# List of Japanese battles

The following is a list of Japanese battles, organised by date.

## Ancient/Classical Japan
### Jōmon Period

* Jimmu's Eastern Expedition (c. 7th century BCE)

### Yayoi Period

* Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion (c. 1st century BCE) ja:武埴安彦命
* Expedition of Yamato Takeru (c. late 1st century-early 2nd century) ja:ヤマトタケル
* Civil war of Wa (2nd century AD)
* Expedition of Empress Jingū (c. 3rd century) ja:三韓征伐

### Kofun period

* Goguryeo–Yamato War (391–404)
* Kibi Clan Rebellion (463)
** Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion (479)
* Iwai Rebellion (527–528)
* Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion (534) ja:武蔵国造の乱

### Asuka period

* Battle of Shigisan (587)
* Isshi Incident (645)
* North expedition of Abe no Hirafu (658–660) ja:阿倍比羅夫
* Battle of Baekgang (663)
* Jinshin War (672)

### Nara Period

* Hayato Rebellion (720–721)
* Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion (740)
* Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion (764)
* Thirty-Eight Year War (774–811)
** Hōki Rebellion (780–781?) ja:宝亀の乱
** Battle of Subuse (788) ja:巣伏の戦い

### Heian Period

* Thirty-Eight Year War (774–811)
** Conquest by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (801)
** Last Conquest by Funya no Watamaro (811)
* Gangyō Rebellion (878) ja:元慶の乱
* Kanbyō Silla pirate invasion (893) ja:新羅の入寇
* Jōhei-Tengyō Rebellion (936–941) ja:承平天慶の乱
* Fujiwara no Koresuke Rebellion (947) ja:藤原是助の乱
* Toi invasion (1019)
* Taira no Tadatsune Rebellion (1028–1030) ja:平忠常の乱
* Zenkunen War (1051–1062)
** Battle of Onikiribe (1051)
** Battle of Kinomi (1057)
** Siege of Komatsu (1062)
** Siege of Koromogawa (1062)
** Siege of Kuriyagawa　(1062)
* Enkyū Battle of Ezo (1070) ja:延久蝦夷合戦
* Gosannen War (1083–1087)
** Siege of Kanezawa (1087)
* Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion (1107–1108) ja:源義親の乱
* Hōgen Rebellion (1156)
* Heiji Rebellion (1160)

#### Genpei War (1179–1185)

* Battle of Ishibashiyama (1180)
* Battle of Fujigawa (1180)
* Battle of Sunomata-gawa (1181)
* Battle of Kurikara (1183)
* Siege of Hōjūjidono (1184)
* Battle of Uji (1184)
* Battle of Awazu (1184)
* Battle of Ichi-no-Tani (1184)
* Battle of Kojima (1184)
* Battle of Yashima (1185)
* Battle of Dan-no-ura (1185)

## Feudal Japan
### Kamakura period

* Battle of Ōshū (1189)
* Kennin Rebellion (1201)
* Hatakeyama Shigetada Rebellion(1205)ja:畠山忠重の乱
* Wada Rebellion (1213) ja:和田合戦
* Miura Rebellion (1247) ja:宝治合戦
* Jōkyū War (1221)
** Battle of Uji (1221)
* February Incident(1272) ja:二月騒動

#### Mongol Invasions of Japan (1274 & 1281)

* Battle of Bun'ei (1274)
* Battle of Kōan (1281)

#### Genkō War (1331–1333)

* Siege of Kasagi(1331)
* Siege of Akasaka (1331)
* Siege of Chihaya (1333)
* Battle of Bubaigawara (1333)
* Siege of Kamakura (1333)

### Muromachi period

* Nakasendai Rebellion (1335) ja:中先代の乱
* Civil war of the Kenmu Restoration (1335–1336)

