# List of battles 1901–2000

* Before 301
* 301–1300
* 1301–1600
* 1601–1800
* 1801–1900
* 1901–2000
* 2001–current
* Naval
* Sieges
This article lists all the battles that occurred in the years of the 20th century (1901-2000).

## 1901–1905

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1901 | Philippine–American War | Battle of Lonoy | | 5 March | |
| 1901 | Second Boer War | Battle of Groenkloof | | 5 September | |
| 1901 | Second Boer War | Battle of Elands River | | 17 September | |
| 1901 | Second Boer War | Battle of Blood River Poort | | 17 September |
| 1901 | Philippine–American War | Balangiga massacre | | 28 September | Filipino guerrillas successfully ambush 78 soldiers of the 9th US Infantry |
| 1901 | Second Boer War | Battle of Bakenlaagte | | 30 October | |
| 1901 | Armenian national movement | Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery | | 3–27 November | |
| 1901 | Second Boer War | Battle of Groenkop | | 25 December | |
| 1902 | Unification of Saudi Arabia | Battle of Riyadh | | 13 January | Ibn Saud successfully captures Riyadh |
| 1902 | Second Boer War | Battle of Tweebosch | | 7 March | |
| 1902 | Second Boer War | Battle of Rooiwal | | 11 April | |
| 1902 | Moro Rebellion | Battle of Bayang | | 2–3 May | |
| 1903 | Unification of Saudi Arabia | Battle of Dilam | | 27 January | Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis |
| 1903 | Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising | Battle of Krushevo | | 2 August | The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization defeats the Turks at Mečkin Kamen |
| 1903 | Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising | Battle of Smilevo | | 5 August | The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation defeats the Turks at Smilevo |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Port Arthur | / | 9 February | Spetznazogovitch fortress; start of Russo-Japanese War. Inconclusive battle between Japan and Russia. |
| 1904 | Philippine–American War | Battle of Siranaya | | March | The USA defeat Datu Ali. |
| 1904 | Philippine–American War | Battle of Taraca | | April | The USA defeat the Confederate States of Lanao. |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Yalu River | | 2 May | First Japanese land victory against the Russians |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Nanshan | / | 25–26 May | Japanese defeat Russians in a pitched battle outside of Port Arthur |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Dairen | / | 30 May | Japanese defeat Russians but later on Russians retake the village of X-YTROKOV |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Te-li-Ssu | / | 14–15 June | Russian attempt to relieve Port Arthur smashed by the Japanese |
| 1904 | Saudi–Rashidi War | Battle of Bekeriyah | | 15 June | Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Motien Pass | | 10 July | Japan defeats Russia |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Tashihchiao | / | 24–25 July | Japan defeats Russia |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Siege of Port Arthur | / | 1 August 1904 – 2 January 1905 | Japanese attack on Port Arthur. City is taken. |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of the Yellow Sea | / | 10 August | Russian naval breakout attempt from Port Arthur defeated by Japanese fleet |
| 1904 | Herero Wars | Battle of Waterberg | | 11 August | Germany defeats the Herero people |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of the Japanese Sea | | 14 August | Japanese forces force Russians to scuttle the cruiser Ryurik |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Liaoyang | / | 24 August – 4 September | Japanese defeat Russians in the first major battle of the war |
| 1904 | Revolution of 1904 | Battle of Masoller | | 1 September | Final battle and defeat of the Aparicio Saravia revolt. The Colorado Party of Uruguay defeats the National Party. |
| 1904 | Saudi–Rashidi War | Battle of Shinanah | | 29 September | Ibn Saud victory over Rashidis |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Shaho | / | 5–17 October | Inconclusive battle between Japan and Russia |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Sha-ho River | / | 11–15 October | Russian counteroffensive in Manchuria is checked with heavy losses by the Japanese |
| 1904 | Philippine–American War | Battle of Dolores River | | 12 December | The Pulahan defeat the USA |
| 1905 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of San-de-pu | / | 25–29 January | Another failed Russian counteroffensive in Manchuria |
| 1905 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Mukden | / | 20 February – 7 March | Largest battle at the time; decisive Japanese victory |
| 1905 | Russo-Japanese War | Battle of Tsushima | At sea | 27–28 May | Admiral Togo's decisive victory over Russian Baltic fleet in the Straits of Tshushima |
| 1905 | Philippine–American War | Battle of the Malalag River | | 22 October | |

## 1906–1910

| Year | War | Battle | Date(s) | Description |
| 1906 | Saudi–Rashidi War | Battle of Rawdat Muhanna | 12 April | Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Rawdat Muhanna |
| 1906 | Moro Rebellion | First Battle of Bud Dajo | 5–8 December | |
| 1907 | Saudi–Rashidi War | Battle of Tarafiyah | 24 September | Ibn Saud defeat Rashidis in Tarafiyah |
| 1908 | - | Battle of Marrakesh | 23 August | Mulay Hafid successfully revolts against Moroccan Sultan |

