Lists of battles contain links to sets of articles on battles. They may be organized alphabetically, by era, by conflict, by participants or location, or by death toll. See :Category:Battles for a complete list of articles on battles.
Alphabetical list
- List of battles (alphabetical)
Chronological
By era
- List of battles before 301
- List of battles 301–1300
- List of battles 1301–1600
- List of battles 1601–1800
- List of battles 1801–1900
- List of battles 1901–2000
- List of battles in the 21st century
By war
- List of battles of the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648)
- Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815)
- List of American Civil War battles (1861–1865)
- List of costliest American Civil War land battles
- List of naval battles of the American Civil War
- List of military engagements of World War I (1914–1918)
- List of World War II battles (1939–1945)
- Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1955–1975)
- List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)
- List of military engagements during the Gaza war (2023–2025)
By death toll
- List of battles by casualties
By geographic location
By participant
By state participant
By participating commander
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- List of Ottoman battles in which the sultan participated
- Military career of Napoleon § Battle record summary
- Military career of George Washington § Summaries of Washington's Revolutionary War battles
By type
Battles are generally presumed to have been land/field battles, unless otherwise stated.
- Lists of aerial operations and battles
- Air raids on Australia, 1942–1943
- Air raids on Hong Kong during WWII
- Aircraft carrier operations during World War II
- List of air operations during the Battle of Europe
- List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz
- List of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II
- List of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II
- List of amphibious assault operations
- List of military operations on ice
- List of naval battles
- List of naval and land-based operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II
- List of sieges
See also
- List of orders of battle
- List of number of conflicts per year
- List of wars by death toll
- Africa :
- List of conflicts in Africa (Military history of Africa)
- List of modern conflicts in North Africa (Maghreb)
- Conflicts in the Horn of Africa (East region)
- Americas :
- List of conflicts in North America
- List of conflicts in Central America
- List of conflicts in South America
- Asia :
- List of conflicts in Asia
- List of conflicts in the Near East
- List of conflicts in the Middle East
- List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
- Europe :
- List of conflicts in Europe
- Post-Cold War European conflicts
- Oceania :
- List of conflicts in Australia
- Ongoing conflicts around the World :
- List of ongoing armed conflicts
- Ongoing military conflicts
External links and references
- World History Database, Alphabetic Listing of Battles Index of World battles. Archived from the original.
- Radford, Robert, Great Historical Battles. An extensive list of important battles and influential leaders, from -490 BC to present times.
- Winstanley, M.A., Every Battle in History. A List of every recorded battle and commander in world history (~12000 Battles, ~5000 Commanders).