Information about List of battles (geographic)

Battle of Mbwila (or Battle of Ambuila or Battle of Ulanga) on October 29, 1665, Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo^[1] and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.
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Battle of Cassinga (4 May 1978) was a controversial^[1] South African airborne attack on a South-West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) base located at Coordinates: at the former town of Cassinga, Angola.
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Cuito Cuanavale was one of the most important episodes of both the civil war in Angola (1975 to 2002) and the South African Border War. The armies of Cuba, Angola and South Africa met at Cuito Cuanavale in 1987, and the battle has been called "Africa's largest land battle since
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The Battle on the Marchfeld (Morava Field) at DÃ¼rnkrut and Jedenspeigen took place on August 26, 1278 and was a decisive event for the history of Central Europe for the following centuries.
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Siege of Vienna in 1529, as distinct from the Battle of Vienna in 1683, was the first attempt of the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Suleiman I (the magnificent), to capture the city of Vienna, Austria.
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The wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe are also sometimes referred to as the Ottoman Wars or as Turkish Wars, particularly in older, European texts.
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Holy League:
Poland-Lithuania(including Ukrainian Cossacks)
Austria
Saxony
Bavaria
Franconia
Swabia Ottoman Empire
Khanate of Crimea
Transylvania
Wallachia
Moldavia
Commanders
John III Sobieski
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The Great Turkish War refers to a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and contemporary European powers, then joined into a Holy League, during the second half of the 17th century that were just great. It marked the end of the Ottoman incursion into Europe.
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Battle of Wagram (5 July 1809 – 6 July 1809) Napoleon's French forces defeated Archduke Charles' Austrian army, near Vienna, effectively bringing the War of the Fifth Coalition to an end.
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Top: Battle of Austerlitz
Bottom: Battle of Waterloo

Date c.1803–1815
Location Europe, Atlantic Ocean, RÃo de la Plata, Indian Ocean

Result Coalition victory, Congress of Vienna

Combatants
Austria^[a]
Portugal
Prussia
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Battle of Aspern-Essling (21 May – 22 May, 1809), Napoleon attempted a forced crossing of the Danube near Vienna, but the French and their allies were driven back by the Austrians under Archduke Charles.
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Japanese air raids on Darwin, Australia, on 19 February 1942 were the largest attacks mounted by a foreign power against Australia. They were also a significant action in the Pacific campaign of World War II and represented a major psychological blow to the Australian population,
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Battle of the Java Sea was a major naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied navies suffered a disastrous defeats at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy, on February 27, 1942, and in secondary actions over successive days.
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Battle of the Coral Sea, fought from May 4-May 8, 1942, with most of the action occurring on May 7 and May 8, was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States and Australia.
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Main attack:
1 depot ship sunk,
21 killed
Secondary operations:
3 merchant vessels sunk, 1 fighter aircraft lost,
50 killed 3 midget submarines,
2 spotter planes lost,
6 killed

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The Battle of Milne Bay was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Japanese marines attacked the Australian military base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea on 25 August, 1942, and fighting continued until the Japanese retreated on 5 September, 1942.
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Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea (
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from December 2:
Robert L. Eichelberger Yosuke Yokoyama
Yoshitatsu Yasuda
from December 2:
Kurihanao Yamagata
Strength
20,000+ 6,500+ (peak strength, December 2)
Casualties
2,300 killed,
1,200 injured^[1] 6,000+ killed,
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Battle of the Bismarck Sea was a battle in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during World War II, in which planes of the United States Fifth Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), attacked a Japanese convoy carrying troops to Lae.
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Battle of Garibpur fought on November 20 - 21, 1971 was one of the first engagements of between Indian and Pakistani troops during the Bangladesh Liberation War prior to the intiation of hostillities on 3 December, 1971.
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India: 500,000+
Mukti Bahini: 100,000^[1]^[2] Pakistan Army: 365,000
Paramilitary: 280,000^[1]
Casualties
India: 1,426 KIA
3,611 Wounded (Official)
Mukti Bahini: NA* Pakistan ~8,000 KIA
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Battle of Hilli or the Battle of Bogra was a major battle fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and Bangladesh Liberation War. It is generally regarded as the most pitched battle that took place in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.
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Battle of Orsha took place September 8, 1514, between the forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Kingdom of Poland (less than 30,000 troops), under the command of Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski, and the army of Grand Duchy of Moscow under Konyushy
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Battle of Lesnaya was one of the decisive battles of the Great Northern War. It took place on September 28, 1708 between a Russian army of 12,000 (14,500 by Swedish sources) men commanded by Princes Repnin and Menshikov and a Swedish force of 16,000 (12,500 by Swedish sources) men,
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Battle of Leuven (English: Louvain, Dutch: Leuven) was fought in September 891 between the Franks and the Vikings, essentially ending the Viking invasions in the Low countries. The existence of this battle is known due to the Annales Fuldenses.
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Battle of Steppes was fought in Belgium on October 13, 1213 between Hugh Pierrepont, Bishop of LiÃ¨ge, and Henry I, Duke of Brabant. Ultimately, Henry I was defeated by Hugh's forces.^[1]

References

1. ^ France, p. 166.

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The Battle of Damme was fought on 30 May and 31 May 1213. The success of the English raids ended a threat of French invasion of England.

Damme is located on the estuary of the Zwyn (now largely silted up), at that time in the county of Flanders (now in Belgium).
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List Of Battles (geographic)

Angola

Austria

Australia

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Canada

Chile

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Czech Republic

China

Denmark

East Timor

England

Estonia

Ethiopia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iraq

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Korea

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Madagascar

Manchuria

Marshall Islands

Morocco

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Scotland

Serbia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Thailand

Turkey

Ukraine

United States

Venezuela

Vietnam

Wales

Yemen

Chronological

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