List of battles 1901–2000

British troop during the retreat from Mons at the start of the First World War

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 – Philippine–American War
  • Battle of Groenkloof 5 September – Second Boer War
  • Battle of Elands River 17 September - Second Boer War
  • Battle of Blood River Poort 17 September – Second Boer War
  • Balangiga massacre 28 September – Filipino guerrillas successfully ambush 78 soldiers of the 9th US Infantry
  • Battle of Bakenlaagte 30 October – Second Boer War
  • Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery 3–27 November – Armenia
  • Battle of Groenkop 25 December – Second Boer War
• 1902
  • Battle of Riyadh 13 January – Ibn Saud successfully captures Riyadh
  • Battle of Tweebosch 7 March – Second Boer War
  • Battle of Rooiwal 11 April – Second Boer War
  • Battle of Bayang 2–3 May – Moro Rebellion
• 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 – Philippine–American War
  • Battle of Taraca April – Philippine–American War
  • 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 – Russo-Japanese War
  • Battle of Tashihchiao 24–25 July – Russo-Japanese War
  • Battle of the Yellow Sea 10 August – Russian naval breakout attempt from Port Arthur defeated by Japanese fleet
  • Battle of Waterberg 11 August – Herero Wars
  • 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 Masoller 1 September - Final battle and defeat of the Aparicio Saravia revolt
  • Battle of Shinanah 29 September – Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis
  • Battle of Shaho 5–17 October – Russo-Japanese War
  • 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 – Philippine–American War
• 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 – Philippine–American War
• 1906
  • Battle of Rawdat Muhanna 12 April – Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Rawdat Muhanna.
  • First Battle of Bud Dajo 5–8 December – Moro Rebellion
• 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 – Mexican Revolution
  • Second Battle of Bud Dajo 18–26 March – Moro Rebellion
  • Battle of Cuautla 11–19 May – Mexican Revolution
  • Battle of Preveza 29–30 September – Italo-Turkish War
  • Battle of Tripoli 3–10 October – Italo-Turkish War
  • Battle of Benghazi (1911) 20 October – Italo-Turkish War
  • Battle of Shar al-Shatt 23 October – Italo-Turkish War
  • Battle of Ain Zara 4 December – Italo-Turkish War
  • Battle of Tobruk 22 December–9 January – Italy begins the invasion of Libya, Italo-Turkish War
• 1912
  • Battle of Msaya 19 September – United States occupation of Nicaragua
  • Battle of Coyotepe Hill 3–4 October – United States occupation of Nicaragua
  • 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 – Belgian victory
  • Battle of Lorraine 14 August – German victory in World War I
  • Battle of Agbeluvhoe 15 August – Togoland campaign
  • Battle of Dinant 15–24 August – German victory
  • 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
  • Attack of the Dead Men 6 August – Russian forces repel German gas attack and advance on Osowiec Fortress
  • 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
  • Third Battle of Artois 25 September-4 November - Partial Franco-British victory
  • Second Battle of Champagne 25 September-6 October - German victory
  • Battle of Es Sinn 28 September
  • Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt 13-19 October - German victory
  • 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.
  • Occupation of Kharkiv 17 December-10 January 1918 - Soviet victory
• 1918
  • Battle of Kämärä 27 January
  • Battle of Kruty 29–30 January - Ukrainian victory, enables Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
  • 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
  • Crimea Operation 13–25 April - Germans, Ukrainians, and Crimeans invade Crimea, cause dissolution of the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic
  • 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
  • Khotyn Uprising 7 January-1 February - Ukrainian uprising in Romania fails
  • 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.
  • Second Battle of Kiev 18 January-5 February - Soviets capture Kyiv
  • 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
  • Hryhoriv Uprising 7 May-27 July - Uprising fails, Nykyfor Hryhoriv assassinated by Nestor Makhno
  • Battle of Mospyne 13 May - White Army defeats Makhnovists
  • Greek landing at Smyrna 15 May - Greeks capture Smyrna
  • Urla clashes 16–17 May - Greek forces enter Urla
  • Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort 21 May
  • Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez 15–16 June – Americans and Carrancistas defeat Villistas
  • Malgaç Raid 15–16 June - Turkish rebels capture Greek weaponry
  • Battle of Bergama 15–20 June - Greeks capture Bergama
  • Raid on Erbeyli 20–21 June - Greek victory
  • Raid on Erikli 21–22 June - Greek troops leave the village of Erikli
  • 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 Tellidede 25–26 June - Greek forces capture Tellidede
  • Battle of Aydın 27 June – 4 July - Greeks capture Aydın
  • Battle of Novo Litovoskaya 7 August - US forces defeat Bolsheviks
  • Capture of Kiev by the White Army 31 August -White Army captures Kyiv
  • 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, resulting in its capture
  • Third Battle of Kiev 10–16 December - Bolsheviks regain control of Kyiv
  • First Battle of Berezina - Polish victory
• 1920
  • Battle of Daugavpils 3–5 January - Polish-Latvian victory
  • Rostov–Novocherkassk Operation 6–10 January - Red victory, splitting the White Army in two
  • Battle of Posolskeya 9 January - Last battle of the Russian Civil War to involve the US
  • Second North Caucasus Operation 17 January-7 April - Reds force Whites out of the North Caucasus and into Georgia and Azerbaijan, which the Reds later invade.
  • Battle of Marash 21 January-12 February - French troops leave Kahramanmaraş
  • Battle of Letychiv 18–22 February - Polish victory
  • Battle of Urfa 9 February – 11 April - French surrender, but are massacred by Turks
  • Siege of Aintab 1 April-8 February 1921 - French victory
  • Battle of Koziatyn 25–27 April
  • Kiev offensive 25 April–July - Poles capture Kyiv, and are forced to retreat by Soviets
  • Battle of Czarnobyl 27 April - Poles capture Chernobyl
  • Action of 3 May 1920 - A French and Soviet ship fight
  • Battle of Geyve 15–17 May - Ottoman and Turkish forces clash
  • Anzali Operation 18 May - Soviet victory
  • Karboğazı ambush 27–28 May - Turkish victory
  • Battle of Wołodarka 29–31 May – Polish victory during Polish–Bolshevik War
  • Battle of Bystryk 31 May – Polish victory by surprise attack
  • Battle of Boryspil 2 June – Polish capture Russian supplies
  • Battle of Borodzianka 11–13 June - Polish victory
  • First Battle of Oltu 18–25 June - Armenian victory
  • Battle of Romanovka 25 June
  • Battle of Głębokie 4–6 July
  • Battle of Chorupań 13–19 July - Soviet victory over Dubno and Chorupan.
  • First Battle of Grodno 19–20 July - Soviets capture Hrodna
  • Battle of Maysalun 23 July – The French advance into Syria and defeat Yusuf al-Azmah's hastily assembled army
  • Battle of Lwów July–September - Poles hold Lviv
  • Battle of Radzymin 12–15 August – Town changes hands twice during Polish–Bolshevik War
  • Battle of Warsaw 13–25 August – Poles defeat Red Army
  • Battle of Radzymin 13–16 August - Polish victory
  • Battle of Ossów 14 August - One of the rare Polish victories during the Battle of Warsaw
  • Battle of Chołojów 14 August - Soviet victory
  • Battle of Nasielsk 14–15 August – Minor Polish victory as part of the action around Warsaw
  • Battle of Borkowo 14–15 August - Minor Polish victory
  • Battle of Sarnowa Góra 14–15 August - Polish victory
  • Battle of Kock 14–16 August - Polish victory
  • Ulagay's Landing 14 August-7 September - Red Army takes control of Crimea, the last White stronghold.
  • Battle of Cyców 15–16 August
  • Battle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki 16–18 August – Polish victory as part of the counteroffensive after Battle of Warsaw
  • Battle of Zadwórze 17 August – Polish army defeated by the Red Army forces of Semyon Budennyi
  • Battle of Przasnysz 21 August - Soviet victory
  • Battle of Białystok 22 August
  • Battle of Sakarya 23 August – 13 September
  • Bukhara operation (1920) 28 August-2 September - Fall of the Emirate of Bukhara
  • Battle of Giby 30 August – Lithuanian withdrawal successfully mediated by French at request of Poland during Polish–Lithuanian War
  • Battle of Komarów 30 August – 2 September
  • Battle of Komarow 31 August – Decisive Polish victory
  • Battle of Sejny 2–19 September - Polish victory against Lithuania
  • Battle of Vlora 3 September – Albanian patriots seize Vlora from Italian control in a rapid night strike
  • Second Battle of Oltu 3–5 September - Turks recapture Oltu
  • Battle of Kobryń (1920) 11–23 September
  • Battle of Obytichnyi Spit 15 September - Red and White army ships interact outside Berdiansk, with both sides claiming victory.
  • Battle of the Niemen River 15–25 September – Poles defeat the reserves of the Red Army
  • Battle of Dytiatyn 16 September - Soviet victory
  • Battle of Brzostowica 20–25 September - Polish victory
  • Battle of Obuchowo 26 September - Polish victory
  • Battle of Peregonovka 26 September - Insurgent victory
  • Battle of Krwawy Bór 27–28 September - Polish victory
  • Battle of Sarıkamış 29 September - Turkish victory
  • Battle of Kovanbaşı 10–11 October - Turkish victory
  • Battle of the Gediz 24 October-12 November - Greek army captures Gediz
  • Battle of Kars 30 October - Turkish victory
  • Battle of Kanlı Geçit 1 November
  • Battle of Ballinalee 3 November
  • Battle of Alexandropol 7 November - Turkish victory, Treaty of Alexandropol
  • Battle of Fadıl 20–24 November - Turkish victory
  • Kilmichael Ambush 28 November – Important battle in the Irish War of Independence
• 1921
  • Action of 9 January 1921 - French ship destroys Russian ship in the Black Sea
  • First Battle of İnönü 6–11 January – Greek offensive stopped, Turkish victory
  • Second Battle of İnönü 23 March–1 April – Turkish victory, and a turning point in the Greco-Turkish War
  • Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort 21 May - Brits defeat Red Russians in the Caspian Sea
  • Advance on Moscow (1919) 3 July-18 November - Beginning of the end of Armed Forces of South Russia
  • Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir 10–24 July - Greek victory
  • Battle of Annual 22 July – Near Annual, Morocco, Spanish army loses to Rifi Berbers of Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi
  • Battle of Sakarya 23 August-17 September – Turkish victory, farthest Greek advance in the Greco-Turkish War
• 1922
  • Battle of Volochayevka 5–14 February - Reds retake Khabarovsk
  • Bombardment of Samsun 7 June - Samsun falls under Greek control, but Turkish forces aren't swayed.
  • Battle of Dumlupınar 26–30 August – Turkish victory, final battle of the Greco-Turkish War
  • Turkish capture of Smyrna 9 September - Greeks withdraw from Anatolia
  • Battle of Dublin – First and probably most important battle of the Irish Civil War
  • Battle of Kilmallock – Battle of the Irish Civil War
• 1923
  • Beer Hall Putsch 8–9 November – Failed Nazi Party uprising in Munich, Hitler wounded and captured
• 1924
  • Battle of Mecca – Mecca became a Saudi Arabian territory
• 1925
  • Battle of Jeddah 10 February – Jeddah became a Saudi Arabian territory. End of Kingdom of Hejaz
  • Battle of al-Kafr 22 July – Great Syrian Revolt
  • Battle of al-Mazraa 2–3 August – Great Syrian Revolt
  • Alhucemas landing 8 September – Spanish amphibious landing including tanks and air support
  • Battle of al-Musayfirah 17 September – Great Syrian Revolt
  • Battle of Rashaya 20–24 November – Great Syrian Revolt
• 1927
  • Battle of La Paz Centro 16 May – United States occupation of Nicaragua
  • Battle of Ocotal 16 July – United States occupation of Nicaragua
  • Battle of San Fernando 25 July – United States occupation of Nicaragua
  • Battle of Santa Clara 27 July – United States occupation of Nicaragua
  • Battle of Telpaneca 19 September – United States occupation of Nicaragua
  • Battle of Sapotillal 9 October – United States occupation of Nicaragua
  • Battle of Humen–Shijing 18 November – China
• 1928
  • Battle of El Bramadero 27–28 February – United States occupation of Nicaragua
  • Battle of La Flor 13–14 May – United States occupation of Nicaragua
• 1929
  • Battle of Sabilla 29–31 March – Ikhwan revolt
  • Battle of Yichang (1929) 11 April – China
  • Battle of Tepatitlán 19 April – Cristero War
  • First Battle of Guilin 15 May – Chiang-Gui War
  • Second Battle of Guangzhou 17–21 May – Chiang-Gui War
  • Battle of Northern Henan 27 May – China
  • Battle of Liuzhou 7–18 June – Chiang-Gui War
  • Battle of Guiping 21 June – Chiang-Gui War
  • Battle Of Unai Pass 28 June-10 July - Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) Hazara victory
  • Battle of Bamiyan - Afghanistan Tajik victory
• 1930
  • Battle of Anchem 31 March – Ras Gugsa Welle is defeated by Dejazmach Mulugeta Yeggazu, suppressing the last obstacle to Ras Tafari Makonnen's ascension to Ethiopia's throne
  • Battle of Xuchang 10–12 June
  • Battle of Shangcai (1930) 16 June
  • Battle of Guanghua 3 July
  • Second Battle of Guilin 17 July
  • Battle of Jinan (1930) 14 August
  • Second Battle of Nanning 15 August – 22 October
  • Battle of Xinzheng 5–8 October
• 1931
  • Mukden Incident 18 September – Japanese forces create a pretext to invade Manchuria, start of Second Sino-Japanese War
• 1932
  • First Battle of Shanghai 28 January – 3 March – Ceasefire declared
  • Battle of Rehe 21 February – 1 March
  • Battle of Boquerón 7 – 29 September – First major battle during the Chaco War and a Paraguayan victory
  • Battle of Agua Carta 26 September
  • Battle of El Sauce 26 December
  • Emu War 10 November - Minor battle between the Australians and the emus.
