List of wars and battles in the 20th century
Battles that cannot be clearly assigned to specific wars are highlighted in gray.
20th century
| 1899-1902 | Second Boer War |
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| 1899, October 20 | Battle of Talana Hill , British victory with heavy losses | ||
| 1899, October 21 | Battle of ElandslaAGEN , British victory | ||
| 1899, November 28 | Battle of Modder River , British victory | ||
| 1899, December 10th | Battle of Stormberg , victory of the Boers | ||
| 1899, December 11th | Battle of Magersfontein , Boers defeat British forces | ||
| 1899, December 15 | Battle of Colenso , British troops suffer heavy losses | ||
| 1900, January 23-24 | Battle of Spion Kop , victory of the Boers | ||
| 1900, February 18-27 | Battle of Paardeberg , British victory | ||
| 1900 | Russo-Chinese War | ||
| 1903/04 | British Tibet campaign | ||
| 1904-1908 | Uprising of the Herero and Nama | ||
| 1904, August 11th | Battle of Waterberg , German protection force defeats Herero | ||
| 1904/05 | Russo-Japanese War |
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| 1904, February 8th to 9th | Naval battle of Port Arthur , tactical Russian victory, strategic Japanese victory | ||
| 1904, April 30th to May 1st | Land battle at Yalu , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904, May 25th to May 26th | Battle of Nanshan , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904, June 14th to June 15th | Battle of Te-li-ssu , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904, July 10th | Battle of Motien Pass , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904, July 24th to July 25th | Battle of Tashihchiao , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904, July 31 | Battle of Hsimucheng , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904/05, August 1st to January 2nd | Siege of Port Arthur , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904, August 10 | Naval Battle of the Yellow Sea (1904) , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904, August 14th | Naval battle near Ulsan , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904, August 20 | Sea battle off Korsakov , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1904, August 24th to September 4th | Battle of Liaoyang , tie, Japan prevents the relief of Port Arthur | ||
| 1904, October 5th to 17th | Battle of Shaho , tie, Japan prevents Port Arthur's relief | ||
| 1905, January 25-29 | Battle of Sandepu , tie | ||
| 1905, February 20 to March 10 | Battle of Mukden , Japan defeated Russia in the largest field battle since the Battle of Leipzig | ||
| 1905, May 27-28 | Sea battle near Tsushima , Japan destroys the Russian fleet | ||
| 1905, July 7th to 31st | Occupation of Sakhalin , Japan defeats Russia | ||
| 1905-1908 | Maji Maji Riot | ||
| 1905, August 29th to 31st | Battle of Mahenge , German protection force defeated Maji-Maji supporters | ||
| 1909 | Second Rif War | ||
| 1910-1934 | Mexican revolution |
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| 1913, September 29 to October 1 | Battle of Torreón , constitutionalists defeat Mexican government forces | ||
| 1914, June 23 | Battle of Zacatecas , constitutionalists win decisive victory over Mexican government forces | ||
| 1915, March 21st to May 31st | Battle of El Ébano , constitutionalists defeat conventionists | ||
| 1916/17, March 14, 1916 to February 7, 1917 | Mexican expedition , the US intervenes in Mexico after the attack of Mexican revolutionaries on the small town of Columbus, New Mexico | ||
| 1926-1929 | Guerra Cristera , revolt of the Catholic rural population against the Mexican government | ||
| 1911/12 | Italo-Turkish War | ||
| 1912/13 | Balkan Wars | ||
| 1912, October 29th to November 2nd | Battle of Lüleburgaz , Bulgaria defeated Ottoman Empire | ||
| 1914-1918 |
First World War(see also Chronology of the First World War ) |
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| 1914, August 16-19 | Battle of Cer , Serbia defeated Austria-Hungary | ||
| 1914, August 19 and 20 | Battle of Gumbinnen , Russia defeats the German Empire | ||
| 1914, August 23rd and 24th | Battle of Mons , German Empire defeated Great Britain | ||
