The History of War:
Battles, Sieges, and Treaties
The Crusades (1095–1291)
Thirty Years War (1618–1648)
French and Indian War (1754–1763)
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Mexican-American War (1846–1848)
American Civil War (1861–1865)
Spanish-American War (1898)
World War 1 (1914–1918)
World War 2 (1939–1945)
Korean War (1950–1953)
Vietnam War (1955–1975)
The Crusades (1095-1291)
The Crusades were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Latin Christian Europe, particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years, between 1095 and 1291.
- 1071 Battle of Manzikert
- 1074 Battle Of Anatolia
- 1095 First Crusade Is Launched
- 1096 Four Crusade Armies Leave Europe
- 1096 The First Crusade
- 1097 Siege Of Nicaea
- 1097 Turkish Garrison Surrenders
- 1097 Battle Of Dorylaeum
- 1097 Siege Of Antioch
- 1099 Siege Of Jerusalem
- 1099 Knights And Peasants Capture Jerusalem
- 1099 Battle Of Ascalon
- 1101 Crusade Of 1101
- 1107 Norwegian Crusade
- 1110 Siege Of Sidon
- 1144 Siege Of Edessa
- 1147 Siege Of Lisbon Begins
- 1147 Wendish Crusade
- 1147 The Second Crusade
- 1148 Siege Of Damascus
- 1179 The Battle of Jacob's Ford
- 1187 Battle Of Hattin
- 1187 Siege Of Jerusalem
- 1189 Siege Of Acre
- 1189 The Third Crusade
- 1191 Battle Of Arsuf
- 1191 The First Battle of Tarain
- 1192 The Second Battle of Tarain
- 1202 Siege Of Zara
- 1203 Siege Of Constantinople
- 1204 Siege Of Constantinople
- 1209 Albigensian Crusade Begins
- 1212 Children's Crusade
- 1217 Fifth Crusade Begins
- 1218 Siege Of Damietta
- 1228 The Sixth Crusade Begins
- 1244 Battle Of La Forbie
- 1248 The Seventh Crusades Begins
- 1251 The Shepherd's Crusade
- 1258 Battle of Baghdad
- 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut
- 1270 The Siege Of Tunis Is Abandoned
- 1270 Eighth Crusade Is Launched
- 1271 The Ninth Crusade Begins
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Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
The Thirty Years' War was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily (though not exclusively) in what is now Germany and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe. Naval warfare also reached overseas and shaped the colonial formation of future nations.
- 1618 Siege of Pilsen
- 1619 Battle of Sablat
- 1620 Battle of White Mountain
- 1621 Pilgrims Negotiate Peace Treaty with Nauset
- 1622 Battle of Wiesloch
- 1622 Battle of Wimpfen
- 1622 Battle of Höchst
- 1622 Battle of Fleurus
- 1623 Battle of Stadtlohn
- 1626 Battle of Dessau Bridge
- 1626 Battle of Lutter am Berenberge
- 1628 Battle of Stralsund
- 1628 Battle of Wolgast
- 1631 Battle of Werben
- 1631 Battle of Breitenfeld
- 1632 Battle of Rain
- 1632 Battle of Lützen
- 1632 The Siege of Nürnberg
- 1634 Battle of Nördlingen (1634)
- 1635 Battle of Les Avins
- 1636 Battle of Wittstock
- 1638 Battle of Rheinfelden
- 1638 The Siege of Breisach Ends in a French Victory
- 1640 The Siege of Turin
- 1642 Battle of Honnecourt
- 1642 Second Battle of Breitenfeld
- 1643 Battle of Rocroi
- 1643 Battle of Tuttlingen
- 1644 Battle of Colberger Heide
- 1644 Battle of Freiburg
- 1644 Naval Battle of Fehmarn
- 1644 Battle of Jüterbog
- 1645 Battle of Jankau
- 1645 Battle of Mergentheim
- 1645 Second Battle of Nördlingen
- 1648 Battle of Zusmarshausen
- 1648 Battle of Prague
- 1648 Battle of Lens
- 1654 Battle of Arras
- 1656 Battle of Valenciennes
- 1658 Second Battle of the Dunes
- 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees
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French and Indian War (1754–1763)
The French and Indian War is the common U.S. name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. The war was fought primarily along the frontiers between the British colonies from Virginia to Nova Scotia, and began with a dispute over the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, the site of present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1752 Raid On Pickawillany
- 1754 Battle Of Jumonville Glen
- 1754 Battle Of Fort Necessity
- 1755 Battle Of Fort Beausejour
- 1755 Battle Of The Monongahela
- 1755 Battle Of Lake George
- 1756 Battle Of Fort Bull
- 1756 Battle Of Sideling Hill
- 1756 Battle Of Great Cacapon
- 1756 Battle Of Fort Oswego
- 1757 Battle On Snowshoes
- 1757 Battle Of Sabbath Day Point
- 1757 Battle Of Fort William Henry
- 1757 Second Battle Of Bloody Creek
- 1758 Battle On Snowshoes
- 1758 Siege Of Louisbourg
- 1758 Battle Of Carillon
- 1758 Battle Of Fort Frontenac
- 1758 Battle Of Fort Ligonier
- 1759 Battle Of Fort Niagara
- 1759 Battle Of La Belle-Famille
- 1759 Battle of Ticonderoga
- 1759 Battle Of Beauport
- 1759 Battle Of The Plains Of Abraham
- 1760 Battle Of Sainte-Foy
- 1760 Battle Of Restigouche
- 1760 Battle Of A Thousand Islands
- 1760 Governor Vaudreuil Negotiates A Surrender With General Amherst
- 1762 Battle Of Signal Hill
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American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
The American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen former British colonies in North America, and concluded in a global war between several European great powers. The war was the culmination of the political American Revolution, whereby many of the colonists rejected the legitimacy of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them without representation, claiming that this violated the Rights of Englishmen.
- 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord
- 1775 Siege of Boston
- 1775 Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- 1775 Battle Of Chelsea Creek
- 1775 Battle Of Machias
- 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill
- 1775 Battle of Gloucester (1775)
- 1775 Siege Of Fort St. Jean
- 1775 Battle of Longue-Pointe
- 1775 Montreal Is Captured
- 1775 Battle Of Kemp's Landing
- 1775 Battle Of Great Bridge
- 1775 Battle Of Quebec
- 1776 Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
- 1776 Battle Of Nassau
- 1776 Battle Of The Rice Boats
- 1776 Battle Of Saint-Pierre
- 1776 Battle Of The Cedars
- 1776 Battle Of Trois-Rivières
- 1776 Battle of Sullivan's Island
- 1776 Battle of Long Island
- 1776 Battle of Harlem Heights
- 1776 Battle of Valcour Island
- 1776 Battle of Pell's Point
- 1776 Battle Of White Plains
- 1776 Battle Of Fort Cumberland
- 1776 Battle of Fort Washington
- 1776 Battle Of Fort Lee
- 1776 Battle of Iron Works Hill
- 1776 Battle of Trenton
- 1777 Battle Of The Assunpink Creek
- 1777 Battle of Princeton
- 1777 Battle Of Millstone
- 1777 Battle Of Bound Brook
- 1777 Battle of Ridgefield
- 1777 Battle Of Thomas Creek
- 1777 Meigs Raid
- 1777 Battle Of Short Hills