• 1933
  • Defense of the Great Wall 1 January – 31 May – Japanese victory
  • First Battle of Nanawa 20–26 January – Paraguayan victory
  • Battle of Rehe 21 February – 1 March – Japanese victory
  • Second Battle of Nanawa 4–9 July – Paraguayan victory
  • Battle of Gondra 11–15 July
• 1935
  • Battle of Khalkhyn Temple 8 January
  • Battle of Chishui River 19 January – 22 March
• 1936
  • Battle of Ganale Dorya 7–10 January – General Rodolfo Graziani attacks troops under Ras Desta Damtew; after over three days of slaughter, the Ethiopians break and flee
  • The First Battle of Tembien 20–24 January – Ethiopian forces suffer 8,000 casualties compared to Italy's 1,100
  • Battle of Amba Aradam 10 February – Ethiopians under Ras Mulugeta Yeggazu counterattack the invading Italians southwest of Chalacot, but are defeated with heavy losses
  • Second Battle of Tembien 27 February
  • Battle of Shire 29 February – 2 March
  • Battle of Maychew 31 March – Emperor Haile Selassie leads in person the final Ethiopian counter-attack of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, which is a crushing Ethiopian defeat
  • Battle of the Ogaden 15–25 April – Final battle during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. By 5 May, Emperor Haile Selassie has gone into exile and Italians have declared victory
  • Battle of Anabta 21 June - Mandatory British victory
  • Battle of Mérida 10–11 August – Spanish Nationalist victory
  • Battle of Badajoz 14 August – Nationalists storm Badajoz
  • Battle of Irún 19 August – 5 September – Nationalist victory
  • Battle of Monte Pelado 28 August – Republican victory
  • Battle of Balaa 3 September - Palestinian rebels withdraw
  • Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1936) 3 September
  • Battle of Cerro Muriano 5–6 September – Republican victory, the Falling Soldier photograph was taken during this battle by Robert Capa
  • Battle of Beit Imrin 29 September - Palestinian rebels withdraw
  • Battle of Seseña 29 October – Nationalist victory over Republicans and Soviets
  • Battle of Ciudad Universitaria 15–23 November – Spanish Republican victory
  • First Battle of the Corunna Road 29 November – 3 December
  • Second Battle of the Corunna Road 13 December – 15 January 1937
  • Battle of Lopera 27–29 December – Nationalist victory
• 1937
  • Battle of Gogetti 19 February – Battle between the Italian occupation forces and the remnants of the Ethiopian armies. The surviving elements of the Ethiopian armies of Sidamo and Bale are encircled and destroyed by the Italian forces near Lake Shala
  • Battle of Guadalajara 8–23 March – Spanish Republicans defeat Italians
  • Battle of Gernika 26–28 April – Franco's forces capture Guernica following a Luftwaffe bombing
  • Battle of Albarracín 5 July – 11 August – Nationalist Victory
  • Battle of Lugou Bridge 7 July – Japanese victory triggered outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War
  • Battle of Beiping-Tianjin 25–31 July – Japanese victory
  • Second Battle of Shanghai 13 August – 9 November – Japanese victory
  • Battle of Santander 14 August – 17 September
  • Battle of Taiyuan 1 September – 9 November – Japanese victory
  • Battle of El Mazuco 6–22 September – Nationalist victory
  • Battle of Xinkou 13 September – 8 November – Japanese victory
  • Battle of Pingxingguan 25 September – Chinese victory
  • Battle of Nanjing early November – 13 December – Japanese victory
• 1938
  • Battle of Alfambra 5–8 February – Nationalist victory
  • Battle of Cape Palos 5–6 March – Republican victory
  • Battle of Caspe 16–17 March – Nationalist victory
  • Battle of Xuzhou 24 March – 1 May – Japanese victory
  • Battle of Tai er zhuang 27 March – Chinese victory
  • Battle of Gandesa 1–3 April – Nationalist victory
  • Battle of Wuhan 11 July – 27 October – Japanese pyrrhic victory
  • Battle of the Ebro 25 July – 16 November – Spanish Republicans launch attacks across the Ebro river. The purpose of the battle is to relieve pressure off Valencia and Catalonia. It is soon to become the decisive battle of the war, and a Republican defeat
  • Battle of Lake Khasan 29 July 1938 – 11 August 1938 – In Manchuria between forces of the Soviet Union and Japan
  • Battle of Beersheba 9-10 September - Palestinian rebels capture Beersheba

1939–1945

• 1939: World War II
  • Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine 15 March 1939 - 17 March 1939 - Hungarian forces defeat Carpatho-Ukraine
  • Battle of Nanchang 17 March – 9 May – Japanese forces defeat Nationalist Chinese
  • Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang 24 May – Chinese counterattack successful against Japan
  • Battle of Khalkhin Gol 1 May 1939 – 16 September 1939 - The Soviet Union and Mongolia defeat Japan
  • Invasion of Poland 1 September – 6 October – Start of World War II in Europe, German victory. See also List of World War II battles
  • Battle of the Border 1–4 September - Collective term for battles between Germany and Poland in the first days of the Invasion. German victory
  • Battle of Danzig Bay 1 September - Germany defeats Poland
  • Battle of Chojnice 1 September - Germans capture Chojnice from Poland
  • Charge at Krojanty 1 September - Failed Polish counterattack against Germany
  • Battle of Mokra 1 September - First German defeat in Poland, and one of the only Polish victories in the invasion
  • Battle of Lasy Królewskie 1 September - Polish victory over Germany
  • Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig 1 September - Polish forces hold up in the Polish post office, but fail to defend it against Danzig and Germany
  • Battle of Mikołów 1–2 September – German tactical victory during the Invasion of Poland
  • Battle of Pszczyna 1–2 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Mikołów 1–2 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Mława 1–3 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Jordanów 1–3 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Częstochowa 1–3 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Węgierska Górka 1–3 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Grudziądz 1–4 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Tuchola Forest 1–5 September - Germany defeats Poland
  • Battle of Westerplatte 1–7 September - First battle in the Invasion of Poland. Germany and Danzig defeat Poland.
  • Raid on Fraustadt 2 September - Polish insurgents successfully raid a German town
  • Battle of Borowa Góra 2–5 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Bukowiec 3 September - German victory over Poland
  • Defense of Katowice 3–4 September - Polish Boy and Girl Scout units irregularly defend Katowice but fail against Germany
  • Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski 4–6 September - Polish withdrawal from German forces
  • Battle of Różan 4–6 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki 6 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Pułtusk 6–7 September - Poles lose Pultusk against Germany
  • Battle of Łódź 6–8 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Barak 7–8 September - Polish retreat from German Forces
  • Battle of Wizna 7–10 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Łomża 7–10 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Wola Cyrusowa 8 September - Pyrrhic German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Radom 8–9 September - Germans capture Radom from Poland
  • Battle of Gdynia 8–14 September - Germans capture Gdynia from Poland
  • Battle of Warsaw 8–28 September - Germany captures Warsaw from Poland
  • Battle of the Bzura River 9–19 September - Largest Polish counterattack, but it failed against Germany
  • Battle of Kampinos Forest 9–20 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Hel 9 September-2 October - Germany defeats Poland
  • Battle of Jarosław 10–11 September - German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Kępa Oksywska 10–19 September - Germany defeats Poland
  • Battle of Kałuszyn 11–12 September - Poland defeats Germany
  • Battle of Przemyśl 11–14 September - German victory over Poland
  • First Battle of Lwów 12–22 September - Germans capture Lviv from Poland. Germany was aided by the Soviet Union.
  • Battle of Modlin 13–29 September - Pyrrhic German victory over Poland
  • Battle of Jaworów 14–16 September - Poles hold Yavoriv against Germany
  • Battle of Brześć Litewski 14–17 September - Germans capture Brest from Poland.
  • Battle of Kobryń 14–18 September - Inconclusive battle between Germany and Poland
  • First Battle of Changsha 17 September-6 October – Chinese forces successfully defend city. Heavy Japanese casualties
  • Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski 17–26 September - Second largest battle in the Invasion of Poland. Germany defeats Poland
  • Battle of Wilno 18–19 September - Soviets capture Vilnius from Poland, which is transferred to Lithuania
  • Battle of Wólka Węglowa 19 September - Polish victory over Germany
  • Battle of Krasnystaw 19–20 September - Failed Polish counterattack against Germany
  • Battle of Łomianki 19-? September - Failed Polish counterattack against Germany
  • Battle of Grodno 20–22 September - Soviets capture Hrodna from Poland
  • Battle of Cześniki 21–22 September - Polish victory over the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Krasnobród 23 September - Successful Polish counterattack against Germany, and one of the last battles using cavalry in Europe
  • Battle of Husynne 23 September - Soviet victory over Poland
  • Battle of Kodziowce 23–24 September - Poles hold the town against the Soviet Union, but later retreat to Lithuania
  • Battle of Władypol 27 September - Soviets capture Wladypol (now Vladypil in Ukraine) from Poland
  • Battle of Szack 28 September - Poles hold the town from the Soviets
  • Battles of Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów 29–30 September - Poles hold the towns from Soviets
  • Battle of Wytyczno 1 October - The Soviet Union defeats Poland
  • Battle of Kock 2–5 October - Last battle in Invasion of Poland. Germany defeats Poland.
  • Battle of Suomussalmi 30 November-8 January - First battle of the Winter War, and the most notable Finnish victory over the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Petsamo 30 November-12 March – Russian victory over Poland during Winter War
  • Battle of Salla 30 November-13 March – Finnish victory over the Soviet Union during Winter War
  • Battle of Taipale 6–27 December - Finnish victory over the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Kollaa 7 December-13 March - Finnish victory over the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Suomussalmi 8 December – 7 January 1940 – During Winter War, Hjalmar Siilasvuo leads Finnish to victory over Soviets
  • Battle of Varolampi Pond 10–11 December - Finnish hold the pond against the Soviet Union, in what's called the "Sausage War"
  • Battle of Tolvajärvi 12 December – Colonel Paavo Talvela's Finnish forces defeat Soviet Union forces
  • Battle of the River Plate 13 December – Admiral Graf Spee chased into Montevideo harbour and scuttled by the UK and New Zealand
  • First Battle of Summa 16 – 22 December – Finnish attack thwarted against the Soviet Union during Winter War
  • Battle of Kelja 25–27 December - Finnish victory over the Soviet Union
• 1940
  • Battle of the Atlantic 1940-1945 – Name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II. The allied forces of the UK, Canada, the US, Brazil, Norway, Free French, Poland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, France, Australia, New Zealand and British India fought against Germany and Italy.
  • Battle of South Henan – Chinese Nationalists led by Li Zongren defeat Japanese
  • Battle of Raate Road 1–7 January - Finnish victory over the Soviet Union
  • Second Battle of Summa 1–15 February – Finnish attack against the Soviet Union thwarted during Winter War
  • Battle of Kuhmo 28 January-13 March - Stalemate between Finland and the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Honkaniemi 25–27 February – Only tank action of the Winter War. The Soviet Union defeats Finland.
  • First Battle of Vyborg Bay 2–13 March - Battle ends after a ceasefire between Finland and the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Drøbak Sound 9 April – German naval attack thwarted by Norwegian forces
  • Battle of Midtskogen 9–10 April – Norwegian forces defeat German raiding party
  • Battle of Dombås 14–19 April – Norwegian Army units defeat German Fallschirmjäger attack
  • Battle of Narvik 9 April – 10 June – A minor Allied victory of Norway, France, the UK and Poland against Germany in the Arctic
  • Battle of the Netherlands 10–17 May – Germany invades The Netherlands.
  • Battle of France 10 May – 25 June – Germany takes on France, British Expeditionary Force and French Army defeated
  • Battle for The Hague 10 May – The first major air-landing operation in history. The Netherlands defeat Germany.
  • Battle of Maastricht 10 May – Maastricht was a key city for the German advance. Germany defeats The Netherlands.
  • Battle of Fort Eben-Emael 10–11 May - Germany captures the fort and breaks through the Belgian line of defense.
  • Battle of Mill 10–11 May – Dutch troops manage to hold back a German battalion
  • Battle of Rotterdam 10–14 May – German attempt to seize the Dutch city. It ended in a German victory, following the Rotterdam Blitz
  • Battle of the Grebbeberg 11–13 May – A major engagement during the Battle of the Netherlands, operation Fall Gelb. Germany defeats The Netherlands.
  • Battle at the Afsluitdijk 12–14 May - The Netherlands hold against Germany
  • Battle of Hannut 12–14 May - Largest tank battle of the campaign. France defeats Germany in Belgium.
  • Battle of Sedan 12–17 May - Germany defeats France and the UK. After a quick advance, Germany reaches the English Channell, and traps most of the Allied army in Northern France and Western Belgium.
  • Battle of Arras 21 May - France and the UK fail to break through German lines and end the encirclement of the Allied main armies.
  • Battle of Dunkirk 27 May – 5 June – Escape of defeated British Expeditionary Forces. Dunkirk is captured by Germany. On the allied side, forces from France, the UK, Belgium, Canada and The Netherlands participated in the battle.