#### Nanboku-chō period (1336–1392)

* Battle of Tatarahama (1336)
* Battle of Minatogawa (1336)
* Siege of Kanegasaki (1337)
* Battle of Ishizu (1338) ja:石津の戦い
* Battle of Shijō Nawate (1348)
* Kannō Incident (1350–1352) ja:観応の擾乱
** Battle of Uchidehama (1351) ja:打出浜の戦い
* Battle of Chikugogawa (1359) ja:筑後川の戦い
* Ōei Rebellion (1399) ja:応永の乱
* Rebellion of Uesugi Zenshū (1416–1417) ja:上杉禅秀の乱
* Eikyō Rebellion (1438–1439) ja:永享の乱
* Siege of Yūki (1440) ja:結城合戦
* Kakitsu Incident (1441) ja:嘉吉の乱
* Koshamain's Revolt (1456–1457) ja:コシャマインの戦い

#### Kyōtoku Incident (1455–1482)

* Battle of Bubaigawara (1455) ja:分倍河原の戦い(室町時代)
* Battle of Irako (1459–1477) ja:五十子の戦い
* Nagao Kageharu Rebellion (1476–1480) ja:長尾景春の乱
** Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara (1477) ja:江古田・沼袋原の戦い

### Sengoku period

* Ōnin War (1467–1477)
** Battle of Goryō (1467) ja:御霊合戦
** Battle of Higashi Iwakura (1467) ja:東岩倉の戦い
** Battle of Shokokuji (1467) ja:相国寺の戦い
** Battle of Kamigyo (1467) ja:上京の戦い
** Battle of Ichijo Omiya (1467)
* Yamashiro Rebellion (1485–1493)
* Kaga Rebellion (1487–1488)
* Chōkyō Incident (1487–1505)　ja:長享の乱
** Battle of Tachigawara (1504) ja:立河原の戦い
* Battle of Kuzuryūgawa (1506)
* Battle of Nyoigatake (1509) ja:如意ケ嶽の戦い
* Battle of Nagamorihara (1510) ja:長森原の戦い
* Siege of Gongenyama (1510)
* Siege of Arai (1516)
* Battle of Arita-Nakaide (1517) ja:有田中井手の戦い
* Battle of Iidagawara (1521)
* Ningbo Turmoil (1523) ja:寧波の乱
* Siege of Edo (1524)
* Siege of Kamakura (1526)
* Battle of Nashinokidaira (1526)
* Battle of Katsuragawa (1527) ja:桂川原の戦い
* Battle of Ozawahara (1530)
* Battle of Tatenawate (1530) ja:田手畷の戦い
* Battle of Shiokawa no gawara (1531)
* Kyoroku War (1531) ja:享禄の錯乱
* Battle of Daimotsu (1531) ja:大物崩れ
* Tenbun War (1532–1535) ja:天文の錯乱
** Siege of Iimoriyama (1532) ja:飯盛山城の戦い
** Siege of Sakai (1532)
** Siege of Yamashina Honganji (1532) ja:山科本願寺の戦い
* Battle of Idano (1535)
* Battle of Un no Kuchi (1536)
* Battle of Sanbuichigahara (1536)
* Hanakura Incident (1536) ja:花倉の乱
* Battle of Sendanno (1536)
* Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537)
* Battle of Kōnodai (1538)
* Battle of Ichirai (1539)
* Siege of Koriyama (1540–1541)
* Battle of Sezawa (1542)
* Siege of Uehara (1542)
* Siege of Kuwabara (1542)
* Siege of Fukuyo (1542)
* Battle of Ankokuji (1542)
* First Battle of Azukizaka (1542)
* Siege of Toda Castle (1542–1543)
* Utsuro Rebellion (1542–1548) ja:天文の乱(洞の乱)
* Siege of Tochio (1544)
* Siege of Takatō (1545)
* Battle of Kawagoe (1546)
* Battle of Odaihara (1546)
* Siege of Shika Castle (1546–1547)
* Battle of Kanōguchi (1547)
* Second Battle of Azukizaka (1548)
* Battle of Uedahara (1548)
* Battle of Shiojiritoge (1548)
* Siege of Kajiki (1549)
* Siege of Toishi (1550) ja:砥石崩れ
* Tainei-ji incident (1551)
* Battle of Kiyosu Castle (1552)
* Siege of Katsurao (1553)
* First Battle of Kawanakajima (1553)
* Siege of Kannomine (1554)
* Siege of Matsuo (1554)
* Battle of Enshu-Omori (1554)
* Siege of Iwatsurugi Castle (1554)
* Battle of Muraki Castle (1554)
* Second Battle of Kawanakajima (1555)
* Battle of Ino (1555)
* Battle of Miyajima (1555)
* Battle of Nagaragawa (1556)
* Siege of Katsurayama (1557)
* Third Battle of Kawanakajima (1557)
* Battle of Ukino (1558)
* Siege of Terabe (1558)
* Siege of Marune (1560)
* Battle of Okehazama (1560)
* Battle of Tonomoto (1560)
* Battle of Norada (1560)
* Battle of Moribe (1561)
* First Siege of Odawara (1561)
* Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima (1561)
* Siege of Moji (1561)
* Battle of Kyōkōji (1562)
* Siege of Kaminogō Castle (1562)
* Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563)
* Battle of Batogahara (1564)
* Battle of Kōnodai (1564)
* Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima (1564)
* Battle of Fukuda Bay (1565)
* Siege of Minowa (1566)
* Siege of Inabayama Castle (1567)