## 1911–1915

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1911 | Mexican Revolution | Battle of Casas Grandes | | 6 March | |
| 1911 | Moro Rebellion | Second Battle of Bud Dajo | | 18–26 March | |
| 1911 | Mexican Revolution | Battle of Cuautla | | 11–19 May | |
| 1911 | Italo-Turkish War | Battle of Preveza | At sea | 29–30 September | |
| 1911 | Italo-Turkish War | Battle of Tripoli | | 3–10 October | |
| 1911 | Italo-Turkish War | Battle of Benghazi | | 20 October | |
| 1911 | Italo-Turkish War | Battle of Shar al-Shatt | | 23 October | |
| 1911 | Italo-Turkish War | Battle of Ain Zara | | 4 December | |
| 1911 | Italo-Turkish War | Battle of Tobruk | | 22 December 1911 – 9 January 1912 | Italy begins the invasion of Libya |
| 1912 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Msaya | | 19 September | |
| 1912 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Coyotepe Hill | | 3–4 October | |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Capture of Lemnos | | 8 October | Greek troops occupy the Ottoman-held island of Lemnos |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Sarantaporo | | 9 October | Greeks defeat Ottomans near Koritza |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Kumanovo | | 23–24 October | Serbs defeat Ottomans in North Macedonia |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Kirk Kelesse | | 24 October | Bulgarians defeat Ottomans in Thrace |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Pente Pigadia | | 24–30 October | Greeks defeat Ottomans in seven-day battle near Bizani |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Lule Burgas | | 31 October – 3 November | Bulgarians compel Ottomans to full retreat toward the lines of Tchataldja, 30 km from Constantinople and the last line of defense for the Ottoman capital. In terms of forces engaged, it was the largest battle fought in Europe between the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the beginning of the First World War. |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Giannitsa | | 2 November | Greeks defeat Ottoman Turks in Central Macedonia |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Vevi | | 2 November | Successful Turkish counter offensive against Greek positions |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Prilep | | 3 November | Serbs defeat Ottomans |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Siege of Adrianople | | 3 November 1912 – 26 March 1913 | Fall of Adrianpole to the forces of Bulgaria and Serbia and the capture of Turkish general Ghazi Shulkri Pasha |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Monastir | | 16–19 November | Decisive and final defeat in Macedonia of the Ottomans by the Serbs |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Çatalca | | 17–18 November | Defeat of Bulgarian advance toward Istanbul |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Lesbos | | 21 November – 21 December | Greeks capture the island of Lesbos from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Chios | | 24 November 1912 – 3 January 1913 | Greeks capture the island of Chios from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1912 | First Balkan War | Battle of Elli | At sea | 3 December | Greek navy defeats Ottoman fleet and forces it to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles straits |
| 1913 | First Balkan War | Battle of Lemnos | At sea | 5 January | Greek navy defeats Ottoman fleet near the Island of Lemnos in final naval engagement of the war |
| 1913 | First Balkan War | Battle of Bizani | | 20–21 February | Greeks defeat last operational Ottoman Army in Epirus and capture city of Ioanina |
| 1913 | Moro Rebellion | Battle of Bud Bagsak | | 11–15 June | The end of the Moro Rebellion |
| 1913 | Second Balkan War | Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas | | 19–21 June | Greeks defeat Bulgarians in the three-day battle for Kilkis |
| 1913 | Second Balkan War | Battle of Bregalnica | | 30 June – 8 July | Serbs defeat Bulgarians |
| 1913 | Second Balkan War | Battle of Kresna Gorge | | 8–18 July | Inconclusive ten-day battle between Bulgaria and Greece |
| 1913 | Second Balkan War | Battle of Kalimantsi | | 15–18 July | Bulgarian defensive victory against the Serbs |
| 1913 | Dervish movement | Battle of Dul Madoba | | 9 August | A Dervish force raids the Somali Dhulbahante tribe near Burco, killing or wounding 57 members of the "Somaliland Camel Constabulary", including the British commander, Colonel Richard Corfield |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Liège | | 4–17 August | Germans invade Belgium and capture Liège; start of World War I. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Mulhouse | | 9 August | Part of the Battle of the Frontiers, France takes Mulhouse from Germany, but then loses it again |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Halen | | 12 August | Belgian victory over Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Lorraine | | 14 August | German victory over France. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Agbeluvhoe | | 15 August | Togoland campaign. The UK and France defeat Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Dinant | | 15–24 August | German victory over France. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Cer | | 16–19 August | Serbian forces push back Austro-Hungarian invasion |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Stallupönen | | 17 August | First battle on the Russian Eastern Front. Inconclusive battle between Germany and Russia. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Gumbinnen | | 19–20 August | Russians defeat German Eighth Army, advance deeper into East Prussia |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of the Ardennes | /// | 21–23 August | German victory over France. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Charleroi | | 21–23 August | Germany defeats France. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Chra | | 22 August | The UK and France defeat Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Mons | | 23 August | British forces hold back Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Tannenberg | | 23–30 August | Samsonov's Russian 2nd Army encircled and destroyed by the German 8th Army |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Galicia | | 23 August – 11 September | Russians occupy Eastern Galicia from Austria-Hungary. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of the Trouée de Charmes | | 24–26 August | The second French army, under General Castelnau, defeat a Bavarian army |
| 1914 | World War I | Siege of Maubeuge | | 24 August – 7 September | Germans capture Maubeuge from France. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Le Cateau | | 26 August | Allied Powers (UK) retreat from German forces |
| 1914 | World War I | First Battle of Heligoland Bight | At sea | 28 August | First major naval engagement of World War I, heavy German losses against the UK. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Guise | | 29–30 August | The French 5th Army, under General Lanzerac, defeat the second German army under General Bülow |
| 1914 | World War I | Occupation of German Samoa | | 29–30 August | New Zealand forces defeat German forces in Samoa |
| 1914 | World War I | First Battle of Garua | / | 29–31 August | Germany defeats the UK. |
| 1914 | World War I | First Battle of the Masurian Lakes | | 2–16 September | German Eighth Army defeats Rennenkampf's Russian 1st Army |
| 1914 | World War I | First Battle of the Marne | | 5–9 September | French armies and BEF, under French General Joffre, defeat the Germans armies under General Von Moltke. German invasion of France halted by Allies. The city of Paris was saved. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Nsanakong | | 6 September | Germany defeats the UK. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Bita Paka | | 11 September | Australian forces defeat German forces in German New Guinea |
| 1914 | World War I | First Battle of the Aisne | | 13–28 September | Indecisive battle between the Allies (France and the UK) and Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Ukoko | | 21 September | The UK and France defeat Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | Siege of Przemyśl | | 24 September 1914 – 22 March 1915 | Russians initially unsuccessful, but second siege attempt succeeds against Austria-Hungary. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Sandfontein | | 26 September | Germany defeats the UK (South Africa). |
| 1914 | World War I | Siege of Antwerp | | 28 September – 10 October | Germany and Austria-Hungary capture Antwerp from Belgium. Belgium was aided by the UK. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of the Vistula River | | 29 September – 31 October | Russians defeat Germans under Marshal von Mackensen |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Rufiji Delta | | October 1914 – 11 July 1915 | British Empire naval forces defeat German naval forces in East Africa |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of the Yser | | 16–31 October | French, Belgian and British victory over Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | First Battle of Ypres | | 19 October – 22 November | Early trench warfare; "Kindermord bei Ypern". Indecisive battle between the Allies (France, Belgium and the UK) and Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | First Battle of Edea | | 20–26 October | The UK and France defeat Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Penang | | 28 October | German victory, two Allied ships sink near Malaysia. Russia, France and the UK fought on the Allied side. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Coronel | | 1 November | German Admiral Graf Spee defeats British Admiral Cradock |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Kilimanjaro | | 3 November | Germany defeats the UK and British India. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Tanga | | 3–5 November | German Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck defeats British General Aitken in German East Africa. British India fought on the British side. |
| 1914 | World War I | Fao Landing | | 6–8 November | British begin the Mesopotamian campaign against the Ottoman Empire |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Cocos | At sea | 9 November | Australia defeats Germany in a naval battle |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Łódź | | 11 November – 6 December | Russians take city from Germany and Austria-Hungary, lose it on 6 December |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Elhri | | 13 November | Moroccan tribes defeat French troops |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Kraków | | 16 November | Heavy casualties to Austria and Russia |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Cape Sarych | At sea | 18 November | Inconclusive naval battle between Russia and the Central Powers (Ottoman Empire and Germany). |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Łowicz | | 30 November – 17 December | Russians take city from Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Limanowa | | 1-13 December | Austria-Hungary and Germany defeat Russia. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Kolubara | | 3–9 December | Serbs drive out Austrians |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Falkland Islands | At sea | 8 December | British defeat German Admiral Graf Spee. |
| 1914 | World War I | First Battle of Champagne | | 20 December 1914-17 March 1915 | Indecisive battle between France and Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I | Battle of Sarikamish | | 22 December 1914-17 January 1915 | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire and Germany |
| 1915 | World War I | Second Battle of Edea | | 5 January | France defeats Germany |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Bolimów | | 14 January – February 28 | Cold weather thwarts German gas attack against Russians |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Jassin | | 18–19 January | German victory in East Africa against the UK (British India) |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf | | 19 January-April | Indecisive battle between France and Germany. |
| 1915 | World War I | Carpathian Campaign | | 23 January-22 December | Russian victory over Germany and Austria-Hungary. |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Dogger Bank | At sea | 24 January | British Admiral Beatty drives off German Vice-Admiral Hipper's raiding force, sinks Blücher |
| 1915 | World War I | First Suez Offensive | | 28 January – 3 February | Ottoman attack, with German aid, fails against the UK |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Kakamas | | 4 February | A skirmish for control of two river fords between contingents of the German and South African armed forces, ending with a South African victory |
| 1915 | World War I | Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes | | 7–28 February | Initial German attack against Russia, is highly successful, but further attacks are repulsed |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Fort Rivière | | 17 February | The USA defeat the Cacos in Haiti. |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Gallipoli | | 19 February 1915 – 8 January 1916 | The Allied powers (UK, France and Russia) attempt a failed frontal assault on the Ottoman Empire (Aided by Germany and Austria-Hungary) |
| 1915 | World War I | Naval assault in strait of Çanakkale | At sea | 18 March | Turks (With German aid) repel an Allied fleet from the UK (including Australia), France and Russia |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Hill 60 | | 17–22 April | British forces defeat German forces |
| 1915 | World War I | Second Battle of Ypres | | 22 April – 25 May | Germans use poison gas. Allied retreat. Allies consisted out of the UK (with Canada and British India), France and Belgium. |
| 1915 | World War I | Landing at Cape Helles | | 25–26 April | British amphibious assault against the Ottoman Empire Concurrently, a French assault in the Asiatic side of the straits |
| 1915 | World War I | Landing at Anzac Cove | | 25 April – 3 May | Australia and New Zealand successfully land in the Ottoman Empire, but later get bogged down |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Trekkopjes | | 26 April | South Africa (British Empire) defeats Germany |
| 1915 | World War I | Second attack on Anzac Cove | | 27 April | Ottoman forces attack Australian and New Zealand forces |
| 1915 | World War I | First Battle of Krithia | | 28 April | British attack against Turks fails |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Gurin | | 29 April | The UK defeats Germany |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Hill 60 | | 1–7 May | British forces defeat German forces |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle for Baby 700 | | 2–3 May | ANZAC (British Empire) attack on the hill Baby 700, defended by Ottoman forces |
| 1915 | World War I | Gorlice–Tarnów offensive | | 2 May-13 July | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Russia |
| 1915 | World War I | Second Battle of Krithia | | 6–8 May | Second British attack against Turks uses same plan, also fails |
| 1915 | World War I | Third attack on Anzac Cove | | 19 May | ANZAC forces (British Empire, Australia, New Zealand) defeat Ottoman attack |
| 1915 | World War I | Second Battle of Garua | | 31 May – 10 June | The UK and France defeat Germany |
| 1915 | World War I | Third Battle of Krithia | | 4 June | Temporary British success reversed by Ottoman counter-attack |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Bukoba | | 21–23 June | The UK defeats Germany |
| 1915 | World War I | First Battle of the Isonzo | / | 23 June – 7 July | Failed Italian attack on Austrian positions in the Alps |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Gully Ravine | | 28 June – 5 July | British and Indian forces defeat Ottoman forces |
| 1915 | World War I | Bug–Narew Offensive | | 13 July-27 August | Germany defeats Russia |
| 1915 | World War I | Vistula–Bug offensive | | 14 July-28 August | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Russia |
| 1915 | World War I | Second Battle of the Isonzo | / | 18 July – 3 August | Second Italian attempt on Austrian positions fails |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Kara Killisse | | 27-31 July | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Bitlis | | July 1915- August 1916 | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire |
| 1915 | World War I | Attack of the Dead Men | | 6 August | Russian forces repel German gas attack and advance on Osowiec Fortress |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Lone Pine | | 6–10 August | Australians stop Ottoman attack, but it was only a diversion |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Krithia Vineyard | | 6–13 August | Turkish diversionary attack against the UK, to allow for Sari Bair Offensive |
| 1915 | World War I | Landing at Suvla Bay | | 6–15 August | The main attack for which the two diversions were staged; Ottoman victory over the British Empire (UK, British India, Newfoundland and Australia) |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of the Nek | | 7 August | Ottomans defeat Australians |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Chunuk Bair | | 7–19 August | Ottomans defeat Britain and New Zealand |
| 1915 | World War I | Siege of Novogeorgievsk | | 10-20 August | Germany defeats Russia |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Scimitar Hill | | 21 August | Decisive battle of the Gallipoli Campaign, Ottoman victory over the UK |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Hill 60 | | 21–29 August | Final British attempt to take Gallipoli from the Ottoman Empire fails |
| 1915 | World War I | Rovno offensive | | 27 August – 15 October | Indecisive battle between Austria-Hungary and Russia |
| 1915 | World War I | Vilno-Dvinsk offensive | / | 29 August – 30 November | Russian victory over Germany |
| 1915 | World War I | Second Battle of Champagne | | 25 September – 6 October | German victory over France |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Loos | | 25 September – 14 October | Germany defeats the British Empire (British India and the UK) |
| 1915 | World War I | Third Battle of Artois | | 25 September – 4 November | Partial Franco-British victory over Germany |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Es Sinn | | 28 September | The British Empire (British India and the UK) defeats the Ottoman Empire |
| 1915 | World War I | Serbian campaign (1915) | /// | 7 October-24 November | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria conquer Serbia and Montenegro |
| 1915 | World War I | Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt | | 13–19 October | German victory over the UK and France |
| 1915 | World War I | Third Battle of the Isonzo | / | 18 October – 4 November | Austrians endure massive Italian bombardment. Austrian-Hungarian victory. |
| 1915 | American occupation of Haiti | Battle of Fort Dipitie | | 24–25 October | The USA defeats the Cacos. |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Banjo | | 4–6 November | The UK defeats Germany |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Ctesiphon | | 22–25 November | Indecisive battle between British and Ottoman forces |
| 1915 | World War I | Siege of Kut | | 7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916 | Ottoman forces capture the city and force the surrender of the British Army of Mesopotamia under General Townshend. Largest British surrender of the war. |
| 1915 | World War I | Battle of Robat Karim | | 27 December 1915 | Russia defeats Iran |

