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Battle of Austerlitz

Battle of Austerlitz (1805) — Decisive Napoleonic Victory

A detailed overview of the Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805): context, forces, course of the fighting, consequences for Europe and cultural memory, including Tolstoy’s depicti

Battle of Baghdad (1258)

Siege and Sack of Baghdad (1258) — Mongol conquest under Hulagu Khan

Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)

Battle of Black Jack

Battle of Brandywine

Battle of Britain

Battle of Cambrai

Battle of Camden

Battle of Camden (1780)

Battle of Canton (1857)

Battle of Canton (1857–1858)

Battle of Chaeronea

Battle of Chancellorsville

Battle of Chancellorsville (April 30 – May 6, 1863)

Battle of Chantilly

Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill), September 1, 1862

Battle of Corinth

Battle of Corinth (146 BC): Sack, Aftermath, and Significance

Battle of Falling Waters

Battle of Falling Waters (July 1863) — Gettysburg Campaign rearguard actions

Battle of Fort Blair

Battle of Fort Blair (Baxter Springs), October 6, 1863

Battle of France

Battle of France (1940) — Fall of France and the German invasion

Major 1940 campaign in which German forces invaded France and the Low Countries, leading to the collapse of the French Third Republic and occupation of much of France.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862)

Battle of Garfagnana

Battle of Garfagnana (December 1944)

Battle of Gazala

Battle of Gazala (May–June 1942) — North African campaign

Battle of Gemmano

Battle of Gemmano (September 1944) — fighting on the Gothic Line

Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of Glorieta Pass

Battle of Guam (1941)

Battle of Hampton Roads

Battle of Hill 60 (Western Front)

Battle of Jutland

Battle of Kororāreka

Battle of Kororāreka (1845)

Battle of Kosovo

Battle of Kursk

Battle of Kursk (July–August 1943)

Battle of Lade

Battle of Lade (494 BC)

Battle of Marais des Cygnes

Battle of Marais des Cygnes (Trading Post), October 25, 1864

Battle of Marathon

Battle of Marathon (490 BC): Background, course, and legacy

Battle of Midway

Battle of Midway (4–7 June 1942)

A decisive 1942 carrier battle in the central Pacific in which the United States Navy, aided by signals intelligence, defeated a major Japanese carrier force and shifted the strate

Battle of Mine Creek

Battle of Mine Creek (1864)

Battle of Monocacy

Battle of Monte Cassino

Battle of Monte Cassino (1944)

Battle of Moscow

Battle of Moscow (Autumn–Winter 1941–1942)

Major 1941–42 Eastern Front campaign in which Soviet defenses and a December counteroffensive stopped the German drive on Moscow, shifting the invasion from rapid advance to prolon

Battle of Nashville

Battle of New Market

Battle of Okinawa

Battle of Okinawa (April–June 1945)

Battle of Palmito Ranch

Battle of Palmito Ranch — the final land engagement of the American Civil War

Battle of Passchendaele

Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres): 1917 Allied offensive on the Western Front

Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres), July–November 1917: a major Allied offensive on the Western Front marked by appalling mud, relentless artillery, heavy casualties and dispute

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