List of orders of battle

This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).

Classical period

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| Battle of Red Cliffs

| Cao Cao's forces and Allied forces

| Winter of 208/9 AD

Early modern period

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Crusades

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Crusades

| Battle of Lepanto

| Holy League and Ottoman fleets

| October 7, 1571

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THIRTY YEARS' WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Thirty Years' War

| First Battle of Breitenfeld

| Holy Roman Empire, Catholic League, Sweden, and Saxony

| September 17, 1631

| Battle of Rain

| Sweden and the Catholic League

| April 15, 1632

| Second Battle of Breitenfeld

| Holy Roman Empire, Saxony, and Sweden

| October 23, 1642

| Battle of Rocroi

| French and Spanish armies

| May 19, 1643

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ENGLISH CIVIL WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | English Civil War

| Battle of Marston Moor

| Covenanter, Parliamentarians, and Royalists

| July 2, 1644

| Battle of Naseby

| Parliamentarians and Royalists

| June 14, 1645

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SECOND ANGLO-DUTCH WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Second Anglo-Dutch War

| Battle of Lowestoft

| British and Dutch fleets

| June 13, 1665

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GREAT Turkish WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Great Turkish War

| Battle of Vienna

| Christian Coalition and Ottoman armies

| September 12, 1683

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WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION

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! colspan=3 align="center" | War of the Spanish Succession

| Battle of Schellenberg

| Allied and Franco-Bavarian armies

| July 2, 1704

| Battle of Blenheim

| Allied and Franco-Bavarian armies

| August 13, 1704

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GREAT NORTHERN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Great Northern War

| Battle of Lesnaya

| Russian and Swedish armies

| October 9, 1708

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AUSTRO-TURKISH WAR OF 1716–18

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18

| Battle of Petrovaradin

| Austrian and Ottoman armies

| August 5, 1716

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War of the Austrian Succession

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! colspan=3 align="center" | War of the Austrian Succession

| Battle of Toulon

| British and Franco-Spanish fleets

| February 21–22, 1744

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Jacobite uprisings

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Jacobite uprisings

| Battle of Culloden

| Jacobite and Government armies

| April 16, 1746

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French and Indian War

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! colspan=3 align="center" | French and Indian War

| Battle of the Monongahela

| British and French forces

| July 9, 1755

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Seven Years' War

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Seven Years' War

| Battle of Minden

| Allied and French forces

| August 1, 1759

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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | American Revolutionary War

| Battle of Long Island

| American and British armies

| August 27, 1776

| Battle of Trenton

| American and British armies

| December 26, 1776

| Battle of Brandywine

| American and British armies

| September 11, 1777

| Battle of Paoli

| American and British armies

| September 21, 1777

| Battle of Germantown

| American and British armies

| October 4, 1777

| Battle of Bemis Heights

| American and British armies

| October 7, 1777

| Battle of Monmouth

| American and British armies

| June 28, 1778

| Penobscot Expedition

| American and British fleets

| July 24 – August 16, 1779

| Battle of Camden

| American and British armies

| August 16, 1780

| Battle of Cowpens

| American and British armies

| January 17, 1781

| Battle of Guilford Court House

| American and British armies

| March 15, 1781

| Battle of the Chesapeake

| British and French fleets

| September 5, 1781

| Siege of Yorktown

| American, French, and British armies

| September 28 – October 17, 1781

| Battle of the Saintes

| British and French fleets

| April 12, 1782

| Battle of Cape Spartel

| British and Franco-Spanish fleets

| October 20, 1782

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RUSSO-SWEDISH WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)

| Battle of Reval

| Russian and Swedish fleets

| May 13, 1790

1792–1860

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FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS (1792–1802)

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! colspan=3 align="center" | French Revolutionary Wars

| Battle of Jemappes

| French and Austrian armies

| November 6, 1792

| Siege of Toulon

| French fleet

| August 29 – December 19, 1793

| Battle of Tourcoing

| French and Coalition armies

| May 17–18, 1794

| Glorious First of June

| British and French fleets

| June 1, 1794

| Martin's cruise

| British and French fleets

| June 1794

| Battle of Fleurus

| French and Austrian-Dutch armies

| June 26, 1794

| Campaign of the Great Winter

| British and French fleets

| December 24, 1794 – February 3, 1795

| Battle of Genoa (1795)

| British and French fleets

| March 13–14, 1795

| Biscay campaign of June 1795

| British and French fleets

| June, 1795

| Battle of Quiberon

| French Republican and Anglo-Royalist forces

| June 23 – July 21, 1795

| Battle of Monte Settepani

| French and Austro-Sardinian armies

| June 24 – July 7, 1795

| Battle of the Hyères Islands

| British and French fleets

| July 13, 1795

| Battle of Loano

| French and Austrian-Sardinian armies

| November 23–24, 1795

| Montenotte campaign

| French and Austrian-Sardinian armies

| April 12, 1796

| Battle of Castiglione

| French and Austrian armies

| August 5, 1796

| Battle of Bassano

| French and Austrian armies

| September 8, 1796

| Battle of Arcola

| French and Austrian armies

| November 15–17, 1796

| French expedition to Ireland (1796)

| French fleet

| December 1796

| Battle of Rivoli

| French and Austrian armies

| January 14–15, 1797

| Battle of Cape St. Vincent

| British and Spanish fleets

| February 14, 1797

| Battle of Camperdown

| British and Dutch fleets

| October 11, 1797

| Battle of the Nile

| British and French fleets

| August 1 – 3, 1798

| Battle of Tory Island

| British and French fleets

| October 12, 1798

| Egyptian campaign

| French Army

| 1798–1799

| Army of the Danube

| French order of battle

| March 1, 1799

| Battle of Stockach

| French and Austrian armies

| March 25, 1799

| Bruix' Expedition of 1799

| British and Franco-Spanish fleets

| April – August 1799

| Siege of Genoa

| French and Coalition forces

| April – June 4, 1800

| Battle of Messkirch

| French Army

| May 4–5, 1800

| Battle of Marengo

| French and Austrian armies

| June 14, 1800

| Battle of Hohenlinden

| French and Austrian armies

| December 3, 1800

| Algeciras campaign

| British and Franco-Spanish fleets

| June 13, 1801 – July 14, 1801

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NAPOLEONIC WARS (1803–1815)