  • Battle of Mers-el-Kebir 3 July – British navy destroys Vichy French Fleet off the coast of North Africa
  • Battle of Calabria 9 July – British forces fight indecisive naval battle with Italians
  • Battle of Cape Spada 19 July – British and Australian forces sink an Italian cruiser
  • Battle of Britain 10 July – 31 October – Germans try to bomb Britain into submission – RAF answers with fighters
  • Battle of Tug Argan 11 August - Italy defeats the UK, and captures British Somaliland.
  • Battle of Hundred Regiments 20 August – 5 December – Major engagement of the Soviet Red Army against the Japanese Imperial Army
  • Skirmish at Diosig 4 September - Romanian victory over Hungary
  • Battle of Taranto 11–12 November – British carrier-based planes destroy Italian fleet at Taranto Harbor
  • Battle of Cape Spartivento 27 November – British Navy under James Somerville fights indecisive battle with Italy
  • Battle of Pindus 28 October - 13 November - Italy invaded Greece, but was defeated. Greece captured parts of Albania from Italy in response.
• 1941
  • Battle of Bardia 3–5 January – British/Australian and Free French victory in Libya over Italy
  • Battle of Agordat 26–31 January - The UK defeats Italy in Eritrea.
  • Battle of Keren 3 February – 1 April – Hard-fought British and Commonwealth victory over Italian forces during East African Campaign
  • Battle of Beda Fomm 6–7 February – British/Australian victory over Italian forces in Libya
  • Battle of Shanggao 14 March – 9 April – Chinese victory over Japan
  • Battle of Cape Matapan 28 March – British Royal Navy task force defeats Italian fleet
  • Siege of Tobruk 31 March – 27 November – German commander Erwin Rommel with a mixed German/Italian army defeated in North Africa by allied forces of the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Czechoslovakia, British India and Free Libyan Arabs.
  • Invasion of Yugoslavia 6–18 April - Germany, Italy and Hungary invade and conquer Yugoslavia.
  • Battle of Greece 6–24 April – Germany takes the Balkan Peninsula after Italian Stalemate
  • Battle of Tempe Gorge 18 April Australians and New Zealanders slow German advance
  • Battle of Athens 20 April – dog-fighting air battle over Athens between the UK and Germany fought for half an hour between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe towards the end of the Battle of Greece
  • Battle of Thermopylae (1941) German victory over New Zealanders and Australians
  • Battle of Vevi (1941) - German victory over Australians
  • Battle of the Corinth Canal 26 April German victory over British empire forces
  • Battle of South Shanxi 7–27 May – Japanese victory in China
  • Battle of Fallujah 17–21 May - The UK defeats Iraq.
  • Battle of Rethymno 20 May - Australian and Greek tactical victory over Germany
  • Battle of Denmark Strait 23 May – German Bismarck sinks British HMS Hood
  • Sinking of the Bismarck 27 May – Famous German battleship is lost against the UK and Poland
  • Battle of Crete 20 May – 1 June – German paratroopers and Italians capture Crete, suffer many casualties against New Zealand, Greece, the UK and Australia
  • Battle of 42nd Street 27 May - Australian & New Zealanders halt German advance
  • Battle of the Litani River 9 June – British/Australian victory over Vichy French forces in Syria.
  • Battle of Jezzine (1941) 13 June – Australians defeat Vichy French
  • Battle of Sidon (1941) 13–17 June – Australians defeat Vichy French
  • Battle of Kissoué 17 June – British Empire and Free French forces defeat Vichy French in Syria.
  • Battle of Merdjayoun 19–24 June - British Empire forces defeat Vichy French
  • Operation Barbarossa 22 June – German invasion of the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Białystok-Minsk 22–29 June – German victory in Belarus over the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Raseiniai 23–27 June – German victory in Lithuania over the Soviet Union
  • Raid on Constanța 26 June - Axis (Germany and Romania) victory over the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Brody 26–30 June – One of the largest tank battles of World War II. Germany defeats the Soviet Union.
  • Battle of Kiev 7 July – 26 September – The largest encirclement battle of World War II. Germany defeats the Soviet Union.
  • Battle of Uman 15 July-8 August - Axis (Germany, Romania and Hungary) victory over the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Beirut (1941) 12 July – Free French, British, Australian and British Indian forces defeat Vichy French forces
  • Battle of Smolensk 6 July – 5 August – Soviet attempt to block German Wehrmacht's advance on Moscow
  • Battle of Damour 5–9 July – Australians defeat Vichy French
  • Battle of Uman 8 August – German victory over Soviet Union
  • Siege of Leningrad 8 September 1941 – 27 January 1944 – City endures three-year Nazi siege. The Soviet Union defeats Germany.
  • Second Battle of Changsha 6 September – 8 October – Failed Japanese attempt to take Chinese city
  • Battle of the Sea of Azov 26 September-11 October - Axis controls Sea of Azov. Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union.
  • Battle at Borodino Field 13 October 1941 - 18 January 1942 - Germany defeats the Soviet Union in October and the Soviet Union defeats Germany in January.
  • Battle of Rostov 27 November – Germans forced to withdraw despite Hitler's orders, but Soviets suffer over 140,000 casualties
  • Battle of Malaya 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 – Japan invades British Malaysia
  • Battle of Kota Bharu 8 December – Japanese forces capture Kota Bharu from the UK.
  • Battle of Prachuab Khirikhan 8–9 December – Japan conquers Thailand
  • Naval Battle of Singapore 10 December – Japanese torpedo craft sunk British HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse
  • Battle of Jitra 11–13 December – Japan pushes back British forces in Malaya
  • Battle of Cape Bon 13 December – Italian naval defeat against the UK and The Netherlands
  • First Battle of Sirte 17 December – Indecisive engagement between Italian and British naval forces.
  • Battle of Wake Island 8–23 December – Japanese forces capture the American Pacific Island
  • Battle of Hong Kong 8–25 December – Japanese drive British forces from their Chinese territory
  • Battle of Changsha 24 December 1941 – 15 January 1942 – Chinese forces battle Japanese back during another Japanese attack on that city and claim victory over Japanese
  • Battle of the Kerch Peninsula 26 December-19 May - Axis controls Crimea. Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union.
  • Battle of Kampar 30 December – 2 January – British forces delay Japanese advance Malaya
• 1942
  • Battle of Slim River 6–8 January - Japan defeats the UK and British India
  • Battles of Rzhev 8 January 1942 - 31 March 1943 - A series of inconclusive battles between the Soviet Union and Germany. Germany retreat in March 1943.
  • Battle of Dražgoše 9 January – First frontal engagement on Slovenian soil with the German occupier
  • Battle of Tarakan (1942) 11–12 January - Japan defeats The Netherlands
  • Battle of Manado 11–12 January - Japan defeats The Netherlands
  • Battle of Manado 11–13 January – Japanese defeat Dutch force protecting airfields.
  • Battle of Gemas 14 January - Australians ambush Japan forces
  • Battle of Muar 14–22 January - Japan defeats Australia, the UK and British India
  • Battle of Moscow 17 January – Soviet defenders drive back German Army Group Centre
  • Barvenkovo-Lozovaya offensive 18–31 January - The Soviet Union pushes Germany back in Ukraine.
  • Battle of Balikpapan 23 January – Battle in Borneo, Netherlands East Indies. Japanese victory over the Dutch
  • Battle of Rabaul (1942) 23 January - February - Japan defeats Australians, first Australian territory taken by conquest in Australian history
  • Battle off Endau 26–27 January – British/Australian naval defeat by japans navy
  • Battle of Ambon 30 January – 3 February – Japanese victory over The Netherlands, Australia and the US in the Dutch East Indies
  • Battle of Port Moresby 3 February 1942 - 17 August 1943 - Air war over Port Moresby. Australia and the USA defeat Japan.
  • Battle of Makassar Strait 4 February – Japanese defeat Dutch and US naval force
  • Battle of Bukit Timah 10–12 February – Japanese defeat British Empire forces
  • Battle of Kranji 9–10 February – Japanese forces capture strait islands from the UK
  • Battle of Palembang 13–15 February – Japan defeat Allied forces (The UK, The Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand)
  • North Western Area Campaign – 1942 1945 Air war over northern Australia. Australia, the US, the UK and The Netherlands defeat Japan.
  • Battle of Singapore 31 January – 15 February – Japanese forces capture city in Malaya; British army under Arthur Ernest Percival, CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, MC, OStJ, DL, surrenders; largest British surrender of the war.
  • Battle of Badung Strait 18–19 February – Japanese naval victory over The Netherlands, the US and the UK despite friendly fire incident
  • Darwin Air Raids 19 February – Australian hit by Japanese aerial attacks
  • Battle of the Java Sea 4 February – 1 March – Japanese wipe out Allied (The Netherlands, the US, the UK and Australia) naval squadron
  • Battle of Leuwiliang 3–5 March Australian British American forces are defeated by Japan
  • Invasion of Buka and Bougainville 9 March – 5 April – Japanese forces invaded and defeat Australian forces capturing bukA and Bougainville
  • Battle of Timor 19–10 February 1943 - Japanese victory - tactical Australian victory
  • Battle of Java 28 February – 12 March – A battle of the Pacific theatre of World War II between Japan and the Netherlands. Japanese victory
  • Battle of Sunda Strait 28 February – 1 March – (ABDACOM) naval force of the US, Australia and The Netherlands, under Admiral Karel Doorman was defeated by the Japanese fleet
  • Battle of Toungoo 19–29 March - Japan defeats China in the British colony of Burma
  • Battle of Oktwin 20–23 March - Japan defeats China in Burma
  • Second Battle of Sirte 22 March – An Italian naval force attacks the escort of a British convoy.
  • Japanese Raids into Indian Ocean 31 March – Japanese raids against the British Eastern Fleet. Heavy British losses
  • Battle of Bataan 1 January – 9 April – Japanese defeat and imprison US and Philippine force
  • Battle of Yenangyaung 11–19 April - China, the UK and British India defeat Japan
  • Battle of Nanos 18 April – 800 Italian soldiers lay siege to 54 Slovene partisans. Italian victory.
  • Doolittle Raid 18 April – U.S. aircraft bomb Tokyo, crash-land in China
  • Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi 18 April – Chinese and Japanese forces search for the surviving Doolittle Raiders. Japan defeats China and the USA.
  • Destruction of Telavåg 30 April – German forces destroy entire Norwegian town
  • Battle of the Coral Sea 4 May – U.S. loses USS Lexington; Japanese win tactically but lose strategically to US/Australian navies. First naval battle in history in which the opposing ships neither sighted nor directly fired on one another; all offensive action was carried out by carrier-based aircraft
  • Battle of Corregidor 5–6 May – Last US bastion in Asia surrenders to the Japanese after prolonged siege
  • Battle of the Philippines 8 December 1941 – 8 May – Japanese victory over the US and the Philippines, Douglas MacArthur promises to return
  • Battle of the St. Lawrence 11 May – German U-553 sinks the Canadian Nicoya and the Leto in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence river
  • Second Battle of Kharkov 12–28 May – Soviet counterattack thwarted against Germany and the Axis
  • Battle of Bir Hakeim 26 May – 11 June – Free French Forces successfully delay Rommel's Italian and German advance towards Egypt
  • Battle of Gazala 26 May – 21 June – German commander Erwin Rommel, reinforced by Italians, defeats Great Britain
  • Operation Anthropoid 27 May - Czech resistance fighters assassinating Schutzstaffel (SS)-Obergruppenfüher Reinhard Heydrich
  • Attack on Sydney Harbour 31 May – 8 June – Japanese submarines attack Australian cities.
  • Battle of Midway 4–7 June – US loses USS Yorktown; Japanese lose four aircraft carriers
  • Battle of Pantelleria 15 June – An Italian naval force successfully attacks a British convoy (Operation Harpoon).
  • Raid on Salamaua (1942) 28 June - Australian commandos raid Japanese forces 120 Japanese killed 3 Australians wounded
  • First Battle of Voronezh 28 June-24 July - Germany and other Axis capture Voronezh from the Soviet Union
  • Convoy PQ 17 – 27 ships leave Iceland on 17 June for Murmansk – on 5 10 July ships reach Murmansk
  • First Battle of El Alamein 1 July – British Eighth Army stops Rommel's Axis (Italy and Germany) forces invading Egypt
  • Raid on Heath's Farm 1 July- Australian commandos attack and kill 44 Japanese
  • Battle of Sevastopol 2 July – Soviet city captured by Germans, Romanians and Italians after eight-month siege
  • Battle of Stalingrad 17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943 – City besieged by Paulus' German Sixth Army; from 23 November the Sixth Army is surrounded and destroyed by Soviets; bloodiest battle in history, 1.8 millions dead approx.
  • Invasion of Buna–Gona 21–27 July - Japan defeats Australian forces and capture buna-gona
  • Battle of Savo Island 9 August – Japanese sink four U.S. cruisers HMAS Canberra is also lost
  • Battle of Dieppe 19 August – "Operation Jubilee" was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in France. Allied Failure, Information used for D-Day. Soldiers from the UK, Canada, Free French, Poland and Czechoslovakia participated in the Battle on the Allied side.
  • Kokoda Track campaign 21 July - Start of the Kokoda Track Campaign - Australia's finest hour. Australia and the USA defeat Japan.
  • Battle of Kokoda 8–10 August - Australians capture Kokoda Airfield from Japan
  • Battle of the Eastern Solomons 24 August – Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō sunk by the USA
  • Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea 25 August – 7 September – Australians defeat Japanese. First clear Allied victory over Japanese land forces
  • Battle of Isurava 26–31 August - Australian forces are pushed down the Kokoda trail by Japan
  • Battle of Alam Halfa 30 August – 6 September – Allies vs. Rommel in North Africa. The UK and New Zealand defeat Germany and Italy.