## 1916–1920

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1916 | World War I | Erzurum offensive | | 10 January-16 February | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Salaita Hill | | 12 February | Germany defeats the UK (including South Africa and British India) |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Verdun | | 21 February–15 December | The German offensive was repulsed by the French 2nd Army. Verdun was not taken by Germans troops. French win a strategic defensive victory. |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Dujaila | | 8 March | Failed British attempt against the Ottoman Empire, to relieve the Siege of Kut |
| 1916 | World War I | Fifth Battle of the Isonzo | / | 9–15 March | Inconclusive battle between Italy and Austria-Hungary |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Latema Nek | | 11–12 March | The UK (including South Africa) defeats Germany |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Kahe | | 18 March | The UK defeats Germany |
| 1916 | World War I | Lake Naroch offensive | | 18-30 March | Germany defeats Russia |
| 1916 | World War I | Raid on Jifjafa | | 11–14 April | Successful Australian raid on Ottoman forces |
| 1916 | Irish revolutionary period | Easter Rising | | 24 April | Irish rebellion against the British occupation centered in Dublin |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Bondoa Irangi | | 7–10 May | Germany defeats the UK (South Africa) |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Asiago | | 15 May – 10 June | Massive Austrian counter-offensive against Italy |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Jutland | At sea | 31 May | Last engagement of the German High Seas Fleet. Inconclusive battle between the UK and Germany |
| 1916 | World War I | Brusilov Offensive | | 4 June – 20 September | Russia nearly collapses Austria but losses are staggering |
| 1916 | World War I | 2nd Battle of Albert | | 1 July | Opening day of the Allied offensive against Germany, known as the Battle of the Somme. Allies consisted out of the UK (including Newfoundland) and France. |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of the Somme | | 1 July – 18 November | Inconclusive major Allied (the UK and France) offensive on the Western Front against Germany |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Erzincan | | 2-25 July | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire |
| 1916 | Banana Wars | Battle of Guayacanas | | 3 July | The USA defeats the Dominican Republic |
| 1916 | World War I | Baranovichi offensive | | 3–25 July | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Russia |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Kostiuchnówka | | 4–6 July | One of the deadliest battles for the Polish Legions in Austria-Hungarian service against Russia |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Bazentin Ridge | | 14 July | British victory against Germany during the Somme offensive |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Fromelles | | 19–20 July | German victory over the British south of the rest of the Somme offensive, considered the darkest day in Australian history due to the high number of casualties. |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Pozières | | 23 July – 7 August | British and Australian forces take and hold town from Germany |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Romani | | 3 August | Turkish advance on Suez Canal defeated by the British Empire (including British India, Australia and New Zealand). The Ottoman Empire was aided by Germany and Austria-Hungary. |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Muş | | 3-24 August | Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire |
| 1916 | World War I | Sixth Battle of the Isonzo | / | 6–17 August | Italian victory over Austria-Hungary |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Mouquet Farm | | 8 August – 27 September | Allied powers (Australia, Canada, UK) advance toward German fortification |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Bir el Abd | | 9 August | Ottoman victory against British forces |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Mlali | | 24 August | The UK defeats Germany |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Guillemont | | 3–9 September | Allied powers (UK and France) capture city from Germany |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Herkulesfürdő | | 6–10 September | Romania defeats Austria-Hungary and Germany |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Kisaki | | 7–11 September | Germany defeats the UK (South Africa) |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Ginchy | | 9 September | Irish (British Empire) capture town from Germans, but suffer heavy casualties. France was also involved in the attack. |
| 1916 | World War I | Monastir offensive | | 12 September-11 December | Bulgaria, Germany and the Ottoman Empire defeat France, Serbia, the UK, Italy and Russia |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Flers–Courcelette | | 15–22 September | Bad weather thwarts Allied (UK, New Zealand, Canada and France) attempt to break through German defenses |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Morval | | 25–28 September | British progress resumes after Fleurs-Courcelette, but French unable to match British progress |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Thiepval Ridge | | 26–28 September | German positions captured by Allied powers (Canada, UK, France) |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Nagyszeben | | 26–29 September | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Romania |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Le Transloy | | 1 October – 5 November | Failed attempt to capture German defenses by the UK and France |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Kőhalom | | 2 October | Romania defeats Germany and Austria-Hungary |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Cinghinarele Island | | 2–8 October | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Romania |
| 1916 | Palace Coup against Lij Iyasu | Battle of Segale | | 7 October | Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu |
| 1916 | World War I | Second Battle of the Jiu Valley | | 7–17 November | Germany and Austria-Hungary defeat Romania |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of the Ancre | | 13–18 November | Allied powers (UK and France) advance further against Germany, final battle of the 1916 Somme Campaign |
| 1916 | Banana Wars | Battle of San Francisco de Macorís | | 29 November | The USA defeats the Dominican Republic |
| 1916 | World War I | Battle of Magdhaba | | 23 December | Capture of Turkish garrison in the Sinai by the British Empire (UK, British India, Australia and New Zealand) |
| 1917 | World War I | Christmas Battles | | 5-11 January | Russian offensive against Germany during Russian Christmas. Minor Russian victory. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Rafa | / | 9 January | The British Empire defeats the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1917 | World War I | Second Battle of Kut | | 23 February | British forces once again take Kut from the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1917 | World War I | Fall of Baghdad | | 8–11 March | British forces capture the city from the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Nambanje | | 13 March | Germany defeats the UK. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Mount Hamrin | | 25 March | The British Empire defeats the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1917 | World War I | First Battle of Gaza | | 26 March | British fail to advance into Ottoman Palestine. Germany and Austria-Hungary helped defend on the Ottoman side. |
| 1917 | World War I | Vimy Ridge | | 9 April | Canada's finest hour. Canadian and British forces defeat Germany. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Arras | | 9 April – 16 May | British forces advance but no breakthrough was achieved against Germany. |
| 1917 | World War I | Nivelle Offensive | | 16 April – 9 May | Indecisive Allied (France, UK and Russia) offensive on Western Front against Germany. |
| 1917 | World War I | Second Battle of Gaza | | 17–19 April | Turkey repels British assault on Gaza-Beersheba line |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Istabulat | | 21 April | The British Empire defeats the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1917 | World War I | Action of 4 May 1917 | At sea | 4 May | British and Australian naval forces indecisive action against German Navy and zeppelin |
| 1917 | World War I | Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway | | 23 May | Australian and New Zealand forces raid and destroy Ottoman railway |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Messines | | 7–14 June | British forces advance on Western Front against Germany. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Mount Ortigara | | 10–25 June | Austria-Hungary defeats Italy. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Zboriv | | 1–2 July | Part of Kerensky Offensive; the only successful engagement of the last Russian offensive in World War I. Russia and Czechoslovaks fighting on the Russian side defeat Austria-Hungary. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Aqaba | | 6 July | The Kingdom of Hejaz and the UK defeat the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Passchendaele | | 31 July – November 10 | Also known as Third Battle of Ypres, the three-month battle costs Britain 400,000. Indecisive battle of the Allies (British Empire, France and Belgium) versus Germany. Enormous casualties on both sides. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Pilckem Ridge | | 31 July – 2 August | Allied (British Empire and France) victory over German forces |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Langemarck | | 16–18 August | Indecisive battle between Anglo-French forces and German forces |
| 1917 | World War I | Riga offensive | | 1-5 September | Germany captures Riga from Russia |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of the Menin Road Ridge | | 20–26 September | British Empire victory over German |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Broodseinde | | 4 October | British, Australian, New Zealand victory against German forces on the Western Front |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Poelcappelle | | 9 October | Australian and British forces fight inconclusive battle against German forces |
| 1917 | World War I | Operation Albion | | 12-20 October | Germany captures the West Estonian archipelago from Russia |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Wadi Musa | | 23 October | The Kingdom of Hejaz defeats the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Caporetto | | 24 October – 19 November | Also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo; Italians defeated by Central Powers (Austria-Hungary and Germany) and driven back to Venice |
| 1917 | World War I | Second Battle of Passchendaele | | 26 October – 10 November | Allied (British Empire, France and Belgium) victory over Germans on Western Front |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Beersheba | | 31 October | Australian Light Horse capture Beersheba. British and Arabs defeat the Ottoman Empire and Germany. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe | | 1–6 November | British forces defeat Ottoman forces |
| 1917 | World War I | Third Battle of Gaza | | 1–7 November | British break Turkish defensive line in southern Palestine |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Hareira and Sheria | | 6–7 November | British, Australian, New Zealand forces Ottoman Army |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Mughar Ridge | | 13 November | British forces gain victory over Ottoman forces |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Ayun Kara | | 14 November | The British Empire (New Zealand) defeats the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1917 | World War I | Second Battle of Heligoland Bight | At sea | 17 November | Indecisive naval battle, Germans lose one torpedo boat against the UK. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Cambrai | | 20 November – 7 December | First successful use of tanks. The British Empire, France and the USA versus Germany. |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Ngomano | | 25 November | Germans defeat Portuguese and launch invasion of Portuguese East Africa |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Polygon Wood | | 26 September – 3 October | Australian and British forces defeat German forces |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Buqqar Ridge | | 27 October | British and Australian victory over Ottoman forces |
| 1917 | World War I | Battle of Jerusalem | | 17 November – 30 December | British forces capture Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1917 | World War I | Occupation of Kharkiv | | 17 December 1917 – 10 January 1918 | Soviet victory over Ukraine. |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Kämärä | | 27 January | The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic defeats the Finnish White Guard. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Kruty | | 29–30 January | Ukrainian victory over Soviet Russia, enables Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Vilppula | | 31 January – 18 March | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Bobruysk | | 2 February – 11 March | Units of the Polish I Corps in Russia, fought with the Red Army over the control of the city of Babruysk. Polish victory. |
| 1918 | World War I | First Battle of Kiev | / | 5–8 February | Bolsheviks capture Kyiv from the Ukrainian People's Republic. |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Ruovesi | | 5 February – 19 March | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic and Soviet Russia. |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Antrea | | 11 February – 25 April | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic and Soviet Russia. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Rarańcza | | 15–16 February | The Polish Legions defeat Austria-Hungary. |
| 1918 | World War I | Operation Faustschlag | /// | 18 February-3 March | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Ukraine capture huge territories from Soviet Russia |
| 1918 | World War I | Capture of Jericho | | 19–20 February | Australians capture Jericho from Ottoman forces |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Varkaus | | 19–21 February | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Rautu | | 21 February – 5 April | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic and Soviet Russia. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Tell 'Asur | | 8–12 March | British and Australian forces defeat Ottoman forces |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Bakhmach | | 8–13 March | Czechoslovak Legion escape German encirclement. Czechoslovaks and Soviet Russia defeat Germany and Austria-Hungary. |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Tampere | | 8 March – 6 April | The bloodiest battle in Finnish history at the time. The Finnish White Guard and the Swedish Brigade defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Charah | | 12-17 March | Assyrian volunteers defeat the Kurdish Shekak tribe |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Länkipohja | | 16 March | The Finnish White Guard defeats the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. |
| 1918 | World War I | First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux | | 20 March – 5 April | Australian victory over German forces |
| 1918 | World War I | First Transjordan attack on Amman | | 21 March –2 April | Ottoman forces defeat British forces |
| 1918 | World War I | First Battle of Amman | | 27–31 March | Ottoman victory over British forces |
| 1918 | World War I | First Battle of Morlancourt | | 28–30 March | Australians led by John Monash defeat Germans |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of the Avre | | 4–5 April | German attack fought between German forces and defending Australian and British forces |
| 1918 | World War I | Second Battle of Dernancourt | | 5 April | Australian forces halt German advance on Amiens |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Suldouze | | 8-13 April | Assyrian volunteers defeat the Ottoman Empire |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Ahvenkoski | | 10 April – 5 May | Germany and the Finnish White Guard defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Helsinki | | 12–13 April | Germany and the Finnish White Guard defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. |
| 1918 | World War I, Russian Civil War, Ukrainian–Soviet War | Crimea Operation | | 13–25 April | Germans, Ukrainians, and Crimeans invade Crimea, cause dissolution of the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Lahti | | 19 April – 1 May | Germany and the Finnish White Guard defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. |
| 1918 | World War I | Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux | | 24–25 April | Australian forces capture the town. The British Empire and the French Empire defeat Germany. |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Vyborg | | 24–29 April | The Finnish White Guard defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. |
| 1918 | Finnish Civil War | Battle of Syrjäntaka | | 28–29 April | The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic defeats Germany. |
| 1918 | World War I | Second Battle of Morlancourt | | 4–14 May | Australian victory over German forces on Western Front |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Cantigny | | 28 May | U.S. 1st Infantry Division wins in first independent action with French aid against Germany. |
| 1918 | World War I | Third Battle of Morlancourt | | 10 June | Australian forces defeat German forces |
| 1918 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Barnaul | | 13–15 June | White Russian and Czechoslovak victory over Soviet Russia. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of the Piave River | | 15–23 June | Downfall of Austria against an allied army from Italy, France, the UK and the USA. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Belleau Wood | | 25 June | U.S. 2nd Marine Division capture woods. Victory of the USA, France and the UK against Germany. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Hamel | | 4 July | Australian success with departure from massed frontal assaults, birth of 20th-century combined arms warfare. The British Empire, the USA and France defeat Germany. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Abu Tellul | | 14 July | British, Australian and Indian forces successfully defend against German/Ottoman attacks |