#### Azuchi–Momoyama period

* Battle of Torisaka (1568)
* Siege of Hachigata (1568)
* Siege of Tachibana (1569)
* Battle of Tatarahama (1569)
* Second Siege of Odawara (1569)
* Battle of Mimasetoge (1569)
* Siege of Kakegawa (1569)
* Siege of Kanbara (1569)
* Battle of Nunobeyama (1570)
* Battle of Takehiro (1571)
* Siege of Fukazawa (1571)
* Battle of Tonegawa (1571)
* Siege of Futamata (1572)
* Battle of Kizaki (1572)
* Siege of Noda Castle (1573)
* First Siege of Takatenjin (1574)
* Siege of Yoshida Castle (1575)
* Siege of Takabaru (1576)
* Siege of Nanao (1577)
* Siege of Otate (1578)
* Battle of Mimigawa (1578)
* Battle of Mimaomote (1579)
* Battle of Omosu (1580)
* Battle of Nakatomigawa (1582)
* Battle of Okitanawate (1584)
* Siege of Iwaya Castle (1586)
* Battle of Hitotoribashi (1586)
* Battle of Koriyama (1588)
* Siege of Kurokawa Castle (1589)
* Battle of Suriagehara (1589)

#### Unification by Oda Nobunaga

** Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)
** Siege of Chōkō-ji (1570)
** Battle of Anegawa (1570)
** Ishiyama Hongan-ji War (1570–1580)
** Siege of Mount Hiei (1571)
** Sieges of Nagashima (1571, 1573, 1574)
** Siege of Iwamura Castle (1572)
** Battle of Mikatagahara (1573)
** Siege of Odani Castle (1573)
** Siege of Ichijōdani Castle (1573)
** Battle of Nagashino (1575)
** Battles of Kizugawaguchi (1576, 1578)
** Siege of Kuroi Castle (1577)
** Siege of Shigisan (1577)
** Battle of Tedorigawa (1577)
** Siege of Kōzuki Castle (1578)
** Siege of Miki (1578–1580)
** Siege of Yakami (1579)
** Siege of Itami (1579)
** Tenshō Iga War (1579, 1581)
** Siege of Hijiyama (1581)
** Second Siege of Takatenjin (1581)
** Siege of Tottori (1581)
** Battle of Tenmokuzan (1582)
** Siege of Takatō (1582)
** Siege of Takamatsu (1582)
** Siege of Uozu (1582)
** Honnō-ji Incident (1582)
** Battle of Kanagawa (1582)

#### Unification by Toyotomi Hideyoshi

** Battle of Yamazaki (1582)
** Battle of Shizugatake (1583)
** Battle of Hiketa (1583)
** Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584)
** Siege of Kanie (1584)
** Siege of Suemori (1584)
** Siege of Negoro-ji (1585)
** Siege of Ōta Castle (1585)
** Siege of Toyama (1585)
** Shikoku campaign (1585)
** Kyūshū campaign (1586–1587)
** Siege of Shimoda (1590)
** Siege of Hachigata (1590)
** Siege of Odawara (1590)
** Siege of Oshi (1590)
** Kunohe Rebellion (1591)
* Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
** Battle of Bunroku (1592–1593)
** Battle of Keicho (1597–1598)