| 1914, 23rd to 31st August | Battle of Tannenberg , East Prussia, German Empire defeats Russia | ||
| 1914, August 26th | Battle of Le Cateau , France, German Empire forces Entente to retreat | ||
| 1914, September 5-12 | Battle of the Marne , France, withdrawal of the troops of the German Empire due to the risk of rearward encirclement due to tactical errors | ||
| 1914, September 6th to 15th | Battle of the Masurian Lakes , East Prussia, German Empire defeats Russia | ||
| 1914, September 26-29 | Battle of Sandfontein , South West Africa, German Empire defeated South African Union | ||
| 1914, October 20 to November 18 | First Ypres Battle , German Empire against France and Great Britain | ||
| 1914, November 2nd to 5th | Battle of Tanga , East Africa, German Empire defeated Great Britain | ||
| 1914, November 11th to December 7th | Battle of Łódź , Russia against the German Empire | ||
| 1914, November 16 to December 15 | Battle of Kolubara , Serbia defeated Austria-Hungary | ||
| 1915, January 23 to March 22 | Winter battle in the Carpathian Mountains , Russia defeats Austria | ||
| 1915, February 13-27 | Winter battle in Masuria , East Prussia, German Reich defeats Russia | ||
| 1915, February 16 | Winter battle in Champagne , France against the German Empire | ||
| 1915/16, February 19 to January 9 | Battle of Gallipoli , Great Britain, France, India, Australia, New Zealand against Ottoman Empire | ||
| 1915, April 22nd to 25th | Second Battle of the Ypres , German Empire against France and Great Britain | ||
| 1915, May 1st to 3rd | Battle of Gorlice-Tarnow Western Galicia; German Empire, Austria-Hungary defeat Russia | ||
| 1915, May 9 to June | Loretto Battle , France versus German Empire | ||
| 1915–1917, June 23, 1915 to October 24, 1917 | twelve battles of Isonzo , Italy against Austria-Hungary | ||
| 1916, February 21 to December 20 | Battle of Verdun , France against the German Empire | ||
| 1916, May 31 to June 1 | Sea battle in the Skagerrak , Great Britain against the German Empire | ||
| 1916, June 4th to September 20th | Brusilov offensive , Russia against Austria-Hungary and the German Empire | ||
| 1916, June 24th to November 18th | Battle of the Somme , Great Britain and France against the German Empire | ||
| 1916, August 4th to 17th | Battle of Gorizia , Italy defeated Austria-Hungary | ||
| 1917, April 9 to May 16 | Battle of Arras , Great Britain against the German Empire | ||
| 1917, April 16 to the end of May | Battle of the Aisne , France against the German Empire | ||
| 1917, May 20 to August | Third Battle of Ypres , Great Britain and France against the German Empire | ||
| 1917, October 24-27 | Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo , Austria defeats Italy. | ||
| 1917, November 20 to December 6 | Tank battle between Cambrai , Great Britain and France against the German Empire | ||
| 1918, March 21 to April 5 | Michael offensive , Ludendorff's decisive offensive for a breakthrough in the West. After great initial successes, the offensive got stuck. | ||
| 1918, June 18-21 | Battle of Soissons , German Empire against USA | ||
| 1918, June 15-23 | Battle of the Piave , Austria-Hungary versus Italy | ||
| 1918, July 15 to August 6 | Second Battle of the Marne , German defeat on the Western Front, final turnaround in the war in favor of the Allies | ||
| 1918, August 8-11 | Battle of Amiens , German defeat on the Western Front ( Black Day of the German Army ), initiation of the Hundred Days Offensive and the final defeat of the German Empire | ||
| 1918, September 3 | Battle of San Matteo , Austria defeated Italy | ||
| 1918, September 18-19 | Battle of Palestine , Great Britain defeats Ottoman Empire | ||
| 1918, October 24th to November 3rd | Battle of Vittorio Veneto , Italy defeated Austria-Hungary | ||
| 1917-1923 | Russian civil war | ||
| 1918-1920 | Latvian War of Independence | ||
| 1919/20 | Hungarian-Romanian War | ||
| 1920 | Polish-Lithuanian War | ||
| 1919-1921 | Irish War of Independence | ||
| 1920 | Turkish-Armenian War | ||
| 1920/21 | Polish-Soviet War | ||
| 1921, August 16 | Battle of Warsaw , Poland defeated Russia | ||
| 1921-1923 | Greco-Turkish War | ||
| 1922, August 24th to 30th | Battle of Pontus , Turkey defeats Greece | ||