| 1918 | World War I | Second Battle of the Marne | | 15–18 July | French troops, helped by American and British troops, win a great and decisive victory against Germans armies and saved Paris. 95,000 French soldiers killed or wounded, 12,000 Americans killed or wounded and 12,000 British killed or wounded. 180,000 Germans soldiers killed or wounded. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Chateau Thierry | | 18 July | France, the USA and Belgium defeat Germany. |
| 1918 | World War I | Capture of Kazan by the White Army | | 5–7 August | White Army and Czechoslovaks captures Kazan from Soviet Russia. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Amiens | | 8–11 August | British force Germans to von Hindenburg's line |
| 1918 | World War I | Hundred Days Offensive | / | 8 August –11 November | Last major Allied (France, British Empire, the USA, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Siam (modern Thailand)) offensive on the Western Front and the near collapse of the Imperial German Army. Austria-Hungary fought on the German side. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Lake Baikal | | 16 August | Czechoslovak forces defeat Reds |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of the Ailette | | 17–23 August | France defeats Germany. |
| 1918 | World War I | Second Battle of the Somme | | 21 August – 2 September | Allied (British Empire and the USA) victory over German forces |
| 1918 | Armenian–Azerbaijani war, World War I, Russian Civil War | Battle of Baku | | 26 August – 14 September | The Army of Islam of Ottoman Empire and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic captures the city of Baku from the Centrocaspian Dictatorship. The Centrocaspian Dictatorship was aided by the UK and White Russia. |
| 1918 | Mexican Revolution, World War I, Mexican Border War | Battle of Ambos Nogales | | 27 August | Americans defeat Mexicans |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin | | 31 August –3 September | Australian forces capture Mont Saint-Quentin from Germany, General Rawlinson calls it the greatest military achievement of the war |
| 1918 | Russian Civil War | Kazan Operation | | 5–10 September | Second battle of Kazan, Red Army recaptures the city from White Russia and Czechoslovaks. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Havrincourt | | 12 September | British victory, German morale begins to weaken |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Saint-Mihiel | | 12–19 September | Americans defeat Germans |
| 1918 | World War I | Vardar offensive | | 15-29 September | Serbia, France, the UK, Greece and Italy defeat Bulgaria and Germany |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Épehy | | 18 September | British and Australians defeat Germans |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Tulkarm | | 19 September | British Empire victory over Ottomans |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Tabsor | | 19–20 September | British Empire victory over Ottomans |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Megiddo | | 19–25 September | Allenby's British forces crush Ottoman Army |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Sharon | | 19–25 September | British Empire victory over Ottoman Empire |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Nablus | | 19–25 September | British Empire victory over Ottoman Empire |
| 1918 | World War I | Capture of Jenin | | 20 September | Australian and British forces capture Jenin from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1918 | World War I | Second Battle of Amman | | 25 September | British forces land victory over Ottoman forces |
| 1918 | World War I | Capture of Damascus | | 26 September – 1 October | Australian Light Horse capture the city of Damascus from Ottoman forces |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Meuse | | 26 September – 11 November | Argonne Forest, largest AEF action of the war; Allied victory. On 8 October, Corporal Alvin York, outnumbered 19:1, leads capture of German machine-gun nest. France, the USA and Siam defeat Germany. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub | | 27 September | Australian and British forces defeat Ottoman forces |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of St Quentin Canal | | 29 September – 10 October | British, Australian and American forces decisive Allied victory over German forces |
| 1918 | Ukrainian War of Independence | Battle of Dibrivka | | 30 September | Ukrainian anarchists defeat Austro-German forces. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Durazzo | At sea | 2 October | Allied (Italy, Albania, the British Empire and the USA) naval forces defeat Austro-Hungarian naval forces |
| 1918 | World War I | Pursuit to Haritan | | 3–27 October | British forces defeat Ottoman forces final phase of the Middle East Campaign |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Vittorio Veneto | | 24 October – 3 November | Italy, the UK, France and the USA defeat Austria-Hungary. |
| 1918 | World War I | Battle of Aleppo | | 25 October | Allied (Kingdom of Hejaz and the British Empire) victory against Ottoman/German forces |
| 1918 | World War I | Second Battle of the Sambre | | 4 November | Allied power victory during final phase of World War I. The British Empire, France and the USA versus Germany. |
| 1918 | Polish–Ukrainian War | Battle of Przemyśl | | 11–12 November | Polish forces capture town from Ukrainians |
| 1918 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Tulgas | | 11–14 November | The British Empire, the USA and White Russia defeat Soviet Russia. |
| 1918 | Russian Civil War | First North Caucasus Operation | | December 1918 – January 1919 | Whites capture all of the Northern Caucasus minus Astrakhan from Soviet Russia. |
| 1919 | Ukrainian–Soviet War, Ukrainian War of Independence | Khotyn Uprising | / | 7 January – 1 February | Ukrainian uprising in Romania fails |
| 1919 | Greater Poland uprising | Battle of Ławica | | 9 January | Poland defeats Germany |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Battle for the Donbas | | 12 January – 31 May | White Army victory. South Russia, the Don Republic and the Kuban People's Republic defeat Soviet Russia and the Makhnovshchina. |
| 1919 | Estonian War of Independence | Battle of Utria | | 17–20 January | Estonian victory over Soviet Russia |
| 1919 | Estonian War of Independence | Battle of Laagna | | 18 January | Estonian victory over Soviet Russia |
| 1919 | Soviet–Ukrainian War, Russian Civil War | Second Battle of Kiev | | 18 January – 5 February | Soviets capture Kyiv from Ukraine |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Shenkursk | | 19–25 January | Soviet Russia defeats the UK, the USA, the Provisional Government of the Northern Region and Canada. |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Vystavka | | 27 January – early March | Bolsheviks defeat Americans |
| 1919 | Polish–Czechoslovak War | Battle of Skoczów | | 28–30 January | indecisive battle |
| 1919 | Estonian War of Independence | Battle of Paju | | 31 January | Estonians and Finnish volunteers defeat the Red Latvian Riflemen in southern Estonia |
| 1919 | Polish-Soviet War | Battle of Bereza Kartuska | | 14 February | Polish victory, first battle of the Polish–Bolshevik War |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Mariupol | | 19–27 March | Soviets and Makhnovists capture Mariupol from White Russia |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Bolshie Ozerki | | 31 March – 2 April | The UK, the USA, the Provisional Government of the Northern Region and Poland defeat Soviet Russia. |
| 1919 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Lida | | 16–17 April | Poland defeats Soviet Russia |
| 1919 | Czechoslovak-Hungarian War | Battle of Salgótarján | | 30 April – 30 May | Hungarian Soviet Republic repels Czechoslovak attacks on Salgótarján |
| 1919 | Ukrainian War of Independence | Hryhoriv Uprising | | 7 May –27 July | Uprising against Soviet Russia fails, Nykyfor Hryhoriv assassinated by Nestor Makhno |
| 1919 | Ukrainian War of Independence | Battle of Mospyne | | 13 May | White Army defeats Makhnovists |
| 1919 | Greco-Turkish War | Greek landing at Smyrna | | 15 May | Greeks capture Smyrna |
| 1919 | Greco-Turkish War | Urla clashes | | 16–17 May | Greek forces enter Urla |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort | | 21 May | The UK and White Russia defeat Soviet Russia |
| 1919 | Mexican Revolution, Mexican Border War | Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez | / | 15–16 June | Americans and Carrancistas defeat Villistas |
| 1919 | Greco-Turkish War | Malgaç Raid | | 15–16 June | Turkish rebels capture Greek weaponry |
| 1919 | Greco-Turkish War | Battle of Bergama | | 15–20 June | Greeks capture Bergama |
| 1919 | Greco-Turkish War | Raid on Erbeyli | | 20–21 June | Greek victory |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | First Kharkiv Operation | | 20–25 June | White Army captures Kharkiv from Soviet Russia |
| 1919 | Greco-Turkish War | Raid on Erikli | | 21–22 June | Greek forces leave the village of Erikli |
| 1919 | Estonian War of Independence, Latvian War of Independence | Battle of Cēsis | | 23 June | Estonian and Latvian victory over the German Landeswehr |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Romanovka | | 25 June | The USA defeats Soviet Russia |
| 1919 | Greco-Turkish War | Battle of Tellidede | | 25–26 June | Greek forces capture Tellidede |
| 1919 | Greco-Turkish War | Battle of Aydın | | 27 June – 4 July | Greeks capture Aydın |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Advance on Moscow | | 3 July – 18 November | Beginning of the end of Armed Forces of South Russia. Victory for Soviet Russia. |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Novo Litovoskaya | | 7 August | U.S. forces defeat Bolsheviks |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Capture of Kiev by the White Army | | 31 August | White Army captures Kyiv from Soviet Russia and also defeats Ukraine. |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Bogdat | | 25 September – 19 October | White Army victory over Soviet Russia |
| 1919 | Ukrainian War of Independence, Russian Civil War | Battle of Peregonovka | | 26 September | Makhnovshchina defeat White Russia |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War Estonian War of Independence | Battle of Petrograd | | 28 September –14 November | White Army fails to capture Saint Petersburg from Soviet Russia. The White Army and allies consisted out of the Regional Government of Northwest Russia, Estonia, the UK, Ingria and Finland. |
| 1919 | Polish–Ukrainian War | Battle of Lwów | | 1 November 1918 – 30 May 1919 | Polish city besieged by Ukrainian forces |
| 1919 | Estonian War of Independence | Battle of Krivasoo | | 18 November – 30 December | Estonian victory over Soviet Russia |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Khopyor–Don Operation | | 20 November – 8 December | Red victory over the Don Army |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Second Kharkiv Operation | | 24 November – 12 December | Red offensive towards Kharkiv, resulting in its capture from White Russia |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Third Battle of Kiev | | 10–16 December | Bolsheviks regain control of Kyiv from White Russia |
| 1919 | Russian Civil War | Donbas operation | | 18–31 December | Red Army captures Donbas from White Russia |
| 1919 | Polish–Soviet War | First Battle of Berezina | | | Polish victory over Soviet Russia |
| 1920 | Polish-Soviet War, Latvian War of Independence | Battle of Daugavpils | | 3–5 January | Polish-Latvian victory |
| 1920 | Russian Civil War | Rostov–Novocherkassk Operation | | 6–10 January | Red victory, splitting the White Army in two |
| 1920 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Posolskeya | | 9 January | Last battle of the Russian Civil War to involve the US |
| 1920 | Russian Civil War | Second North Caucasus Operation | | 17 January – 7 April | Reds force Whites out of the North Caucasus and into Georgia and Azerbaijan, which the Reds later invade |
| 1920 | Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Marash | | 21 January – 12 February | French troops leave Kahramanmaraş |
| 1920 | Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Urfa | | 9 February – 11 April | French surrender, but are massacred by Turks |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Letychiv | | 18–22 February | Polish victory |
| 1920 | Franco-Turkish War | Siege of Aintab | | 1 April 1920 – 8 February 1921 | French victory |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Koziatyn | | 25–27 April | |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Kiev offensive | | 25 April – July | Poles capture Kyiv and are forced to retreat by Soviets |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Czarnobyl | | 27 April | Poles capture Chernobyl |
| 1920 | Russian Civil War | Action of 3 May 1920 | At sea | 3 May | A French and Soviet ship fight |
| 1920 | Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Geyve | | 15–17 May | Ottoman and Turkish forces clash |
| 1920 | Russian Civil War | Anzali Operation | | 18 May | Soviet victory |
| 1920 | Franco-Turkish War | Karboğazı ambush | | 27–28 May | Turkish victory |
| 1920 | Polish-Soviet War | Battle of Wołodarka | | 29–31 May | Polish victory |
| 1920 | Polish-Soviet War | Battle of Bystryk | | 31 May | Polish victory by surprise attack |
| 1920 | Polish-Soviet War | Battle of Boryspil | | 2 June | Polish capture Russian supplies |
| 1920 | Polish-Soviet War | Battle of Borodzianka | | 11–13 June | Polish victory |
| 1920 | Turkish–Armenian War | First Battle of Oltu | | 18–25 June | Armenian victory |
| 1920 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Romanovka | | 25 June | |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Głębokie | | 4–6 July | |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Chorupań | | 13–19 July | Soviet victory over Dubno and Chorupan |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | First Battle of Grodno | | 19–20 July | Soviets capture Hrodna |
| 1920 | Franco-Syrian War | Battle of Maysalun | | 23 July | The French advance into Syria and defeat Yusuf al-Azmah's hastily assembled army |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Lwów | | July –September | Poles hold Lviv |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Radzymin | | 12–15 August | Town changes hands twice |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Radzymin | | 13–16 August | Polish victory |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Warsaw | | 13–25 August | Poles defeat Red Army |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Ossów | | 14 August | One of the rare Polish victories during the Battle of Warsaw |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Chołojów | | 14 August | Soviet victory |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Nasielsk | | 14–15 August | Minor Polish victory as part of the action around Warsaw |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Borkowo | | 14–15 August | Minor Polish victory |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Sarnowa Góra | | 14–15 August | Polish victory |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Kock | | 14–16 August | Polish victory |
| 1920 | Russian Civil War | Ulagay's Landing | | 14 August – 7 September | Red Army takes control of Crimea, the last White stronghold |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Cyców | | 15–16 August | |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki | | 16–18 August | Polish victory as part of the counteroffensive after Battle of Warsaw |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Zadwórze | | 17 August | Polish army defeated by the Red Army forces of Semyon Budennyi |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Przasnysz | | 21 August | Soviet victory |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Białystok | | 22 August | |
| 1920 | Greco-Turkish War | Battle of Sakarya | | 23 August – 13 September | |
| 1920 | Russian Civil War | Bukhara operation | | 28 August – 2 September | Fall of the Emirate of Bukhara |
| 1920 | Polish–Lithuanian War Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Giby | | 30 August | Lithuanian withdrawal successfully mediated by French at request of Poland |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Komarów | | 30 August – 2 September | |
| 1920 | Polish–Lithuanian War Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Sejny | | 2–19 September | Polish victory against Lithuania |
| 1920 | Vlora War | Battle of Vlora | | 3 September | Albanian patriots seize Vlora from Italian control in a rapid night strike |
| 1920 | Turkish-Armenian War | Second Battle of Oltu | | 3–5 September | Turks recapture Oltu |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Kobryń | | 11–23 September | |
| 1920 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Obytichnyi Spit | At sea | 15 September | Red and White Army ships interact outside Berdiansk, with both sides claiming victory. |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of the Niemen River | At sea | 15–25 September | Poles defeat the reserves of the Red Army |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Dytiatyn | | 16 September | Soviet victory |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Brzostowica | | 20–25 September | Polish victory |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Obuchowo | | 26 September | Polish victory |
| 1920 | Ukrainian War of Independence Russian Civil War | Battle of Peregonovka | | 26 September | Insurgent victory |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War | Battle of Krwawy Bór | / | 27–28 September | Polish victory |
| 1920 | Turkish-Armenian War | Battle of Sarıkamış | | 29 September | Turkish victory |
| 1920 | Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Kovanbaşı | | 10–11 October | Turkish victory |
| 1920 | Greco-Turkish War | Battle of the Gediz | | 24 October – 12 November | Greek army captures Gediz |
| 1920 | Turkish-Armenian War | Battle of Kars | | 30 October | Turkish victory |
| 1920 | Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Kanlı Geçit | | 1 November | |
| 1920 | Irish War of Independence | Battle of Ballinalee | | 3 November | |
| 1920 | Turkish-Armenian War | Battle of Alexandropol | | 7 November | Turkish victory, Treaty of Alexandropol |
| 1920 | Franco-Turkish War | Battle of Fadıl | | 20–24 November | Turkish victory |
| 1920 | Irish War of Independence | Kilmichael Ambush | | 28 November | Important battle in the Irish War of Independence |