  • First Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing 31 August - 5 September - Japanese forces defeat Australian forces
  • Battle of Mission Ridge – Brigade Hill 6–9 September - Japan defeat Australian forces
  • Battle of Ioribaiwa 14–16 September- Australians withdraw from Japanese forces down the Kokoda trail
  • Raid on Mubo (1942) 1 October - Australian commandos raid Japanese forces killing 50
  • Battle of Višegrad 5 October - Yugoslav Chetniks defeat Germany and the German fascist puppet state of Croatia
  • Battle of Cape Esperance 11 October – near Guadalcanal. The USA defeats Japan.
  • Second Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing 11–28 October - Australians advance after being halted by Japan
  • Second Battle of El Alamein 23 October – 4 November – Montgomery's Eighth Army forces Rommel out of Egypt. The UK, British India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Free France, Greece and the USA defeat Germany and Italy.
  • Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands 25 October – near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw victorious
  • Battle of Goodenough Island 22–27 October- Australians take island from the Japanese
  • Battle of Oivi–Gorari 4–11 November - Major Australian Victory over Japan
  • Operation Torch 8 November – Allied landings in North Africa. The USA, the UK, British India, Free France, Canada, The Netherlands and Australia defeat Vichy France, Germany and Italy.
  • Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 12 November – U.S. defeats Japan, turning point of the Pacific War
  • Battle of Buna–Gona 16 November- 22 January - Australian & American forces win decisive victory over Japan
  • Battle of Tassafaronga 30 November – off Guadalcanal. Japan defeats the USA
• 1943
  • Battle of Osankarica 8 January – About 2000 Germans massacred all 69 men and women of the Pohorje battalion. Germans lost 19 men and had 31 wounded
  • Battle of Velikiye Luki 19 November 1942 – 16 January 1943 – Germans clash with Soviets. Soviet victory.
  • Battle of Buna-Gona 16 November 1942 – 22 January 1943 – Americans and Australians defeat Japanese
  • Battle of Neretva 20 January – March – Large joint Axis (Germany, Italy, German puppet state of Croatia, Serbian Chetniks) offensive that attempts to destroy communist led Partisan resistance in Yugoslavia, but fails
  • Battle of Rennell Island 29–30 January – Japanese bombers sink an American cruiser
  • Battle of Wau 29 January – 4 February – Australian and American victory over Japan
  • Battle of Guadalcanal 7 August 1942 – 9 February 1943 – Allies (USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand) finally take the island from Japan after a six-month battle
  • Battle of Timor 10 February – After one-year battle, Japanese conquer the island from The Netherlands and Portugal. Australia and the USA aided The Netherlands and Portugal.
  • Battle of the Kasserine Pass 14–25 February – German victory over British Empire and U.S. forces in Tunisia
  • Third Battle of Kharkov 16 February – 15 March – German Nazi victory over the Soviet Union
  • Battle of the Bismarck Sea 2 March – Australian and U.S. air forces destroy Japanese convoy
  • Battle of Blackett Strait 6 March – Two Japanese destroyers sunk by the USA
  • Battle of the Komandorski Islands 26 March – U.S. naval victory over Japan, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) damaged
  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 18 April – 13,000 Polish Jews killed German forces, uprising is defeated
  • Operation Vengeance 18 April - Killing Imperial Japanese Navy Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto by the USA
  • Battle of Bobdubi 22 April - 19 August - Australian forces defeat Japanese forces
  • Battle of Mubo 22 April - 14 July - Australians force Japan to retreat
  • Raid on Darwin (2 May 1943) - major Japanese Air raid on Darwin
  • Battle of West Hubei 12 May – 3 June – Chinese forces under Bai Chongxi defeat Japanese
  • Sutjeska offensive 15 May – 16 June – Failed Axis (Germany, Italy, Croatia and Bulgaria) offensive against Yugoslav Partisans
  • Battle of New Georgia 20 June – 25 August – U.S. and British Empire victory over Japan in the Solomon Islands
  • Battle of Lababia Ridge 20–23 June - Australians defeat Japanese attack
  • Landing at Nassau Bay 30 June - Australians & Americans defeat Japan
  • Battle of Kula Gulf 6 July – Indecisive naval battle between the US and Japan in the Solomons
  • Battle of Enogai 10–11 July – US victory over Japan
  • Battle of Kolombangara 12–13 July – American ships damaged while pursuing Japanese
  • Battle of Mount Tambu 16 July – 18 August – Australian and American decisive victory over Japan
  • Battle of Bairoko 20 July – Japanese victory over the USA
  • Battle of Roosevelt Ridge 21 July - 14 August - Allied victory (USA and Australia) over Japan
  • Battle of Munda Point 22 July – 5 August - The USA defeats Japan
  • Battle of Centuripe 2–4 August - The UK defeats Germany in Sicily
  • Battle of Vella Gulf 6–7 August – Japanese lose three destroyers against the USA
  • Smolensk operation 7 August - 2 October - The Soviet Union captures the Smolensk and Bryansk regions from Germany.
  • Battle of the Aleutian Islands 15 August – Japanese invade, but are repelled by American and Canadian forces
  • Battle of Vella Lavella (land) 15 August – 6 October - The USA and New Zealand defeat Japan
  • Battle off Horaniu 17–18 August – Japanese naval retreat, subsequently evacuation of 9,000 Japanese men. American victory.
  • Battle of Kursk 4 July – 23 August – Germans attack Kursk salient at Orel and Belgorod, but are stopped by heavy Russians defenses; arguably the largest tank battle ever fought. Heavy losses
  • Fourth Battle of Kharkov 23 August – Soviets liberate town from Germany
  • Battle of the Dnieper 26 August - 23 December - The Soviet Union takes Eastern Ukraine from Germany.
  • Battle of Arundel Island 27 August – 21 September - The USA defeats Japan
  • Landing at Nadzab 5 September - American - Australian airborne landing defeats Japanese forces
  • Landing at Lae 4–16 September - Australians & Americans land at Lae in Japanese hold territory
  • Battle of Castle Turjak 19 September – Communist led Slovene partisans take the castle guarded by the pro German, anti communist Slovene village sentries
  • Battle of Kaiapit 19–20 September - Australian victory over Japan
  • Battle of Finschhafen 22 September – 24 October - Australia and the USA defeat Japan
  • Battle of Dumpu 22 September - 4 October Australian forces defeat Japan
  • Battle of Leros 26 September – 16 November – Germans attack and force surrender of British garrison on Leros; British force under general Robert Adolphus George Tilney, CBE DSO TD, forced to surrender.
  • Naval Battle of Vella Lavella 6 October – Japanese win against the US, both sides lose one destroyer
  • Battle of John's Knoll–Trevor's Ridge 12–13 October – Australian victory over Japan
  • Battle of Lenino 12–13 October - Germany defeats the Soviet Union and Poland
  • Raid on Schweinfurt 14 October – Air battle between the German Luftwaffe and the U.S. Air Force; "Black Thursday." German victory.
  • Battle of the Treasury Islands 25 October – 12 November – New Zealand defeats Japan in the Solomon Islands
  • Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1–2 November – Japan suffers a naval defeat against the USA
  • Battle of Changde 2 November – 20 December – Chinese victory, Japanese use biological and chemical weapons
  • Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943) 2–11 November - Allied (USA, Australia and New Zealand) air attacks against Japan in Rabaul
  • Battle of Koromokina Lagoon 7–8 November - The USA defeats Japan
  • Battle for Piva Trail 8–9 November - The USA defeats Japan
  • Battle of Sattelberg 17–25 November - major Australian and American victory over Japan
  • Battle of Tarawa 20–22 November – First contested amphibious landing of World War II by the USA against Japan
  • Battle of Makin 20–24 November – American forces defeat the Japanese in the Gilbert Islands
  • Battle of Cape St. George 27 November – Japanese convoy suffers heavy damage against the USA
  • Battle of the Treasury Islands 27 October – 12 November – Major New Zealand and American victory over Japan
  • Battle of Wareo 27 November – 8 December - Australia defeats Japan
  • Landings at Cape Torokina - 1–3 November – American/New Zealand forces defeat Japanese forces
  • Battle for Monte la Difensa 3–9 December - The UK, the US and Canada defeat Germany
  • Battle of Sio 5 December - major Australian victory over Japan
  • Battle of Arawe 15 December - 24 February 1944 - Allied (USA and Australia) victory against Japan
  • Battle of Ortona 20–28 December - Canada defeats Germany
  • Dnieper-Carpathian offensive 24 December 1943 - 6 May 1944 - The Soviet Union captured Western Ukraine from Germany and enters Poland and Romania.
  • Battle of North Cape 26 December – British naval victory over Germany
  • Battle of The Pimple 27–28 December - Australian victory over Japan
• 1944
  • Leningrad-Novgorod offensive 14 January - 1 March - The Soviet Union lifts the Siege of Leningrad and liberates the area around Veliky Novgorod from Germany.
  • Battle of Monte Cassino 17 January – 19 May – Four battles, Allies finally victorious against Germany, breaking through to advance on Rome. The UK, British India, the US, Free France, Poland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Italy participated on the Allied side.
  • Battle of Shaggy Ridge 19–31 January – Australian victory over Japan
  • Battle of Rapido River 20–22 January - Germany defeats the USA
  • Battle of Anzio 22 January - 5 June - After an amphibious landing near Rome, the allied armies of the US, the UK and Canada were only able to break out a German encirclement, after a couple of months
  • Battle of Korsun Pocket 24 January – 16 February – Decisive Soviet victory over Germany
  • Battle of Narva 2 February - 10 August - Germany successfully holds ground against the Soviet Union.
  • Battle of the Green Islands 15–20 February- New Zealand forces supported by Americans defeat Japan
  • Battle of Cisterna 30 January – 2 February – Part of Operation Shingle – 1st, 3rd, and 4th U.S. Army Ranger battalions attempted to capture the town of Cisterna. German victory.
  • Battle of Kwajalein 31 January – 3 February – American victory over Japan in the Marshall Islands, several Korean laborers captured
  • Battle of Madang February - April - Australian and American victory over Japan in the pacific
  • Attack on Truk 17–18 February – Successful American air raid against Japan in the Marshall Islands
  • Battle of Eniwetok 17–23 February – American victory over Japan allows U.S. forces to set up for an attack on the Mariana Islands
  • Battle of Imphal 8 March - 3 July - An invasion of British India by Japan is stopped by the UK and British Indian soldiers.
  • Battle of Hube's Pocket 25 March – 15 April – Germans victorious over the Soviet Union, but have to retreat afterward
  • Crimean offensive 8 April - 12 May - The Soviet Union captures Crimea from Germany. Germany got aid from Romania.
  • Raid on Drvar April – May – Failed German military operation that aimed to capture Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav partisans
  • Battle of Central Henan April – December – Marginal Japanese victory over China and the USA
  • Siege of Myitkyina 17 May - 3 August - China and the USA capture Myitkyina in Burma from Japan
  • Battle of Lone Tree Hill 17 May – 2 September – American victory over Japan in the Pacific theatre
  • Battle of Wakde 18–21 May – American and Australian victory over the Japanese
  • Battle of Biak 27 May – 17 August - The USA and Australia defeat Japan
  • Battle of Mogaung 4–27 June - The UK, China and the USA defeat Japan
  • Battle of Normandy 6 June – 25 August – Allies invade northern France across the Normandy beaches (Operation Overlord); hard fighting from Cherbourg to Caen; Germans surrounded and destroyed at Falaise. The USA, the UK, Canada, France, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa participated on the Allied side.
  • Battle for Caen 6 June - 6 August - After more than a month of fighting, the UK and Canada finally capture Caen from Germany.
  • Battle of Villers-Bocage 13 June – Germans defeat the UK near Normandy during Operation Overlord
  • Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze 14–15 June - Polish and Soviet partisans temporarily defeat Germany
  • Battle of Saipan 15 June – 9 July – American forces capture island from Japan
  • Battle of Philippine Sea 19 June – Major carrier battle; U.S. lose 123 planes and destroy 315 Japanese planes
  • Operation Bagration 22 June – Eastern Front. Soviet offensive destroys German Army Group Center
  • Operation Martlet 25 June - The UK defeats Germany
  • Battle of Tali-Ihantala 25 June – 9 July – Finnish stop Soviet offensive
  • Battle of Noemfoor 2 July - 31 August – American victory over Japan, supported by the Royal Australian Air Force
  • Battle of Vuosalmi 4–11 July – Finnish victory over the Soviets during the Continuation War
  • Battle of Driniumor River 10 July – 25 August - The USA and Australia defeat Japan
  • Lvov–Sandomierz offensive 13 July - 29 August - The Soviet Union captures Eastern Poland and Western Ukraine from Germany. Germany was aided by Hungary.
  • Battle of Auvere 20–25 July - Germany defeats the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Guam 21 July – 10 August – The USA captures Guam. 18,000 Japanese killed during American attack.
  • Battle of Tinian 24 July – 1 August – Japanese, realizing they will lose, launch a suicidal charge against Americans
  • Operation Cobra 25–31 July - The USA breaks out of Normandy and liberates Western France from Germany.
  • Battle of Sansapor 30 July – 31 August - The USA defeats Japan
  • Warsaw Uprising 1 August – 3 October – 20,000 armed Poles against 55,000 Wehrmacht and SS, city destroyed in 90%, more than 250,000 casualties
  • Falaise pocket 12–21 August - A German army gets trapped and defeated near Falaise, while the Allied armies liberate most of France. On the Allied side, the US, the UK, Canada, Poland and France participated in the battle.
  • Fourth Battle of Changsha August – Japanese capture nearby town from China, but unable to continue fighting afterward
  • Operation Dragoon (aka Operation Anvil) 15 August – Allied invasion of German occupied Southern France. The USA, France, the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Greece and New Zealand participated on the Allied side.