- 1777 Battle of Ticonderoga
- 1777 Battle Of Hubbardton
- 1777 Battle Of Fort Anne
- 1777 Siege Of Fort Stanwix
- 1777 Battle of Oriskany
- 1777 Battle of Bennington
- 1777 Battle Of Staten Island
- 1777 Battle Of Cooch's Bridge
- 1777 Battle of Brandywine
- 1777 Battle of the Clouds
- 1777 Battle Of Saratoga
- 1777 Battle of Paoli
- 1777 Battle of Germantown
- 1777 Battle Of Forts Clinton And Montgomery
- 1777 Battle of Red Bank
- 1777 Battle Of Gloucester
- 1777 Battle of White Marsh
- 1777 Battle Of Matson's Ford
- 1778 Battle Of Quinton's Bridge
- 1778 Battle Of Crooked Billet
- 1778 Battle of Barren Hill
- 1778 Battle Of Freetown
- 1778 Battle of Cobleskill
- 1778 Battle of Monmouth
- 1778 Battle of Alligator Bridge
- 1778 Battle Of Wyoming
- 1778 Battle Of Ushant
- 1778 Siege Of Pondicherry
- 1778 Battle Of Rhode Island
- 1778 Siege of Boonesborough
- 1778 Battle of Chestnut Neck
- 1778 Carleton's Raid
- 1778 Battle of St. Lucia
- 1778 Capture Of Savannah
- 1779 Battle Of Beaufort
- 1779 Battle of Kettle Creek
- 1779 George Rogers Clark Accepts Henry Hamilton's Surrender Of Fort Sackville At Vincennes, Indiana
- 1779 Battle of Brier Creek
- 1779 Battle of Stono Ferry
- 1779 Great Siege of Gibraltar
- 1779 Battle of Grenada
- 1779 Battle of Stony Point
- 1779 Battle of Minisink
- 1779 Battle of Paulus Hook
- 1779 Battle Of Newtown
- 1779 Siege of Savannah
- 1779 Battle Of Flamborough Head
- 1779 Battle Of San Fernando De Omoa
- 1780 Battle Of Cape St. Vincent
- 1780 Battle Of Young's House
- 1780 Battle of Fort Charlotte
- 1780 Siege Of Charleston
- 1780 Battle Of Monck's Corner
- 1780 Battle of Martinique
- 1780 Battle Of Lenud's Ferry
- 1780 Battle of St. Louis
- 1780 Battle of Waxhaws
- 1780 Battle Of Connecticut Farms
- 1780 Battle Of Mobley's Meeting House
- 1780 Battle of Ramsour's Mill
- 1780 Battle Of Springfield
- 1780 Battle Of Colson's Mill
- 1780 Battle Of Rocky Mount
- 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock
- 1780 Battle of Camden
- 1780 Battle Of Fishing Creek
- 1780 Battle Of Musgrove Mill
- 1780 Battle Of Wahab's Plantation
- 1780 Battle Of Charlotte
- 1780 Battle Of Black Mingo
- 1780 Battle of King's Mountain
- 1780 Royalton Raid
- 1780 Battle Of Klock's Field
- 1780 Battle Of Fishdam Ford
- 1780 Battle Of Blackstock's Farm
- 1781 Battle Of Jersey
- 1781 Battle of Mobile
- 1781 Battle of Cowpens
- 1781 Battle of Cowan's Ford
- 1781 Battle Of Haw River
- 1781 Battle Of Wetzell's Mill
- 1781 Battle of Pensacola
- 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House
- 1781 Battle of Cape Henry
- 1781 Siege Of Fort Watson
- 1781 Battle Of Porto Praya
- 1781 Battle Of Blandford
- 1781 Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
- 1781 Battle of Fort Royal
- 1781 Siege Of Fort Motte
- 1781 Siege Of Augusta
- 1781 Siege Of Ninety-Six
- 1781 Battle of Spencer's Ordinary
- 1781 Battle of Green Spring
- 1781 Battle of the Chesapeake
- 1781 Battle of Fort Griswold
- 1781 Battle Of Groton Heights
- 1781 Battle of Eutaw Springs
- 1781 Battle Of Lindley's Mill
- 1781 Battle of Yorktown
- 1781 General Charles Cornwallis Surrenders To General George Washington At Yorktown
- 1781 Siege of Negapatam
- 1781 Battle Of Johnstown
- 1781 Battle Of Ushant
- 1782 Capture of Trincomalee
- 1782 Battle of St. Kitts
- 1782 Battle Of Sadras
- 1782 Battle of Roatán
- 1782 Battle of the Saintes
- 1782 Battle Of Providien
- 1782 Battle Of Negapatam
- 1782 Battle Of Piqua
- 1782 Battle of Blue Licks
- 1782 Battle of Trincomalee
- 1782 Battle Of The Combahee River
- 1782 Battle of Cape Spartel
- 1783 Battle Of Cuddalore
- 1783 Treaty of Paris
- 1783 Treaty Of Paris Is Ratified
- 1784 England Ratifies The Treaty Of Paris
- 1784 Continental Congress Ratifies The Treaty of Paris
- 1784 Treaty Of Paris Ratification Documents Are Exchanged
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War of 1812 (1812-1815)
The War of 1812 was a war fought between the United States of America and the British Empire – particularly Great Britain and the provinces of British North America, the antecedent of Canada. The United States took the initiative in declaring war for multiple reasons. In 1807, Britain introduced a series of trade restrictions to impede ongoing American trade with France, Britain's longtime rival. The U.S. contested these restrictions as illegal under international law. Both the impressment of American citizens into the Royal Navy, and Britain's military support of American Indians who were attacking American settlers moving into the Northwest further aggravated tensions.
- 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe
- 1813 Siege of Fort Meigs
- 1813 Old Fort Niagara Is Captured
- 1814 Major General Andrew Jackson Signs The Treaty Of Fort Jackson
- 1814 The Treaty of Ghent
- 1815 Battle of New Orleans
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Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution.
- 1836 Treaty Of Velasco
- 1844 The Texas Annexation Treaty Is Defeated
- 1846 The Siege Of Fort Texas Begins
- 1846 Battle Of Resaca De La Palma
- 1846 The Siege Of Fort Texas Ends
- 1846 Battle Of Monterey
- 1846 Battle Of Santa Fe
- 1846 Battle Of Monterrey Begins
- 1846 Siege Of Los Angeles
- 1846 Battle Of Chino
- 1846 Battle Of Dominguez Rancho Begins
- 1846 First Battle Of Tabasco
- 1846 Battle Of Natividad
- 1846 Battle Of San Pasqual
- 1846 Battle Of El Brazito
- 1847 Battle Of Rio San Gabriel Begins
- 1847 Battle Of La Mesa Begins
- 1847 Treaty Of Cahuenga Is Signed
- 1847 Battle Of Canada
- 1847 First Battle Of Mora
- 1847 Battle Of Embudo Pass
- 1847 Second Battle Of Mora
- 1847 Siege Of Pueblo De Taos
- 1847 Battle of Buena Vista
- 1847 Battle Of The Sacramento
- 1847 Siege of Veracruz
- 1847 Battle Of Cerro Gordo
- 1847 Battle of Cerro Gordo - Lee Earns Rank of Brevet Major
- 1847 Battle Of Tuxpan
- 1847 Second Battle Of Tabasco
- 1847 Battle of Contreras
- 1847 Battle Of Churubusco
- 1847 Battle For Mexico City
- 1847 Battle Of Molino Del Ray
- 1847 Battle of Chapultepec
- 1847 Siege Of Puebla
- 1847 Fall Of Mexico City
- 1847 Battle Of Huamantla
- 1848 Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo Is Signed
- 1848 Mexican CessionTreaty Is Signed
- 1848 Battle Of Santa Cruz De Rosales
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American Civil War (1861-1865)
The American Civil War, also known as the War Between the States as well as several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, also known as "the Confederacy." Led by Jefferson Davis, they fought against the United States (the Union), which was supported by all the free states and the five border slave states.