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Napoleonic Wars

| Battle of Cape Finisterre

| British and Franco-Spanish fleets

| July 22, 1805

| Battle of Trafalgar

| British and Franco-Spanish fleets

| October 21, 1805

| Battle of Caldiero (1805)

| French and Austrian armies

| October 30, 1805

| Battle of Dürenstein

| French, Austrian, and Russian

| November 11, 1805

| Battle of Wischau

| French and Russian armies

| November 25, 1805

| Battle of Austerlitz

| French, Austrian, and Russian

| December 2, 1805

| Atlantic campaign of 1806

| French and British fleets

| December 1805 – September 1806

| Battle of San Domingo

| British and French fleets

| February 6, 1806

| Battle of Maida

| British and French armies

| July 4, 1806

| Battle of Saalfeld

| French and Prussian-Saxon armies

| October 10, 1806

| Battle of Jena–Auerstedt

| French and Prussian-Saxon armies

| October 14, 1806

| Battle of Eylau

| France, Russia, and Prussia

| February 7–8, 1807

| Battle of Friedland

| Franco-allied and Russian forces

| June 14, 1807

| Gunboat War

| Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy in Norway

| 1808

| Battle of Vimeiro

| British-Portuguese and French

| August 20, 1808

| Cardedeu campaign

| French and Spanish armies

| June – December, 1808

| Tyrolean Rebellion

| Austrian and Bavarian armies

| 1809

| Battle of Uclés

| French and Spanish armies

| January 13, 1809

| Battle of Corunna

| British and French armies

| January 16, 1809

| Battle of the Basque Roads

| British and French fleets

| April 11–25, 1809

| Battle of Sacile

| Austrian and Franco-Italian armies

| April 15–16, 1809

| Battle of Abensberg

| Austrian and French armies

| April 20, 1809

| Battle of Piave River

| Austrian and French-Italian armies

| May 8, 1809

| Battle of Aspern-Essling

| Austrian and French armies

| May 21–22, 1809

| Battle of Wagram

| Austrian and Franco-Allied armies

| July 5–6, 1809

| Battle of Talavera

| British, French and Spanish armies

| July 27–28, 1809

| Battle of Bussaco

| French and Anglo-Portuguese armies

| September 27, 1810

| Battle of Barrosa

| French and Anglo-Allied armies

| March 5, 1811

| Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro

| French and Anglo-Allied armies

| May 3–5, 1811

| Battle of Albuera

| French and Anglo-Allied armies

| May 16, 1811

| Battle of Saguntum Siege of Valencia (1812)

| French and Spanish armies

| October 25, 1811 December 26, 1811 - January 9, 1812

| Imperial Russian Army

| Russian Army order of battle

| 1812

| French invasion of Russia

| French and Russian armies

| June 24 – December 14, 1812

| Battle of Salamanca

| French and Anglo-Portuguese armies

| July 22, 1812

| Battle of Vitoria

| French and Anglo-Allied armies

| June 21, 1813

| Battle of Wartenburg

| French and Prussian armies

| October 3, 1813

| Battle of Hanau

| French, Austrian, and Bavarian armies

| October 30–31, 1813

| Dano-Swedish War

| Dano-Allied and Sixth Coalition forces

| 1813–1814

| Battle of La Rothière

| French and Allied armies

| February 1, 1814

| Six Days' Campaign

| French, Prussian, and Russian armies

| February 10–15, 1814

| Battle of Orthez

| French and Anglo-Allied armies

| February 27, 1814

| Battle of Toulouse

| France and Anglo-Allied

| April 10, 1814

| Battle of Tolentino

| Austrian and Neapolitan armies

| May 2–3, 1815

| Hundred Days

| First French Empire and the Seventh Coalition

| March 10 – July 8, 1815

| Battle of Quatre Bras

| France and Anglo-Allied

| June 16, 1815

| Battle of Ligny

| French and Prussians

| June 16, 1815

| Waterloo campaign

| French, Anglo-Allied, and Prussian

| June 16–18, 1815

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RUSSO-TURKISH WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)

| Battle of Athos

| Russian and Ottoman navies

| July 1, 1807

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WAR OF 1812

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! colspan=3 align="center" | War of 1812

| Battle of Tippecanoe

| US Army, State Militias and Tecumseh's Confederacy

| November 7, 1811

| Siege of Fort Meigs

| American and British forces and Tecumseh's Confederacy

| April 28 - May 9, 1813

| Battle of Fort George

| American and British forces

| May 25, 1813

| Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor

| American and British forces

| May 28–29, 1813

| Battle of Lake Erie

| American and British naval squadrons

| September 10, 1813

| Battle of the Chateauguay

| American and British armies

| October 26, 1813

| Battle of Crysler's Farm

| American and British armies

| November 11, 1813

| Battle of Lundy's Lane

| American and British Armies

| July 25, 1814

| Battle of Plattsburgh

| American and British naval squadrons

| September 11, 1814

| Battle of New Orleans

| American forces and British forces

| January 8, 1815

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Bolivian War of Independence

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Bolivian War of Independence

| Battle of Sipe-Sipe

| Independist and Spanish Royalist forces

| November 28, 1815

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BARBARY WARS

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Barbary Wars

| Bombardment of Algiers

| British, Dutch, and Algerian Navies

| August 27, 1816

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Chilean War of Independence

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Chilean War of Independence

| Battle of Maipú

| Independist and Spanish Royalist forces

| April 5, 1818

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Venezuelan War of Independence

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Venezuelan War of Independence

| Battle of La Hogaza

| Patriot and Spanish Royalist forces

| December 2, 1817

| Battle of Carabobo

| Patriot and Spanish Royalist forces

| June 24, 1821

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Peruvian War of Independence

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Peruvian War of Independence

| Battle of Junín

| Independist and Spanish Royalist forces

| August 6, 1824

| Battle of Ayacucho

| Independist and Spanish Royalist forces

| December 9, 1824

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War of the Confederation

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! colspan=3 align="center" | War of the Confederation

| Battle of Yungay

| Confederation army and Chilean-Peruvian army

| January 20, 1839

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Anglo-Bruneian War

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Anglo-Bruneian War

| Anglo-Bruneian War

| British and Bruneian forces

| August 19, 1845 – December 24, 1846

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MEXICAN–AMERICAN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Mexican–American War

| Battle of Palo Alto

| American and Mexican armies

| May 8, 1846

| Siege of Veracruz

| American and Mexican armies

| March 9–29, 1847

| Battle of Cerro Gordo

| American and Mexican armies

| April 17–18, 1847

| Battle for Mexico City

| American and Mexican armies

| September 8–15, 1847

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CRIMEAN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Crimean War

| Battle of Balaclava

| British, French, and Russian armies

| October 25, 1854

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SECOND WAR OF ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE

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! colspan="3" align="center" | Second War of Italian Independence

| Battle of Solferino

| French, Sardinian, and Austrian armies

| June 24, 1859

American Civil War

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1861

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! colspan=3 align="centre" id="1861" | 1861

| Battle of Big Bethel

| Confederate Hampton Division and Union Department of Virginia

| June 10, 1861

| Battle of Hoke's Run

| Union Army of the Shenandoah

| July 2, 1861

| Battle of Carthage (1861)

| Confederate Missouri State Guard and Union Department of Missouri

| July 5, 1861

| Battle of Rich Mountain

| Confederate Army of the Northwest and Union Department of the Ohio

| July 11, 1861

| First Battle of Bull Run

| Confederate Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah and Union Department of Northeast Virginia

| July 21, 1861

| Battle of Wilson's Creek

| Confederate Western Army and Missouri State Guard and Union Army of the West

| August 10, 1861

| Battle of Carnifex Ferry

| Confederate Forces and Union Army of West Virginia

| September 10, 1861

| Battle of Cheat Mountain

| Confederate Army of the Northwest and Union Cheat Mountain District

| September 12–15, 1861

| Battle of Ball's Bluff

| Confederate Army of the Potomac and Union Army of the Potomac

| October 20–24, 1861

| Battle of Camp Wildcat

| Confederate brigade, Army of the Northwest and Union Department of the Ohio

| October 21, 1861

| Battle of Belmont

| Confederate First Division, Western Department & Units in reserve or near Columbus and US Grant's Expeditionary Command, Union District of Southeast Missouri & Units subject to Grant's command

| November 7, 1861

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| Battle of Mill Springs

| Confederate District of East Tennessee and Union Department of the Ohio

| January 19, 1862

| Battle of Roanoke Island

| Confederate Dist. of Roanoke & "Mosquito Fleet" and Union Coast Division & North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

| February 7–8, 1862

| Battle of Fort Donelson

| Confederate Department No. 2 and Union Army of West Tennessee

| February 11–16, 1862

| Battle of Island Number Ten

| Confederate Department No. 2 and Union Army of the Mississippi & Western Flotilla

| February 28, 1862 – April 8, 1862

| Battle of Pea Ridge

| Confederate Army of the West and Union Army of the Southwest

| March 7–8, 1862

| Battle of Hampton Roads

| Confederate CSS Virginia & James River Squadron and Union North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

| March 8–9, 1862

| Battle of New Bern

| Confederate Pamlico District and Coast Division of the US Army

| March 14, 1862

| Battle of Kernstown I

| Confederate Valley District and Union 1st Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac

| March 23, 1862

| Battle of Glorieta Pass

| Confederate Army of New Mexico and Union Department of New Mexico

| March 26–28, 1862

| Beginning of the Peninsula campaign

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia & Other Troops in the Department of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac, Other Troops from the Department of the Potomac & Union Department of Virginia

| April 4–30, 1862

| Battle of Shiloh

| Confederate Army of Mississippi and Union Army of the Tennessee and Army of the Ohio

| April 6–7, 1862

| Siege of Corinth

| Confederate Army of Mississippi and Union Department of the Mississippi

| April 29 – May 30, 1862

| Battle of Williamsburg

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| May 5, 1862

| Battle of McDowell

| Confederate District of the Valley Army and Army of the Northwest and Union Mountain Department

| May 8–9, 1862

| First Battle of Winchester

| Confederate District of the Valley and Union Department of the Shenandoah

| May 25, 1862

| Battle of Hanover Court House

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| May 27, 1862

| Battle of Seven Pines

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| May 31 – June 1, 1862

| Battle of Cross Keys

| Confederate District of the Valley and Union Mountain Department and Department of the Rappahannock

| June 8, 1862

| Battle of Port Republic

| Confederate District of the Valley and Union Department of the Rappahannock

| June 9, 1862

| Seven Days Battles

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| June 25 – July 1, 1862

| Battle of Cotton Plant

| Confederate forces and Union Army of the Southwest

| July 7, 1862

| Battle of Baton Rouge

| Confederate and Union forces

| August 5, 1862

| Battle of Cedar Mountain

| Confederate Left wing, Army of Northern Virginia and Union I Corps, Army of Virginia

| August 9, 1862

| Battle of Richmond

| Confederate Army of Kentucky and Union Provisional Army of Kentucky

| August 29–30, 1862

| Second Battle of Bull Run

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of Virginia and detachments, Army of the Potomac

| August 29–30, 1862

| Battle of Chantilly

| Confederate Left wing, Army of Northern Virginia and Union III and IV Corps, Army of the Potomac

| September 1, 1862

| Battle of Antietam

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| September 17, 1862

| Battle of Iuka

| Confederate Army of the West and Union Army of the Mississippi

| September 19, 1862

| Second Battle of Corinth

| Confederate Army of West Tennessee and Union Army of the Mississippi

| October 3–4, 1862

| Battle of Perryville

| Confederate Army of the Mississippi and Union Army of the Ohio

| October 8, 1862

| Battle of Prairie Grove

| Confederate I Corps, Trans-Mississippi Army and Union Army of the Frontier

| December 7, 1862

| Battle of Fredericksburg

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| December 13, 1862

| Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

| Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and Union Army of the Tennessee

| December 26–29, 1862

| Battle of Stones River

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland

| December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863

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| Battle of Fort Hindman

| Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi and Union Army of the Mississippi

| January 9–11, 1863

| Battle of Franklin (1863)

| Union Army of Kentucky and Confederate Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee

| April 10, 1863

| Siege of Suffolk

| Confederate Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia and Union Department of Virginia & VII Corps and North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

|April 11 – May 4, 1863

| Battle of Chancellorsville

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| May 1–4, 1863

| Battle of Raymond

| Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and Union Army of the Tennessee

| May 12, 1863

| Battle of Champion Hill

| Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and Union Army of the Tennessee

| May 16, 1863

| Battle of Vicksburg

| Confederate Army of Mississippi and Union Army of the Tennessee

| May 18 – July 4, 1863

| Siege of Port Hudson

| Confederate Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana and Union Army of the Gulf & West Gulf Blockading Squadron

| May 22, 1863 – July 9, 1863

| Battle of Brandy Station

| Confederate Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia and Union Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac

| June 9, 1863

| Battle of Winchester II

| Confederate Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union 2nd Division, VIII Corps

| June 13–15, 1863

| Battle of Gettysburg

| Confederate Army of North Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| July 1–3, 1863

| Battle of Helena

| Confederate District of Arkansas and Union District of East Arkansas

| July 4, 1863

| Second Battle of Charleston Harbor

| Confederate Dept. of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida and Union Department of the South & South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

| July 19, 1863 – September 7, 1863

| Little Rock campaign

| Confederate District of Arkansas and Union Department of Arkansas

| August 25 – September 10, 1863

| Battle of White Sulphur Springs

| Confederate and Union forces

| August 26–27, 1863

| Battle of the Cumberland Gap

| Confederate and Union forces

| September 7–9, 1863

| Battle of Bayou Fourche

| Confederate and Union forces

| September 10, 1863

| Battle of Chickamauga

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland

| September 19–20, 1863

| Bristoe campaign

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| October – November, 1863

| Chattanooga campaign

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland

| October – November, 1863

| Battle of Wauhatchie

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland

| October 28–29, 1863

| Battle of Droop Mountain

| Confederate and Union forces

| November 6, 1863

| Battle of Mine Run

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| November 27 – December 2, 1863