#### Unification by Tokugawa Ieyasu

** Siege of Shiroishi (1600)
** Siege of Hataya (1600)
** Siege of Kaminoyama (1600)
** Siege of Hasedō (1600)
** Siege of Matsukawa (1600)
** Siege of Tanabe (1600)
** Battle of Gifu Castle (1600)
** Siege of Fushimi (1600)
** Battle of Asai (1600)
** Siege of Annotsu (1600)
** Siege of Ueda (1600)
** Siege of Ōtsu (1600)
** Battle of Ishigakibara (1600)
** Battle of Kuisegawa (1600)
** Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
** Siege of Udo (1600)
** Siege of Yanagawa (1600)
** Siege of Sawayama (1600)

### Edo period

* Battle of Matsukawa (1601)
* Rokugō Rebellion (1603)
* Red Seal ship incident (1608 or 1609)
* Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
* Nossa Senhora da Graça incident (1610)
* Siege of Osaka (1614–1615)
** Winter Campaign (大坂冬の陣 Osaka Fuyu no Jin)
*** Battle of Imafuku (1614)
*** Battle of Shigino (1614)
*** Battle of Kizugawa (1614)
*** Battle of Noda-Fukushima (1614)
*** Siege of Sanada-maru (1615)
** Summer Campaign (大坂夏の陣 Osaka Natsu no Jin)
*** Battle of Kashii (1615)
*** Battle of Dōmyōji (1615)
*** Battle of Yao (1615)
*** Battle of Wakae (1615)
*** Battle of Tennoji (1615)
* Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1616) (1616–1617)
* Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638)
* Shakushain's Revolt (1669–1672)
* Jōkyō Uprising (1686)
* Ueda Rebellion (1761) ja:上田騒動
* Nijinomatsubara Rebellion (1771) ja:虹の松原一揆
* Menashi-Kunashir Rebellion (1789)
* Ōshio Heihachirō's Rebellion (1837)
* Tsushima Incident (1862)
* Battle of Shimonoseki Straits (1863)
* Battles for Shimonoseki (1863)
* Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863)
* Mito Rebellion (1864)
* Kinmon Incident (1864)
* First Chōshū expedition (1864)
* Battles for Shimonoseki (1864)
* Second Chōshū expedition (1866)

#### Boshin War (1868–1869)

* Battle of Toba–Fushimi (1868)
* Battle of Awa (1868)
* Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma (1868)
* Battle of Utsunomiya Castle (1868)
* Battle of Ueno (1868)
* Battle of Aizu (1868)
* Battle of Miyako Bay (1869)
* Battle of Hakodate (1869)
* Naval Battle of Hakodate (1869)

## Modern period
### Meiji period

* Saga Rebellion (1874)
* Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)
* Ganghwa Island incident (1875)
* Shinpūren Rebellion (1876)
* Akizuki Rebellion (1876)
* Hagi Rebellion (1876)
* Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
** Siege of Kumamoto Castle (1877)
** Battle of Tabaruzaka (1877)
** Battle of Shiroyama (1877)
* Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894–1895)
** Battle of Ugeumchi (1894)

#### First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895)

* Battle of Pungdo (1894)
* Battle of Seonghwan (1894)
* Battle of Pyongyang (1894)
* Battle of Yalu River (1894)
* Battle of Jiuliancheng (1894)
* Battle of Lushunkou (1894)
* Battle of Weihaiwei (1895)
* Battle of Yingkou (1895)
* Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
** Pescadores Campaign (1895)
** Battle of Keelung (1895) (1895)
** Hsinchu Campaign (1895)
** Battle of Baguashan (1895)
** Battle of Chiayi (1895)
** Battle of Chiatung (1895)
** Capitulation of Tainan (1895)
** Battle of Changhsing (1895)

#### Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)