- 1861 First Battle of Fort Sumter
- 1861 Battle of Sewell's Point - Union Gunboats Duel with Confederate Batteries
- 1861 Battle of Aquia Creek - Union Naval Vessels Bombard Confederate Batteries
- 1861 Battle of Philippi - First Organized Land Action of Civil War
- 1861 Battle of Big Bethel
- 1861 First Battle of Boonville - Establishes Union Control of Missouri River
- 1861 Battle of Cole's Camp
- 1861 Battle of Hoke's Run - Robert Patterson Defeats Jackson
- 1861 Battle of Carthage
- 1861 Battle of Rich Mountain
- 1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford
- 1861 Battle of Blackburn's Ford
- 1861 First Battle of Bull Run
- 1861 Battle of Mesilla - Confederates Secure New Mexico Territory
- 1861 Battle of Athens - Union and CSA Forces Approach Iowa
- 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek - Union Forces Lose at the First Major Battle West of the Mississippi
- 1861 Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes
- 1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries - Confederate Forts Captured
- 1861 Battle of Dry Wood Creek
- 1861 Battle of Carnifex Ferry
- 1861 Battle of Cheat Mountain
- 1861 First Battle of Lexington - Missouri State Guard Takes Stronghold of Missouri Valley
- 1861 Battle of Liberty
- 1861 Battle of Barbourville
- 1861 First Battle of Sabine Pass
- 1861 Battle of Greenbrier River - Union Withdraws to Cheat Mountain
- 1861 Battle of Cockle Creek
- 1861 Battle of Santa Rosa Island - Confederate Forces Attempt to Capture Fort Pickens
- 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff - Union Soldiers Captured
- 1861 Battle of Camp Wildcat - Confederates Chased from Cumberland Gap
- 1861 Battle of Fredericktown - Union Forces Consolidate Control of Southeastern Missouri
- 1861 First Battle of Springfield, MO
- 1861 U.S. Navy Fleet and U.S. Army Expeditionary Force Capture Port Royal Sound at the Battle of Port Royal
- 1861 Battle of Belmont
- 1861 Battle of Ivy Mountain
- 1861 Battle of Round Mountain - Confederates Defeat Opothleyahola's Loyal Indians
- 1861 Battle of Chusto-Talasah
- 1861 Battle of Camp Allegheny
- 1861 Battle of Rowlett's Station
- 1861 Battle of Dranesville
- 1861 Battle of Chustenahlah - Opothleyahola Flees to Kansas
- 1861 Battle of Mount Zion Church - Confederate Forces Defeated in Northeastern Missouri
- 1861 "Blind Tom" Wiggins composes "The Battle of Manassas"
- 1862 Battle of Cockpit Point
- 1862 Battle of Hancock
- 1862 Battle of Roan's Tan Yard
- 1862 Battle of Middle Creek
- 1862 Battle of Fort Henry Opens Tennessee River to Union Control
- 1862 Battle of Roanoke Island - Roanoke Island Captured by Union Forces
- 1862 Battle of Elizabeth City - Union Forces Destroy Confederate Navy's Mosquito Fleet
- 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson - Initial Action
- 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson - Reinforcements and Naval Assault
- 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson - Confederate Escape Attempt
- 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson - Surrender
- 1862 Battle of Valverde - First Battle of the New Mexico Campaign
- 1862 Battle of Island Number 10 - First Time the Confederate Army Loses a Position on the Mississippi River
- 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge
- 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads, aka the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack
- 1862 Battle of New Bern - New Bern Falls under Federal Control
- 1862 First Battle of Kernstown - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Defeated the First and Only Time
- 1862 Confederate Fort Surrenders After Union Artillery Bombardment
- 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass
- 1862 Battle of Stanwix Station - Westernmost Skirmish of the American Civil War
- 1862 Battle of Yorktown - Union Forces Win near Site of Revolutionary War's Final Battle
- 1862 Battle of Shiloh
- 1862 Battle of Fort Pulaski
- 1862 Battle of Albuquerque
- 1862 Battle of Peralta - Union Forces Defeat the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers
- 1862 Battle of Picacho Peak - Confederate Pickets Defeat Union Cavalry Patrol
- 1862 Union Navy Fleet Attacks Confederate Forts at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip
- 1862 Battle of South Mills - Confederates Thwart Attempt to Destroy a Canal
- 1862 Capture of New Orleans
- 1862 First Battle of Corinth
- 1862 Hoax Saves Confederate Army at the Siege of Corinth
- 1862 Battle of Dragoon Springs
- 1862 Battle of Williamsburg - Peninsula Campaign's First Battle
- 1862 Battle of Eltham's Landing
- 1862 Battle of McDowell - Stonewall Jackson's Confederates Defeat Union Forces
- 1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff
- 1862 Battle of Whitney's Lane
- 1862 Battle of Front Royal
- 1862 First Battle of Winchester - Stonewall Jackson Defeats Nathaniel P. Banks
- 1862 Battle of Hanover Court House - Victory for Union Peninsula Campaign
- 1862 Battle of Seven Pines
- 1862 Battle of Tranter's Creek
- 1862 First Battle of Memphis
- 1862 First Battle of Chattanooga
- 1862 Battle of Cross Keys - Jackson's Valley Campaign Successful
- 1862 Battle of Port Republic - Most Costly Battle of Jackson's Valley Campaign
- 1862 Battle of Secessionsville - Union Forces Fail to Capture Charleston, SC
- 1862 Battle of Saint Charles
- 1862 Battle of Saint Charles - USS Mound City Explodes
- 1862 Battle of Simmon's Bluff
- 1862 Battle of Oak Grove - First of Seven Days Battles
- 1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (Battle of Mechanicsville) - Second of Seven Days Battles
- 1862 Battle of Gaine's Mill - Third of Seven Days Battles
- 1862 Battle of Garnett's & Goldings Farm - Part of the Seven Days Battles
- 1862 Battle of Savage's Station - Fourth of Seven Days Battles
- 1862 Battle of Glendale - Fifth of the Seven Days Battles
- 1862 Battle of Tampa - Lieutenant A.J. Drake Demands Confederate Surrender
- 1862 Battle of White Oak Swamp - Part of the the Seven Days Battles
- 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill - Sixth of the Seven Days Battles
- 1862 Battle of Cotton Plant
- 1862 First Battle of Murfreesboro
- 1862 Battle of Apache Pass - Union Soldiers Fight Apache Warriors
- 1862 Battle of Moore's Mill
- 1862 Battle of Baton Rouge - Confederates Attempt to Recapture Capital City
- 1862 Battle of Kirksville
- 1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain
- 1862 First Battle of Donaldsonville
- 1862 Battle of Compton's Ferry - Confederate Recruiting Efforts Suppressed
- 1862 First Battle of Independence, MO - Confederate Dominance near Kansas City Strengthened
- 1862 Battle of Lone Jack
- 1862 Battle of Fort Ridgely - Failed Sioux Attack on the Union
- 1862 First Battle of Rappahannock Station
- 1862 Battle of Manassas Station Operations - Jackson Destroys Manassas Station
- 1862 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
- 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run - Brawner's Farm (Day 1)
- 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run - Jackson Defends Stony Ridge (Day 2)
- 1862 Battle of Richmond, KY
- 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run - Longstreet Counterattack & Union Retreat (Day 3)
- 1862 Second Battle Of Manassas
- 1862 Battle of Chantilly
- 1862 Battle of Harper's Ferry - Stonewall Jackson Captures Union Garrison
- 1862 Battle of Munfordville
- 1862 Battle of South Mountain - McClellan Defeats Lee
- 1862 Battle Of Antietam
- 1862 Battle of Luka
- 1862 Battle of Shepherdstown
- 1862 First Battle of Newtonia
- 1862 First Battle of Newtonia - Confederate Artillery Bombards Union Forces
- 1862 Battle of Saint John's Bluff
- 1862 Second Battle of Corinth
- 1862 First Battle of Galveston
- 1862 Battle of Hatchie's Bridge
- 1862 Battle of Perryville
- 1862 Battle of Old Fort Wayne
- 1862 Battle of Georgia Landing
- 1862 Battle of Clark's Mill
- 1862 Battle of Cane Hill
- 1862 Battle of Kock's Plantation
- 1862 Battle of Hartsville
- 1862 Battle of Prairie Grove - Union Secures Northwest Arkansas
- 1862 First Battle of Fredericksburg
- 1862 Battle of Kinston - First battle of the Goldsboro Expedition
- 1862 Battle of White Hall - Second Battle of the Goldsboro Expedition
- 1862 Battle of Goldsboro Bridge - Third Battle in the Goldsboro Expedition
- 1862 Battle of Jackson, TN
- 1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
- 1862 Battle of Parker's Cross Roads