## 1921–1925

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1921 | Greco-Turkish War | First Battle of İnönü | | 6–11 January | Greek offensive stopped, Turkish victory |
| 1921 | Russian Civil War | Action of 9 January 1921 | At sea | 9 January | French ship destroys Russian ship in the Black Sea |
| 1921 | Greco-Turkish War | Second Battle of İnönü | | 23 March – 1 April | Turkish victory, and a turning point in the Greco-Turkish War |
| 1921 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort | At sea | 21 May | Brits defeat Red Russians in the Caspian Sea |
| 1921 | Silesian Uprisings | Battle of Annaberg | | 21-26 May | Inconclusive batle between Polish insurgents and the German Selbstschutz and Freikorps. |
| 1921 | Greco-Turkish War | Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir | | 10–24 July | Greek victory |
| 1921 | Rif War | Battle of Annual | | 22 July | Near Annual, Morocco, Spanish Army loses to Rifi Berbers of Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi |
| 1921 | Greco-Turkish War | Battle of Sakarya | | 23 August – 17 September | Turkish victory, farthest Greek advance in the Greco-Turkish War |
| | Habsburg coup attempt in Hungary | Battle of Budaörs | | 23–24 October | Forces supporting Horthy's regency repel Habsburg loyalists from reaching Budapest, collapsing the coup |
| 1922 | Russian Civil War | Battle of Volochayevka | | 5–14 February | Reds retake Khabarovsk |
| 1922 | Turkish War of Independence | Bombardment of Samsun | | 7 June | Samsun falls under Greek control, but Turkish forces aren't swayed |
| 1922 | Irish Civil War | Battle of Dublin | | 28 June – 5 July | First and probably most important battle of the Irish Civil War |
| 1922 | Irish Civil War | Battle of Kilmallock | | 25 July – 5 August | |
| 1922 | Greco-Turkish War | Battle of Dumlupınar | | 26–30 August | Turkish victory, final battle of the Greco-Turkish War |
| 1922 | Greco-Turkish War | Turkish capture of Smyrna | | 9 September | Greeks withdraw from Anatolia |
| 1923 | Political violence in Germany | Beer Hall Putsch | | 8–9 November | Failed Nazi Party uprising in Munich, Hitler wounded and captured |
| 1924 | Unification of Saudi Arabia | Battle of Mecca | | 5 December | Mecca became a Saudi Arabian territory |
| 1925 | Unification of Saudi Arabia | Battle of Jeddah | | 10 February-17 December | Jeddah became a Saudi Arabian territory, end of Kingdom of Hejaz |
| 1925 | Great Syrian Revolt | Battle of al-Kafr | | 22 July | |
| 1925 | Great Syrian Revolt | Battle of al-Mazraa | | 2–3 August | |
| 1925 | Rif War | Alhucemas landing | | 8 September | Spanish amphibious landing including tanks and air support |
| 1925 | Great Syrian Revolt | Battle of al-Musayfirah | | 17 September | |
| 1925 | Great Syrian Revolt | Battle of Rashaya | | 20–24 November | |

## 1926–1930

| Year | War | Battle | Date(s) | Description |
| 1927 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of La Paz Centro | 16 May | |
| 1927 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Ocotal | 16 July | |
| 1927 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of San Fernando | 25 July | |
| 1927 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Santa Clara | 27 July | |
| 1927 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Telpaneca | 19 September | |
| 1927 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Sapotillal | 9 October | |
| 1927 | | Battle of Humen–Shijing | 18 November | |
| 1928 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of El Bramadero | 27–28 February | |
| 1928 | American occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of La Flor | 13–14 May | |
| 1929 | Ikhwan Revolt | Battle of Sabilla | 29–31 March | |
| 1929 | | Battle of Yichang | 11 April | |
| 1929 | Cristero War | Battle of Tepatitlán | 19 April | |
| 1929 | Central Plains War | First Battle of Guilin | 15 May | Chiang-Gui War |
| 1929 | Central Plains War | Second Battle of Guangzhou | 17–21 May | Chiang-Gui War |
| 1929 | Central Plains War | Battle of Northern Henan | 27 May | |
| 1929 | Central Plains War | Battle of Liuzhou | 7–18 June | Chiang-Gui War |
| 1929 | Central Plains War | Battle of Guiping | 21 June | Chiang-Gui War |
| 1929 | Afghan Civil War | Battle Of Unai Pass | 28 June – 10 July | Hazara victory |
| 1930 | Opposition to Haile Selassie | Battle of Anchem | 31 March | Ras Gugsa Welle is defeated by Dejazmach Mulugeta Yeggazu, suppressing the last obstacle to Ras Tafari Makonnen's ascension to Ethiopia's throne |
| 1930 | Central Plains War | Battle of Xuchang | 10–12 June | |
| 1930 | Central Plains War | Battle of Shangcai | 16 June | |
| 1930 | Central Plains War | Battle of Guanghua | 3 July | |
| 1930 | Central Plains War | Second Battle of Guilin | 17 July | |
| 1930 | Central Plains War | Battle of Jinan | 14 August | |
| 1930 | Central Plains War | Second Battle of Nanning | 15 August – 22 October | |
| 1930 | Central Plains War | Battle of Xinzheng | 5–8 October | |

## 1931–1935

| Year | War | Battle | Date(s) | Description |
| 1931 | Japanese invasion of Manchuria | Mukden Incident | 18 September | Japanese forces create a pretext to invade Manchuria |
| 1932 | Japanese invasion of Manchuria | First Battle of Shanghai | 28 January – 3 March | Ceasefire declared |
| 1932 | Chaco War | Battle of Boquerón | 7–29 September | First major battle during the Chaco War and a Paraguayan victory |
| 1932 | United States occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of Agua Carta | 26 September | |
| 1932 | | Emu War | 2 November – 10 December | Minor battle between the Australians and emus |
| 1932 | United States occupation of Nicaragua | Battle of El Sauce | 26 December | |
| 1933 | Inner Mongolian Campaign | Defense of the Great Wall | 1 January – 31 May | Japanese victory |
| 1933 | Chaco War | First Battle of Nanawa | 20–26 January | Paraguayan victory |
| 1933 | Inner Mongolian Campaign | Battle of Rehe | 21 February – 1 March | Japanese victory |
| 1933 | Chaco War | Second Battle of Nanawa | 4–9 July | Paraguayan victory |
| 1933 | Chaco War | Battle of Gondra | 11–15 July | |
| 1935 | Soviet–Japanese border conflicts | Battle of Khalkhyn Temple | 8 January | |
| 1935 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Chishui River | 19 January – 22 March | |