  • Liberation of Paris 15–25 August – Allied forces (France, the US and the UK) drive Nazi German forces out of the French capital
  • Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou 16 August – 24 November – Japanese victory over China and the USA
  • Battle of Romania 20 August - 24 September - The Soviet Union breaches through the German and Romanian lines, capturing vast territories. Romania change sides from Germany to the Soviet Union. On 24 September, most of Romania was occupied by the Soviet Union.
  • Baltic Offensive 14 September - 24 November - The Soviet Union captures most of the Baltic States and enters Germany in East Prussia.
  • Belgrade offensive 15 September - 24 November - The Soviet Union, communist led Yugoslav partisans and Bulgaria capture Belgrade from Germany.
  • Operation Tanne Ost 15 September – Germans unable to capture island from Finland. Finland was supported by the Soviet Union.
  • Battle of Peleliu 15 September – A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. The USA defeats Japan.
  • Battle of Arnhem 17–26 September – The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. Germany defeats the UK and Poland.
  • Battle of Anguar 17–30 September – Volcanic island captured by Americans from Japan
  • Battle of Hürtgen Forest 19 September – 10 February 1945 – German Army repels US forces with high losses for both.
  • Battle of Porkuni 21 September - The Soviet Union defeats Estonians fighting for Germany.
  • Battle of Leros 26 September – 16 November - Germany defeats Italy, the UK, South Africa and Greece
  • Battle of Olhava 28 September - Germany defeats Finland
  • Battle of Tornio 1–8 October – Finns capture Tornio from the Germans, start of the Lapland War proper
  • Battle of the Scheldt 2 October – 8 November – Difficult Canadian victory secures the port of Antwerp from Germany, and ensures critical supplies for advancing allied forces. Canada, the UK, Poland, the US, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Norway participated on the Allied side.
  • Battle of Crucifix Hill – The U.S. 1st Infantry Division attacks and takes Crucifix Hill from Germany, a strategic point which allows the Battle of Aachen to occur. Cpt. Bobbie E. Brown wins a Medal of Honor for his heroics
  • Battle of Aachen 2–21 October – Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. The USA defeats Germany.
  • Battle of Kos 3–4 October - Germany defeats Italy, the UK and South Africa
  • Battle of Debrecen 6–29 October – Germans able to hold back Soviets
  • Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive 7–29 October - The Soviet Union breaks through German lines into Norway.
  • Battle of Vukov Klanac 15–23 October - Communist led Yugoslav partisans defeat the German fascist puppet state of Croatia.
  • Battle of Morotai 15 October - Allied (the US, Australia, the Netherlands and the UK) victory over Japan
  • Operation Pheasant 20 October - 4 November - The UK, Canada, Poland, the US and the Netherlands liberate North Brabant from Germany.
  • Battle of Leyte 20 October – 31 December – Combined American and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas begin the liberation of the Philippines
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf 23–26 October – The largest air-sea battle in history- American/Australian fleet destroy Japan's fleet
  • Liberation of Finnmark 23 October 1944 - 26 April 1945 - The Soviet Union and Norway, supported by the UK, Canada and Sweden, drive Germany from the Norwegian region of Finnmark.
  • Budapest offensive 29 October 1944 - 13 February 1945 - The Soviet Union and Romania capture Budapest and most of Hungary from Germany and Hungary.
  • Landing at Jacquinot Bay 4 November – Australians land at Japanese occupied Jacquinot Bay
  • Operation Queen 16 November - Germany defeats the US and the UK
  • Battle of Ormoc Bay 11 November – 21 December – Americans prevent Japanese from resupplying Leyte
  • Battle of Monte Castello 25 November 1944 – 12 February 1945 – Brazilian and American troops defeat Germans in Italy
  • Aitape–Wewak campaign November 1944 – 1945 Australian victory over Japan
  • Battle of Mindoro 13–16 December – Combined U.S., Australian and Philippine Commonwealth Military Forces including recognized guerrillas capture main island off Luzon, Philippines from Japan
  • Battle of Wide Bay–Open Bay December 1944 - April 1945 - Australians defeat Japanese
  • Battle of the Bulge 16 December – 25 January 1945 – German counterattack in Ardennes; General McAuliffe says "NUTS" at Bastogne. The USA, the UK, Belgium, Canada, France and Luxembourg defeat Germany
  • Battle of Pearl Ridge 30–31 December - Australia defeats Japan
• 1945
  • Battle of Luzon 9 January – 15 August – Filipino, AmericanAustralian and Mexican victory. U.S. Sixth and Eighth Army including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary including recognized guerrillas retakes and completes the recapture of Northern Philippines from Japan
  • Vistula-Oder offensive 12 January - 2 February - The Soviet Union captures Western Poland from Germany and advances in parts of Eastern Germany.
  • East Prussian offensive 13 January - 25 April - The Soviet Union captures most of East Prussia from Germany.
  • Battle of Tsimba Ridge 17 January – 9 February - Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan
  • Operation Elephant 26 January – Canadian offensive succeeds against a German bridgehead at Kapelsche Veer in the Netherlands
  • Raid at Cabanatuan 30 January – U.S. Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas rescue Bataan and Corregidor prisoners of war from Japanese prison camp
  • Battle for the Recapture of Bataan 31 January – 8 February – Combined US and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas retake the historic Bataan Peninsula from Japan
  • Battle for the Liberation of Manila 3 February – 3 March – City totally devastated after month-long battle between the combined US and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas against the Japanese Imperial forces. 100,000 civilians killed
  • Rhineland Offensive 8 February - 27 March - The USA, the UK and Canada capture the Rhineland from Germany.
  • Silesian offensives 8 February - 31 March - The Soviet Union captures Silesia from Germany.
  • Black Friday (1945) 9 February – British Empire air operation ends in defeat against Germany
  • Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor 16–26 February – Spectacular combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth assault retakes island bastion from Japanese forces
  • Raid at Los Baños 23 February – U.S. Airborne Task Force and Filipino guerrillas rescues more than 2,000 Allied POWs and civilian internees held by Japanese
  • East Pomeranian offensive 24 February - 4 April - The Soviet Union captures parts of Northeastern Germany.
  • Battle of the Transdanubian Hills 6–21 March - Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Italy defeat Germany
  • Battle of Mindanao 10 March – 15 August – U.S. Eighth Army including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary and recognized guerrillas completes the recapture of Southern Philippines from Japan
  • Vienna offensive 16 March - 15 April - The Soviet Union captures Vienna from Germany.
  • Operation Varsity 17 March – 134 Allied (the UK, the US and Canada) gliders land troops in Wesel in Germany
  • Battle of the Visayas 18 March – 30 July – U.S. Eighth Army including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary and recognized guerrillas retakes central Philippine islands from Japan
  • Battle of West Henan and North Hubei 21 March – 11 May – Indecisive battle between China and Japan. Japan controls airbases after battle
  • Battle of Iwo Jima 26 March – After a month, U.S. forces take main offshore Japanese island
  • Battle of Slater's Knoll 28 March – 6 April - Decisive Australian victory over Japan
  • Battle on Lijevča field 30 March – 8 April – Total Ustashian (Croats fighting for Germany) victory over Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists)
  • Battle of Bologna 9–21 April - Poland, the UK, the US, Italy and Brazil defeat Germany.
  • Battle of the Argenta Gap 12–19 April - The UK defeats Germany
  • Battle of the Hongorai River 17 April – 22 May - Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan
  • Battle of Halbe 24 April – 1 May – Part of Battle of Berlin, Germans unable to break out, Soviet victory
  • Battle of Baguio 26 April – Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army retakes and complete in Baguio City, Northern Philippines from Japan.
  • Battle of Berlin 26 April – 2 May – Soviet forces encircle and capture German capital; Hitler commits suicide
  • Battle of Tanlwe Chaung 26 April - The UK defeats Japan
  • Battle of Triest 30 April – 2 May – Communist led Yugoslav partisans, New Zealand and the Italian resistance capture the city from Germany, pro German Italians and Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists).
  • Battle of Tarakan 1 May – Australian attack supported by America and the Netherlands as part of the Borneo campaign, defeating Japan
  • Prague offensive 6–11 May - The Soviet Union captures Prague from Germany.
  • Battle of Zelengora 10–13 May - Yugoslav communists defeat Yugoslav nationalists
  • Battle of Poljana 14–15 May – Last battle of World War II in Europe. Yugoslav communists and the UK defeat Germany and Yugoslavs, fighting on the German side.
  • Battle of Ratsua June - August - Australian victory over Japan
  • Battle of Porton Plantation 8–10 June - Japan defeats Australia and New Zealand
  • Battle of Bessang Pass 14 June – Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL completes and retakes on the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon, Philippines from Japan
  • Battle of West Hunan April–June – Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan
  • Battle of Labuan - 10–21 June - Australian defeat Japanese in Borneo. The USA and the UK supported Australia.
  • Battle of Okinawa 21 June – U.S. and British Empire forces defeat Japanese, U.S. occupies island
  • Battle of North Borneo 17 June – 15 August – Australian victory in north Borneo over Japan. The USA supported Australia.
  • Battle of Beaufort (1945) 26–28 June - Australian Victory over Japanese Forces
  • Soviet invasion of Manchuria 9–20 August – decisive Russian victory over Japan
  • Battle of Balikpapan 1–21 July – Australian victory over Japan
  • Battle of Sagami Bay 22–23 July - The USA defeats Japan
  • Battle of Mayoyao Ridge 26 July – 9 August – Filipino troops of the 11th and 14th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL, take the Japanese stronghold of Mayoyao, Mountain Province (now Ifugao) with U.S. air support.
  • Opening Campaign 10 August – 10 January 1946 – Chinese Civil War resumes. There were three sides: Nationalist China and the USA; Communist China and the Soviet Union; Japan.
  • Battle of Mutanchiang 12–16 August - Japan defeats the Soviet Union
  • Battle of Baoying 15–23 August - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Yongjiazhen 16–19 August - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Tianmen 17 August - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Shumshu 18–23 August - The Soviet Union defeats Japan
  • Battle of Wuhe 24 August - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Yinji 26–27 August - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Dazhongji 1–13 September - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Lingbi 4–5 September - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Xiangshuikou 18 September - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Rugao 21 September - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Houmajia 18 October - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists
  • Battle of Surabaya 27 October – 20 November – Indonesian soldiers and militia against British and Dutch troops as a part of the Indonesian National Revolution. British victory.
  • Battle of Shaobo 19–21 December - Chinese communists defeat Chinese nationalists

1946–1975

• 1946
  • Battle of Siping 15–17 March – Communist victory
  • Battle of Huaiyin–Huai'an 21 August – 22 September – Nationalist victory
  • Battle of Dazhongji 1–13 September – Communist victory
  • Battle of Lishi 6–9 September – Communist victory
  • Battle of Kalgan 10–20 October – Nationalist victory
• 1947
  • Battle of Yan'an 19 March
  • Battle of Niangziguan 24–25 April
  • Battle of Tang'erli 27–28 April
  • Operatie Product 21 July – First of two major Dutch military "police actions" (politionele acties) against the Republic of Indonesia during the Indonesian National Revolution
  • Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 22 October – 5 January 1949 – First war fought between the successor of British India the Dominion of India and newly formed of Pakistan. The war ended with India having majority portion of Kashmir.
  • Battles of Kfar Darom 7 December - 9 July 1948 - Egyptian victory
  • Battle of Phoenix Peak 7–9 December
• 1948
  • Battle of Haifa 21-22 April - Jewish militias capture Haifa
  • Battle of Nirim 15 May - Israeli militants capture Nirim kibbutz
  • Battle of Yad Mordechai 19-24 May - Egypt captures the settlement despite heavy Israeli defense
  • Battles of Latrun 24 May-18 July - Jordanian forces capture Old Jerusalem
  • First Battle of Negba 2 June - Israeli victory
  • Second Battle of Negba
  • Liaoshen Campaign 12 September – 12 November – Decisive Chinese Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists.
  • Huaihai Campaign 6 November 1948 – 10 January 1949 – Decisive Chinese Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists.
  • Pingjin Campaign 29 November 1948 – 31 January 1949 – Decisive Chinese Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists.
  • Operatie Kraai – The second Dutch politionele actie against the Republic of Indonesia. Although the Dutch were militarily victorious, they were forced to give up the East Indies because of international anti-colonial pressure
• 1949
  • Battle of Kuningtou 25–27 October – Nationalist victory establishes Taiwan as the Nationalist refuge. Communists left in control of mainland China.
  • Battle of Dengbu Island 3–5 November
• 1950
  • Battle of Bamianshan 19–31 January
  • Battle of Tianquan 14–20 February
  • Battle of Nan'ao Island 3 March
  • Battle of Dongshan Island 11 May
  • Operation Pokpoong 25 June – 31 July – DPRK victory: North Korean offensive
    • Battle of Chuncheon 25–29 June
    • First Battle of Seoul 25–28 June
    • Battle of Gorangpo 25–26 June
    • Battle of Kaesong-Munsan 25–26 June
    • Battle of Ongjin 25–26 June
    • Battle of Uijeongbu 25–26 June
    • Battle of Suwon Airfield 27 June
    • Air Battle of South Korea 25 June – 20 July
    • Battle of Chumonchin Chan 2 July
    • Battle of Andong late July
  • Battle of Osan 5 July
  • Battle of Pyongtaek 6 July
  • Battle of Chonan 7–8 July
  • Battle of Chochiwon 10–12 July
  • Battle of Taejon 14–21 July
  • Battle of Sangju 20–31 July
  • Battle of Yongdong 22–25 July
  • Battle of Hwanggan 23–29 July
  • Hadong Ambush 27 July
  • Battle of the Notch 2 August
  • Battle of Pusan Perimeter 4 August – 18 September – UN forces stop North Korean invasion of South Korea, counterattack in mid-September in conjunction with Battle of Inchon
  • Battle of Inchon 15–19 September – UN retakes South Korea, reaches Seoul in 12 days
  • Battle of Sariwon 17 October - UN victory
  • Battle of Chamdo 6–19 October – Chinese victory, annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China
  • Battle of Onjong 25–29 October – Chinese victory.