| 1921-1926 | Third Rif War | ||
| 1921, July 22 | Battle of Annual , insurgents overrun Spanish garrisons in Spanish Morocco | ||
| 1922/23 | Irish Civil War | ||
| 1926-1929 | Guerra Cristera | Civil War in Mexico | |
| 1931 | Manchuria crisis | ||
| 1932-1934 | Colombian-Peruvian War | ||
| 1932-1935 | Chaco War | ||
| 1934 | Austrian civil war | as in February 1934 fighting referred | |
| 1934 | Saudi-Yemeni War | ||
| 1935/36 | Italo-Ethiopian War | ||
| 1936-1939 | Spanish Civil War |
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| 1936, July to September | Siege of the Alcázar of Toledo , nationalist troops capture the Republican fortress | ||
| 1936, July 19 to August 16 | Siege of Gijón , anarchist militias capture the Simancas barracks in Gijón | ||
| 1936, July 19 to October 16 | Siege of Oviedo , nationalist troops hold Oviedo until reinforcements arrive | ||
| 1936, August 10th to 11th | Battle of Mérida , republican troops are defeated by the Spanish Legion | ||
| 1936, August 14th | Battle of Badajoz , victory of the nationalists | ||
| 1936, August 16 to September 12 | Battle of Mallorca , unsuccessful attempt by the Republicans to conquer Mallorca | ||
| 1936, August | Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe , nationalist troops advance into the Tagus Valley | ||
| 1936, September 3 | Battle of Talavera de la Reina , the Republicans 'last attempt to cut off the nationalists' route to Madrid | ||
| October 1936 to March 28, 1939 | Siege of Madrid , nationalist troops conquer the Spanish capital | ||
| 1937, February | Battle of Málaga , nationalist troops defeat the Republicans | ||
| 1937, February 6-27 | Battle of the Jarama , trench warfare between republicans and nationalists | ||
| 1937, March 8-23 | Battle of Guadalajara , the last major Republican victory | ||
| 1937, July 6th to 25th | Battle of Brunete , Republicans try partly successfully to advance to Extremadura | ||
| 1937, August 24th to September 7th | Battle of Belchite , Republican advance on Zaragoza halted | ||
| 1937/38 December 15 to February 27 | Battle of Teruel , heavy defeat for the Republicans | ||
| 1938, March 6th | Battle of Cabo de Palos , the greatest naval battle of the Spanish Civil War | ||
| 1938, March 7th to April 19th | Aragon offensive , destruction of strong republican troops | ||
| 1938, July 25th to November 16th | Battle of the Ebro , heavy defeat for the Republicans | ||
| 1937-1945 | Second Sino-Japanese War |
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| 1937, July 7th | Incident at the Marco Polo Bridge , firefight between the Chinese and Japanese, during which the Japanese move into China | ||
| 1937, July 25th to 31st | Battle of Peking Tianjin , Japanese victory | ||
| 1937, August 13th to November 9th | Battle of Shanghai , Japanese victory | ||
| 1937, September 24-25 | Battle of Pingxingguan , Chinese troops crush a Japanese division | ||
| 1938, March 24th to April 7th | Battle of Tai'erzhuang , first great victory for Chinese troops | ||
| 1938, May | Battle of Xuzhou , Japanese victory | ||
| 1939, March 17th to May 9th | Battle of Nanchang , Japanese troops capture the main railway hub in China | ||
| 1939, September 17th to October 6th | Battle of Changsha (1939) , Chinese troops succeed in defending the city of Changsha | ||
| 1940, August 20 to December 5 | Hundred Regiments Offensive , Chinese Victory | ||
| 1941, September 6th to October 8th | Battle of Changsha (1941) , Chinese troops succeed in defending the city again | ||
| 1941/42, December 24th to January 5th | Battle of Changsha (1942) , third defensive success of the Chinese | ||
| 1944, August | Battle of Changsha (1944) , Japanese troops capture Changsha | ||
| 1938/39 | Japanese-Soviet border conflict | ||
| 1939 | Slovak-Hungarian War | ||
| 1941 | Peruvian-Ecuadorian War | ||
| 1939-1945 |
Second World War(see also chronology of the Second World War ) |
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| 1939, September 1-7 | Battle of the Westerplatte , German troops occupy the Polish peninsula | ||
| 1939, September 1-5 | Battle of the Tucheler Heide , German troops defeat Polish units | ||
