 August – Allied victory over German forces
**Battle of Langemarck (1917) 16–18 August – Indecisive battle between Anglo French forces and German forces
**Battle of Megiddo (1918) 19–25 September
**Battle of the Menin Road Ridge 20–26 September – British Empire victory over Germany
**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 – Also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo. Italians defeated by Central Powers, driven back to Venice
**Second Battle of Passchendaele 26 October – 10 November – Allied victory over Germany on western front
** Battle of Beersheba 31 October – Australian light horse capture Beersheba
**Third Battle of Gaza 31 October – 7 November – British break Turkish defensive line in southern Palestine
**Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe 1–6 November – British empire forces defeat Ottoman forces
**Battle of Hareira and Sheria 6–7 November – British, New Zealand and Australian forces Ottoman army
**Battle of Mughar Ridge 13 November – British empire forces gain victory over Ottoman forces
**Battle of Ayun Kara 14 November
**Second Battle of Heligoland Bight 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 Empire forces
**Battle of Jerusalem 8–26 December – British forces capture Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire.
*1918
** Battle of Kämärä 27 January
**Battle of Kruty 29/30 January
**Battle of Vilppula 31 January – 18 March
** 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
**Battle of Ruovesi 5 February – 19 March
** Battle of Antrea 11 February – 25 April
**Battle of Rarańcza 15–16 February
**Capture of Jericho 19–20 February – Australians capture Jericho from Ottoman forces
**Battle of Varkaus 19–21 February
** Battle of Rautu (1918) 21 February – 5 April
** 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
**Battle of Tampere 8 March – 6 April – In the Finnish Civil War, the bloodiest battle in Finnish history at the time.
**Battle of Länkipohja 16 March
**First Transjordan attack on Amman 21 March – 2 April – Ottoman Empire forces defeat British empire forces
**First Battle of Amman 27-31 – March Ottoman Empire victory over British Empire forces
**First Battle of Morlancourt 28–30 March – Australians lead by John Monash defeat Germans
**First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux 20 March – 5 April – Australian victory over German forces
**Battle of the Avre 4–5 April – German attack fought between German forces and defending Australian and British forces
**Second Battle of Dernancourt 5 April – Australian forces halt German advance on Amiens
**Battle of Ahvenkoski 10 April – 5 May
**Battle of Helsinki 12–13 April
** Battle of Lahti 19 April – 1 May
**Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux 24–25 April – Australian forces capture the town
** Battle of Vyborg 24–29 April
** Battle of Syrjäntaka 28–29 April
** Second Battle of Morlancourt 4–14 May – Australian victory over German forces on western front
**Battle of Cantigny 28 May – U.S. First Division wins in first independent action
** Third Battle of Morlancourt 10 June – Australian forces defeat German forces
** Battle of Barnaul (1918) 13–15 June - White Russian victory
**Battle of the Piave River 15–23 June – Downfall of Austria
**Battle of Belleau Wood 25 June – U.S. Second Division Marines 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 Hindenburg line
** Hundred Days Offensive 8 August – 11 November – Last major allied offensive on the western front and the near collapse of the German Army
** Battle of Lake Baikal 16 August - Czechoslovak forces defeat Reds
** Battle of the Ailette 17–23 August
**Second Battle of the Somme (1918) 21 August – 2 September – Allied victory over German forces
**Battle of Baku 26 August – 14 September – The Army of Islam of Ottoman Empire captures the city of Baku
** Battle of Ambos Nogales 27 August – Americans defeat Mexicans
**Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin 31 August – 3 September – Australian forces capture Mont Saint-Quentin, Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson calls it the greatest military achievement of the war
**Kazan Operation 5–10 September - Second battle of Kazan, Red Army recaptures the city
**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 Megiddo 19 September – Allenby's British crush Ottoman army
** Battle of Tulkarm 19 September – British empire victory over Ottomans
**Battle of Tabsor 19–20 September – British Empire victory over Ottoman forces
**Battle of Sharon 19–25 September – British Empire victory over Ottoman Empire
** Battle of Nablus (1918) 19–25 September – British empire victory over Ottomans
** Capture of Jenin 20 September – Australian and British forces capture Jenin from the Ottoman Empire
**Second Battle of Amman 25 September – British Empire 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. (In it, 8 October, Cpl. 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
** Battle of Dibrivka 30 September – Insurgents defeat Austro-German forces
**Battle of Durazzo (1918) 2 October – Allied naval forces defeat Austro-Hungarian naval forces
**Pursuit to Haritan 3–27 October – British Empire forces defeat Ottoman forces final phase of the middle east campaign in ww1
**Battle of Vittorio Veneto 24 October – 3 November
**Battle of Aleppo (1918) 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
** Battle of Przemyśl 11–12 November – Polish forces capture town from Ukrainians
** Battle of Tulgas 11–14 November
** First North Caucasus Operation December–January 1919 - Whites capture all of the Northern Caucasus minus Astrakhan.

1919–1938

*1919
** Battle of Ławica 9 January
**Battle for the Donbas (1919) 12 January-31 May - White Army victory
** Battle of Utria 17–20 January – Estonian victory in the Estonian War of Independence.
** Battle of Laagna 18 January – Estonian victory.
**Battle of Shenkursk 19–25 January
** Battle of Vystavka 27 January-early March - Bolsheviks defeat Americans
** Battle of Skoczów 28–30 January
** Battle of Paju 31 January – Estonians and Finnish volunteers defeat the Red Latvian Riflemen in Southern-Estonia.
** Battle of Bereza Kartuska 14 February – Polish victory during Polish–Bolshevik War, and the first battle of the war
** Battle of Mariupol 19–27 March - Soviets and Makhnovists capture Mariupol
** Battle of Bolshie Ozerki 31 March – 2 April
**Battle of Lida (1919) 16–17 April
**Battle of Mospyne 13 May - White Army defeats Makhnovists
**Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort 21 May
** Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez 15–16 June – Americans and Carrancistas defeat Villistas
** Battle of Bergama 15–20 June
** First Kharkiv Operation 20–25 June - White Army captures Kharkiv
** Battle of Cēsis 23 June – Estonian and Latvian victory over the German Landeswehr
**Battle of Romanovka 25 June
** Battle of Aydın 27 June – 4 July
** Battle of Novo Litovoskaya 7 August - US forces defeat Bolsheviks
**Battle of Bogdat 25 September-19 October - White Russian victory
** Battle of Peregonovka 26 September
** Battle of Petrograd 28 September-14 November - White Army fails to capture Saint Petersburg
** Battle of Lwów 1 November 1918 – 30 May 1919 – Polish city besieged by Ukrainian forces
**Donbas operation (1919) 18–31 December - Red Army captures Donbas
** Battle of Krivasoo 18 November – 30 December – Estonian victory
** Khopyor–Don Operation 20 November-8 December - Red victory
** Second Kharkiv Operation 24 November-12 December - Red offensive towards Kharkiv