- 1862 Second Battle of Murfreesboro
- 1863 Second Battle of Galveston
- 1863 Second Battle of Springfield
- 1863 Battle of Fort Hindman - Army of the Mississippi Advance on Arkansas Post
- 1863 Battle of Hartville
- 1863 Battle of Dover
- 1863 Battle of Morton's Ford
- 1863 First Battle of Fort McAllister
- 1863 Battle of Thompson's Station
- 1863 Battle of Fort Anderson
- 1863 Battle at Kelly's Ford
- 1863 Battle of Vaught's Hill
- 1863 Battle of Brentwood
- 1863 Battle of Washington, NC
- 1863 First Battle of Charleston Harbor
- 1863 First Battle of Franklin
- 1863 Siege of Suffolk
- 1863 Battle of Fort Bisland
- 1863 Battle of Irish Bend
- 1863 Battle of Suffolk
- 1863 Battle of Vermillion Bayou
- 1863 Battle of Suffolk (Hill's Point)
- 1863 Battle of Cape Girardeau - General Marmaduke's Second Missouri Raid Brought to an End
- 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf
- 1863 Battle of Snyder's Bluff
- 1863 Stoneman's 1863 Raid
- 1863 Battle of Day's Gap
- 1863 Battle of Chalk Bluff - Marmaduke Abandon's Offensive
- 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville (May 1 and 2)
- 1863 Battle of Port Gibson
- 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville (May 3)
- 1863 Battle of Salem Church - Lee Defeats Sedgwick
- 1863 Second Battle of Fredericksburg
- 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville (May 4-6)
- 1863 Battle of Raymond
- 1863 Battle of Jackson - Former Mississippi State Capital Destroyed
- 1863 Battle of Champion Hill
- 1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge - Confederate Forces Trapped in Vicksburg
- 1863 Confederate Forces Surrender at the Siege of Vicksburg
- 1863 Battle of Plains Store - Union Victory near Baton Rouge
- 1863 Last Confederate Stronghold on Mississippi Surrenders at the Siege of Port Hudson
- 1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend - Siege of Vicksburg Remains Unbroken
- 1863 Battle of Brandy Station - Largest Calvalry Fight
- 1863 Second Battle of Winchester
- 1863 Battle of Middleburg
- 1863 Battle of Aldie
- 1863 Battle of LaFourche Crossing
- 1863 Battle of Upperville
- 1863 Battle of Hoover's Gap
- 1863 Second Battle of Donaldsonville
- 1863 Henry Thomas Harrison's Espionage Prompts Battle of Gettysburg
- 1863 Battle of Goodrich's Landing - Confederates Drive Union Black Regiments off Plantations
- 1863 Battle of Hanover
- 1863 Union cavalry delays J.E.B. Stuart's Confederates at the Battle of Hanover
- 1863 Battle of Cabin Creek - Union Forces Maintain Indian Territory Presence
- 1863 Battle of Carlisle
- 1863 Battle of Gettysburg
- 1863 Battle of Hunterstown
- 1863 Battle of Fairfield
- 1863 Battle of Helena - Union Captures Eastern Arkansas
- 1863 Battle of Tebbs Bend
- 1863 Battle of Lebanon
- 1863 Battle of Williamsport - Lee's Army Constructs Bridge
- 1863 Battle of Boonsboro
- 1863 Battle of Corydon
- 1863 Battle of Funkstown
- 1863 First Battle of Fort Wagner
- 1863 Battle of Grimball's Landing
- 1863 Battle of Honey Springs
- 1863 Second Battle of Fort Wagner
- 1863 Morgan and Forces Escape Through Woods Path at the Battle of Buffington Island
- 1863 Battle of Manassas Gap
- 1863 Union Forces Defeat Santee and Teton Sioux Forces at the Battle of Big Mound
- 1863 Battle of Salineville
- 1863 Sibley Defeats Sioux Forces at the Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake
- 1863 Sioux Forces Escape Union Forces in Pursuit at the Battle of Stony Lake
- 1863 Second Battle of Charleston Harbor
- 1863 Second Battle of Fort Sumter - Federals Launch Massive Bombardment and Naval Attack on Fort Sumter
- 1863 Second Battle of Chattanooga
- 1863 Quantrill's Raiders Pillage the City at the Lawrence Massacre
- 1863 Battle of Devil's Backbone
- 1863 Union Forces Defeat Several Native American Tribes at the Battle of Whitestone Hill
- 1863 Battle of Cumberland Gap
- 1863 Second Battle of Sabine Pass
- 1863 Battle of Bayou Forche - Little Rock Falls to Union Troops
- 1863 Union Withdraws before Being Attacked at the Battle of Davis's Cross Roads
- 1863 Battle of Chickamauga - Day 1
- 1863 Battle of Chickamauga - Day 2
- 1863 Battle of Blountsville
- 1863 Battle of Stirling's Plantation
- 1863 Wheeler's October 1863 Raid
- 1863 Battle of Baxter Springs - Quantrill's Raiders Massacre Union Black Troops
- 1863 Battle of Blue Springs
- 1863 First Battle of Auburn - Start of the Bristoe Campaign
- 1863 Battle of Bristoe Station - Confederates Destroy Railroad
- 1863 Second Battle of Auburn
- 1863 Battle of Fort Brooke
- 1863 Battle of Charlestown
- 1863 Battle of Buckland Mills - Union Cavalry Ambushed
- 1863 Battle of Pine Bluff
- 1863 Battle of Wauhatchie - Longstreet Defeated
- 1863 Battle of Collierville
- 1863 Battle of Droop Mountain
- 1863 Second Battle of Rappahannock Station
- 1863 Battle of Campbell's Station
- 1863 Third Battle Of Chattanooga
- 1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain - Marks Start of Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
- 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge
- 1863 Battle of Mine Run - Lee's Confederates Bombarded
- 1863 Battle of Ringgold Gap - Joseph Hooker's Union Forces Defeated
- 1863 Battle of Fort Sanders - Poor Gunpowder Quality Hinders Longstreet
- 1863 Battle of Bean's Station
- 1863 Battle of Mossy Creek
- 1864 Battle of Dandridge
- 1864 Battle of Athens - Union Victory in Northern Alabama
- 1864 Battle of Fair Garden
- 1864 Battle of Meridian
- 1864 Battle of Olustee - Union Fails to Take Florida
- 1864 Battle of Okolona
- 1864 Battle of West Point, Mississippi
- 1864 First Battle of Dalton
- 1864 Battle of Walkerton - the Dahlgren Affair
- 1864 Battle of Fort De Russy
- 1864 Battle of Paducah
- 1864 Battle of Elkin's Ferry - Confederates Unable to Prevent Union River Crossing
- 1864 Battle of Mansfield - Confederates Halt Red River Campaign
- 1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill - Confederate Attack Fails
- 1864 Battle of Prairie D'Ane
- 1864 Battle of Blair's Landing
- 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow - Controversy Surrounds Massacre
- 1864 Battle of Plymouth - Confederates Retake Union Forts
- 1864 Battle of Poison Spring - Black Troops Massacred
- 1864 Battle of Monett's Ferry
- 1864 Battle of Marks' Mills - Confederates Rout Union Forces
- 1864 Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
- 1864 Battle of Albemarle Sound
- 1864 Battle of the Wilderness - Grant and Lee Meet
- 1864 Battle of Calcasieu Pass
- 1864 Battle Of The Wilderness - James E. Longstreet is Wounded
- 1864 Union Forces Destroy Railroad at the Battle of Port Walthall Junction
- 1864 Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
- 1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern - Confederates Win Race to Spotsylvania
- 1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mountain - Union Forces Destroy Railroad Bridges
- 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
- 1864 Confederate Forces Stop Union Attack at the Battle of Swift Creek
- 1864 Battle of Chester Station
- 1864 Battle of Cove Mountain - Confederates Delay Union Advance
- 1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern
- 1864 Battle of Meadow Bridge - Union Forces Rebuild Bridge
- 1864 Battle of Proctor's Creek - Beauregard Defeats Butler
- 1864 Battle of Resaca - Sherman Defeats Johnston
- 1864 Battle of New Market
- 1864 Battle of Mansura
- 1864 Battle of Adairsville
- 1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou
- 1864 Battle of Ware Bottom Church - Beauregard surrounds Butler
- 1864 Battle of North Anna - Lee Outmaneuvers Grant
- 1864 Battle of Wilson's Wharf - Union Black Regiments Defeat Fitzhugh Lee
- 1864 Battle of New Hope Church - Hooker's Forces Defeated
- 1864 Battle of Dallas - Confederates Withdraw from Georgia
- 1864 Battle of Pickett's Mill - Sherman's Attack Fails
- 1864 Battle of Haw's Shop
- 1864 Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
- 1864 Confederates Driven Back to Cold Harbor at the Battle of Old Church
- 1864 Second Battle of Cold Harbor Begins
- 1864 Battle of Old River Lake
- 1864 Battle of Piedmont - Confederates Defeated on March to Staunton
- 1864 Battle of Marietta - Sherman Forces Johnston to Withdraw
- 1864 First Battle of Petersburg - Beauregard Defeats Butler
- 1864 Battle of Brice's Crossroads
- 1864 Battle of Cynthiana
- 1864 Battle of Trevilian Station - Virginia Central Railroad Damaged