| Knoxville campaign

| Confederate First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Ohio

| November 16 – December 13, 1863

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! colspan=3 align="centre" id="1864" | 1864

| Meridian campaign

| Confederate and Union forces

| February 3 – March 6, 1864

| Battle of Olustee

| Confederate District of East Florida and Union District of Florida

| February 20, 1864

| Red River campaign

| Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department and Union forces

| March 10, 1864 – May 22, 1864

| Camden Expedition

| Confederate District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department and Union Department of Arkansas

| March 23 – May 2, 1864

| Battle of Plymouth

| Confederate and Union forces

| April 17–20, 1864

| Battle of the Wilderness

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac and IX Corps

| May 5–7, 1864

| Battle of Cloyd's Mountain

| Confederate and Union forces

| May 9, 1864

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Atlanta campaign

| Phase 1 - Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Armies of the Cumberland, of the Ohio and of the Tennessee

| May 7 – July 17, 1864

| Battle of Atlanta - Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Tennessee

| July 22, 1864

|Phase 2 - Confederate Army of Tennessee (second phase) and Union Armies of the Cumberland, of the Ohio and of the Tennessee (second phase)

| July 17 - September 8, 1864

| Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac and IX Corps

| May 8–21, 1864

| Battle of Chester Station

| Confederate and Union forces

| May 10, 1864

| Battle of New Market

| Confederate Department of Western Virginia and Union Department of West Virginia

| May 15, 1864

| Battle of Dallas

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Tennessee

| May 26 – June 1, 1864

| Battle of Cold Harbor

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| May 31 – June 12, 1864

| Battle of Piedmont

| Confederate Department of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee and Union Department of West Virginia

| June 5, 1864

| Siege of Petersburg

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Department of Richmond and Union Army of the Potomac and Army of the James

| June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865

| Battle of Trevilian Station

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Cavalry Corps and Union Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps

| June 11, 1864 – June 12, 1864

| Second Battle of Petersburg

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Armies of the Potomac and the James

| June 15–18, 1864

| Battle of Lynchburg

| Confederate and Union forces

| June 17–18, 1864

| Battle of Monocacy Junction

|Confederate Army of the Valley District and Union Middle Department

| July 9, 1864

| Battle of Fort Stevens

| Confederate Army of the Valley District and Union Department of Washington

| July 11–12, 1864

| Battle of Tupelo

| Confederate and Union forces

| July 14–15, 1864

| Battle of Peachtree Creek

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland

| July 20, 1864

| Battle of Kernstown II

| Confederate Army of the Valley District and Union Army of West Virginia

| July 24, 1864

| First Battle of Deep Bottom

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Armies of the Potomac and the James

| July 27–29, 1864

| Battle of the Crater

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Armies of the Potomac and the James

| July 30, 1864

| Battle of Moorefield

| Confederate and Union armies

| August 7, 1864

| Second Battle of Deep Bottom

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| August 14–20, 1864

| Battle of Globe Tavern

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| August 18–21, 1864

| Battle of Mobile Bay

| Confederate District of the Gulf & CSS Tennessee with gunboats and Union Military Division of West Mississippi & West Gulf Blocking Squadron

| August 22–23, 1864

| Second Battle of Ream's Station

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| August 25, 1864

| Battle of Jonesborough

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Military Division of the Mississippi

| August 30 – September 1, 1864

| Battle of Opequon

| Confederate Army of the Valley and Union Army of the Shenandoah

| September 19, 1864

| Battle of Chaffin's Farm

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James

| September 29–30, 1864

| Battle of Peebles's Farm

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| September 30 – October 2, 1864

| Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James

| October 7, 1864

| Battle of Darbytown Road

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James

| October 13, 1864

| Battle of Cedar Creek

| Confederate Army of the Valley and Union Army of the Shenandoah

| October 19, 1864

| Battle of Westport

| Confederate Army of Missouri and Union Army of the Border, Army of the Department of Missouri, and XVI Corps

| October 23, 1864

| Battle of Mine Creek

| Confederate Army of Missouri and Union Army of the Border

| October 25, 1864

| Battle of Boydton Plank Road

| Confederate Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| October 27–28, 1864

| Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James

| October 27–28, 1864

| Savannah campaign

| Confederate Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and Union Armies of the Tennessee and of Georgia

| November 15 – December 21, 1864

| Second Battle of Franklin

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union IV and XXIII Corps

| November 30, 1864

| Battle of Honey Hill

| Confederate Military District of Georgia and Union Coastal Division, Department of the South

| November 30, 1864

| Battle of Nashville

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland

| December 15–16, 1864

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| Carolinas campaign

| Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Military Division of the Mississippi

| January – April 1865

| Second Battle of Fort Fisher

| Confederate forces and Union Department of Virginia and North Carolina

| January 13–15, 1865

| Battle of Hatcher's Run

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| February 5–7, 1865

| Battle of Wilmington

| Confederate Department of North Carolina and Union Department of North Carolina, Wilmington Expeditionary Force

| February 11–12, 1865

| Battle of Wyse Fork

| Confederate Department of North Carolina and Union Department of North Carolina

| March 7–10, 1865

| Battle of Bentonville

| Confederate Army of the South and Union Grand Army of the West

| March 19–21, 1865

| Battle of Fort Stedman

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac

| March 25, 1865

| Mobile campaign

| Confederate District of the Gulf and Union Army of West Mississippi

| March – April 1865

| Appomattox campaign

| Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac, Army of the James, and Army of the Shenandoah

| March 29 – April 9, 1865

| Battle of Five Forks

| Confederate forces and Union Army of the Shenandoah

| April 1, 1865

| Battle of Fort Blakeley

| Confederate Department of Mississippi, Alabama, and East Louisiana and Union Army of West Mississippi

| April 2–9, 1865

1866–1913

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! style="width: 34%;" | Order of battle

! style="width: 33%;" | Date

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WAR OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Paraguayan War

| Battle of Tuyutí

| Armies of the Triple Alliance and Paraguay

| May 24, 1866

| Battle of Curupayty

| Armies of the Triple Alliance and Paraguay

| September 22, 1866

| Battle of Ytororó

| Brazilian and Paraguan armies

| December 6, 1868

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AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Austro-Prussian War

| Battle of Königgrätz

| Austrian and Prussian Armies

| July 3, 1866

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FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Franco-Prussian War

| Franco-Prussian War

| French and Prussian Armies

| July – August 1870

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BRITISH COLONIAL CAMPAIGNS

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! colspan=3 align="center" | British colonial campaigns

| Lushai Expedition

| British and Lushai forces

| December 15, 1871 – February 20, 1872

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WAR OF THE PACIFIC

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | War of the Pacific

| Battle of San Francisco

| Chilean and Peruvian-Bolivian armies

| November 19, 1879

| Battle of Tacna

| Chilean North Operations Army, I Southern Peruvian Army, and Bolivian Army

| May 26, 1880

| Battle of Chorrillos

| Chilean and Peruvian Armies

| January 13, 1881

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Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878)