## 1936–1940

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of Ganale Dorya | | 7–10 January | General General Graziani attacks troops under Ras [[Desta Damtew}]]; after over three days of slaughter, the Ethiopians break and flee |
| 1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | First Battle of Tembien | | 20–24 January | Ethiopian forces suffer 8,000 casualties compared to Italy's 1,100 |
| 1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of Amba Aradam | | 10 February | Ethiopians under Ras Mulugeta Yeggazu counterattack the invading Italians southwest of Chalacot, but are defeated with heavy losses |
| 1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Second Battle of Tembien | | 27 February | |
| 1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of Shire | | 29 February – 2 March | |
| 1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of Maychew | | 31 March | Emperor Haile Selassie leads in person the final Ethiopian counter-attack of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, which is a crushing Ethiopian defeat |
| 1936 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of the Ogaden | | 15–25 April | Final battle during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. By 5 May, Emperor Haile Selassie has gone into exile and Italians have declared victory |
| 1936 | 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Anabta | | 21 June | Mandatory British victory |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Mérida | | 10–11 August | Spanish Nationalist victory |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Badajoz | | 14 August | Nationalists storm Badajoz |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Irún | | 19 August – 5 September | Nationalist victory |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Monte Pelado | | 28 August | Republican victory |
| 1936 | 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Balaa | | 3 September | Palestinian rebels withdraw |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Talavera de la Reina | | 3 September | |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Cerro Muriano | | 5–6 September | Republican victory, the Falling Soldier photograph was taken during this battle by Robert Capa |
| 1936 | 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Beit Imrin | | 29 September | Palestinian rebels withdraw |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Seseña | | 29 October | Nationalist victory over Republicans and Soviets |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Ciudad Universitaria | | 15–23 November | Spanish Republican victory |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | First Battle of the Corunna Road | | 29 November – 3 December | |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Second Battle of the Corunna Road | | 13 December 1936 – 15 January 1937 | |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Lopera | | 27–29 December | Nationalist victory |
| 1937 | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Battle of Gogetti | | 19 February | Battle between the Italian occupation forces and the remnants of the Ethiopian armies. The surviving elements of the Ethiopian armies of Sidamo and Bale are encircled and destroyed by the Italian forces near Lake Shala |
| 1937 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Guadalajara | | 8–23 March | Spanish Republican defeat Italians |
| 1937 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Gernika | | 26–28 April | Franco's forces capture Guernica following a Luftwaffe bombing |
| 1937 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Albarracín | | 5 July – 11 August | Nationalist victory |
| 1937 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Lugou Bridge | | 7 July | Japanese victory triggers outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War |
| 1937 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Beiping-Tianjin | | 25–31 July | Japanese victory |
| 1937 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Second Battle of Shanghai | | 13 August – 9 November | Japanese victory |
| 1937 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Santander | | 14 August – 17 September | |
| 1937 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Taiyuan | | 1 September – 9 November | Japanese victory |
| 1937 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of El Mazuco | | 6–22 September | Nationalist victory |
| 1937 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Xinkou | | 13 September – 8 November | Japanese victory |
| 1937 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Pingxingguan | | 25 September | Chinese victory |
| 1937 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Nanjing | | Early November – 13 December | Japanese victory |
| 1938 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Alfambra | | 5–8 February | Nationalist victory |
| 1938 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Cape Palos | At sea | 5–6 March | Republican victory |
| 1938 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Caspe | | 16–17 March | Nationalist victory |
| 1938 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Xuzhou | | 24 March – 1 May | Japanese victory |
| 1938 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Tai er zhuang | | 27 March | Chinese victory |
| 1938 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of Gandesa | | 1–3 April | Nationalist victory |
| 1938 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Wuhan | | 11 July –27 October | Japanese pyrrhic victory |
| 1938 | Spanish Civil War | Battle of the Ebro | | 25 July – 16 November | Spanish Republicans launch attacks across the Ebro River. The purpose of the battle is to relieve pressure off Valencia and Catalonia. It is soon to become the decisive battle of the war, and a Republican defeat. |
| 1938 | Soviet–Japanese border conflicts | Battle of Lake Khasan | / | 29 July – 11 August | In Manchuria between forces of the Soviet Union and Empire of Japan |
| 1938 | 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | Battle of Beersheba | | 9–10 September | Palestinian rebels capture Beersheba |
| 1939 | | Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine | | 15–17 March | Hungarian forces defeat Carpatho-Ukraine |
| 1939 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Nanchang | | 17 March – 9 May | Japanese forces defeat Nationalist Chinese |
| 1939 | Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, World War II | Battle of Khalkhin Gol | | 1 May – 16 September | The Soviet Union and Mongolia defeat Japan |
| 1939 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang | | 24 May | Nationalist Chinese counterattack successful against Japan |
| 1939 | World War II | Invasion of Poland | // | 1 September – 6 October | Start of World War II in Europe, German victory |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of the Border | / | 1–4 September | Collective term for battles between Germany and Poland in the first days of the invasion; German victory |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Danzig Bay | At sea | 1 September | Germany defeats Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Chojnice | | 1 September | Germans capture Chojnice from Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Charge at Krojanty | | 1 September | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Mokra | | 1 September | First German defeat in Poland and one of the only Polish victories in the invasion |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Lasy Królewskie | | 1 September | Polish victory over Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig | | 1 September | Polish forces hold up in the Polish post office, but fail to defend it against Danzig and Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Mikołów | | 1–2 September | German tactical victory during the Invasion of Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Pszczyna | | 1–2 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Mława | | 1–3 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Jordanów | | 1–3 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Częstochowa | | 1–3 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Węgierska Górka | | 1–3 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Grudziądz | | 1–4 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Tuchola Forest | | 1–5 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Westerplatte | | 1–7 September | First battle in the Invasion of Poland; Germany and Danzig defeat Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Raid on Fraustadt | | 2 September | Polish insurgents successfully raid a German town |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Borowa Góra | | 2–5 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Bukowiec | | 3 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Defense of Katowice | | 3–4 September | Polish Boy and Girl Scout units irregularly defend Katowice but fail against Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of the Atlantic | At sea | 3 September 1939 – 8 May 1945 | Name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II between Allied forces, and Germany and Italy. |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski | | 4–6 September | Polish withdrawal from German forces |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Różan | | 4–6 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki | | 6 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Pułtusk | | 6–7 September | Poles lose Pułtusk to Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Łódź | | 6–8 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Barak | | 7–8 September | Poland retreat from German Forces |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Wizna | | 7–10 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Łomża | | 7–10 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Wola Cyrusowa | | 8 September | Pyrrhic German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Radom | | 8–9 September | Germans capture Radom from Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Gdynia | | 8–14 September | Germans capture Gdynia from Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Warsaw | | 8–28 September | Germany captures Warsaw from Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of the Bzura River | | 9–19 September | Largest Polish counterattack, but it fails against Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Kampinos Forest | | 9–20 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Hel | | 9 September – 2 October | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Jarosław | | 10–11 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Kępa Oksywska | | 10–19 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Kałuszyn | | 11–12 September | Poland defeats Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Przemyśl | | 11–14 September | German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | First Battle of Lwów | | 12–22 September | Germans, aided by the Soviet Union, capture Lviv from Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Modlin | | 13–29 September | Pyrrhic German victory over Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Jaworów | | 14–16 September | Poles hold Yavoriv against Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Brześć Litewski | | 14–17 September | Germans capture Brest from Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Kobryń | | 14–18 September | Inconclusive battle between Germany and Poland |
| 1939 | Second Sino-Japanese War | First Battle of Changsha | | 17 September – 6 October | Chinese forces successfully defend city; heavy Japanese casualties |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski | | 17–26 September | Germany defeats Poland in the Invasion of Poland's second largest battle |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Wilno | | 18–19 September | Soviets capture Vilnius from Poland, which is transferred to Lithuania |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Wólka Węglowa | | 19 September | Polish victory over Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Krasnystaw | | 19–20 September | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Grodno | | 20–22 September | Soviets capture Hrodna from Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Cześniki | | 21–22 September | Polish victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Łomianki | | 22 September | Failed Polish counterattack against Germany |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Krasnobród | | 23 September | Successful Polish counterattack against Germany, and one of the last battles using cavalry in Europe |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Husynne | | 23 September | Soviet victory over Polish |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Kodziowce | | 23–24 September | Poles hold the town against the Soviet Union, but later retreat to Lithuania |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Władypol | | 27 September | Soviets capture Wladypol (now Vladypil in Ukraine) from Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Szack | | 28 September | Poles hold the town from the Soviets |
| 1939 | World War II | Battles of Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów | | 29–30 September | Poles hold the towns from Soviets |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Wytyczno | | 1 October | The Soviet Union defeats Poland |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of Kock | | 2–5 October | Last battle in the Invasion of Poland; Germany defeats Poland |
| 1939 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Suomussalmi | | 30 November 1939 – 8 January 1940 | First battle of the Winter War, and the most notable Finnish victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1939 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Petsamo | | 30 November 1939 – 12 March 1940 | Russian victory over Poland |
| 1939 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Salla | | 30 November 1939 – 13 March 1940 | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1939 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Taipale | | 6–27 December | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1939 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Kollaa | | 7 December 1939 – 13 March 1940 | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1939 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Varolampi Pond | | 10–11 December | Finnish hold the pond against the Soviet Union, in what's called the "Sausage War" |
| 1939 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Tolvajärvi | | 12 December | Colonel Talvela's Finnish forces defeat Soviet forces |
| 1939 | World War II | Battle of the River Plate | At sea | 13 December | Admiral Graf Spee chased into Montevideo harbour and scuttled by the UK and New Zealand |
| 1939 | Winter War, World War II | First Battle of Summa | | 16–22 December | Finnish attack thwarted against the Soviet Union |
| 1939 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Kelja | | 25–27 December | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1940 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Raate Road | | 1–7 January | Finnish victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1940 | Winter War, World War II | Second Battle of Summa | | 1–15 February | Finnish attack against the Soviet Union thwarted |
| 1940 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Kuhmo | | 28 January – 13 March | Stalemate between Finland and the Soviet Union |
| 1940 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of South Henan | | 30 January – 1 March | Chinese Nationalists led by Li Zongren defeat Japanese |
| 1940 | Winter War, World War II | Battle of Honkaniemi | | 25–27 February | In the only tank action of the Winter War, the Soviet Union defeats Finland |
| 1940 | Winter War, World War II | First Battle of Vyborg Bay | | 2–13 March | Battle ends after a ceasefire between Finland and the Soviet Union |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Drøbak Sound | | 9 April | German naval attack thwarted by Norwegian forces |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Midtskogen | | 9–10 April | Norwegian forces defeat German raiding party |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Narvik | | 9 April – 10 June | A minor Allied victory of Norway, France, the UK and Poland against Germany in the Arctic |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Dombås | | 14–19 April | Norwegian Army units defeat German Fallschirmjäger attack |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle for The Hague | | 10 May | In the first major air-landing operation in history, the Netherlands defeat Germany |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Maastricht | | 10 May | Maastricht was a key city for the German advance; Germany defeats the Netherlands |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Fort Eben-Emael | | 10–11 May | Germany captures the fort and breaks through the Belgian line of defense |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Mill | | 10–11 May | Dutch troops manage to hold back a German battalion |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Rotterdam | | 10–14 May | German attempt to seize the Dutch city; it ends in a German victory following the Rotterdam Blitz |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of the Netherlands | | 10–17 May | Germany invades the Netherlands |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of France | | 10 May – 25 June | Germany takes on France; British Expeditionary Force and French Army defeated |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of the Grebbeberg | | 11–13 May | A major engagement during the Battle of the Netherlands, Operation Fall Gelb. Germany defeats the Netherlands. |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle at the Afsluitdijk | | 12–14 May | The Netherlands hold against Germany |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Hannut | | 12–14 May | Largest tank battle of the campaign. France defeats Germany in Belgium. |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Sedan | | 12–17 May | Germany defeats France and the UK. After a quick advance, Germany reaches the English Channel and traps most of the Allied army in northern France and western Belgium. |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Arras | | 21 May | France and the UK fail to break through German lines to end the encirclement of the Allied main armies |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Dunkirk | | 27 May – 5 June | Escape of defeated British Expeditionary Forces. Dunkirk is captured by Germany. On the Allied side, forces from France, the UK, Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands participated in the battle. |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Mers-el-Kebir | At sea | 3 July | British Navy destroys Vichy French fleet off the coast of North Africa |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Calabria | At sea | 9 July | British forces fight indecisive naval battle with Italians |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Cape Spada | At sea | 19 July | British and Australian forces sink an Italian cruiser |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Britain | | 10 July – 31 October | Germans try to bomb Britain into submission – the Royal Air Force answers with fighters |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Tug Argan | | 11 August | Italy defeats the UK and captures British Somaliland |
| 1940 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of Hundred Regiments | | 20 August – 5 December | Major engagement of the Soviet Red Army against the Japanese Imperial Army |
| 1940 | World War II | Skirmish at Diosig | | 4 September | Romanian victory over Hungary |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Taranto | | 11–12 November | British carrier-based planes destroy Italian fleet at Taranto harbour |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Cape Spartivento | At sea | 27 November | British Navy under Admiral Somerville fights indecisive battle with Italy |
| 1940 | World War II | Battle of Pindus | / | 28 October – 13 November | Italy invades Greece, but is defeated. Greece captures parts of Albania from Italy in response. |