- 1864 Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road
- 1864 Second Battle of Petersburg - Lee Repulses Grant
- 1864 Battle of Lynchburg - Fake Confederate Reinforcements Lead to Union Retreat
- 1864 USS Kearsarge Sinks CSS Alabama
- 1864 Battle of Kolb's Farms
- 1864 Battle of Saint Mary's Church
- 1864 Battle of Staunton River Bridge
- 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain - Confederate Victory in Atlanta Campaign
- 1864 Battle of Sappony Church
- 1864 First Battle of Ream's Station
- 1864 Battle of Pace's Ferry - Union Troops Seize Pontoon Bridge
- 1864 Battle of Monocacy - "The Battle that Saved Washington"
- 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens
- 1864 Lincoln Comes Under Confederate Fire at the Battle of Fort Stevens
- 1864 Battle of Camden Point - Thornton's Picnicing Force Ambushed
- 1864 Battle of Tupelo
- 1864 Battle of Cool Spring
- 1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek
- 1864 Battle of Rutherford's Farm
- 1864 Battle of Atlanta
- 1864 Second Battle of Kernstown - Federal Line Collapses
- 1864 First Battle of Deep Bottom
- 1864 Battle of Ezra Church
- 1864 Battle of Killdeer Mountain - Union Forces Defeat Sioux
- 1864 Battle of Brown's Mill
- 1864 Battle of the Crater - Lee Defeats Burnside
- 1864 Battle of Folck's Mill - Confederates Attempt to Disrupt B&O Railroad
- 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay
- 1864 Siege of Fort Gaines
- 1864 Battle of Utoy Creek
- 1864 Battle of Moorefield
- 1864 Siege of Fort Morgan
- 1864 Second Battle of Dalton
- 1864 Second Battle of Deep Bottom
- 1864 Battle of Guard Hill
- 1864 Battle of Gainesville
- 1864 Battle of Globe Tavern
- 1864 Battle of Lovejoy's Station
- 1864 Battle of Summit Point
- 1864 Second Battle of Memphis
- 1864 The Union Navy Captures Fort Morgan, Alabama
- 1864 Battle of Smithfield Crossing
- 1864 Second Battle of Ream's Station
- 1864 Battle of Jonesborough
- 1864 Battle of Berryville
- 1864 Beefsteak Raid
- 1864 Battle of Opqueon - also known as Third Winchester
- 1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill
- 1864 Battle of Fort Davidson
- 1864 Battle of Marianna
- 1864 Battle of Chaffin's Farm
- 1864 Battle of Peebles' Farm
- 1864 First Battle of Saltville
- 1864 Battle of Allatoona
- 1864 Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads
- 1864 Battle of Darbytown Road
- 1864 Battle of Tom's Brook
- 1864 Battle of Glasgow
- 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek
- 1864 The Second Battle of Lexington
- 1864 Battle of Little Blue River
- 1864 Second Battle of Independence
- 1864 Battle of Byram's Ford
- 1864 Battle of Westport
- 1864 Battle of Marais des Cygnes
- 1864 Battle of Marmiton River
- 1864 Battle of Mine Creek
- 1864 Battle of Decatur
- 1864 Battle of Boydton Plank Road
- 1864 Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
- 1864 Second Battle of Newtonia
- 1864 Battle of Johnsonville
- 1864 Battle of Bull's Gap
- 1864 Battle of Griswoldville
- 1864 Battle of Columbia
- 1864 Battle of Buck Head Creek
- 1864 Battle of Spring Hill
- 1864 Second Battle of Franklin
- 1864 Battle of Honey Hill
- 1864 Battle of Waynesboro
- 1864 Third Battle of Murfreesboro
- 1864 First Battle of Fort Fisher
- 1864 The Battle of Fort Branch
- 1864 Battle of Altamaha Bridge
- 1864 Second Battle of Fort McAllister
- 1864 Battle Of Nashville
- 1864 Battle of Marion
- 1864 Second Battle of Saltville
- 1864 Second Battle of Saltville
- 1864 Battle of Anthony's Hill
- 1865 Battle of Dove Creek
- 1865 Second Battle of Fort Fisher
- 1865 Battle of Rivers' Bridge
- 1865 Battle of Hatcher's Run
- 1865 Battle of Wilmington
- 1865 The Mayor Of Charleston, South Carolina, Surrenders Control Of The City To Alexander Schimmelfennig
- 1865 Battle of Fort Myers
- 1865 Battle of Natural Bridge
- 1865 Battle of Wyse Fork
- 1865 Battle of Monroe's Crossroads
- 1865 General William T. Sherman Captures The Town Of Fayetteville, North Carolina
- 1865 Battle of Averasborough
- 1865 Battle of Bentonvillemar
- 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman
- 1865 Battle of Spanish Fort
- 1865 Battle of Lewis's Farm
- 1865 Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
- 1865 Battle of White Oak Road
- 1865 Battle of Five Forks
- 1865 Battle of Fort Blakely
- 1865 Battle of Selma
- 1865 Battle of Sutherland's Station
- 1865 Third Battle of Petersburg
- 1865 Battle of Namozine Church
- 1865 Battle of Amelia Springs
- 1865 Battle of High Bridge
- 1865 Battle of Rice's Station
- 1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek
- 1865 Battle of Cumberland Church
- 1865 Battle of Appomattox Station
- 1865 Battle of Appomattox Court House
- 1865 Robert E. Lee Surrenders
- 1865 Battle of West Point
- 1865 Battle of Anderson
- 1865 Jefferson Davis Captured and Held Prisoner
- 1865 Jefferson Davis Is Captured
- 1865 Battle of Palmito Ranch
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Spanish-American War (1898)
The Spanish–American War was a conflict between Spain and the United States. Revolts had been endemic for decades in Cuba and were closely watched by Americans; there had been war scares before, as in the Virginius Affair in 1873. By 1897–98 American public opinion grew more angry at reports of Spanish atrocities, and, after the mysterious sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor, pushed the government headed by President William McKinley, a Republican, into a war McKinley had wished to avoid. Compromise proved impossible; Spain declared war on April 23, 1898; the U.S. Congress on April 25 declared the official opening as April 21.
- 1898 Battle of Manila Bay
- 1898 Battle of San Juan
- 1898 United States Captures Guam from Kingdom of Spain During the Spanish-American War
- 1898 Battle of Las Guasimas
- 1898 Battle of Las Guasismas
- 1898 Battle of San Juan Hill
- 1898 Battle of Yauco
- 1898 Battle of Fajardo
- 1898 Battle of Guayama
- 1898 Battle of Guamani River Bridge
- 1898 Battle of Coamo
- 1898 Battle of Silva Heights
- 1898 Battle of Asomante
- 1898 Treaty of Paris is Signed, Ending the Spanish-American War
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World War 1 (1914-1918)
World War I was a military conflict that involved most of the world's great powers assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More than 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in history.
- 1914 Battle of Liege
- 1914 The Battle of Mulhouse
- 1914 Russia Grapples with Germany and Austria on 1000-Mile Front - The Longest Battle Line in History
- 1914 Battle of Haelen (1914)
- 1914 Battle of Lorraine
- 1914 Battle Of The Frontiers
- 1914 Battles of Loznitsa, Jadar and Shabatz
- 1914 Battle of Stallupönen
- 1914 Battle and Destruction of Louvain (Leuven) Belgium
- 1914 Battle of Gumbinnen
- 1914 Battle Of Charleroi
- 1914 Battle of the Ardennes
- 1914 Germany Captures Namur
- 1914 Battle of Charleroi
- 1914 Battle of Mons
- 1914 Battle Of Tannenberg
- 1914 German Troops Capture Dinant, Executing 674 of Its Inhabitants
- 1914 Battle of Nancy Trouve de Charmes
- 1914 Siege of Maubeuge
- 1914 Battle of Landrecies and the British Disaster at Le Cateau
- 1914 Battle Of Le Cateau
- 1914 Battle of Heligoland Bight
- 1914 Battle Of St. Quentin
- 1914 First Battle of Guise
- 1914 Battle of Nancy
- 1914 Battle of La Fere Champenoise
- 1914 Battle of the Ourcq
- 1914 First Battle of the Marne (the Miracle of the Marne)
- 1914 First Battle of the Masurian Lakes Begins
- 1914 Battle of Bita Paka
- 1914 First Battle of the Aisne
- 1914 The Siege and Capture of the Fortress of Przemysl
- 1914 Battle of Flirey
- 1914 First Battle of Picardy
- 1914 Battle of Albert (1914)
- 1914 Battle of Augustowa
- 1914 Battle of Sandfontein
- 1914 Siege of Antwerp
- 1914 First Battle of Arras
- 1914 Winston Churchill Travels To 'The Siege of Antwerp'
- 1914 Battle of La Bassée
- 1914 Battle of Armentières
- 1914 Battle of Messines (1914)
- 1914 First Battle of Ypres 1914
- 1914 Battle of the Yser
- 1914 Imperial German Navy Torpedo Boat S-90 Sinks Japanese Cruiser Takachiho in the Largest Single Loss of Life for Japanese Forces During the War
- 1914 Siege Of Tsingtao
- 1914 Siege of Tsingtao Begins
- 1914 Battle of Coronel - Sea Battle Off the Coast of Chile
- 1914 Battle of Tanga Begins
- 1914 Lieutenant Gunther Plüschow Flies Sole Successful German Flight During the Siege of Tsingtao
- 1914 Capture of SMS Emden