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Serbian–Ottoman Wars

| Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878)

| Serbian Army

| 1876–1878

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RUSSO-TURKISH WAR (1877-1878)

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)

| Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)

| Ottoman Fleet

| 1877

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GRECO-TURKISH WAR (1897)

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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Spanish–American War

| Battle of El Caney

| US V Corps and Spanish IV Corps

| July 1, 1898

| Battle of San Juan Hill

| US V Corps and Spanish IV Corps

| July 1, 1898

| Siege of Santiago

| Cuban, US, and Spanish forces

| July 3–17, 1898

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ANGLO-BOER WARS

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Anglo–Boer Wars

| Battle of Magersfontein

| British and Boer forces

| December 11, 1899

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RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Russo-Japanese War

| Battle of Tsushima

| Russian Second and Third Pacific Squadrons and Japanese Combined Fleet

| May 27–28, 1905

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ITALO-TURKISH WAR

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Italo-Turkish War

| Italo-Turkish War

| Ottoman fleet, October 1911

| September 29, 1911 – October 18, 1912

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FIRST BALKAN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | First Balkan War

| Balkan League

| Bulgarian Army (1912), Bulgarian Army (1913), Serbian Army, Greek Army

| October 1912 – May 1913

| Ottoman Empire

| Ottoman fleet

| October 1912 – May 1913

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! colspan=3 align="centre" | Second Balkan War

| Second Balkan War

| Bulgarian Army

| June – July 1913

World War I

{| class="wikitable"

! style="width: 33%;" | Battle or campaign

! style="width: 34%;" | Order of battle

! style="width: 33%;" | Date

| Allies of World War I

| Army of Belgium, British Expeditionary Force, British Cavalry Corps, 1914, Indian Army, 1914, Australian Army, French Army, Serbian Army, American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front

| August 1914

| Central Powers of World War I

| Army of the German Empire, 1914, Imperial German Navy, 1914 German Army, Western Front, 1918

| August 1914

| Battle of Tannenberg

| German Eighth Army and Russian Northwest Front

| August 17 – September 1, 1914

| Battle of Mons

| British Expeditionary Force and German First Army

| August 23, 1914

| First Battle of the Marne

| British Expeditionary Force, French Army, and German Army

| September 5–12, 1914

| Australian occupation of German New Guinea

| Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force and German Polizeitruppe

| September – November, 1914

| First Battle of Ypres

| British Expeditionary Force, French Eighth Army, and German Fourth and Sixth Armies

| October 19 – November 22, 1914

| Battle of Łódź

| German and Russian armies

| November 11 – December 6, 1914

| Battle of Dogger Bank

| British and German Fleets

| January 24, 1915

| Gallipoli campaign

| Allied and Ottoman forces

| April 25, 1915 – 9 January 9, 1916

| Egyptian Expeditionary Force

| British, French, and Italian forces

| March 10, 1916 – 1918

| Battle of Jutland

| British and German fleets

| May 1916

| Battle of the Somme

| British, French and German forces

| July 1 – November 18, 1916

| Battle of Delville Wood

| British and German forces

| July 14 – 3 September 3, 1916

| Desert Column

| British forces

| December 1916 – August, 1917

| Battle of Vimy Ridge

| Allied Canadian Corps and German Sixth Army

| April 9–12, 1917

| Battle of Caporetto

| Italian Second Army and German/Austro-Hungarian Fourteenth Army

| October 24 – November 19, 1917

| Spring Offensive

| British, French, and German armies

| March 21 – July 18, 1918

| Battle of Amiens

| British Fourth, French First, and German Second and Eighteenth Armies

| August 8, 1918

| Battle of Megiddo (1918)

| Allied and Ottoman armies

| September 19 – October 1, 1918

| Meuse-Argonne Offensive

| American Expeditionary Force

| September 26 – November 11, 1918

| US air forces

| American Expeditionary Force air service

| November 1918

Inter-war period

{| class="wikitable"

! style="width: 33%;" | Battle or campaign

! style="width: 34%;" | Order of battle

! style="width: 33%;" | Date

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Finnish Civil War 1918

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Finnish Civil War

| Finnish Civil War

| Finnish whites and reds

| January 1918 - May 1918

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Polish-Soviet War (1919–1922)

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Polish-Soviet War

| Polish-Soviet War

| Polish Armed Forces and Soviet Armed Forces

| February 1919 – March 1921

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GRECO-TURKISH WAR (1919–1922)

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

| Battle of Sakarya

| Greek Army of Asia Minor and Turkish Western Front

| August 23 – September 13, 1921

| Battle of Dumlupınar

| Greek Army of Asia Minor and Turkish Western Front

| August 26–30, 1922

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SECOND ITALO-ABSSYINIAN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Second Italo-Abyssinian War

| Second Italo-Abyssinian War

| Italian Army and Ethiopian Army

| October 1935 – May 1937

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SPANISH CIVIL WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Spanish Civil War

| Battle of Guadalajara

| Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie and Republican IV Corps

| March 8–23, 1937

| International Brigades

| September 18, 1936 – September 23, 1938

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CHINESE CIVIL WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Chinese Civil War

| Chinese Civil War

| Communist and Nationalist Forces

| 1927 – 1937 (first phase) 1945 – 1950 (second phase)