  • Battle of Unsan 25 October – 4 November – Chinese victory
  • Battle of Pakchon 5 November - Australian/UN victory
  • Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River 25 November – 2 December – Decisive Chinese victory, UN forces expelled from North Korea.
  • Battle of Kujin 25–26 October – UN victory
  • Battle of Chosin Reservoir 27 November – 13 December – Chinese strategic victory.
  • Battle of Chongju (1950) 29–30 October - Australian/UN victory over china
  • Third Battle of Seoul 31 December 1950 – 7 January 1951 – Chinese and North Korean forces take Seoul.
• 1951
  • Battle of Uijeongbu (1951) - 1–4 January UN defeat
  • Battle of Vĩnh Yên 13–17 January – French victory
  • Battle of Chuam-ni 14–17 November - UN victory over china
  • Battle of the Twin Tunnels 1 February – UN victory
  • Battle of Hoengsong 11–13 February Chinese and North Korean victory
  • Third Battle of Wonju 13–18 February – UN victory
  • Battle of Maehwa-san 7–12 March – UN victory
  • Battle of Mạo Khê 23–28 March – French victory
  • Battle of Yultong 22–23 April – Filipino victory (UN)
  • Battle of the Imjin River 22–25 April – Chinese victory
  • Battle of Kapyong 22–25 April – Australian/UN victory
  • Battle of Bloody Ridge 18 August – 5 September – UN victory
  • Naval Battle of the Han River (1951) - 28–30 September - Australian navy ship bombs Chinese forces
  • Battle of Heartbreak Ridge 13 September – 15 October – UN victory
  • First Battle of Maryang San 3–8 October 1951 – UN victory
  • Battle of Yongyu 21–22 October - American and Australians defeat North Korean forces
  • Battle of Nghĩa Lộ 3–10 October – French victory
  • Battle of Haktang-ni 9–13 October – UN victory
  • Second Battle of Maryang San 5 November 1951 – Chinese victory
  • Battle of Sunchon (air) 1 December - Soviet air force defeats Australian air force
• 1952
  • Battle of Hill Eerie 21 March – 18 July – UN victory
  • Battle of Old Baldy 26 June 1952 – 26 March 1953
  • Battle of Bunker Hill (1952) 9 August – 30 September – UN victory
  • Battle of Outpost Kelly 17–24 September – Chinese victory
  • Battle of Nanpeng Archipelago 20 September – 20 October
  • Battle of White Horse 6–15 October – UN victory
  • Battle of Nanri Island 11–15 October
  • Battle of Triangle Hill 14 October – 25 November – Chinese victory
  • Second Battle of the Hook 18–19 November - United Nations victory
  • Battle of Nà Sản 23 November – 2 December – French victory
  • Battle of the Noris 11–14 December – UN victory
• 1953
  • Battle of Pork Chop Hill 23 March – 11 July – UN victory in April, Chinese victory in July
  • Battle of the Nevada Complex 25–29 May – Chinese victory
  • Third Battle of the Hook 28–29 May – UN victory
  • Battle of Dalushan Islands 29 May
  • Battle of Kumsong 10 June – 20 July – Chinese victory
  • Battle of the Berlin Outposts and Boulder City 7–27 July – UN victory
  • Battle of the Samichon River 24–26 July – UN victory
• 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu – France loses Indochina when besieged here, from 1953 (First Indochina War)
• 1955
  • Battle of Yijiangshan Islands 18–20 January
  • Battle of Philippeville 20 August
  • Battle of Famagusta 20–21 November
  • Battle of the Pine 23 November
  • Battle of Spilia 12 December
• 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
• 1957
  • Battle of Agounennda 23–25 May
  • Battle of Bouzegza 4–12 August
• 1958
  • Battle of Bab El Bekkouche 28–31 May
  • Battle of La Plata 11–21 July
  • Battle of Las Mercedes 29 July – 8 August
  • Battle of Yaguajay 19–30 December
• 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion – A failed U.S.-backed attempt to capture Cuba and a major blow to US pride and reputation
• 1962
  • Operation Chopper 12 January - First major combat of American forces in the Vietnam War
  • Battle of Arafura Sea 15 January – Western New Guinea dispute/Operation Trikora; this was the last time the Royal Netherlands Navy sunk a ship
  • Operation Sunrise 22 March-30 April - South Vietnamese counteroffensive to disrupt Vietcong near Saigon
  • Raid on Limbang 12 December - British commandos defeat Malaysian insurgents
  • Battle of Namka Chun – Chinese victory
• 1963
  • Battle of Ap Bac 2 January - North Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Go Cong 3 September - South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Long Jawai 28 September - Initial Indonesian victory, but Britain successfully counterattacks
  • Battle of Hiệp Hòa 22 November - Vietcong victory
• 1964
  • Battle of Long Dinh 26 February - Indecisive
  • Battle of Kien Long 12–20 April - South Vietnamese victory; Vietcong successfully retreats
  • Operation Quyet Thang 202 27 April-27 May - South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Nam Dong 5–6 July - Allied victory over North Vietnam
  • Landing at Labis September–October - Allied forces successfully land on Indonesian troops
  • Landing at Kesang River - 29 October Australian and British forces defeat Indonesian landing
  • Battle of An Lão 7–9 December - North Vietnamese victory
  • Action of 13 December 1964 - Australian minesweeper defeats Indonesian patrol boat
  • Battle of Binh Gia 28 December-1 January 1965 - Viet Cong victory
• 1965
  • Attack on Camp Holloway 6–7 February - Viet Cong victory, beginning of Operation Flaming Dart
  • Battle of Dương Liễu–Nhông Pass 7–8 February - Viet Cong victory
  • Operation Flaming Dart 7–24 February - Escalation of the Vietnam War
  • First Battle of Thanh Hóa Bridge 4 April - North Vietnamese jets take down three American jets attempting to blow up a key bridge. The bridge still stands.
  • Operation Starlite 18–24 April - First major American-only offensive, both sides claim victory
  • Battle of Plaman Mapu 27 April - British victory
  • Battle of Sông Bé 10–15 May - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Sungei Koemba 27 May-12 June - Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces
  • Battle of Ba Gia 28–31 May - Viet Cong victory
  • Battle of Kindau 15 June - Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces
  • Battle of Babang 12 July - Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces
  • Battle of Lahore 6–12 September – Indian victory
  • Operation Piranha 7–10 September - American forces storm the Batangan Peninsula
  • Battle of Phillora 7–11 September – Indian victory
  • Battle of Asal Uttar 8–10 September – Indian victory
  • Battle of Chawinda 14–19 September – Inconclusive
  • Battle of An Ninh 18–19 September - Americans considered the battle a victory due to low losses and capture, but in the wider campaign, it was a defeat
  • Siege of Plei Me 19–25 October - First major battle between America and North Vietnam
  • Pleiku Campaign 27 October-26 November - Large American victory
  • Operation Hump 5–8 November - American/ Australian success
  • Battle of Gang Toi 8 November - First major encounter between Australia and North Vietnam, a minor Vietcong victory
  • Battle of Ap Bau Bang 12 November - Both sides declared victory
  • Battle of Ia Drang 14–18 November – First major encounter between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam in Vietnam. Over the first two days an American battalion repulses continuous Vietnamese assaults; another battalion, sent to reinforce the first, is ambushed on the fourth day when it withdraws, suffering heavy losses.
  • Battle of Bau 21 November - British victory
  • Operation Bushmaster II 1–6 December - American victory
  • Operation Harvest Moon 8–20 December - Allied victory
• 1966
  • Operation Marauder 1–8 January - allied victory
  • Battle of the Ho Bo Woods 8–14 January - American-Australian victory
  • Operation Double Eagle 18 January-17 February - Inconclusive
  • Battle of Nakhang 16–28 February
  • Battle of Suoi Bong Trang 23–24 February - Major Australian victory
  • Battle of Đức Cơ 23–24 February
  • Operation Utah 4–7 March - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of A Sau 9–10 March
  • Operation Jackstay 26 March-6 April - American victory
  • Battle of Xa Cam My 11–12 April
  • Operation Georgia 21 April-10 May - American victory
  • Battle of Sinoia 28 April
  • Operation Davy Crockett 1–16 May - American victory
  • Operation Paul Revere 10 May-1 August - American-Korean victory
  • Operation Wahiawa 16–30 May - American victory
  • Operation Crazy Horse 16 May-5 June - American victory
  • Operation Hardihood 16 May-8 June - American-Australian victory
  • Operation El Paso 19 May-13 July - American and South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Hawthorne 2–21 June - American and South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Hill 488 15–16 June - American victory
  • Operation Nathan Hale 19–30 June - American victory
  • Operation Jay 25 June-2 July - American claimed victory
  • Operation Macon 4 July-28 October - American victory
  • Battle of Minh Thanh Road 9 July - American victory
  • Operation Hastings 15 July-3 August - American troops force North Vietnamese across the Vietnamese DMZ
  • Operation John Paul Jones 21 July-5 September - Inconclusive
  • Operation Prairie 3 August-31 January - Attempt to drive away North Vietnamese units under the DMZ
  • Battle of Đức Cơ 9–10 August
  • Battle of Long Tan 18–19 August – First major action of Australian forces in Vietnam
  • Operation Amarillo 23–31 August - Inconclusive
  • Battle of Nam Bac August – January 1968
  • Operation Seward 5–25 September - American victory
  • Operation Thayer 13 September-12 February 1967 - Allied victory
  • Operation Attleboro 14 September-25 November - Both sides declare victory
  • Operation Shenandoah 16 October-2 November - American victory
  • Operation Paul Revere IV 20 October-30 December - Inconclusive
  • Operation Fairfax November-15 December 1967 - American combing operation victory
  • Operation Atlanta 19 October–December - American victory
• 1967
  • Operation Deckhouse Five 6–15 January - Inconclusive
  • Operation Cedar Falls 8–26 January - Indecisive
  • Operation Desoto 27 January-7 April - American victory
  • Operation Prairie II 1 February-18 March - American victory
  • Operation Enterprise 13 February-11 March 1968 - American victory
  • Battle of Trà Bình 14–15 February - South Korean victory
  • Operation Bribie 17–18 February - indecisive action
  • Operation Junction City 22 February-14 May - Inconclusive
  • Battle of Prek Klok I 28 February - American victory
  • Battle of Prek Klok II 10 March - American victory over a Viet Cong ambush
  • Operation Prairie III 19 March-19 April - American claimed victory
  • Second Battle of Bàu Bàng 19–20 March - American victory
  • Battle of Suoi Tre 21 March - Costly Vietcong defeat
  • Battle of Ap Gu 31 March-1 April - American forces defeat Vietcong
  • Operation Francis Marion 6 April-11 October - Inconclusive
  • Operation Lejeune 7–22 April - American victory
  • Operation Prairie IV 20 April-17 May - Costly American victory
  • Operation Union 21 April-16 May - American attempt to find Vietcong in the Quế Sơn valley
  • Operation Baker 22 April-31 July - American victory
  • Operation Manhattan 23 April-7 June - American recon victory
  • First Battle of Khe Sanh 24 April-11 May - Americans capture Hill 861
  • Operation Beaver Cage 28 April-12 May - American victory
  • Operations Malheur I and Malheur II 11 May-2 August - American victory
  • Operation Crockett 13 May-16 July - American victory
  • Operation Kole Kole 14 May-7 December - American victory
  • Operation Hickory 18–28 May - Inconclusive
  • Operation Barking Sands 18 May-7 December - American victory
  • Operation Union II 26 May-5 June - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Dragnet 26 May-27 January 1968 - Allied victory
  • Battle of Abu-Ageila 5–6 June
  • Battle of Ammunition Hill 6 June
  • Operation Akron 9–29 June - US-South Vietnamese forces attempt to flank Viet Cong troops, but both sides take losses.
