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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 force co ...
s. They may be organized alphabetically, by era, by conflict, by participants or location, or by death toll. See
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Alphabetical list
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List of battles (alphabetical)
Chronological
By era
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List of battles before 301
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List of battles 301–1300
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List of battles 1301–1600
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List of battles 1601–1800
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List of battles 1801–1900
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List of battles 1901–2000
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List of battles in the 21st century
By war
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List of battles of the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648)
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Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815)
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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 Carolina, Ohio ...
(1861–1865)
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List of costliest American Civil War land battles
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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.
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List of military engagements of World War I (1914–1918)
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List of World War II battles (1939–1945)
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Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War
The many allied military operations of the Vietnam War are listed on the following pages, either alphabetically, or chronologically.
Lists By year
* List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1964)
* List of allied military operatio ...
(1955–1975)
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List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–2025)
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List of military engagements during the Gaza war (2023–2025)
By death toll
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List of battles by casualties
The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in Human history, world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casual ...
By geographic location
By participant
By state participant
By participating commander
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List of Ottoman battles in which the sultan participated
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Military career of Napoleon § Battle record summary
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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
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Air raids on Australia, 1942–1943
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Air raids on Hong Kong during WWII
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Aircraft carrier operations during World War II
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List of air operations during the Battle of Europe
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List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz
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List of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II
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List of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II
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List of amphibious assault operations
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List of military operations on ice
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List of naval battles
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List of naval and land-based operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II
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List of sieges
See also
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List of orders of battle
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List of number of conflicts per year
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List of wars by death toll
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest war, wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as ...
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List of conflicts in Africa
This is a list of conflicts in Africa arranged by country, both on the continent and associated islands, including wars between African nations, civil wars, and wars involving non-African nations that took place within Africa. It encompasses pre-c ...
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Military history of Africa)
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List of modern conflicts in North Africa (Maghreb)
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Conflicts in the Horn of Africa (East region)
* Americas :
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List of conflicts in North America
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List of conflicts in Central America
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List of conflicts in South America
This is a list of armed conflicts in South America.
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List of conflicts in Asia
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List of conflicts in the Near East
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List of conflicts in the Middle East
This is a list of modern conflicts ensuing in the geographic and political region known as the Middle East. The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Lower Egypt, Egypt and neighboring areas ...
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List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
This is a list of modern conflicts ensuing in the geographic and political region known as the Middle East. The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring areas of Arabia, An ...
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List of conflicts in Europe
This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European State (polity), states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, Milita ...
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Post-Cold War European conflicts
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List of ongoing armed conflicts
The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
Criteria
This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclu ...
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Ongoing military conflicts
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.
* Winstanley, M.A.,
Every Battle in History'. A List of every recorded battle and commander in world history (~12000 Battles, ~5000 Commanders).
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