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SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Second Sino-Japanese War

| January 28 Incident

| Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army and Chinese Shanghai Front

| January 28 – March 3, 1932

| Operation Nekka / Defense of the Great Wall

| Japanese and Manchukuoan Forces and Chinese Forces

| January 1 – May 31, 1933

| Actions in Inner Mongolia

| Chinese, Japanese, and Manchurian forces

| April 1933 – December 1936

| Suiyuan campaign (1936)

| Japanese Inner Mongolian Army and Chinese Suiyuan Provincial Forces

| October – November, 1936

| Battle of Beiping-Tianjin

| Japanese First Army and Second Fleet and Chinese 29th Army

| Early July – early August, 1937

| Operation Chahar

| Japanese Peiping Railway Garrison Force, Kwantung Army, and Chahar Expeditionary Force

| August 1937

| Beiping–Suiyuan Railway Operation

| Chinese Taiyuan Pacification Headquarters

| August 1937

| Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation

| Japanese 2nd Army and Chinese 1st Army Group

| August – November 1937

| Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation

| Chinese and Japanese forces

| August – December 1937

| Battle of Shanghai

| Japanese and Chinese forces

| August 13 – November 26, 1937

| Battle of Taiyuan

| Japanese North China Front Army and Chinese 2nd War Area

| September 1 – November 9, 1937

| Battle of Pingxingguan

| Japanese Army and Chinese 1st Route Army

| September 24 – 25, 1937

| Battle of Xuzhou

| Chinese and Japanese forces

| December 1937 – May 1938

| Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan

| Japanese North China Front Army and Chinese 1st War Area

| January – June, 1938

| Battle of Lanfeng

| Japanese First Army and Chinese First War Area

| May 1938

| Amoy Operation

| Japanese Fifth Fleet and Chinese Amoy Area

| May 10–12, 1938

| Battle of Wuhan

| Chinese and Japanese forces

| June 11 – October 27, 1938

| Canton Operation

| Japanese 21st Army and Chinese 12th Army Group

| October – December, 1938

| Hainan Island Operation

| Japanese Hainan Conquest Forces and Chinese forces

| February 10, 1939

| Battle of Nanchang

| Chinese and Japanese forces

| March 17 – May 9, 1939

| Swatow Operation

| Japanese Fifth Fleet and Chinese forces

| June 21 – 27, 1939

| First Battle of Changsha

| Chinese 9th War Area and Japanese 11th Army

| September – October, 1939

| Battle of South Guangxi

| Japanese and Chinese forces

| November 15–30, 1939

| Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang

| Japanese 11th Army and Chinese 5th War Area

| May 1 – June 18, 1940

| Hundred Regiments Offensive

| Japanese North China Area Army and Chinese 8th Route Army

| August 20 – December 5, 1940

| Central Hubei Operation

| Japanese 11th Army and Chinese 5th War Area

| November 25–30, 1940

| Battle of South Henan

| Chinese and Japanese forces

| January 30 – March 1, 1941

| China Burma India Theater

| Chinese Expeditionary Force (Burma)

| Late February 1942

| Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign

| Chinese and Japanese forces

| May – September, 1942

| Battle of Changde

| Japanese 11th Army and Chinese 6th and 9th War Areas

| November 2 – December 20, 1943

| Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

| Japanese Northern and Western Honan Command and Chinese 1st and 5th War Areas

| March 21 – May 11, 1945

| Second Guangxi campaign

| Chinese and Japanese forces

| April – August, 1945

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Slovak–Hungarian War

| Slovak–Hungarian War

| Slovak and Hungarian forces

| March 23, 1939 – March 31, 1939

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WINTER WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Winter War

| Winter War

| Finnish Army

| November 30, 1939 – March 13, 1940

World War II

{| class="wikitable"

! style="width: 33%;" | Battle or campaign

! style="width: 34%;" | Order of battle

! style="width: 33%;" | Date

! colspan=3 align="center" id="Europe" | European Theater of Operations

| Polish campaign

| German Army, Polish Army, and Soviet Army

| September 1939

| Norwegian campaign

| Allies and German

| April 1940

| Battle of Belgium

| French First Army Group, Belgian Army, and German Army Group B

| May 10 – 28, 1940

| Battle of France

| Allies and Axis

| May 10, 1940

| Operation Sea Lion

| German

| September 1940 (planned)

| Balkans campaign

| German forces Axis order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia Yugoslav order of battle prior to the invasion of Yugoslavia

| April 6 – May 3, 1941

|Battle of Crete

|Commonwealth, Greek and Axis forces

| May 20 – June 1, 1941

| Operation Barbarossa

| Axis and Soviet Forces

| June 22, 1941

| Leningrad Strategic Defensive

| Order of battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation

| July 10, 1941 – September 30, 1941

| Convoy PQ 17

| Allied and German Navies

| July, 1942

| Dieppe Raid

| Allied and German

| August 1942

| Convoy PQ 18

| Allied and German forces

| September 2–21, 1942

| Battle of Stalingrad

| Axis and Soviet

| September 1942 – February 2, 1943

| Battle of Kursk

| German and Soviet

| July 4–20, 1943

| Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket

| German and Soviet forces

| January 24, 1944 – February 16, 1944

| Odessa Offensive

| German and Soviet forces

| March 26, 1944 – April 14, 1944

| Operation Tungsten

| Allied

| April 3, 1944

| First Battle of Târgu Frumos

| Axis and Soviet forces

| April 9–12, 1944

|Battle of Anzio

|Allied and German Forces

| January 22 – June 5, 1944

| American airborne landings in Normandy

| US VII Corps and IX Troop Carrier Command and German Seventh Army

| June 6, 1944

| Juno Beach

| British-Canadian Second Army and German detachments

| June 6, 1944

| Normandy landings

| US and UK naval forces, British Second Army and US First Army

| June 6, 1944

| Operation Perch

| British and German

| June 6–19, 1944

| Battle of Villers-Bocage

| British and German

| June 13, 1944

| Operation Epsom

| British and German

| June 26–30, 1944

| Operation Mascot

| Allied

| July 17, 1944

| Operation Goodwood

| British and German

| July 18–20, 1944

| Operation Cobra

| US and German

| July 25–31, 1944

| Lorraine campaign

| US Third Army and German Army Group G

| September 1 – December 1, 1944

| Operation Market Garden

| Allied and German

| September 17–25, 1944

| Battle of the Scheldt

| Allied and German

| October 2–November 8, 1944

| Battle of Debrecen

| Axis and Soviet

| October 1944

| Battle of the Bulge

| Allied and German

| December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945

| Operation Northwind

| Allied and German

| December 31, 1944– January 25, 1945

| Battle of Berlin - operations in and around the city

| German and Soviet

| April 16 – May 2, 1945

| Battle in Berlin - fighting within the city

| German and Soviet

| April 23 – May 2, 1945

! colspan=3 align="center" id="Mediterranean and Middle East" | Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre

| East African campaign

| British (and Commonwealth) and Italian ground and naval forces

| June 1940 – November 1941

| Battle of Keren

| British and French forces, Italian forces

| February 5 – April 1, 1941

| Iraq, Northern Syria and Iran

| British (and Commonwealth) forces (Iraqforce, Paiforce, Persia and Iraq Command)

| April 1941 – March 1943

| Operation Brevity

| British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground forces

| May 15–16, 1941

| Battle of Crete

| British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground and naval forces

| May 20 – June 1, 1941

| Syria–Lebanon campaign

| British, Commonwealth and Free French ground forces, Vichy French ground forces