| 1939, September 6-10 | Battle of Wizna , German troops break through Polish defensive position | ||
| 1939, September 9th to 19th | Battle of the Bzura , German troops defeat Polish units | ||
| 1939, September 28th | Battle of Szack , Polish troops drive Soviet units out of Szack and the surrounding area | ||
| 1939/40, November 30th to March 13th | Battle of Salla , Finnish troops prevent Soviet breakthrough into Lapland | ||
| 1939/40, December 2 to March 13 | Battle of Kollaa , Finnish troops repel Soviet attack | ||
| 1939/40, December 3 to March 13 | Battle of Kuhmo , Finnish troops surround the Soviet division | ||
| 1939/40, November 30th to March 13th | Battle of Suomussalmi , Finnish troops smash two Soviet divisions | ||
| 1940, April 24th to May 28th | Battle of Narvik , German troops occupy Norwegian port city | ||
| 1940, May 21 to June 4 | Battle of Dunkirk , German troops conquer the northern French city | ||
| 1940, July 10th to October 31st | Battle of Britain , British Air Force retains control of the air | ||
| 1940/41, December 8th to February 9th | Operation Compass , Italian forces suffer heavy losses from British attack | ||
| 1941, February 3 to March 27 | Battle of Keren , Allied forces breach Italian defenses in Eritrea | ||
| 1941, May 3rd to 19th | Battle of the Amba Alagi , allied troops capture the Italian-held mountain Amba Alagi in Ethiopia | ||
| 1941, May 20 to June 1 | Airborne battle for Crete , German troops occupy Greek island | ||
| 1941, June 23-29 | Tank battle near Dubno-Lutsk-Rivne , German tanks destroy six Soviet corps | ||
| 1941, June 26th to July 9th | Kettle battle near Białystok and Minsk , German troops conquer the Belarusian capital and inflict heavy losses on the Soviet Union | ||
| 1941, July 16 to August 5 | Kesselschlacht near Smolensk , German troops conquer Smolensk and inflict heavy losses on the Soviet Union | ||
| 1941, August 3rd to 8th | Kessel battle near Uman , German troops inflict heavy losses on the Soviet Union | ||
| 1941, August 5 to October 16 | Battle of Odessa , Romanian troops occupy Ukrainian city on the Black Sea after siege | ||
| 1941, September 5th to 26th | Battle of Kiev , German troops capture the Ukrainian capital | ||
| 1941–1944, September 8, 1941 to January 18, 1944 | Leningrad blockade , German troops lay siege to large Soviet city | ||
| 1941, September 13-27 | Beowulf company , German troops occupy the Estonian island of Saaremaa | ||
| 1941, October 2nd to 20th | Double battle near Vyazma and Bryansk , German troops conquer two large Soviet cities | ||
| 1941, October 5-10 | Battle of the Sea of Azov , German troops crush Soviet counterattack | ||
| 1941, October 12-21 | Company Siegfried , German troops occupy the Estonian island of Hiiumaa | ||
| 1941, October 18-28 | Battle of Gondar , allied troops end Italian supremacy in East Africa | ||
| 1941/42, October 30th to July 4th | Battle of Sevastopol , German troops capture fortified seaport | ||
| 1941, November 15 to December 5 | Battle for Moscow , Soviet troops succeed in defending the Soviet capital and pushing back the Germans | ||
| 1941, November 17th to December 2nd | Battle of Rostov , German troops occupy the large Soviet city on the Don | ||
| 1941, November 18 to December 30 | Operation Crusader , Allies end the siege of Tobruk | ||
| 1942/43, January 8th to February 17th | Battle of Demyansk , German troops hold out against Soviet encirclement in the Demyansk area | ||
| 1942, January 18 to June 8 | Battle of Cholm , German troops withstand Soviet siege | ||
| 1942, May 8-20 | Bustard hunting company , German troops occupy the Ukrainian Kerch peninsula | ||
| 1942, May 26th to June 21st | Company Theseus , German troops capture Tobruk fortress in Libya | ||
| 1942, July 1st to 31st | First battle of El Alamein , advance of the Axis powers on Alexandria is stopped | ||
| 1942, August 19th | Operation Jubilee , an Allied attempt to land in northern France, is repulsed by German troops | ||
| 1942, August 19 to October 10 | Sinyavinsk Operation , German troops smash Soviet relief attack on Leningrad | ||
| 1942, August 30th to September 5th | Battle of Alam Halfa , German offensive at El Alamein fails | ||