- 1914 Battle of Basra (1914)
- 1914 Battle of Qurna
- 1914 Sea Battle Of the Falkland Islands
- 1914 Battle Of Givenchy
- 1915 Montenegro Surrenders to Austria-Hungary
- 1915 Zeppelin Raids of England, France, Italy and Poland
- 1915 Zeppelin Raids of England, France, Italy and Poland
- 1915 Battle of Dogger Bank
- 1915 Battle of the Suez Canal
- 1915 Battle Of Bolimow
- 1915 Battle of Koziowa
- 1915 Battle of Przasnysz
- 1915 Battle of Neuve Chapelle
- 1915 Second Battle of Ypres
- 1915 Battle Of Anzac Cove
- 1915 Battle of Gallipoli
- 1915 First Battle Of Krithia
- 1915 Battles of Dunajec, Przemysl, Krasnik and Przasnysz, and the Evacuations of Warsaw and Fort Grodno
- 1915 Second Battle of Krithia
- 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania
- 1915 Second Battle of Artois and the Battle of Aubers Ridge
- 1915 Battle Of Festubert
- 1915 Third Battle Of Krithia
- 1915 First Battle of the Isonzo
- 1915 Battle Of Gully Ravine
- 1915 German Southwest Africa Surrenders to British-Boer Forces
- 1915 Second Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1915 Battle Of Lone Pine
- 1915 Battle Of Sari Bair
- 1915 Battle Of The Nek
- 1915 Battle Of Hill 60
- 1915 Battle Of Scimitar Hill
- 1915 Battle of Belgrade
- 1915 Battle of Kut
- 1915 Battle of Loos
- 1915 Third Battle of Artois
- 1915 Second Battle of Champagne
- 1915 Battle of Es Sinn
- 1915 Third Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1915 Fourth Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1915 Battle of Ctesiphon
- 1916 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad Begins
- 1916 Siege of Kut
- 1916 Battle of the Wadi
- 1916 Battle of Hanna
- 1916 42 Zeppelin Raids on English Towns Kill 426 and Injure 864
- 1916 Turkish Armenia Falls to Russia
- 1916 Battle of Verdun
- 1916 Germany Launches New Submarine Campaign Against Allies - Sinking of the Sussex, La Provence, Cymric and Britannic
- 1916 Battle of Dujaila
- 1916 Fifth Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1916 Battle of Col di Lana Mountain and the Battle in the Adige
- 1916 Battle Of Asiago
- 1916 Battle of Macedonia and Occupation of Monastir
- 1916 Battle of Jutland
- 1916 Brusilov Offensive - Battle of Galicia, Battle of Lutsk and the Battle of Bukovina (Bokowina)
- 1916 Italian Counter Offensive Against Austria, and the Sixth and Seventh Battles of the Isonzo
- 1916 Battle of the Somme
- 1916 Battle Of Bazentin Ridge
- 1916 Battle Of Delville Wood
- 1916 Battle Of Romani
- 1916 Sixth Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1916 Battle Of Guillemont
- 1916 Battle Of Flers-Courcelette
- 1916 Seventh Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1916 Eighth Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1916 Ninth Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1917 Fall of Baghdad (1917)
- 1917 British Forces Capture Falluja
- 1917 First Battle Of Gaza
- 1917 Battle of Arras
- 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge
- 1917 Second Battle of the Aisne, including the Battle of Craonne Plateau
- 1917 Second Battle Of Gaza
- 1917 Tenth Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1917 Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele)
- 1917 Eleventh Battle Of The Isonzo
- 1917 Battle Of Caporetto
- 1917 Battle Of Beersheba
- 1917 Third Battle Of Gaza
- 1917 Battle Of Mughar Ridge
- 1917 Battle of Cambrai
- 1918 Battle of Picardy
- 1918 Operation Michael
- 1918 Battle Of The Lys
- 1918 Third Battle Of The Aisne
- 1918 Battle Of Cantigny
- 1918 Battle Of Belleau Wood
- 1918 Battle Of Piave River
- 1918 Battle of Hamel
- 1918 Battle Of Abu Tellul
- 1918 Second Battle Of The Marne
- 1918 Battle Of Soissons
- 1918 Battle Of Amiens
- 1918 Battle Of Mont St. Quentin
- 1918 Battle Of Havrincourt
- 1918 Battle Of Saint-Mihiel
- 1918 The American Expeditionary Forces Launches Their First Major Offensive In Europe As An Independent Army
- 1918 Battle Of Epehy
- 1918 Battle Of Megiddo
- 1918 Battle Of Canal Du Nord
- 1918 Battle Of St. Quentin Canal
- 1918 Battle Of Cambrai
- 1918 Battle of Sharqat Begins
- 1918 Armistice of Moudros Ends Hostilities in the Middle Eastern Theater
- 1918 Armistice Signed at Compiegne Marks the End of World War 1
- 1918 Battle Of Chateau-Thierry
- 1919 Paris Peace Conference
- 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
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World War 2 (1939-1945)
World War II was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million military personnel mobilised. In a state of "total war," the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by significant action against civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it was the deadliest conflict in human history, with over seventy million casualties.
- 1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Battle of Lugou Bridge)
- 1937 Tianjin Falls to Japanese Forces
- 1937 Beijing Falls to Japanese Forces
- 1937 First Phase in the Battle of Shanghai
- 1937 Phase Two in the Battle of Shanghai
- 1937 Phase Three in the Battle of Shanghai
- 1937 Nanking Falls to Japanese Troops
- 1938 Battle of Taierzhuang
- 1938 Battle of Xuzhou
- 1938 Japanese Forces Capture Anqing, Setting off Battle of Wuhan
- 1938 Battle of Wanjialing
- 1939 Battle of Nanchang
- 1939 Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang
- 1939 Ravensbruckk, the Largest Concentration Camp for Women, Opens
- 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
- 1939 Battle of Grudziądz
- 1939 Battle of Mława
- 1939 Battle of Mława Begins
- 1939 Battle of Mokra
- 1939 Battle of Westerplatte
- 1939 Fall Weiss: Germany Attacks Poland - First Battle of World War 2
- 1939 Construction on Stutthof Concentration Camp is Completed
- 1939 Battle of the Atlantic
- 1939 Battle of Wizna
- 1939 Battle of Gdynia
- 1939 Battle of Wola Cyrusowa
- 1939 Siege of Warsaw (1939)
- 1939 Battle of the Bzura Begins as Germany Invades Poland
- 1939 German Forces Begin Siege of Lvov
- 1939 Battle of Modlin
- 1939 First Battle of Changsha
- 1939 First Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski
- 1939 Red Army Joins Siege of Lvov
- 1939 Second Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski
- 1939 Battle of Kock (1939)
- 1939 German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak
- 1939 Chinese Nationalist Army Begins Disastrous Winter Offensive Against Japanese Forces
- 1939 Battle of Tolvajärvi
- 1939 Battle of Kunlun Pass
- 1940 Soviets Launch All-Out Offensive on Karelian Isthmus
- 1940 Signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty Between Finland and the Soviet Union
- 1940 Greek Forces Withdraw to Pindus to Fight Pitched Battle against Italian Invaders
- 1940 Heinrich Himmler Establishes a Concentration Camp at Auchwitz
- 1940 Battle for The Hague
- 1940 Battle of Fort Eben-Emael Begins
- 1940 Battle of Maastricht
- 1940 Nazi German Forces Begin Operation Fall Gelb with Attack on the Netherlands
- 1940 Battle of Hannut Begins
- 1940 German Forces Capture the Grebbeberg
- 1940 Dutch Army Surrenders to Germany Despite Continued Fighting in Parts of the Netherlands
- 1940 Dutch Province of Zeeland Surrenders to Germany
- 1940 Battle of Arras (1940)
- 1940 First Transport of Prisoners to the Mauthausen-Gusen Nazi Concentration Camp Complex
- 1940 Battle of Dunkirk Begins
- 1940 British Begin Evacuating Allied Soldiers from Dunkirk Evacuation, (Operation Dynamo)
- 1940 Belgian Army Surrenders to Germany
- 1940 France Surrenders to Nazi Germany
- 1940 France and Italy Sign Armistice Establishing Italian Zone of Occupation in France
- 1940 First German Bombs Fall on the English City of Plymouth
- 1940 Hitler Issues Directive No. 16, Calling for a Plan to Invade Britain, Code Named 'Operation Sealion'
- 1940 The 'Greatest Day' of the Battle of Britain
- 1940 The 'Hardest Day' of the Battle of Britain
- 1940 German Luftwaffe Begins Air Raids on the English City of Portsmouth
- 1940 First German Bomb Falls on Swindon
- 1940 Germany Begins Air Raids on the Port of London
- 1940 Major RAF Victory, Later Commemorated as Battle of Britain Day
- 1940 Following German Defeats in the Battle of Britain, Hitler Cancels Operation Sealion
- 1940 King George VI Creates the George Cross to Honor Civilian Bravery During the Battle of Britain and the Blitz
- 1940 Operation Sealion is Cancelled a Second Time, Never to be Resumed
- 1940 German Luftwaffe Commences Main Air Raid on English City of Southampton