| June 8 – July 14, 1941

| Operation Battleaxe

| British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground forces

| June 15–17, 1941

| Operation Crusader

| British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground forces

| November 18 – December 30, 1941

| Operation Pedestal

| Allied and Axis forces

| August 3 – August 15, 1942

| Battle of Alam el Halfa

| British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground forces

| August 30 – September 5, 1942

| Second Battle of El Alamein

| British Eighth Army, Panzerarmee Afrika, Italian Army Africa

| October 24 – November 4, 1942

| Operation Torch

| Allied and Axis forces

| November 8–16, 1942

| Sicily campaign

| Allies and Axis

| July – August, 1943

| Allied invasion of Italy

| Allied 15th Army Group and German Tenth Army

| September 3–16, 1943

| Operation Avalanche

| Allied naval forces and Italo-German forces

| September 9, 1943

| Moro River campaign

| Allied Eighth Army and German LXXVI Panzer Corps

| December 6–31, 1943

| First Battle of Monte Cassino

| Allied 5th Army and German Tenth Army

| January 17 – February 11, 1944

| Battle of Anzio

| Allied 5th Army and German Fourteenth Army

| January 22 – June 5, 1944

| Second Battle of Monte Cassino

| New Zealand Corps and German XIV Panzer Corps

| February 13–18, 1944

| Fourth battle of Monte Cassino and the battle for Rome (Operation Diadem)

| Allied 15th Army Group and German Army Group C

| May – June 1944

| Allied invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon)

| Allied and German

| August 1944

| Gothic Line

| Allied Armies in Italy and German Army Group C

| August 1944 – April 1945

| Allied final offensive in Italy (Operation Grapeshot)

| Allied 15th Army Group and German Army Group C

| April – May 1945

! colspan=3 align="center" id="Pacific" | Pacific Theater of Operations

| Japanese invasion of French Indochina

| Japanese and Vichy French forces

| September 22–26, 1940

| Battle of Malaya

| Allied and Japanese

| December 7, 1941 – February 14, 1942

| Attack on Pearl Harbor

| Japanese and US Navies

| December 7, 1941

| Malayan campaign

| Japanese 25th Army

| December 8, 1941 – January 31, 1942

| Battle of Hong Kong

| Japanese and British

| December 8–25, 1941

| Battle of the Coral Sea

| Japanese and US Navies

| May 1942

| Battle of Midway

| Japanese and US Navies

| June 4–6, 1942

| Battle of the Aleutian Islands

| Imperial Japanese Navy Alaskan Strike Group

| June 6, 1942 – August 15, 1943

| Kokoda Track campaign

| Australian and Japanese

| July 21 – November 16, 1942

| Battle of Savo Island

| Allied and Japanese

| August 8–9, 1942

| Battle of the Eastern Solomons

| Japanese and US

| August 24–25, 1942

|Guadalcanal campaign

Japanese and US land forces Japanese and US naval forces

|August 1942 – February 1943

| Battle of Milne Bay

| Allied and Japanese

| August 25 – September 7, 1942

| Battle of Goodenough Island

| Allied and Japanese

| October 24–27, 1942

| Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

| Japanese and US

| October 25–27, 1942

| Battle of Buna–Gona

| Allied and Japanese

| November 16, 1942 – January 22, 1943

| Battle of the Bismarck Sea

| Allied and Japanese

| March 2–4, 1943

| Battle of Tarawa

| Japanese and US

| November 20–23, 1943

| Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign

| Allied and Japanese

| November 1943 – February 1944

| Battle of Arawe

| Allied and Japanese

| December 1943 – February 1944

| Landing at Saidor

| Allied and Japanese

| January 2 – February 16, 1944

| Admiralty Islands campaign

| Allied and Japanese

| February 29 – May 18, 1944

| Battle of Saipan

| Japanese and US

| June 15 – July 9, 1944

| Battle of the Philippine Sea

| Japanese and US

| June 19–20, 1944

| Central Marianas campaign

| US naval forces

| June – November 1944

| Second Battle of Guam

| Japanese and US

| July 21 – August 10, 1944

| Battle of Tinian

| Japanese and US

| July 24 – August 1, 1944

| Battle of Peleliu

| Japanese and US

| September 15 – November 27, 1944

| Battle of Leyte

| US naval invasion component

| October 17, 1944

| Battle of Leyte Gulf

| Japanese and US

| October 23–26, 1944

| Battle of Central Burma

| Japanese Burma Area Army and British Fourteenth Army

| November 29, 1944 – March 28, 1945

| Battle of Iwo Jima

| Japanese and US

| February 19 – March 26, 1945

| Battle of Okinawa

| Allied and Japanese naval forces Japanese and US ground forces

| April 1 – June 22, 1945

| Borneo campaign

| Allied and Japanese

| May 1 – August 15, 1945

| Operation Downfall

| Allied and Japanese

| August 1945 (planned)

! colspan=3 align="center" id="America" | American Theater of Operations

| Battle of the St. Lawrence

| Canadian and German Navies

| May 1942 – November 1944

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan = "2" align="center" | National forces

! style="width: 34%;" | Order of battle

! style="width: 33%;" | Date

| British Expeditionary Force

| 1940

| British First Army

| April 20, 1943

| British First Army

| May 4, 1943

| British Long Range Penetration Groups (Chindits)

| 1943–1944

| British Malaya Command

| 1942

| British RAF Coastal Command

| September 1939 – June 1944

| German Air Force

| April 9, 1940

| German Ninth Army

| October 1941

| Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia

| August 1941 - July 1942

| Italian Army in Russia

| July 1942

| Imperial Japanese Navy

| December 1941

| Japanese forces in the South Pacific

| 1944–1945

| Japanese forces in Southeast Asia

| 1941–1945

| Polish Army

| 1939

| Polish cavalry brigades

| 1939

| Polish Navy

| 1939

| South African Army

| September 1939 – July 1940

| Soviet Air Force

| May 1, 1945

| Thai Phayap Army

| May 1942 – August 1945

| Turkish Army

| June 1941

Modern era

{| class="wikitable"

! style="width: 33%;" | Battle or campaign

! style="width: 34%;" | Order of battle

! style="width: 33%;" | Date

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FIRST INDOCHINA WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | First Indochina War

| Battle of Dien Bien Phu

| French Operational Group North-West and Viet Minh

| March 13 – May 7, 1954

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KOREAN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Korean War

| Korean War

| United Nations, North Korea, and People's Republic of China and People's Republic of China

| June 1950

| Korean War

| U.S. Eighth Army, U.S. Seventh Fleet, and U.S. Air Force

| June 1950

| Korean War

| Elements of the Australian army, navy, and air force

| 1950–1953

| Battle of the Pusan Perimeter

| UN and North Korean forces

| August – September 1950

| Battle of Chosin Reservoir

| Chinese and United Nations forces

| November – December 1950

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INDONESIA-MALAYSIA CONFRONTATION