| 1942/43, September 13th to February 2nd | Battle of Stalingrad , the end of the advance of the German armed forces in the Soviet Union | ||
| 1942, October 23 to November 5 | Second Battle of El Alamein , Axis powers are forced to withdraw | ||
| 1942/43, November 24th to January 20th | Battle of Velikiye Luki , Soviet troops defeat German units in the Velikiye Luki area | ||
| 1942, November 25th to December 21st | Operation Mars , German troops stop Soviet attack in the Rzhev area | ||
| 1943, February 19-25 | Battle of the Kasserin Pass , German troops drive allied units from the Kasserin Pass in Tunisia | ||
| 1943, March 11th to 18th | Battle of Kharkov , German troops conquer large Soviet city | ||
| 1943, July 5th to 16th | Operation Citadel , heavy defeat of the German troops after bitter fighting with the Red Army in the Kursk front arc | ||
| 1943, July 10th to August 17th | Operation Husky , Allied forces occupy the island of Sicily | ||
| 1943, August 7th to October 2nd | Smolensk operation , Soviet troops invade Belarus | ||
| 1943, August 13th to September 22nd | Donets Basin Operation , German troops are pushed back behind the Dnieper River | ||
| 1943, August 17th | Operation Double Strike , US Air Force suffers heavy losses from German defensive fire in attacks on Regensburg and Schweinfurt | ||
| 1943, August 26th to December 20th | Battle of the Dnepr , Soviet troops suffer heavy losses from German defensive fire when crossing the Dnepr river | ||
| 1944, January to September | Battle of the Narva beachhead , German troops withdraw from the Narva beachhead | ||
| 1944, January 14th to March 1st | Leningrad-Novgorod operation , Soviet troops end the German siege of Leningrad | ||
| 1944, January 17th to May 18th | Battle of Monte Cassino , Allied troops break through the German Gustav Line with heavy losses | ||
| 1944, January 21 to May 29 | Operation Capricorn , intensifying air strikes on the British Isles, particularly London | ||
| 1944, January 22nd to May 25th | Operation Shingle , battle between German and Allied troops over the beachhead near Anzio / Nettuno in Italy | ||
| 1944, April 8th to May 12th | Battle of the Crimea , German troops evacuate the Soviet peninsula | ||
| 1944, June 6-30 | Operation Neptune , Allied troops break through the German coastal defenses in Normandy and establish a beachhead | ||
| 1944, June 6th to August 15th | Battle of Caen , Allied troops suffer heavy losses from German units when they take the French city of Caen | ||
| 1944, June 8-15 | Battle of Carentan , allied troops occupy a key German position in Normandy | ||
| 1944, June 10th to August 25th | Battle of Paris , allied troops conquer the French capital | ||
| 1944, June 14-26 | Battle of Cherbourg , Allied troops capture the French city of Cherbourg | ||
| 1944, June 22nd to the end of July | Operation Bagration , Belarus, worst defeat in German military history | ||
| 1944, July 3rd to 20th | Battle of Saint-Lô , Allied troops break through German line | ||
| 1944, July 13th to August 29th | Lviv-Sandomierz operation , Soviet troops conquer western Ukraine and south-eastern Poland | ||
| 1944, July 24th to August 4th | Operation Cobra , Allied forces break out of the beachhead in Normandy | ||
| 1944, August 6th | Operation Liège , German counterattack on the Allied beachhead in Normandy | ||
| 1944, August 12-21 | Falaise cauldron , German association is encircled and suffers heavy losses | ||
| 1944, September 11th | Air battle over the Ore Mountains , US Air Force suffers heavy losses from German fighter planes | ||
| 1944, September 14th to November 24th | Baltic operation , Soviet troops occupy almost the entire Baltic region | ||
| 1944, September 20-23 | Operation Jassy-Kishinev , Soviet troops conquer large parts of Romania | ||
| 1944, September 4th to 15th | Battle of Gemmano , allied troops occupy the Italian village of Gemmano and the surrounding area | ||
| 1944, September 17-27 | Operation Market Garden , Allied airborne attack in the Netherlands is repulsed by German troops | ||
| 1944, October 2nd to 21st | Battle of Aachen , allied troops conquer the first German city | ||