- 1940 Japanese Forces Capture Nanning
- 1940 Hundred Regiments Offensive Ends in Victory for Chinese
- 1941 The English City of Plymouth Sustains Heavy Bombing from German Luftwaffe in the 'March Raids'
- 1941 Battle of Cape Matapan
- 1941 Battle of Fort Roupel
- 1941 Battle of Vevi (1941)
- 1941 Belgrade is Captured by German Forces
- 1941 The English City of Plymouth Sustains Heavy Bombing from German Luftwaffe in the 'April Raids'
- 1941 Official Surrender of Greek Forces in Albania to Axis Powers
- 1941 Battle of Thermopylae (1941)
- 1941 Athens Falls to Axis Powers
- 1941 Battle of South Shanxi
- 1941 Island of Crete Surrenders to Germany
- 1941 Battle of Białystok–Minsk
- 1941 Operation Barbarossa Begins
- 1941 Battle of Raseiniai
- 1941 Battle of Brody (1941)
- 1941 Battle of Smolensk (1941)
- 1941 Battle of Uman
- 1941 Battle of Kiev (1941)
- 1941 Second Battle of Changsha
- 1941 Siege of Leningrad Begins
- 1941 Majdanek Concentration Camp Begins Operation
- 1941 Battle of Moscow Begins
- 1941 German Forces Begin Siege of Sevastopol
- 1941 The Nazis Set Up Janowska Concentration Camp Next Door to a Factory Housing Forced Laborers
- 1941 Battle of Rostov (1941)
- 1941 Battle of Wake Island
- 1941 First Battle of Guam
- 1941 Battle of Jitra
- 1941 Third Battle of Changsha
- 1941 Battle of Kampar
- 1941 Sajmiste Nazi Concentration Camp is Established in the Independent State of Croatia
- 1942 Battle of Slim River
- 1942 Battle of Manado
- 1942 Battle of Tarakan (1942)
- 1942 Battle of Gemas
- 1942 Battle of Muar Begins
- 1942 Siege of Bakri
- 1942 Adolf Hitler Lays Out His Vision of the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question' to Nazi Officials at the Wannsee Conference
- 1942 Battle of Balikpapan (1942)
- 1942 Battle of Rabaul (1942)
- 1942 Battle of Ambon
- 1942 Battle of Makassar Strait
- 1942 Battle of Sarimbun Beach
- 1942 Battle of Kranji
- 1942 Zhao Shangzhi, Commander of the Northeast Anti-Japan United Army, Captured by Japanese Military Police
- 1942 Battle of Palembang
- 1942 Singapore Falls to Japanese Occupation
- 1942 Battle of Badung Strait
- 1942 Battle of the Java Sea
- 1942 Battle of Java (1942)
- 1942 Battle of Sunda Strait
- 1942 St. Nazaire Raid (Operation Chariot)
- 1942 Easter Sunday Raid
- 1942 Adolf Hitler Orders the Construction of the Atlantic Wall Following the St. Nazaire Raid
- 1942 Doolittle Raid
- 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea
- 1942 Battle of Kerch Peninsula
- 1942 The Second Battle of Kharkov
- 1942 The Battle of Midway
- 1942 Battle of Voronezh (1942)
- 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Begins
- 1942 Makin Island Raid
- 1942 Sinyavin Offensive/Operation Nordlicht
- 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein
- 1942 Operation Uranus
- 1942 Operation Mars
- 1942 Frank Sinkwich Wins Heisman Trophy
- 1942 Operation Winter Storm
- 1942 Soviet Union Launches Operation Little Saturn
- 1943 Operation Iskra
- 1943 Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp Begins Operation
- 1943 Surviving German Forces, now Starving, Sick, and Low on Ammunition, Surrender at Stalingrad
- 1943 Third Battle of Kharkov
- 1943 Allied Forces Begin Operation Strangle to Disrupt German Supply Routes in Italy
- 1943 Battle of the Komandorski Islands
- 1943 Battle of Attu
- 1943 Battle of Kursk Begins
- 1943 Allied Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) Begins
- 1943 First Phase of the Battle of Smolensk (1943)
- 1943 Operation Cottage
- 1943 First Quebec Conference is Held
- 1943 Second Stage of the Battle of Smolensk (1943)
- 1943 Lower Dnieper Offensive Begins
- 1943 Prisoners at Treblinka Nazi Concentration Camp Stage a Revolt, Allowing Several Hundred to Escape
- 1943 Third Stage of the Battle of Smolensk (1943)
- 1943 Declaration of Armistice Between Italy and Allied Forces
- 1943 Mussolini Rescued from Prison by German Paratroopers in Gran Sasso Raid
- 1943 Formation of the Pro-German Faction, Italian Social Republic (RSI), Following Italy's Armistice with Allied Forces
- 1943 Battle of Leros Begins with German Attack
- 1943 Battle of Kos
- 1943 British Surrender to Germany at Leros
- 1943 Battle of Tarawa
- 1943 Cairo Conference is Held
- 1943 Tehran Conference
- 1943 Bari Air Raid
- 1943 Canadian Allied Forces Capture the Villa Rogatti
- 1943 Battle of San Pietro Infine
- 1943 German Forces Fall Back from San Leandro Following Successful Ally Crossing of Moro River
- 1943 Battle of Ortona
- 1943 Lower Dnieper Offensive Ends in Decisive Soviet Victory
- 1944 First Assault in the Battle of Monte Cassino
- 1944 Main Attack of the Battle of Monte Cassino
- 1944 First Attack of Operation Steinbock, or 'Baby Blitz'
- 1944 Initial Allied Landings at Anzio and Cassino in Operation Shingle
- 1944 Battle of Kwajalein
- 1944 Battle of Narva (1944)
- 1944 Battle of Eniwetok
- 1944 Third Battle of the Battle of Monte Cassino
- 1944 Battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket (Hube's Pocket)
- 1944 Crimean Offensive (1944)
- 1944 Allied Forces Launch Operation Diadem to Break German Defenses on the Winter Line
- 1944 Polish Reconnaissance Mission Discovers Monte Cassino Abbey to have been Abandoned by Axis Forces, Officially Marking the End of the Battle
- 1944 The All-America Football Conference Is Founded
- 1944 Operation Tonga Begins
- 1944 British Forces Land at Gold Beach During Operation Overlord
- 1944 American Forces Land at Utah Beach through Operation Overlord
- 1944 American Forces Land at Omaha Beach through Operation Overlord
- 1944 US Army Rangers Attack Pointe du Hoc through Operation Overlord
- 1944 British and Free French Forces Land at Sword Beach in Operation Overlord
- 1944 Canadian and British Forces Land at Juno Beach through Operation Overlord
- 1944 British Forces Initiate Operation Perch to Capture German-Occupied Caen
- 1944 Battle of Ushant, aka Battle of Brittany (1944)
- 1944 Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry
- 1944 Cole's Charge in the Battle of Carnetan
- 1944 US Army Captures Carnetan
- 1944 Battle of Bloody Gulch
- 1944 Battle of Villers-Bocage
- 1944 Battle of Saipan
- 1944 Battle of Ancona
- 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea
- 1944 Soviet Union Commences Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation (Codenamed Operation Bagration)
- 1944 British Forces Launch Operation Martlet
- 1944 Main Attack of Operation Epsom
- 1944 American Forces Capture the Port of Cherbourg
- 1944 British Forces End Operation Epsom in the Face of German Counterattacks
- 1944 Canadian Forces Launch Operation Windsor
- 1944 Operation Ostra Brama
- 1944 Operation Charnwood Begins
- 1944 Operation Jupiter (1944)
- 1944 Second Battle of the Odon
- 1944 Operation Atlantic
- 1944 Operation Goodwood
- 1944 Lublin–Brest Offensive Begins
- 1944 Battle of Verrières Ridge
- 1944 Second Battle of Guam
- 1944 Battle of Tinian
- 1944 Majdanek Concentration Camp is Liberated by Soviet Troops
- 1944 Battle of Tannenberg Line
- 1944 Operation Cobra
- 1944 Operation Spring
- 1944 Operation Bluecoat
- 1944 Nazis Begin Evacuation of Kaiserwald Concentration Camp Preceding Arrival of Soviet Forces
- 1944 Operation Totalize
- 1944 Operation Tractable
- 1944 Allied Forces Invade Southern France through Operation Dragoon
- 1944 Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) (Battle of Romania)
- 1944 Canadian Forces Retake Dieppe Unopposed in Operation Fusilade
- 1944 Operation Tiderace
- 1944 Allied Forces Launch Assault on Le Havre to begin Operation Astonia
- 1944 Second Quebec Conference Is Held
- 1944 Baltic Offensive (1944)
- 1944 Battle of Peleliu
- 1944 Battle of Angaur
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Day 1
- 1944 Canadian Forces Initiate Operation Wellhit to Capture the Port of Boulogne
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Day 2
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Day 3
- 1944 German Forces Surrender at Brest
- 1944 First Phase of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest Begins
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Day 4
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Day 5
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Day 6
- 1944 Canadian Infantry Begins Attack on Calais through Operation Undergo
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Day 7
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Day 8
