# Lists of battles

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. The largest free database concerning every battle in recorded history can be found at EveryBattle.

## 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 (2022–2025)
* List of military engagements during the Gaza war (2023–2025)

## By death toll

* List of battles by casualties

## By geographic location

* List of battles by geographic location
** Lists of battles fought in Africa (see also List of conflicts in Africa)
*** List of battles in South Africa
** Lists of battles fought in the Americas
*** Lists of battles fought in U.S. states (see also Category:Battles by U.S. state):
** Lists of battles fought in Europe (see also List of conflicts in Europe)
*** Last battle on British soil
*** List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560
*** List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829)
** List of conflicts in the Middle East

## By participant
### By state participant

* List of Byzantine battles
* List of Chinese battles
* List of battles involving France (disambiguation)
* List of Georgian battles
* List of battles won by indigenous peoples of the Americas
* List of Japanese battles
* List of Korean battles
* Wars and battles involving Prussia
* List of Roman battles
* List of battles involving the Sikh Empire
* List of battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland
* List of Swedish battles
* List of battles with most United States military fatalities

### By participating commander

* 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