  • Operation Billings 12–26 June - American victory
  • Operation Concordia 19–21 June - Allied victory
  • Battle of the Slopes 20–22 June - North Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Nsukka 2–12 July
  • Operation Diamond Head 11 July-31 October - American victory
  • Operation Kingfisher 16 July-31 October - Inconclusive, both sides claim victory
  • Operation Coronado II 27–31 July - Allied victory
  • Operation Hood River 2–13 August - Inconclusive
  • Battle of Suoi Chau Pha 6 August - Australian victory
  • Operation Colorado 6–22 August - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Midwest Invasion of 1967 9 August-20 September
  • Battle of Ore 11 August
  • Operation Benton 13–29 August - American victory
  • Operation Coronado IV 19 August-9 September - American victory
  • Action of 23 August 1967 23 August - North Vietnamese fighter jets defeat American jets
  • Operation Byrd 25 August-1 December 1967 - US-South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Swift 4–15 September - American and South Vietnamese victory
  • Nathu La and Cho La clashes 11–14 September – Indian forces beat back Chinese forces
  • Operation Wheeler/Wallowa 11 September-11 November 1968 - American offensive, where the Tiger Force committed war crimes
  • Fall of Enugu 12 September-4 October - Nigerian forces capture the Biafran capital of Enugu
  • Operation Coronado V 12 September-7 October - American victory
  • Operation Kunia 15 September-9 November - Inconclusive
  • Operation Shenandoah II - 29 September-10 December - Americans try to repair highway
  • First Battle of Onitsha 4–12 October
  • Operation Medina 11–20 October - Inconclusive
  • Operation MacArthur 12 October 1967 – 31 January 1969 - American victory
  • Battle of Ong Thanh 17 October - Viet Cong victory
  • Operation Tiger Claw 17–19 October
  • Operation Osceola 20 October-16 February 1968 - Inconclusive
  • First Battle of Loc Ninh 29 October-7 November - American and South Vietnamese troops capture Loc Ninh
  • Operation Lancaster 1 November-20 January 1968 - Minor operation, Tet offensive causes beginning of Operation Lancaster II
  • Operation Coronado IX 1 November-22 January 1968 - American victory
  • Operation Neosho 1 November-25 January 1968 - Continuation of Operation Fremont
  • Operation Kentucky 1 November-28 February 1969 - Low-level American cross-DMZ operation
  • Battle of Dak To 3–23 November - Pyrrhic American victory
  • Operation Santa Fe 3 November 1967 – 5 January 1968 - Allied victory
  • Operation Essex 6–17 November - Minor American victory
  • Operation Kien Giang 9-1 15–19 November - American-South Vietnamese claimed victory
  • Operation Napoleon/Saline November-9 December - Allied victory
  • Operation Manchester 4 December-17 February 1968 - American victory
  • Battle of Tam Quan 6–20 December - American victory
  • Operation Yellowstone 8 December-24 February 1968 - American victory
  • Operation Saratoga 8 December-11 March 1968 - American victory
  • Operation Muscatine 18 December-10 June 1968 - American victory
  • Operation Badger Tooth 26 December-2 January 1968 - Inconclusive
  • Operation Auburn 28 December-3 January 1968 - American victory
• 1968
  • New Year's Day battle of 1968 1–2 January - American victory
  • Second Battle of Onitsha 2 January-20 March - Nigerian forces capture Onitsha
  • Operation Lancaster II 20 January-23 November - American victory
  • Operation McLain 20–31 January 1969 - American victory
  • Operation Jeb Stuart 21 January-31 March - Spontaneous American counterattack disrupted by Tet Offensive
  • Battle of Khe Sanh 21 January – 8 April – Desperate defense by the US Marines to hold strategically important fire base against huge NVA numbers. Vietnamese Communists fail in their bid to turn the siege into an "American Battle of Dien Bien Phu." Though it is also possible that Khe Sanh was used as a diversion.
  • USS Pueblo (AGER-2) 23 January – North Korea seizes U.S. ship
  • Battle of Ban Houei Sane 23–24 January - North Vietnamese troops defeated a small garrison of Laotian royal troops.
  • Operation Coronado X 23 January-12 February - Allied victory
  • Operation Coburg 24 January - 1 March - Allied victory over North Vietnam
  • Tet offensive attacks on Da Nang 29 January-11 February - Allied forces repulse Vietcong attacks
  • Tet Offensive 30 January – North Vietnam loses militarily but turns the tide of US opinion against the war
  • Battle of Saigon 30 January-7 March - American and South Vietnamese troops repel the attack, but it heavily increases anti-war sentiment in the US.
  • Battle of Bến Tre 31 January-5 February - Vietcong attack Bến Tre, but fail to capture it
  • Battle of Quang Tri 31 January-6 February - South Vietnamese-American victory
  • Battle of Da Lat 31 January-9 February - North Vietnamese attacks and captures Da Lat, but loses it in an American-South Vietnamese attack days later.
  • Battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack 31 January-11 February - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Huế 31 January-2 March - American and South Vietnamese forces successfully defend the city, although Vietcong commit the Hue Massacre
  • Operation Niagara January–March - American counterattack on Tet Offensive
  • Battle of Lang Vei 6–7 February - North Vietnam captures Lang Vei camp
  • Operation Truong Cong Dinh 7 March-7 August - South Vietnam attempts to regain control over major highways
  • Battle of Lo Giang 8–9 February - American troops repel North Vietnamese attacks
  • Operation Hop Tac I 10 February-10 March - American victory
  • Operation Coronado XI 12 February-3 March - Allied victory
  • Operation Houston 26 February-12 September - American victory
  • Action of 1 March 1968 1 March - North Vietnamese ships attempt to ambush South Vietnamese ships
  • Operation Patrick 1–30 March - American victory
  • Battle of Tam Kỳ 3–6 March - American victory
  • Invasion of Port Harcourt 8 March-24 May - Nigerian forces capture Port Harcourt
  • Battle of Lima Site 85 10–11 March - Vietnamese-Laotian victory
  • Operation Quyet Thang 11 March-7 April - South Vietnam and US recapture areas around Saigon
  • Operation Walker 17 March-31 January 1969 - American victory
  • Operation Carentan 18 March-17 May - American victory
  • Operation Frederick Hill 18 March-28 February 1971 - American forces successfully conduct a security operation in Quảng Tín province
  • Operation Geneva Park 18 March-28 February 1971 - American forces successfully conduct a security operation in Quang Ngai Province
  • Battle of Karameh 21 March - Jordanian troops with the PLO repel an Israeli raid to capture Yasser Arafat, but the camp is destroyed
  • Operation Cochise Green 30 March-31 January 1969 - American victory
  • Abagana Ambush 31 March - Biafran ambush wipes out the Nigerian 2nd division
  • Operation Burlington Trail 8 April-11 November - American victory
  • Operation Toan Thang I 8 April-31 May - Allied victory
  • Battle of Signal Hill 19–21 April - Pyrrhic North Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Delaware 19 April-17 May - Inconclusive
  • May Offensive 29 April-30 May - North Vietnamese offensive smaller in scale than the Tet Offensive, but much bloodier.
  • Battle of Dai Do 30 April-3 May - Both sides claim victory
  • Operation Allen Brook 4 May-24 August - American/South Vietnamese forces drive back Viet cong.
  • Battle of An Bao 5–6 May - North Vietnamese forces ambush Americans, but the Americans fight back and win
  • Battle of West Saigon 5–12 May - Allied victory
  • Battle of Landing Zone Center 5–25 May - American victory
  • Battle of South Saigon 7–12 May - Allied victory
  • Operation Concordia Square 8–17 May - American victory
  • Battle of Coral–Balmoral 12 May – 6 June 1968 – Australian forces repel multiple North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks over 26 days of fighting
  • Battle of Kham Duc 10–12 May - North Vietnamese victory and one of the largest battles of the war
  • Operation Jeb Stuart III 17 May-3 November - US forces attack North Vietnamese bases
  • Operation Nevada Eagle 17 May-28 February 1969 - Protection of Huế by American forces
  • Operation Toan Thang II 1 June-16 February 1969 - Allied victory
  • Operation Robin 2–19 June - American claimed victory
  • Battle of Binh An 27–28 June - American victory
  • Operation Thor 1–8 July - American victory inside North Vietnam
  • Operation Pocahontas Forest 6–31 July - Allied victory
  • Operation Quyet Chien 3 August-30 November - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Somerset Plain 4–20 August - US claimed victory
  • Phase III offensive 17 August-27 September - Failed third push by the North Vietnamese after the Tet Offensive
  • Battle of Duc Lap 24–27 August - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation OAU 2 September-15 October - Nigerian forces capture Owerri and Aba, but are unable to capture Umuahia. The failure allows Biafra to retake Owerri and Aba.
  • Operation Champaign Grove 8–24 September - American victory
  • Operation Vinh Loc 10–20 September - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Maui Peak 1–19 October - American victory
  • Siege of Owerri 15 October-25 April 1969 - Biafra recaptures Owerri
  • Operation Fulton Square 22 October-18 January 1970 - Minor clashes between American/South Vietnamese forces and Vietcong
  • Operation Henderson Hill 23 October-6 December - American victory
  • Operation Sheridan Sabre 7 November-4 April 1969 - American victory
  • Operation Commando Hunt 15 November-29 March 1972 - American failure to bomb Vietcong supply routes
  • Operation Meade River 20 November-9 December - American victory
  • Battle of Hat Dich - 3 December-19 February 1969 - Allied victory
  • Operation Taylor Common 7 December-8 March 1969 - American and South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Fayette Canyon 15 December-28 February - American victory
• 1969
  • Operation Dewey Canyon 22 January-18 March - Last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division
  • Operation Toan Thang III 17 February-31 October - Allied victory
  • Operation Massachusetts Striker 28 February-8 May - Both sides claim victory
  • Operation Iron Mountain 28 February 1969 – 28 February 1971 - American victory
  • Operation Purple Martin 1 March-2 May - American victory
  • Operation Kentucky Jumper 1 March-14 August - American reconnaissance operation
  • Operation Maine Crag 15 March-2 May - American/South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Atlas Wedge 17–24 March - American victory
  • Operation Montana Mauler 23 March-3 April - American victory
  • Defense of Umuahia 27 March – 22 April
  • Operation Washington Green 15 April-1 January 1971 - American victory
  • Operation Virginia Ridge 2 May-16 July - American victory
  • Operation Apache Snow 10 May-7 June - US-South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Hamburger Hill 13–20 May - American and South Vietnamese troops win, but heavy losses force them to withdraw
  • Operation Lamar Plain 15 May-14 August - American victory
  • Operation Pipestone Canyon 26 May-7 November - American forces launch a successful local offensive
  • Battle of Binh Ba 6–8 June - Australians defeat Viet Cong
  • Operation Montgomery Rendezvous 8 June-15 August - Costly American victory
  • Operation Utah Mesa 12 June-6 July - Allied victory
  • Operation Campbell Streamer 13 July-15 August - Dozens of Vietcong killed
  • Operation Idaho Canyon 21 July-25 September - American victory
  • Operation Nantucket Beach 23 July-10 March 1971 - American victory
  • Operation Camden (1969) 21 August- Australian victory
  • Football War 14 July – Between El Salvador and Honduras
  • Battle of the Bogside 12 August – Unarmed Irish residents of the Bogside in Derry City expel British Police and Militia Forces from their area. The riots lasts for 2 days until the British Army is sent in. This event is often described as the beginning of the Troubles, a 30-year guerrilla war.
  • Siege of Landing Zone Kate 27 October-1 November - North Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Toan Thang IV 1 November-1 May 1970 - Allied victory
  • Operation Randolph Glen 7 December-31 March - Inconclusive
  • Defense of Oguta 20–24 December
• 1970
  • Operation Tail-Wind 7–12 January - Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
  • Operation Green River 19 January-22 July - American victory
  • Operation Texas Star 1 April-5 September - Indecisive
  • Battle of St Matthew's 27–28 June - A battle between Provisional IRA and loyalists during The Troubles
  • Operation Pennsylvania Square 29 June-1 March 1971 - American victory
  • Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord 1–23 July - North Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Clinch Valley 9–15 July - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Elk Canyon 12 July-29 September - American attempt to improve positions after the fall of Kham Duc, but failed.
  • Operation Pickens Forest 16 July-24 August - American victory
  • Operation Wolfe Mountain 22 July-30 January 1971 - Inconclusive
  • Operation Chicago Peak 24 July-11 August - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Siege of Firebase O'Reilly 9 August-7 October - North Vietnamese victory as the base closes down
  • Operation Imperial Lake 1 September-7 May 1971 - American-South Korean success, but perpetration of the Sơn Thắng massacre
  • Operation Jefferson Glenn 5 September 1970 – 8 October 1971 - Last major ground offensive involving the US
  • Operation Tailwind 11–13 September - American-South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Ivory Coast 21 November - American attempt to rescue POWs, but there were none
  • Operation Green Sea 22 November - An amphibious attack on Conakry, Guinea by Portugal during the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
• 1971
  • Battle of Snuol 5 January-30 May - American and Vietnamese troops clash in Cambodia.
  • Operation Cuu Long 44-02 13–25 January - South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Finney Hill 10 March-1 July - American victory
  • Operation Middlesex Peak 10 March-1 July - American victory
  • Battle of FSB Mary Ann 28 March - Viet Cong ambush victory
  • Operation Caroline Hill 29 April-1 July - American victory
  • Battle of Long Khánh 6–7 June - Pyrrhic Australian victory, as the North Vietnamese ability to retreat and defend its supply routes ultimately led it to win over Australia.
  • Battle of Nui Le 21 September - Last major Australian/NZ victory of Vietnam war
  • Battle of Garibpur 20–21 November – Decisive Indian victory
  • First Battle of Hilli 22–24 November – Bloodiest battle of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Indian and Bengali victory
  • Operation Trident 4–5 December – Indian Navy attacks Karachi port
  • Battle of Longewala 4–7 December – Decisive Indian victory
  • Battle of Basantar 6–16 December – Tactical Indian victory
  • Second Battle of Hilli 10–11 December - Failed Pakistani counterattack on Hilli, Indian-Bengali victory
• 1972
  • First Battle of Quảng Trị 30 March – 1 May - North Vietnamese victory during Easter Offensive
  • Second Battle of Lộc Ninh 4–7 April - North Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of An Lộc 13 April – 20 July - major battle ending in a South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Đồng Hới 19 April
  • Battle of the Mỹ Chánh Line 5 May-26 June - South Vietnamese-American victory
  • Battle at Springmartin 13–14 May - A battle that involved the British Army, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
  • Battle of Kontum 13 May-9 June - South Vietnam and US troops repulse Vietcong attack
  • Second Battle of Quảng Trị 28 June-16 September - South Vietnamese forces retake most of Quang Tri province
  • Battle of Mirbat 19 July – British SAS forces defeat Communist rebels during an attempted coup of Oman.
  • Second Battle of Quảng Trị 28 June – 16 September
• 1973
  • Battle of Cửa Việt 25–31 January - North Vietnam captures Cửa Việt Base.