- 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Day 9 (Operation Berlin or Arnhem Rescue)
- 1944 Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp is Liberated by the 4th Canadian Armored Division and the 96th Battery of the 5th Anti-Tank Division
- 1944 Battle of Debrecen
- 1944 Canadian Forces Initiate Operation Switchback
- 1944 Salaspils Concentration Camp Closes with the Liberation of Riga by the Red Army
- 1944 Allied Forces Liberate the Town of Venray (Battle of Overloon)
- 1944 American Forces Capture German City of Aachen
- 1944 Operation Vitality Begins as Canadian Infantry Advances Down the South Beveland Penninsula
- 1944 Anne Frank is Transported from Auschwitz Concentration Camp to Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
- 1944 Allied Forces Capture Middelburg
- 1944 Second Phase of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest
- 1944 American Forces Capture French City of Metz
- 1944 Operation Greif
- 1944 Operation Stosser
- 1944 Siege of Bastogne
- 1944 Allies Stage Counter-Offensive Against Nazi Forces in the Ardennes
- 1944 Siege of Budapest
- 1944 Sajmiste Nazi Concentration Camp is Destroyed by U.S. Bombers
- 1945 Operation Nordwind
- 1945 Operation Blackcock Begins
- 1945 Bombing Raids on Montfort
- 1945 Operation Matador (1945)
- 1945 Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp Liberated by the 322nd Rifle Division of the Red Army
- 1945 Yalta Conference
- 1945 Anglo-Canadian Forces Begin Operation Veritable (Battle of the Reichswald)
- 1945 Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp is Liberated by Soviet Forces
- 1945 U.S. Marines Capture Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima
- 1945 Allied Forces Cross the Roer River through Operation Grenade
- 1945 American Forces Capture the Ludendorff Bridge and Cross the Rhine into Germany through Operation Lumberjack
- 1945 SS General Karl Wolff Offers Plan for Local Surrender of German Forces in Northern Italy During Secret Negotiations with Western Allies
- 1945 Operation Bowler
- 1945 Allied Forces Cross the Rhine into Germany (Operation Plunder)
- 1945 Operation Varsity
- 1945 U.S. 89th Infantry Division Liberates Ohrdruf, the First Sub-Camp of Buchenwald Concentration Camp Complex
- 1945 Operation Ten-Go
- 1945 Westerbok Concentration Camp is Liberated by the Canadian 2nd Infantry Division
- 1945 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp is Liberated by British Forces
- 1945 Battle of the Oder-Neisse Begins as Soviets Approach Berlin
- 1945 Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is Liberated by the Red Army and the Polish 2nd Infantry Division of Ludowe Wojsko Polskie
- 1945 Battle of Halbe
- 1945 Ravensbruck Concentration Camp is Liberated by Soviet Troops
- 1945 Partisan Units Liberate Jasenovac Concentration Camp from the Ustaše
- 1945 Berlin Falls to Soviets
- 1945 British Soldiers Liberate Neuengamme Concentration Camp
- 1945 U.S. 11th Armored Division Liberates Mauthausen Concentration Camp
- 1945 Polish 1st Armored Division Captures German Port of Wilhelmshaven
- 1945 Soviet Forces Liberate Stutthof Concentration Camp
- 1945 Soviet Troops Liberate Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
- 1945 Australian Forces Begin 'Operation Oboe Six' to Retake Brunei and Labuan from Japan in Hostilities that Continued Until End of War
- 1945 Okinawa Falls to U.S. Marines
- 1945 The Potsdam Conference is Held at Cecilienhof
- 1945 VJ Day - Victory over Japan Day - World War II Ends with Japanese Surrender
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Korean War (1950-1953)
The Korean War was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. The war was a result of the political division of Korea by agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War. In 1945 following the surrender of Japan, American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th parallel, with United States troops occupying the southern part and Soviet troops occupying the northern part. The failure to hold free elections throughout the Korean Peninsula in 1948 deepened the division between the two sides, and the North established a Communist government. The situation escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950.
- 1950 Battle of Osan
- 1950 Battle of Pusan Perimeter
- 1950 Battle of Inchon
- 1950 Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
- 1952 Battle of Triangle Hill
- 1953 Battle of Pork Chop Hill
- 1953 Battle of the Hook
- 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement
- 1954 Ronald Reagan Appears in "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" - Season 3, Episode 30: The Edge of Battle
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Vietnam War (1955-1975)
The Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1955 to 1975, when Saigon fell. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations.
- 1962 Operation Chopper
- 1963 Battle of Ap Bac
- 1963 Xa Loi Pagoda Raids
- 1963 President Kennedy Ratifies the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- 1964 AT&T Introduces the Picturephone, the First Video Conference System, at the New York World's Fair
- 1964 Operation Barrel Roll Begins
- 1965 Operation Flaming Dart
- 1965 Operation Rolling Thunder
- 1965 "Operation Crossbow" Is Released
- 1965 U.S. Military Launches Operation Steel Tiger
- 1965 Battle of Ba Gia
- 1965 Operation Arc Light Begins
- 1965 Operation Starlight, First U.S.-Only Offensive Military Action of the Vietnam War
- 1965 Siege of Plei Me
- 1965 Battle of Ia Drang
- 1965 U.S. Military Launches Covert Aerial Interdiction Campaign, Operation Tiger Hound
- 1965 Operation Game Warden
- 1966 Operation Crimp
- 1966 Launch of Operation Masher (Later Called Operation White Wing)
- 1966 Battle of A Shau
- 1966 Battle of Xa Cam My
- 1966 Operation Hastings
- 1966 Battle of Long Tan
- 1966 Operation Beaver Cage
- 1966 Operation Attleboro Begins
- 1966 U.S. Navy Commences Operation Sea Dragon
- 1967 Operation Bolo
- 1967 Operation Cedar Falls
- 1967 US Military Begins Operation Popeye, a Cloud Seeding Program
- 1967 United States Marine Corps Conducts Operation Union
- 1967 Operation Union II
- 1967 Operation Buffalo
- 1967 "The Battle Of Algiers" Is Released
- 1967 Siege of Dak To
- 1968 Operation Niagara I is Launched
- 1968 Super Bowl II - Packers 33, Raiders 14
- 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh Begins
- 1968 Operation Niagara II is Launched
- 1968 Operation Coburg Begins
- 1968 Battle of Hue
- 1968 First Battle of Saigon
- 1968 The Tet Offensive Begins
- 1968 United States Air Force Launches Operation Igloo White
- 1968 Battle of Lang Vei
- 1968 Battle of Lima Site 85
- 1968 Battle of Karameh
- 1968 U.S. Navy and South Vietnamese Forces Launch Operation Sealords
- 1968 U.S. Military Commences Operation Commando Hunt
- 1969 United States Marine Corps Launches Operation Dewey Canyon
- 1969 Operation Menu Bombing Campaign in Eastern Cambodia
- 1969 U.S. Strategic Air Command Bombing in Eastern Cambodia, Codenamed Operation Menu
- 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill
- 1969 Operation Apache Snow Begins
- 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Ratified
- 1970 Operation Tailwind
- 1970 Operation Ivory Coast, Also Known as the Son Tay Raid
- 1971 Battle of Snuol Begins
- 1971 Operation Dewey Canyon II
- 1971 Operation Lam Son 719 Begins
- 1971 Battle of Long Khanh
- 1972 First Battle of Quang Tri Begins
- 1972 Battle of Loc Ninh
- 1972 Battle of An Loc
- 1972 Battle of Kontum
- 1972 Operation Linebacker
- 1972 Top-Secret Navy SEAL POW Rescue Mission, Operation Thunderbird, is Called Off After Failing to Succeed
- 1972 Second Battle of Quang Tri Begins
- 1972 Operation "Wrath of God"
- 1972 Operation Linebacker II
- 1973 United States Negotiates Release of POW's from North Vietnam through Operation Homecoming
- 1973 First "Hanoi Taxi" Flight to Retrieve American POW's through Operation Homecoming
- 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon: Operation Spring of Youth
- 1974 Battle of Phuoc Long Begins
- 1975 Beginning of Mass Evacuation of Children from South Vietnam, Codenamed Operation Babylift
- 1975 Battle of Xuan Loc (Last Stand at Xuan Loc)
- 1975 Operation Frequent Wind
- 1975 Fall of Saigon
- 1975 Mayaguez Incident Marks the Last Official Battle of the U.S. Involvement in Vietnam
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