| 1944/45, October 6th to February 10th | Battle in the Hürtgenwald , Allied troops suffer heavy losses due to German defensive positions as they advance in the northern Eifel | ||
| 1944, October 7-29 | Petsamo-Kirkenes operation , winter battle between German and Soviet troops in Northern Norway and Finland | ||
| 1944/45, December 25th to February 13th | Battle of Budapest , Soviet troops conquer the Hungarian capital | ||
| 1945, January 1st to 21st | Operation Nordwind , German troops launch relief attack for the Alsace bridgehead | ||
| 1945, January 25 to February 23 | Battle of Poznan , Soviet troops conquer the capital of the district of Wartheland | ||
| 1945, February 7-22 | Battle in the Reichswald , German and Allied troops fight hard in the Kleve area on the Lower Rhine | ||
| 1945, March 7th to 17th | Battle of the Remagen Bridge , Allied troops capture the last intact bridge over the Rhine and hold it against German attacks | ||
| 1945, April 1st to 21st | Ruhrkessel , Allied troops defeat German army group in the Ruhr area | ||
| 1945, April 3-23 | Battle of Vienna , Soviet troops occupy the Austrian capital | ||
| 1945, April 5th to 21st | Battle of Crailsheim , German and American troops engage in heavy fighting over a small town in Baden-Württemberg, which then changes hands three times | ||
| 1945, April 16 to May 2 | Battle of Berlin , Soviet troops occupy the German capital after heavy fighting | ||
| 1945, April 21-26 | Battle of Bautzen , German troops hold the Saxon city of Bautzen against Polish and Soviet attacks until the end of the war | ||
| 1941-1945 |
Pacific War(see also Chronology of the Pacific War ) |
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| 1941, December 7th | Attack on Pearl Harbor , surprise attack by the Japanese on the US Pacific fleet | ||
| 1941, December 8th and December 9th | Battle for Prachuap Khiri Khan , Japanese troops conquer Thailand | ||
| 1941/42, December 8th to December 23rd | Battle for Wake , Japanese troops conquer the Wake Atoll with heavy losses | ||
| 1941/42, December 8th to February 15th | Japanese invasion of Malay Peninsula , Japanese forces conquer Malaysia | ||
| 1941/42, December 8th to June 9th | Battle of the Philippines , Japanese troops conquer the Philippines | ||
| 1941/42, December 16 to March | Japanese invasion of Borneo , Japanese troops conquer the island of Borneo | ||
| 1942, January 11th and 12th | Battle of Tarakan , Japanese troops capture the island of Tarakan | ||
| 1942, January 23 | Battle of Rabaul , Japanese troops capture the city of Rabaul | ||
| 1942, January 24th | Battle of Balikpapan , US tactical victory | ||
| 1942, January 31 to February 15 | Battle of Singapore , Japanese troops conquer the island nation of Singapore | ||
| 1942, February 4th | Battle of the Strait of Makassar , Allied fleet forced to retreat | ||
| 1942, February 14th to March 28th | Japanese invasion of Sumatra , Japanese troops conquer the island of Sumatra | ||
| 1942, February 14th to February 15th | Battle of Palembang , Japanese paratroopers conquer Palembang, including oil refineries | ||
| 1942, February 19 and 20 | Sea battle in the Strait of Badung , victory of the Japanese | ||
| 1942/43, February 19 to February 10 | Battle for Timor , Japanese troops conquer the island of Timor after months of fighting | ||
| 1942, February 27th and 28th | Battle of the Java Sea , Japanese defeat the Allied fleet off Java | ||
| 1942, February 28th and March 1st | Battle of the Sunda Strait , Japanese victory | ||
| 1942, March 1st and 10th | Japanese invasion of Java , Japanese conquer the island of Java | ||
| 1942, March 31st and April 1st | Conquest of Christmas Island , the Japanese conquer Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean | ||
| 1942, April 1-9 | Attack in the Indian Ocean , tactical victory for the Japanese | ||
| 1942, April 18 | Doolittle Raid , American air raid on Tokyo | ||
| 1942, May 7th and 8th | Battle of the Coral Sea , first meeting of the Japanese and American aircraft carriers | ||
| 1942, June 4-7 | Battle of Midway , heavy defeat for the Japanese | ||
| 1943, March 2-4 | Battle of the Bismarck Sea , Allied planes wipe out Japanese convoy | ||