  • Battle of Tong Le Chon 25 March-12 April - North Vietnam captures Tonle Cham Camp
  • Battle of Hồng Ngự March-4 May - Allied victory
  • Battle of Trung Nghia 8 June-16 September - South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Ap Da Bien 3 October - South Vietnamese victory
  • Operation Badr 6–8 October - Egyptian offensive marking the beginning of the Yom Kippur War.
  • Battles of Fort Budapest 6 October - Egyptian troops fail to capture an Israeli fort.
  • Battle of Fort Lahtzanit 6 October - Egyptians capture an Israeli fort.
  • Ofira Air Battle 6 October - Israeli victory in the air
  • First Battle of Mount Hermon 6–7 October - Syria recaptures Mount Hermon
  • Valley of Tears 6–9 October - Very bloody battle in the Golan Heights
  • Operation Model 5 7 October - Syrian troops win an anti-aircraft battle
  • Operation Tagar 7 October - Israel forfeits the operation attempting to block Egyptian troops
  • Battle of Marsa Talamat 7 October - Israel defeats Egyptian ships
  • Battle of Latakia 7 October - Israel defeats Syrian troops off the coast of Latakia.
  • Romani ambush 7 October - Successful Israeli ambush
  • Second Battle of Mount Hermon 8 October - Syrian victory
  • Battle of Baltim 8–9 October - Israel defeats Egyptian ships off the Egyptian coast
  • Syrian General Staff Headquarters raid 9 October - Israel successfully raids the general staff of Syria
  • Second Battle of Latakia 11 October - Inconclusive
  • Operation Gown 12 October - Israel destroys Syrian supply lines
  • Raid on al-Mazzah Airport 13 October - Israeli victory
  • Air battle of Mansoura 14 October - Egyptian planes defeat an Israeli plane.
  • Battle of the Sinai 14 October- Israeli victory
  • Battle of The Chinese Farm 15–17 October - Israeli victory
  • Operation Abirey-Halev 15–23 October - Successful Israeli victory near Suez
  • Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush 17 October - Israeli victory
  • Battle of Ismailia 18–22 October - Israel fails to block Egyptian supply lines.
  • Third Battle of Mount Hermon 21–22 October - Israel captures the mountain after a third assault
  • Battle of Suez 24–25 October - Egypt holds the Suez Canal
  • Battle of Quang Duc 30 October-10 December - South Vietnamese victory
• 1974
  • Battle of the Paracel Islands 19–20 January – Chinese victory
  • Battle of Tri Phap 12 February – 4 May - South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Kampot 26 February – 2 April
  • Battle of Svay Rieng 27 March – 2 May - South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of the Iron Triangle 16 May – 20 November - South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Duc Duc 18 July-4 October - North Vietnamese victory
  • Turkish invasion of Cyprus 20 July – 16 August
  • Battle of Thượng Ðức 29 July – 11 November - Costly for both sides; South Vietnam holds off North assault on Da Nang, but fails to capture Thuong Duc.
  • Battle of Phú Lộc 28 August-10 December - South Vietnamese victory
  • Battle of Phước Long 12 December-6 January 1975 - Important North Vietnamese victory
• 1975
  • Battle of Ban Me Thuot 3–18 March - North Vietnam captures Tay Nguyen region, and destroys South Vietnam's 2nd Corps in the process.
  • Hue–Da Nang Campaign 5 March-12 April - North Vietnam captures Huế and Da Nang with little resistance.
  • Battle of Xuân Lộc 9–12 April – Remnants of ARVN make a last stand in the final major battle of the Vietnam War
  • East Sea Campaign 9–29 April - North Vietnam captures the Spratly Islands in one of the last South Vietnamese-controlled places
  • Fall of Phnom Penh 17 April - The Khmer Rouge captures the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.
  • Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base 28 April - First bombing by the Vietnamese air force
  • Fall of Saigon 30 April - North Vietnam wins the Vietnam War.
  • Battle of the Hotels 23 October-2 April 1976 - Muslims and Christians end up divided in Western Beirut.
  • Indonesia invades East Timor 7 December
  • Battles of La Güera and Tichla 10–22 December - Mauritania occupies La Güera and Tichla

1976–2000

• 1976
  • First Battle of Amgala 27–29 January - Algerian withdrawal
  • Second Battle of Amgala 14–15 February - Sahrawi victory
  • Flagstaff Hill incident 5–6 May - Irish Army pushes back British special forces
  • Operation Entebbe 4 July
  • Garryhinch ambush 16 October - IRA bombs Brits
  • Battle of Hill 31 15 November
• 1977
  • A battle of the Ogaden War – The Ethiopian army inflicts heavy losses on the Somali National Army (SNA) after a Somali attack by 1 tank battalion and a mechanized infantry brigade supported by artillery units
  • First Battle of Jijiga A battle of the Ogaden War – The Somalis, trying to take the town, lose more than half of their attacking force of 3 tank battalions, each of which includes more than 30 tanks
  • Second Battle of Jijiga – A battle of the Ogaden War. Three Somali tank battalions overwhelm an Ethiopian garrison. After inflicting some heavy losses on Somali armor, Ethiopian troops mutiny and withdraw from the town, leaving its defense to the militia, which is incapable of slowing the Somali advance.
  • Battle of Harar – A major battle of the Ogaden War
• 1978
  • British Army Gazelle downing 17 February
  • Battle of Cassinga 4 May
  • Battle of Kaukaba 9 May
  • Battle of Kolwezi 18–22 May
• 1979
  • Battle of N'Djamena 12 – 15 February
  • Battle of Lạng Sơn 17 February – 16 March
  • Battle of Dong Dang 17–23 February
  • Battle of Lao Cai 17 February – 5 March
  • Battle of Masaka 23–24 February
  • Battle of Tororo 2–4 March
  • Battle of Lukaya 10–11 March
  • Battle of Entebbe 7 April
  • Battle of Jinja 22 April
  • Battle of Lira 15 May
  • Battle of Karuma Falls 17 May
  • Battle of Bondo 27 May
  • Warrenpoint ambush 27 August
  • First Battle of Al Mahbes 14 October - Sahrawi victory
• 1980
  • Battle of N'Djamena 22 March – 15 December
  • Iran–Iraq War
    • Siege of Abadan November 1980 – September 1981 – Iraq attacks the Iranian city of Abadan but fails to capture it
    • Liberation of Khorramshahr November 1980 – 24 May 1982 – The Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis
• 1981
  • Battle of Dezful Early January 1981 – Iranian armored regiments are forced to flee after an Iraqi ambush
  • Gulf of Sidra incident 19 August – Two Sukhoi Su-22 were shot down by two U.S. F-14A Tomcats
  • First Battle of Guelta Zemmur 13–29 October - Sahrawi victory
• 1982
  • 1982 Lebanon War 6 June – Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  • Falklands War:
    • Battle of San Carlos (1982) 21–25 May
    • Battle of Seal Cove 23 May
    • Battle of Goose Green 28–29 May
    • Battle of Mount Harriet 11 June
    • Battle of Two Sisters 11 June
    • Battle of Mount Longdon 11 June
    • Battle of Wireless Ridge 13 June
    • Battle of Mount Tumbledown 13 June
• 1983
  • Invasion of Grenada 25 October –by U.S. forces
• 1984
  • Operation Meghdoot 13 April – Battle between India and Pakistan in which India captured entire Siachen Glacier.
  • Operation Blue Star 6 June
  • Battle of the Marshes 1984 – Iran opens a new offensive in the lakes of the Hawizah Marshes in Iraq.
• 1985
  • Second Battle of Al Mahbes 12 January - Sahrawi forces break through a wall put up by Morocco
• 1986
  • First Battle of Al Faw 11 February – Iranians launch a surprise attack against the Iraqi troops defending the al-Faw Peninsula.
  • Action in the Gulf of Sidra March – U.S. naval operations against Libya
• 1987
  • Battle of Fada 2 January
  • Battle of B'ir Kora 18–20 March
  • Battle of Aouzou 8–28 August
  • Battle of Cuito Cuanavale South African Border War – South African victory against Angola
  • Battle of Maaten al-Saara 5 September
  • Battles of Farsia and Oum Dreyga 18 November - Inconclusive
• 1988
  • Battle of Afabet 17–20 March - A decisive EPLF victory over Ethiopia in the Eritrean War of Independence
  • Second Battle of Al Faw 17 April – Newly restructured Iraqi Army conducts a major operation to clear the Iranians out of the peninsula
  • Operation Praying Mantis 18 April – One day U.S.-Iranian naval action
  • Operation Mersad – Islamic Republic of Iran victory.
• 1989
  • Gulf of Sidra incident 4 January – Two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger Es were shot down by United States F-14A Tomcats.
  • Second Battle of Guelta Zemmur 7 October - Moroccan victory
  • Battle of Hausa 11 October - Moroccan victory
  • Third Battle of Amgala 8 November - Last military operation of the Western Sahara War until the 90's.
  • Operation Just Cause 20 December – the United States invasion of Panama
• 1990
  • Gulf War
    • Battle of the Bridges – Iraqi victory
• 1991
  • Gulf War
    • Battle of Khafji 29 January – 1 February, first major ground engagement of the Gulf War
    • Liberation of Kuwait 24–28 February
    • Battle of 73 Easting 26–27 February – A decisive tank battle fought between coalition armoured forces against those of the Iraqi Republican Guard
    • Battle of Medina Ridge 27 February – A decisive tank battle fought between the U.S. 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Brigade of the Iraqi Republican Guard.
  • Battle of Vukovar 25 August − 18 November – Croatian War of Independence
  • Battle of the Barracks September – Croatian War of Independence
• 1992
  • Siege of Sarajevo 5 April 1992 – 29 February 1996
  • Battle of Žuč 8 June
  • Battle of Tighina 19–21 June
  • Battle of the Miljevci Plateau 21–23 June
  • Operation Corridor 14 June 1992 – July 1992 – Army of the Republika Srpska defeated joint forces of the Croatian Defence Council and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) and created the Brčko corridor which connected two eastern and western part of Republic of Srpska while Croatian and Bosniak (Muslim) forces suffered large casualties.
  • Battle of Sukhumi 14-18 August - Georgian forces repulse Abkhaz rebels.
  • Battle of Gagra 1 October 1992 – 6 October 1992 – Abkhaz insurgents and North Caucasian militants captured Gagra from Georgian forces.
  • Siege of Tkvarcheli October 1992-29 September 1993 - Abkhazian forces break the Georgian siege
• 1993
  • 55 Day War 9 January – 6 March – Angolan Civil War
  • Operation Maslenica 22 January – 1 February – Croatian War of Independence
  • Battle of Kelbajar 27 March – 3 April – Armenians and Azeris fight for territorial disputes
  • Battle of Žepče 24–30 June – Croat–Bosniak War
  • Battle of Bugojno 18–29 July – Croat–Bosniak War
  • Battle of Newry Road 23 September - Gun battle between British Army helicopters and Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) armed trucks
  • Battle of Mogadishu 3–4 October – Policing mission gone wrong, US soldiers trapped against militia in a populated city
  • Battle of Pooneryn 11–14 November
• 1994
  • Zapatista uprising 1–12 January - Battles between Mexican Army and zapatista rebels
  • Afghanistan's Islamic State of Afghanistan (United Front) ousted by Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban)
  • Fall of Manerplaw 11 December 1994 – 27 January 1995 – Myanmar Army and DKBA soldiers captured and occupied the headquarters of the Karen National Union
  • Battle of Kawmoora 19 December 1994 – 21 February 1995 – The Myanmar Army captured the final stronghold of the Karen National Union
• 1995
  • First battle of Grozny 31 December 1994 – 8 February 1995 – Russian Army captures Grozny
  • Operation Flash 1–2 May – Croatian War of Independence
  • Battle of Orašje 5 May – 10 June – Bosnian War
  • Battle of Vrbanja Bridge 27 May – Bosnian War
  • Operation Storm 4–8 August – Croatian War of Independence
• 1996
  • Battle of Grozny - Chechen rebels recapture the city
• 1998
  • Battle of Belaćevac Mine 23–30 June – A coal mine critical to the electricity supply of Kosovo is temporarily captured by the Kosovo Liberation Army from the Yugoslav Army.
  • Battle of Glodjane 10 August – 9 September – Glodjane retaken by the Yugoslav army from the Kosovo Liberation Army
  • Battle for Kinshasa 26–30 August - Rwanda fails to take Kinshasa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe in the Second Congo War
  • 1998 Battle of Kilinochchi 27–29 September – Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam captures Kilinochchi from Sri Lanka Army
  • Battle of Yeosu 17–18 December – North Korean semi-submersible vessel intercepted and sunk by Republic of Korea Navy
  • Battle of Podujevo 23–27 December
• 1999
  • Kargil War – Pakistani paramilitary forces infiltrate into India's Kargil district triggering full-scale war between the two neighbours. After two months of intense fighting, ceasefire and return to status quo ante bellum. The battle ended with decisive Indian victory.
  • Battle of Tololing Indian victory
  • Battle of Grozny (1999-2000) – The Russian Army sieges Grozny in December, captures it in February 2000
  • Battle of Košare 9 April 1999 – 10 June 1999 – Kosovo war
  • Battle of Aidabasalala 16 October - Australian special forces victory
• 2000
  • Operation Valiancy 15-17 February - Philippine forces defeat Islamists
  • Battle of Komsomolskoye 6–24 March – Russian Army destroys a remnant Chechen group that escaped Grozny
  • Operation Audacity 15-21 March - Philippine forces defeat MILF hideouts
  • Lungi Lol confrontation 17 May – United Kingdom repulses an RUF attack during the British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War
  • Battle of Camp Abubakar July 9