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation

| Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation

| Commonwealth forces

| 1963–1966

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VIETNAM WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Vietnam War

| Vietnam War

| Elements of the Australian Army, Navy, and Air Force

| 1962–1972

| Battle of Long Tan

| Australian and Viet Cong forces

| August 18, 1966

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ALGERIAN WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Algerian War

| Algerian War

| French Army

| November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962

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Six-Day WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Six-Day War

| Six-Day War

| Israeli and Arab Forces

| June 5, 1967 – June 10, 1967

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South African Border War

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! colspan=3 align="center" | South African Border War

| Operation Savannah

| South African-allied and MPLA-allied forces

| October 14, 1975 – January 1, 1976

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BANGLADESH LIBERATION WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Bangladesh Liberation War

| Operation Searchlight

| Pakistani Army

| March 26 – May 25, 1971

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Yom Kippur War

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Yom Kippur War

| Operation Badr

| Egyptian Army and Israel Defense Force

| October 6–8, 1973

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IRAN-IRAQ WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Iran–Iraq War

| Iran–Iraq War

| Iranian and Iraqi armies

| 1980

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FALKLANDS WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Falklands War

| Military of the United Kingdom

| British Land Forces Falkland Islands, Royal Air Force, and Royal Navy

| April 2 – June 14, 1982

| Military of Argentina

| Argentine Army, Argentine Air Force, and Argentine Navy

| April 2 – June 14, 1982

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SOMALI CIVIL WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Somali Civil War

| Present phase

| Federal, Islamist, Somaliland and foreign forces

| 2009 onwards

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Gulf War

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Gulf War

| Gulf War

| Organization of United States Air Force Units in the Gulf War, Organization of United States Naval Aviation Units in the Gulf War, Naval organization of the U.S.-led coalition during the Gulf War

| November 1990 – March 1991

| Operation Granby

| British forces

| 1990 – 1991

| Liberation of Kuwait campaign

| Coalition and Iraqi armies

| February 24–28, 1991

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Croatian War of Independence

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Croatian War of Independence

| Croatian War of Independence

| Croatian Special Police

| 1991–95

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Kargil War

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Kargil War

| Kargil War

| Indian and Pakistani forces

| 1999

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WAR ON TERRORISM

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! colspan=3 align="center" | War on terrorism

| Operation Enduring Freedom

| US and coalition forces

| October 7, 2001 onward

| British operations in Afghanistan

| British land and air forces

| 2002-2014

| War in Afghanistan

| NATO-led International Security Assistance Force

| 2001-2021

| British operations in Iraq

| British land, naval, and air forces

| 2003–2009

| Invasion of Iraq

| Coalition and Iraqi armies

| March 19, 2003 – May 1, 2003

| U.S. and Allies' operations in Iraq

| Multi-National Force – Iraq and U.S. Central Command

| May 2003 – December 2011

| Battle of Mosul

| Iraqi and Multi-National forces, ISIL

| October 16, 2016 – July 20, 2017

| Raqqa campaign (2016–17)

| Syrian and Multi-National forces, ISIL

| November 6, 2016 – October 20, 2017

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2008 South Ossetia war

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! colspan=3 align="center" | 2008 South Ossetia War

| 2008 South Ossetia War

| Russian Army, Air Force, and Navy

| August 7–16, 2008

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SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Syrian Civil War

| Operation Euphrates Shield

| Turkish, Syrian Government, SDF-allied and ISIL forces

| August 24, 2016 – March 29, 2017

| Operation Olive Branch

| Turkish-Syrian and Kurdish-Syrian forces

| January 20, 2018 – August 9, 2019

| 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria

| Turkish-Syrian and SDF-allied forces

| October 9 – November 25, 2019

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Sino-Indian border dispute

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Sino-Indian border dispute

| Border skirmishes

| Chinese and Indian forces

| May 5, 2020 onward

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Russo-Ukrainian War

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Russo-Ukrainian War

| Russian invasion of Ukraine

| Russian and Ukrainian forces

| February 24, 2022 onward

| 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive

| Russian and Ukrainian forces

| June 4 – December, 2023

| 2024 Kharkiv offensive

| Russian and Ukrainian forces

| May 10, 2024 onward

| Pokrovsk offensive

| Russian and Ukrainian forces

| July 18, 2024 onward

| Kursk campaign

| Russian and Ukrainian forces

| August 6, 2024 – March, 2025

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Gaza war

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! colspan=3 align="center" | Gaza war

| Gaza war

| Hamas and allied forces and Israeli Defence Forces

| October 7, 2023 onward

Others

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! style="width: 33%;" | Orders of battle for nations

! style="width: 33%;" | Date

| Argentine Army regiments

| Current structure

| Australian Army

| Current structure

| Royal Australian Air Force

| Current structure

| British 6th Airborne Division

| 1943–1948

| British Army Structure

| 1989

| Royal Air Force Structure

| 1989

| British Army

| Current structure

| Canadian Army

| Current structure

| Chilean Army

| Current structure

| Chinese Navy

| Current structure

| Egyptian Expeditionary Force

| March 1916 – September 1918

| French Army

| Current structure

| French Army

| 1989

| German Air Force

| 1933–1945

| Tank battalions of the German Army

| 1956–2008

| Greek Air Force

| Current structure

| Greek Army

| Current structure

| Indonesian National Armed Forces

| 1946

| Iranian Army

| Current structure

| Italian Army

| Current structure

| Italian Army

| 1984

| NATO, Allied Forces Baltic Approache

| 1989

| NATO Central Army Group

| 1989

| NATO Northern Army Group

| 1989

| New Zealand Army

| Current structure

| Royal New Zealand Air Force

| Current structure

| Norwegian Army

| Current structure

| Pakistani Army

| Current structure

| Pakistani forces in Tribal Areas

| Current structure

| Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy

| Inter-War period

| Polish Army

| 1980s

| Russian Air Force

| 2008

| Soviet Army divisions

| 1917–1945

| Soviet Army divisions

| 1989–1991

| Swiss Armed Forces

| Current structure

| Turkish Army

| 2008

| United States Army Pacific

| 1989

| United States Navy

| 1989

| United States Armed Forces

| Current structure

| United States Army

| Current structure

| United States Marine Corps

| Current structure

| United States Navy

| Current structure

| United States Coast Guard

| Current structure

| United States Department of Defense

| Current structure

References

External links

World History Database, Alphabetic Listing of Battles Index of World battles.
Radford, Robert, Great Historical Battles. An extensive list of important battles and influential leaders, from −490 BC to present times.

Classical period

Early modern period

1792–1860

American Civil War

1866–1913

World War I

Inter-war period

World War II

Modern era

Others

See also

References

External links