| 1943, June 6th to August 15th | Battle of the Aleutian Islands , US troops recapture the Aleutian island chain after months of heavy fighting | ||
| 1942/43, August 7th to February 9th | Battle of Guadalcanal , US troops conquer the island of Guadalcanal after heavy fighting | ||
| 1943/44, January 29 to February 14 | Battle of the Northern Solomon Islands , USA halt the Japanese offensive in the South Pacific | ||
| 1943, November 1st to 2nd | Sea battle at the Kaiserin Augusta Bay , small sea battle off the island of Bougainville | ||
| 1943/44, November 20 to November 24 | Battle of the Gilbert Islands , US troops capture the two atolls Makin and Tarawa | ||
| 1944, January 31 to February 23 | Battle of the Marshall Islands , US troops conquer the atolls Kwajalein and Eniwetok as well as the Truk base | ||
| 1944, June 15 to August | Battle of the Mariana Islands , US troops capture the islands of Guam, Saipan and Tinian | ||
| 1944, June 19 and 20 | Battle of the Philippine Sea , heavy losses of the Japanese | ||
| 1944, October 17th to December 31st | Battle of Leyte , USA conquer the island of Leyte | ||
| 1944, October 23-26 | Sea and air battles in the Gulf of Leyte , USA defeat Japan | ||
| 1944, December 5th to December 11th | Operation Te and Operation Wa , Japanese airborne and ground forces attack US airfields in vain | ||
| 1945, February 19 to March 26 | Battle of Iwojima , USA occupy the island of Iwojima after heavy fighting | ||
| 1945, April 1 to June 30 | Battle of Okinawa , USA conquer the island of Okinawa after bitter fighting | ||
| 1945, April 6-7 | Operation Ten-gō , the last offensive action by the Japanese Navy | ||
| 1946-1949 | Greek Civil War | ||
| 1946-1954 | French Indochina War | ||
| 1954, May 7th | Battle of Điện Biên Phủ , Vietnam defeated the French | ||
| 1947-1949 | First Indo-Pakistani War | ||
| since 1948 | Armed conflict in Myanmar | ||
| 1950-1953 | Korean War |
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| 1950, August 4th to September 15th | Battle for the Busan Perimeter | ||
| 1950, September 15-28 | Landing at Incheon , Allied troops land in the rear of the North Korean army | ||
| 1950, November 26th to December 13th | Battle of the Changjin Reservoir , Chinese troops force allies to retreat | ||
| 1951, September 13th to October 15th | Battle of Heartbreak Ridge | ||
| 1954-1952 | Algerian war | ||
| 1957, January to October | Battle of Algiers , military defeat of the FLN | ||
| 1955-1972 | First civil war in Sudan | Civil War in South Sudan | |
| 1956 | Suez War | ||
| October 1957, October 29th | Battle for Suez , France and Great Britain defeat Egypt | ||
| 1957 | Ifni war | ||
| 1957 to April 2, 1958 | Spain defeats Morocco | ||
| 1958-1961 | First Lao Civil War | ||
| 1960-1996 | Guatemalan Civil War | ||
| 1961 | 17th April | Bay of Pigs invasion , attack on Cuba carried out by Cubans in exile with the assistance of the CIA | |
| 1963 | Shifta war | ||
| 1963/64 | Algerian-Moroccan border war | ||
| 1963-1973 | Second Lao Civil War | ||
| 1964 | November 15th to December 1st | Operation Dragon Rouge and Dragon Noir , Belgian paratroopers against rebels in the Congo | |
| 1964-1975 | Vietnam War |
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| 1960, February | Battle of Tua Hai , first battle of the war, an ARVN fort in Tây Ninh is attacked by rebels | ||
| 1965, June 10-11 | Battle of Dong Xoai , a South Vietnamese base, is overrun by NLF units | ||
| 1965, November 14th to 18th | Battle in the Ia-Drang Valley , first major ground battle of the Vietnam War between the Americans and the NVA | ||
| 1965–1968, March 2, 1965 to November 1, 1968 | Operation Rolling Thunder , area bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and Northern Vietnam by the US Air Force | ||
| 1968 | Tet offensive , major offensive of the NLF and NVA in more than 100 places | ||
| 1968, February | Battle of Huế , bitter fighting between US troops and North Vietnamese | ||
| 1968, January 21st to April 8th | Battle of Khe Sanh , US base holds out against overwhelming North Vietnamese forces | ||
| 1969, May 10-20 | Battle of Hamburger Hill , heavy fighting between US troops and North Vietnamese around Hill 937 | ||