## 1941–1945

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Bardia | | 3–5 January | British/Australian and Free French victory in Libya over Italy |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Agordat | | 26–31 January | The UK defeats Italy in Eritrea |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Keren | | 3 February – 1 April | Hard-fought British and Commonwealth victory over Italian forces during East African Campaign |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Beda Fomm | | 6–7 February | British/Australian victory over Italy forces in Libya |
| 1941 | Second Sino-Japanese war | Battle of Shanggao | | 14 March – 9 April | Chinese victory over Japan |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Cape Matapan | At sea | 27–29 March | British Royal Navy task force defeats Italian fleet |
| 1941 | World War II | Invasion of Yugoslavia | | 6–18 April | Germany, Italy and Hungary invade and conquer Yugoslavia |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Greece | | 6–24 April | Germany takes the Balkan Peninsula after Italian stalemate |
| 1941 | World War II | Siege of Tobruk | | 10 April – 27 November | German commander Erwin Rommel with a mixed German/Italian army defeated in North Africa by Allied forces (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Czechoslovakia, British Indian and Free Libyan Arabs) |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Vevi | | 11–12 April | German victory over Australians |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Tempe Gorge | | 18 April | Australians and New Zealanders slow German advance |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Athens | | 20 April | Dog-fighting air battle over Athens between the UK and Germany fought for half an hour between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe towards the end of the Battle of Greece |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Thermopylae | | 24–25 April | German victory over New Zealanders and Australians |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of the Corinth Canal | | 26 April | German victory over British Empire forces |
| 1941 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Battle of South Shanxi | | 7–27 May | Japanese victory in China |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Fallujah | | 17–21 May | The UK defeats Iraq |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Rethymno | | 20 May | Australian and Greek tactical victory over Germany |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Crete | | 20 May – 1 June | German paratroopers and Italians capture Crete, suffer many casualties against New Zealand, Greece, the UK and Australia |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Denmark Strait | At sea | 23 May | German Bismarck sinks British HMS Hood |
| 1941 | World War II | Sinking of the Bismarck | At sea | 27 May | Famous German battleship is lost against the UK and Poland |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of 42nd Street | | 27 May | Australian and New Zealanders halt German advance |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of the Litani River | | 9 June | British/Australian victory over Vichy French forces in French Lebanon |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Jezzine | | 13 June | Australians defeat Vichy French |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Sidon | | 13–17 June | Australians defeat Vichy French |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Kissoué | | 17 June | British Empire and Free French forces defeat Vichy French in Syria |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Merdjayoun | | 19–24 June | British Empire forces defeat Vichy French |
| 1941 | World War II | Operation Barbarossa | | 22 June | German invasion of the Soviet Union |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Białystok-Minsk | | 22–29 June | German victory in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (present-day Belarus) over the Soviet Union |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Raseiniai | | 23–27 June | German victory in Lithuania over the Soviet Union |
| 1941 | World War II | Raid on Constanța | | 26 June | Axis (Germany and Romania) victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Brody | | 26–30 June | In one of the largest tank battles of World War II, Germany defeats the Soviet Union |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Damour | | 5–9 July | Australians defeat Vichy French |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Smolensk | | 6 July – 5 August | Soviet attempt to block German Wehrmacht's advance on Moscow |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Kiev | / | 7 July – 26 September | In the largest encirclement battle of World War II, Germany defeats the Soviet Union |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Beirut | | 12 July | Free French, British, Australian and British Indian forces defeat Vichy French forces |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Uman | | 15 July – 8 August | Axis (Germany, Romania and Hungary) victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1941 | Second Sino-Japanese War | Second Battle of Changsha | | 6 September – 8 October | Failed Japanese attempt to take Chinese city |
| 1941 | World War II | Siege of Leningrad | | 8 September 1941 – 27 January 1944 | After a three-year Nazi siege on Leningrad, the Soviet Union defeats Germany |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of the Sea of Azov | At sea | 26 September – 11 October | Axis controls Sea of Azov; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union. |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle at Borodino Field | | 13 October 1941 – 8 January 1942 | Germany defeats the Soviet Union in October and the Soviet Union defeats Germany in January |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Rostov | | 27 November | Germans forced to withdraw despite Hitler's orders, but Soviets suffer over 140,000 casualties |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Kota Bharu | | 8 December | Japanese forces capture Kota Bharu from the UK |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Prachuab Khirikhan | | 8–9 December | Japan conquers Thailand |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Wake Island | | 8–23 December | Japanese forces capture the American Wake Island in the Pacific |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Hong Kong | | 8–25 December | Japanese drive British forces from their Chinese territory |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Malaya | | 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 | Japan invades British Malaysia |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of the Philippines | | 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942 | Japanese victory over the U.S. and the Philippines; Douglas MacArthur promises to return |
| 1941 | World War II | Naval Battle of Singapore | At sea | 10 December | Japanese torpedo craft sink British HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Jitra | | 11–13 December | Japan pushes back British forces in Malaya |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Cape Bon | At sea | 13 December | Italian naval defeat against the UK and the Netherlands |
| 1941 | World War II | First Battle of Sirte | At sea | 17 December | Indecisive engagement between Italian and British naval forces |
| 1941 | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | Battle of Changsha | | 24 December 1941 – 15 January 1942 | Chinese forces battle Japanese back during another Japanese attack on Changsha and claim victory |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of the Kerch Peninsula | | 26 December 1941 – 19 May 1942 | Axis controls Crimea; Germany and Romania defeat the Soviet Union |
| 1941 | World War II | Battle of Kampar | | 30 December 1941 – 2 January 1942 | British forces delay Japanese advance Malaya |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Bataan | | 1 January – 9 April | Japanese defeat and imprison U.S. and Philippine force |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Slim River | | 6–8 January | Japan defeats the UK and British India |
| 1942 | World War II | Battles of Rzhev | | 8 January 1942 – 31 March 1943 | A series of inconclusive battles between the Soviet Union and Germany, ending with Germany's retreat |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Dražgoše | | 9 January | First frontal engagement on Slovenian soil with the German occupier |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Tarakan | | 11–12 January | Japan defeats the Netherlands |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Manado | | 11–12 January | Japan defeats the Netherlands |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Gemas | | 14 January | Australias ambush Japanese forces |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Muar | | 14–22 January | Japan defeats Australia, the UK and British India |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Moscow | | 17 January | Soviet defenders drive back German Army Group Centre |
| 1942 | World War II | Barvenkovo-Lozovaya offensive | | 18–31 January | The Soviet Union pushes Germany back in Ukraine |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Balikpapan | | 23 January | Battle in Borneo, Netherlands East Indies ends with a Japanese victory over the Dutch |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Rabaul | | 23 January – February | Japan defeats Australians and occupies the first Australian territory taken by conquest in Australian history |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle off Endau | | 26–27 January | British/Australian naval defeat by Japan's navy |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Ambon | | 30 January – 3 February | Japanese victory over the Netherlands, Australia and the U.S. in the Dutch East Indies |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Port Moresby | | 3 February 1942 – 17 August 1943 | Air war over Port Moresby; Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Makassar Strait | | 4 February | Japanese defeat Dutch and U.S. naval force |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of the Java Sea | | 4 February – 1 March | Japanese wipe out Allied (Netherlands, U.S. the UK and Australia) naval squadron |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Singapore | | 8–15 February | Japanese forces capture city in Malaya; British army under Arthur Percival surrenders; largest British surrender of the war. |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Kranji | | 9–10 February | Japanese forces capture strait islands from the UK |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Bukit Timah | | 10–12 February | Japanese defeat British Empire forces |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Palembang | | 13–15 February | Japan defeats Allied forces (UK, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand) |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Badung Strait | | 18–19 February | Japanese naval victory over the Netherlands, the U.S. and the UK despite friendly fire incident |
| 1942 | World War II | Bombing of Darwin | | 19 February | Australia hit by Japanese aerial attacks |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Timor | / | 19 February 1942 – 10 February 1943 | Japanese victory; tactical Australian victory |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Sunda Strait | | 28 February – 1 March | ABDACOM naval force (U.S., Australia and the Netherlands) under Admiral Doorman defeated by Japanese fleet |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Java | | 28 February – 12 March | A battle of the Pacific theatre between Japan and the Netherlands; Japanese victory |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Leuwiliang | | 3–5 March | British, Australian and American forces are defeated by Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Invasion of Buka and Bougainville | | 9 March – 5 April | Japanese forces invades and defeats Australian forces, capturing Buka and Bougainville |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Toungoo | | 19–29 March | Japan defeats China in Burma |
| 1942 | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | Battle of Oktwin | | 20–23 March | Japan defeats China in Burma |
| 1942 | World War II | Second Battle of Sirte | At sea | 22 March | An Italian naval force attacks the escort of a British convoy |
| 1942 | World War II | Japanese Raids into Indian Ocean | At sea | 31 March | Japanese raids against the British Eastern Fleet, resulting in heavy British losses |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Yenangyaung | | 11–19 April | China, the UK and British India defeat Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Nanos | | 18 April | 800 Italian soldiers lay siege to 54 Slovene Partisans; Italian victory. |
| 1942 | World War II | Doolittle Raid | | 18 April | U.S. aircraft bomb Tokyo, crash-land in China |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi | | 18 April | Chinese and Japanese forces search for the surviving Doolittle Raiders; Japan defeats China and the U.S. |
| 1942 | World War II | Destruction of Telavåg | | 30 April | German forces destroy entire Norwegian town |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of the St. Lawrence | At sea | May 1942 – November 1944 | German submarine U-553 sinks the Canadian Nicoya and Leto in the Gulf of St. Lawrence |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of the Coral Sea | At sea | 4 May | U.S. loses USS Lexington; Japanese win tactically but lose strategically to U.S./Australian navies. First naval battle in history in which the opposing ships neither sighted nor directly fired on one another; all offensive action was carried out by carrier-based aircraft. |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Corregidor | | 5–6 May | Last U.S. bastion in Asia surrenders to the Japanese after prolonged siege |
| 1942 | World War II | Second Battle of Kharkov | | 12–28 May | Soviet counterattack thwarted against Germany and the Axis |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Bir Hakeim | | 26 May – 11 June | Free French Forces successfully delay Rommel's Italian and German advance towards Egypt |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Gazala | | 26 May – 21 June | German commander Erwin Rommel, reinforced by Italians, defeats Great Britain |
| 1942 | World War II | Operation Anthropoid | | 27 May | Czech resistance fighters assassinate Schutzstaffel (SS)-Obergruppenfüher Reinhard Heydrich |
| 1942 | World War II | Attack on Sydney Harbour | | 31 May – 8 June | Japanese submarines attack Australian cities |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Midway | At sea | 4–7 June | U.S. loses USS Yorktown; Japanese lose four aircraft carriers |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Pantelleria | At sea | 15 June | An Italian naval force successfully attacks a British convoy (Operation Harpoon). |
| 1942 | World War II | Convoy PQ 17 | At sea | 27 June – 10 July | 35 ships leave Iceland on 17 June for Murmansk; only 11 reached their destination |
| 1942 | World War II | Raid on Salamaua | | 28 June | Australian commandos raid Japanese forces; 120 Japanese killed, 3 Australians wounded |
| 1942 | World War II | First Battle of Voronezh | | 28 June – 24 July | Germany and other Axis capture Voronezh from the Soviet Union |
| 1942 | World War II | First Battle of El Alamein | | 1 July | British Eighth Army stops Rommel's Axis (Italy and Germany) forces invading Egypt |
| 1942 | World War II | Raid on Heath's Farm | | 1 July | Australian commandos attack and kill 44 Japanese |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Sevastopol | | 2 July | Soviet city captured by Germans, Romanians and Italians after eight-month siege |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Stalingrad | | 17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943 | City besieged by Paulus' German Sixth Army; from 23 November the Sixth Army is surrounded and destroyed by Soviets; bloodiest battle in history with approximately 1.8 million dead |
| 1942 | World War II | Invasion of Buna–Gona | | 21–27 July | Japan defeats Australian forces and capture Buna-Gona |
| 1942 | World War II | Kokoda Track campaign | | 21 July – 16 November | Australia's finest hour; Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Guadalcanal | | 7 August 1942 – 9 February 1943 | Allies (U.S., UK, Australia and New Zealand) finally take the island from Japan after a six-month battle |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Kokoda | | 8–10 August | Australians capture Kokoda Airfield from Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Savo Island | At sea | 9 August | Japanese sink four U.S. cruisers; HMAS Canberra is also lost |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Dieppe | | 19 August | Also known as Operation Jubilee; Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe. Allied failure helped prepare them for D-Day. Soldiers from the UK, Canada, Free French, Poland and Czechoslovakia participated in the battle on the Allied side. |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of the Eastern Solomons | | 24 August | Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō sunk by the U.S. |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Milne Bay | | 25 August – 7 September | Australians defeat Japanese in the first clear Allied victory over Japanese land forces |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Isurava | | 26–31 August | Australian forces are pushed down the Kokoda trail by Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Alam Halfa | | 30 August – 6 September | Allies vs. Rommel in North Africa; the UK and New Zealand defeat Germany and Italy |
| 1942 | World War II | First Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing | | 31 August - 5 September | Japanese forces defeat Australian forces |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Mission Ridge – Brigade Hill | | 6–9 September | Japanese forces defeat Australian forces |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Ioribaiwa | | 14–16 September | Australians withdraw from Japanese forces down the Kokoda trail |
| 1942 | World War II | Raid on Mubo | | 1 October | Australian commandos raid Japanese forces killing 50 |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Višegrad | | 5 October | Yugoslav Chetniks defeat Germany and the German fascist puppet state of Croatia |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Cape Esperance | At sea | 11 October | Near Guadalcanal, the U.S. defeats Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Second Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing | | 11–28 October | Australians advance after being halted by Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Goodenough Island | | 22–27 October | Australians take island from the Japanese |