* Battle of the Taku Forts (1900)
* Seymour Expedition (1900)
* Battle of Langfang (1900)
* Battle of Tientsin (1900)
* Siege of the International Legations (1900)
* Battle of Beicang (1900)
* Gaselee Expedition (1900)
* Battle of Peking (1900)
* Battle of Yangcun (1900)

#### Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

* Battle of Port Arthur (1904–1905)
* Battle of Chemulpo Bay (1904)
* Battle of Yalu River (1904)
* Battle of Te-li-Ssu (1904)
* Battle of Motien Pass (1904)
* Battle of Tashihchiao (1904)
* Siege of Port Arthur (1904-1905)
* Battle of Hsimucheng (1904)
* Battle of the Yellow Sea (1904)
* Battle off Ulsan (1904)
* Battle of Korsakov (1904)
* Battle of Nanshan (1904)
* Battle of Shantung (1904)
* Battle of Dairen (1904)
* Battle of Liaoyang (1904)
* Battle of Shaho (1904)
* Battle of Sandepu (1905)
* Battle of Tsushima (1905)
* Battle of Mukden (1905)

#### Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 (1907)

* Namdaemun Battle (1907)

### Taisho Period
#### World War I (1914–1918)

* Siege of Tsingtao (1914)
* Allied occupation of German New Guinea (1914)
* Japanese occupation of German colonial possessions (1914)

#### Korean independence movement

* Battle of Samdunja
* Battle of Fengwudong (Battle of Bong-o-dong)
* Hunchun incident
* Battle of Qingshanli (Battle of Cheongsanri)
* Free City Incident
* Battle of Pochonbo (1937)

#### Invasion of Manchuria (1931)
### Showa Period
#### Second Sino-Japanese War (1931–1945)

* 1931 — Mukden Incident
* 1931–32 — Japanese invasion of Manchuria
* 1931 — Jiangqiao Campaign
* 1931 — Battle for Nenjiang Bridge
* 1931–1942 — Pacification of Manchukuo
* 1931–1932 — Jinzhou Operation
* 1932 — Battle of Harbin
* 1932 — First Battle of Shanghai
* 1932 — Attack on Pingdingshan
* 1932 — Attack on Fushun
* 1933 — Battle of the Great Wall
* 1933 — Battle of Rehe
* 1933–1936 — Southern Mongolian campaign (1933–36)
* 1936 — Suiyuan Campaign
* 1937 — Battle of Pochonbo
* 1937 — Lugou Bridge Incident
* 1937 — Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
* 1937–1945 — Aerial engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War
* 1937 — Operation Chahar
* 1937 — Second Battle of Shanghai
* 1937 — Peiking–Suiyuan Railway Operation
* 1937 — Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
* 1937 — Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
* 1937 — Battle of Taiyuan
* 1937 — Battle of Pingxingguan
* 1937 — Battle of Sihang Warehouse
* 1937 — Battle of Xinkou
* 1937 — Battle of Nanking
* 1938 — Battle of Taierzhuang
* 1938 — Battle of Xuzhou
* 1938 — Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan
* 1938 — Battle of Lanfeng
* 1938 — Amoy Operation
* 1938 — Taihoku Air Strike
* 1938 — Bombing of Chongqing
* 1938 — Battle of Wuhan
* 1938 — Battle of Xinfeng
* 1938 — Battle of Wanjialing
* 1938 — Canton Operation
* 1939 — Hainan Island Operation
* 1939 — Battle of Nanchang
* 1939 — Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
* 1939 — Swatow Operation
* 1939 — First Battle of Changsha
* 1939–1940 — Battle of South Guangxi
* 1939–1940 — Battle of Kunlun Pass
* 1940 — Battle of West Suiyuan
* 1940 — Battle of Wuyuan
* 1940 — Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
* 1940 — Hundred Regiments Offensive
* 1940 — Central Hubei Operation
* 1941 — New Fourth Army incident
* 1941 — Western Hubei Operation
* 1941 — Battle of South Henan
* 1941 — Battle of Shanggao
* 1941 — Battle of South Shanxi
* 1941 — Second Battle of Changsha
* 1941 — December 1941 Chinese Nationalist guerrilla warfare
* 1941 — Battle of Hong Kong
* 1941 — Bombing of Singapore
* 1941–1942 — Third Battle of Changsha
* 1942–1945 — South-East Asian theatre of World War II
* 1942 — 1942 Bombing of Vietnam
* 1942 — Malayan campaign
* 1942 — Battle of Singapore
* 1942 — Battle of Sarimbun Beach
* 1942 — Battle of Kranji
* 1942 — Battle of Bukit Timah
* 1942–1945 — Burma campaign (1942–1945)
* 1942 — Japanese invasion of Burma
* 1942 — Battle of the Yunnan–Burma Road
* 1942 — Battle of Tachiao
* 1942 — Battle of Oktwin
* 1942 — Battle of Toungoo
* 1942 — Battle of Yenangyaung
* 1942 — Combined Japanese-Thai invasion of the Shan States
* 1942 — Thai invasion of the Kayah State
* 1942 — Burma campaign (1942–1943)
* 1942 — Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
* 1942 — Battle of the Dwarf Mountain
* 1943 — Operation North of the Yangtze
* 1943 — Battle of Guangzhouwan
* 1943 — Battle of West Hubei
* 1943 — Weinan Campaign
* 1943 — Linnan Campaign
* 1943–1945 — Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
* 1943 — Battle of Changde
* 1943 — 1943 Bombing of Vietnam
* 1943 — 1943 Bombing of Taiwan
* 1944–1945 — Bombing of South-East Asia (1944–1945)
* 1944 — Burma campaign (1944)
* 1944 — Operation Ichi-Go
* 1944 — Battle of Central Henan
* 1944 — Siege of Myitkyina
* 1944 — Fourth Battle of Changsha
* 1944 — Battle of Mogaung
* 1944 — Battle of Mount Song
* 1944 — Battle of Hengyang
* 1944 — Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou
* 1944–1945 — Burma campaign (1944–1945)
* 1945 — Battle of West Henan–North Hubei
* 1945 — Battle of West Hunan
* 1945 — 1945 Guangxi campaign

#### Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932-1939)

* Battle of Khalkhyn Temple (1935)
* Tauran Incident (1936)
* Kanchazu Island incident (1936)
* Battle of Lake Khasan (1938)
* Battles of Khalkhin Gol (1939)

#### Invasion of French Indochina (1940)

* 1940 Cochinchina uprising (1940)

#### World War II

1941
* Attack on Pearl Harbor
* Japanese invasion of The Philippines
* Japanese invasion of Thailand
* Battle of Malaya
* Battle of Hong Kong
* Battle of Guam
* Battle of Wake Island
* Battle of Singapore
* Battle of Borneo
* Battle of Kampar
1942
* Battle of Bataan
* Battle of Manado
* Battle of Tarakan
* Battle of Balikpapan
* Battle of Ambon
* Marshalls-Gilberts raids
* Battle of Makassar Strait
* Invasion of Sumatra
* Battle of Palembang
* Battle of Badung Strait
* Battle of Timor
* Battle of the Java Sea
* Battle of the Coral Sea
* Battle of Corregidor
* Battle of Midway
* Battle of the Eastern Solomons
* Battle of Savo Island
* Battle of Milne Bay
* Battle of Tassafaronga
* Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
* Battle of Guadalcanal (7 August 1942 – 9 February 1943)
1943
* Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2–4 March)
* Battle of the Komandorski Islands (27 March)
* Battle of Bairoko (20 July)
* Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (1–2 November)
* Battle of Tarawa (20 November – 23 November)
1944
* Battle of Imphal (March – July)
* Battle of the Philippine Sea (19–20 June)
* Battle of Saipan (15 June – 9 July)
* Battle of Guam (21 July — 10 August)
* Battle of Peleliu (September – November)
* Battle of Leyte Gulf (23–26 October)
* Battle of Leyte (17 October – 31 December)
1945
* Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March)
* Battle of Okinawa (April – June)
* Operation Ten-Go (April)
* Soviet–Japanese War
* Soviet invasion of Manchuria (9 August – 2 September)
* Seishin Operation
* Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
* Invasion of the Kuril Islands

### Heisei Period

* Battle of Amami-Ōshima (2001)