| 1970, February 8 to March 24, 1971 | Operation Lam Son 719 , government troops invade Laos, but are repulsed by NVA forces | ||
| 1971, March 28th | Battle of FSB Mary Ann , a North Vietnamese assault pioneer battalion raids an American base in Quang Tin Province | ||
| 1972, March | Easter offensive , North Vietnamese troops penetrate deep into South Vietnam | ||
| 1975, April 9-20 | Battle of Xuan Loc , North Vietnamese troops capture South Vietnamese fortress city | ||
| 1965 | Second Indo-Pakistani War | ||
| 1967-1970 | Biafran War | Civil war between Nigeria and the Nigerian area of Biafra | |
| 1967 | Six Day War | ||
| June 5-10, 1967 | Six Day War , Israeli preemptive strike against Egypt, Syria and Jordan | ||
| 1969 | Football war | ||
| 1970/71 | Jordanian Civil War | also known as Black September (uprising) | |
| 1970-1975 | Cambodian Civil War | ||
| 1971 | Bangladesh war | ||
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | ||
| 1974 | Cyprus conflict | ||
| 1974-1991 | Ethiopian Civil War | ||
| 1975-1990 | Lebanese civil war | ||
| 1975-2002 | Angola Civil War | ||
| 1977 | Libyan-Egyptian border war | ||
| 1977/78 | Ogad war | ||
| 1977-1992 | Mozambican Civil War | ||
| 1978/79 | Uganda-Tanzania War | ||
| 1979 | Sino-Vietnamese War | ||
| 1979-1989 | Soviet-Afghan War | ||
| 1980-1988 | First Gulf War | ||
| 1982-1987 | Battle of the Shatt el Arab | ||
| 1982 | Falklands War | ||
| 1982 | Lebanon War | ||
| 1983 | US invasion of Grenada | ||
| 1983-2005 | Second civil war in Sudan | Civil War in South Sudan | |
| 1985 | War for the Agacher Strip | ||
| since 1987 | LRA conflict | a riot sparked by the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda | |
| since 1988 | Somali civil war | ||
| 1993, October 3rd to 4th |
Battle of Mogadishu , US troops are embroiled in heavy house-to-house fighting with SNA militia during an arrest attempt |
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| 1989 | US invasion of Panama | ||
| 1989-2001 | Afghan Civil War | ||
| 1989-2003 | Liberian Civil War | ||
| 1990/91 | Second Gulf War | ||
| 1991, January 29th to February 1st | Battle of Chafji , first large infantry battle in the Second Gulf War | ||
| 1991-1995 | Yugoslav Wars |
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| 1992, May 4 to October 7, 1992 | Military operation Corridor '92 , Serbian troops capture Posavina region | ||
| 1991-1995 | Croatian war | ||
| 1991, May 2 to October 18, 1991 | Battle of Vukovar , Serbian troops conquer the Croatian city of Vukovar against bitter resistance | ||
| 1991 June 19 to December 1991 | Battle of Dubrovnik , battle between Croatian and Serbian troops for the city of Dubrovnik (Croatian victory) | ||
| 1995, August 4-7, 1995 | Military operation by storm , Croatian troops capture Republika Srpska Krajina | ||
| 1991-2002 | Civil War in Sierra Leone | ||
| 1992 | Transnistria conflict | ||
| 1992-1997 | Tajik Civil War | ||
| 1994-1996 | First Chechen War | ||
| 1996-1999 | Civil War in Sri Lanka | ||
| 1996, July 18-25, 1996 | Operation Unceasing Waves I , Mullaitivu , falls into the hands of the LTTE | ||
| 1998, September 26-29, 1998 | Operation Unceasing Waves II , LTTE captures Kilinochchi | ||
| 1997-1999 | Civil War in the Republic of the Congo | ||
| 1998-2000 | Eritrea-Ethiopia War | ||
| 1999 | Kargil War | ||
| 1998/99 | Kosovo War |
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| 1998, June 30, 1998 | Battle of Belaćevac Mine , first battle between UÇK and the Yugoslav People's Army ends without a winner | ||
| 1998, June 6-7, 1998 | Battle of Lodja , Serbian victory against Albanian guerrillas and the UÇK | ||
| 1998, September 9, 1998 | Battle of Gnodjane , the Yugoslav People's Army conquers Junik and its surroundings | ||
| 1999, March 24 to June 10, 1999 | Operation Allied Force , NATO air strikes on Serbia | ||
| 1999, April 9 to June 10, 1999 | Battle of Košare , last major battle between the UÇK and the Yugoslav People's Army until the end of the war | ||
| 1998/99 | Civil War in Guinea-Bissau | Triggered by the conflict on June 7, 1998 | |
| 1999-2009 | Second Chechnya War | ||
| 1999, February 29 to March 1, 2000 | Battle of Height 776 , heavy skirmish between Russian paratroopers and Chechen Islamists | ||