| 1942 | World War II | Second Battle of El Alamein | | 23 October – 4 November | Montgomery's Eighth Army forces Rommel out of Egypt. The UK, British India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Free France, Greece and the U.S. defeat Germany and Italy. |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands | At sea | 25 October | Near Guadalcanal, USS Hornet sunk, but Japanese withdraw victorious |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Oivi–Gorari | | 4–11 November | Major Australian victory over Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Operation Torch | | 8 November | Allied landings in North Africa; the U.S., the UK, British India, Free France, Canada, the Netherlands and Australia defeat Vichy France, Germany and Italy |
| 1942 | World War II | Naval Battle of Guadalcanal | | 12 November | U.S. defeats Japan, turning point of the Pacific War |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Buna–Gona | | 16 November 1942 – 22 January 1943 | Australian and American forces win decisive victory over Japan |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Velikiye Luki | | 19 November 1942 – 16 January 1943 | Germans clash with Soviets; Soviet victory |
| 1942 | World War II | Battle of Tassafaronga | At sea | 30 November | Off Guadalcanal, Japan defeats the U.S. |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Osankarica | | 8 January | About 2,000 Germans massacre all 69 men and women of the Pohorje Battalion; Germans lose 19 men and 31 are wounded |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Neretva | | 20 January – March | Large joint Axis (Germany, Italy, German puppet state of Croatia, Serbian Chetniks) offensive that attempts to destroy communist-led Partisan resistance in Yugoslavia, but fails |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Rennell Island | | 29–30 January | Japanese bombers sink an American cruiser |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Wau | | 29 January – 4 February | Australian and American victory over Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of the Kasserine Pass | | 14–25 February | German victory over British Empire and U.S. forces in Tunisia |
| 1943 | World War II | Third Battle of Kharkov | | 16 February – 15 March | German victory over the Soviet Union |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of the Bismarck Sea | At sea | 2–4 March | Australian and U.S. air forces destroy Japanese convoy |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Blackett Strait | At sea | 6 March | Two Japanese destroyers sunk by the U.S. |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of the Komandorski Islands | At sea | 26 March | U.S. naval victory over Japanese, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) damaged |
| 1943 | World War II | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | | 18 April | 13,000 Polish Jews are killed by German forces; uprising is defeated |
| 1943 | World War II | Operation Vengeance | | 18 April | Killing of Imperial Japanese Navy Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto by the U.S. |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Mubo | | 22 April – 14 July | Australians force Japan to retreat |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Bobdubi | | 22 April – 19 August | Australian forces defeat Japanese forces |
| 1943 | World War II | Raid on Darwin | | 2 May | Major Japanese air raid on Darwin |
| 1943 | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | Battle of West Hubei | | 12 May – 11 June | Chinese forces under Bai Chongxi defeat Japanese |
| 1943 | World War II | Sutjeska offensive | | 15 May – 16 June | Failed Axis (Germany, Italy, Croatia and Bulgaria) offensive against Yugoslav Partisans |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Lababia Ridge | | 20–23 June | Australians defeat Japanese attack |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of New Georgia | | 20 June – 25 August | U.S. and British Empire victory over Japan in the Solomon Islands |
| 1943 | World War II | Landing at Nassau Bay | | 30 June | Australians and Americans defeat Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Kursk | | 5 July – 23 August | Germans attack Kursk salient at Orel and Belgorod, but are stopped by heavy Russians defenses; arguably the largest tank battle ever fought. Heavy losses. |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Kula Gulf | | 6 July | Indecisive naval battle between the U.S. and Japan in the Solomon Islands |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Enogai | | 10–11 July | U.S. victory over Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Kolombangara | | 12–13 July | American ships damaged while pursuing Japanese |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Mount Tambu | | 16 July – 18 August | Australian and American decisive victory over Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Bairoko | | 20 July | Japanese victory over the U.S. |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Roosevelt Ridge | | 21 July – 14 August | Allied victory (U.S. and Australia) over Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Munda Point | | 22 July – 5 August | The U.S. defeats Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Centuripe | | 2–4 August | The UK defeats Germany in Sicily |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Vella Gulf | | 6–7 August | Japanese lose three destroyers against the U.S. |
| 1943 | World War II | Smolensk operation | | 7 August – 2 October | The Soviet Union captures the Smolensk and Bryansk regions from Germany |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of the Aleutian Islands | | 15 August | Japanese invade, but are repelled by American and Canadian forces |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Vella Lavella | | 15 August – 6 October | The U.S. and New Zealand defeat Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle off Horaniu | | 17–18 August | Japanese naval retreat, subsequent evacuation of 9,000 Japanese men; American victory |
| 1943 | World War II | Fourth Battle of Kharkov | | 23 August | Soviets liberate town from Germany |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of the Dnieper | | 26 August – 23 December | The Soviet Union takes Eastern Ukraine from Germany |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Arundel Island | | 27 August – 21 September | The U.S. defeats Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Landing at Lae | | 4–16 September | Australians and Americans land at Lae in Japanese-held territory |
| 1943 | World War II | Landing at Nadzab | | 5 September | American/Australian airborne landing defeats Japanese forces |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Castle Turjak | | 19 September | Communist-led Slovene Partisans take the castle guarded by the pro-German, anti-communist Slovene village sentries |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Kaiapit | | 19–20 September | Australian victory over Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Dumpu | | 22 September – 4 October | Australian forces defeat Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Finschhafen | | 22 September – 24 October | Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Leros | At sea | 26 September – 16 November | Germans attack and force surrender of British garrison on Leros; British force under General Tilney are forced to surrender |
| 1943 | World War II | Naval Battle of Vella Lavella | | 6 October | Japanese win against the U.S., both sides lose one destroyer |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of John's Knoll–Trevor's Ridge | | 12–13 October | Australian victory over Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Lenino | | 12–13 October | Germany defeats the Soviet Union and Poland |
| 1943 | World War II | Raid on Schweinfurt | | 14 October | Also known as Black Thursday; air battle between the German Luftwaffe and the U.S. Air Force, German victory |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of the Treasury Islands | | 27 October – 12 November | Major New Zealand and American victory over Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Empress Augusta Bay | | 1–2 November | Japan suffers a naval defeat against the U.S. |
| 1943 | World War II | Landings at Cape Torokina | | 1–3 November | American/New Zealand forces defeat Japanese forces |
| 1943 | World War II | Bombing of Rabaul | | 2–11 November | Allied (U.S., Australia and New Zealand) air attacks against Japan in Rabaul |
| 1943 | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | Battle of Changde | | 2 November – 20 December | Chinese victory, Japanese use biological and chemical weapons |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Koromokina Lagoon | | 7–8 November | The U.S. defeats Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle for Piva Trail | | 8–9 November | The U.S. defeats Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Sattelberg | | 17–25 November | Major Australian and American victory over Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Tarawa | | 20–22 November | First contested amphibious landing of World War II by the U.S. against Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Makin | | 20–24 November | American forces defeat the Japanese in the Gilbert Islands |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Cape St. George | | 27 November | Japanese convoy suffers heavy damage against the U.S. |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Wareo | | 27 November – 8 December | Australia defeats Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle for Monte la Difensa | | 3–9 December | The UK, the U.S. and Canada defeat Germany |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Sio | | 5 December | Major Australian victory over Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Arawe | | 15 December 1943 – 24 February 1944 | Allied (U.S. and Australia) victory against Japan |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of Ortona | | 20–28 December | Canada defeats Germany |
| 1943 | World War II | Dnieper-Carpathian offensive | // | 24 December 1943 – 6 May 1944 | The Soviet Union captures Western Ukraine from Germany and enters Poland and Romania |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of North Cape | At sea | 26 December | British naval victory over Germany |
| 1943 | World War II | Battle of The Pimple | | 27–28 December | Australian victory over Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Leningrad-Novgorod offensive | / | 14 January – 1 March | The Soviet Union lifts the Siege of Leningrad and liberates the area around Veliky Novgorod from Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Monte Cassino | | 17 January – 19 May | Four battles, Allies (the UK, British India, the U.S., Free France, Poland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Italy) finally victorious against Germany, breaking through to advance on Rome |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Shaggy Ridge | | 19–31 January | Australian victory over Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Rapido River | | 20–22 January | Germany defeats the U.S. |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Anzio | | 22 January – 5 June | After an amphibious landing near Rome, the Allied armies of the U.S., the UK and Canada are only able to break out a German encirclement after a couple of months |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Korsun Pocket | | 24 January – 16 February | Decisive Soviet victory over Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Cisterna | | 30 January – 2 February | Part of Operation Shingle – 1st, 3rd and 4th U.S. Army Ranger battalions attempted to capture the town of Cisterna, German victory |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Kwajalein | | 31 January – 3 February | American victory over Japan in the Marshall Islands, several Korean laborers captured |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Madang | | February – April | Australian and American victory over Japan in the Pacific |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Narva | | 2 February – 10 August | Germany successfully holds ground against the Soviet Union |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of the Green Islands | | 15–20 February | New Zealand forces supported by Americans defeat Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Attack on Truk | At sea | 17–18 February | Successful American air raid against Japan in the Marshall Islands |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Eniwetok | | 17–23 February | American victory over Japan allows U.S. forces to set up for an attack on the Mariana Islands |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Hube's Pocket | // | 4 March – 17 April | Germans victorious over the Soviet Union, but have to retreat afterward |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Imphal | | 8 March – 3 July | An invasion of British India by Japan is stopped by the UK and British Indian soldiers |
| 1944 | World War II | Raid on Drvar | | April – May | Failed German military operation that aimed to capture Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav Partisans |
| 1944 | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | Battle of Central Henan | | April – December | Marginal Japanese victory over China and the U.S. |
| 1944 | World War II | Crimean offensive | | 8 April – 12 May | The Soviet Union captures Crimea from Germany; Germany got aid from Romania |
| 1944 | World War II | Siege of Myitkyina | | 17 May – 3 August | China and the U.S. capture Myitkyina in Burma from Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Lone Tree Hill | | 17 May – 2 September | American victory over Japan in the Pacific theatre |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Wakde | | 18–21 May | American and Australian victory over the Japanese |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Biak | | 27 May – 17 August | American and Australian victory over the Japanese |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Mogaung | | 4–27 June | The UK, China and the U.S. defeat Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle for Caen | | 6 June – 6 August | After more than a month of fighting, the UK and Canada finally capture Caen from Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Normandy | | 6 June – 25 August | Allies (The U.S., the UK, Canada, France, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa) invade northern France across the Normandy beaches (Operation Overlord); hard fighting from Cherbourg to Caen; Germans surrounded and destroyed at Falaise |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Villers-Bocage | | 13 June | Germans defeat the UK near Normandy during Operation Overlord |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze | | 14–15 June | Polish and Soviet partisans temporarily defeat Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Saipan | | 15 June – 9 July | American forces capture island from Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Philippine Sea | At sea | 19 June | Major carrier battle; U.S. loses 123 planes and destroys 315 Japanese planes |
| 1944 | World War II | Operation Bagration | / | 22 June | Eastern Front; Soviet offensive destroys German Army Group Centre |
| 1944 | World War II | Operation Martlet | | 25 June | The UK defeats Germany |
| 1944 | Continuation War, World War II | Battle of Tali-Ihantala | | 25 June – 9 July | Finnish stop Soviet offensive |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Noemfoor | | 2 July – 31 August | American victory over Japan, supported by the Royal Australian Air Force |
| 1944 | Continuation War, World War II | Battle of Vuosalmi | | 4–11 July | Finnish victory over the Soviets |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Driniumor River | | 10 July – 25 August | The U.S. and Australia defeat Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Lvov–Sandomierz offensive | / | 13 July – 29 August | The Soviet Union captures Eastern Poland and Western Ukraine from Germany; Germany was aided by Hungary |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Auvere | | 20–25 July | Germany defeats the Soviet Union |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Guam | | 21 July – 10 August | The U.S. captures Guam; 18,000 Japanese killed during American attack. |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Tinian | | 24 July – 1 August | The Japanese, realizing they will lose, launch a suicidal charge against Americans |
| 1944 | World War II | Operation Cobra | | 25–31 July | The U.S. breaks out of Normandy and liberates Western France from Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Sansapor | | 30 July – 31 August | The U.S. defeats Japan |
| 1944 | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | Fourth Battle of Changsha | | August | Japanese capture nearby town from China, but unable to continue fighting afterward |
| 1944 | World War II | Warsaw Uprising | | 1 August – 3 October | 20,000 armed Poles against 55,000 Wehrmacht and SS; 90% of the city is destroyed and there are more than 250,000 casualties |
| 1944 | World War II | Falaise pocket | | 12–21 August | A German army gets trapped and defeated near Falaise, while the Allied armies (the U.S., the UK, Canada, Poland and France) liberate most of France |
| 1944 | World War II | Operation Dragoon | | 15 August | AKA Operation Anvil; Allied (the U.S., France, the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Greece and New Zealand) invasion of German-occupied Southern France |
| 1944 | World War II | Liberation of Paris | | 15–25 August | Allied forces (France, the U.S. and the UK) drive Nazi German forces out of the French capital |
| 1944 | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou | | 16 August – 24 November | Japanese victory over China and the U.S. |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Romania | | 20 August – 24 September | The Soviet Union breaches through the German and Romanian lines, capturing vast territories. Romania change sides from Germany to the Soviet Union. On 24 September, most of Romania is occupied by the Soviet Union. |
| 1944 | World War II | Baltic Offensive | //// | 14 September – 24 November | The Soviet Union captures most of the Baltic States and enters Germany in East Prussia |
| 1944 | World War II | Operation Tanne Ost | At sea | 15 September | Germans unable to capture island from Finland; Finland was supported by the Soviet Union. |
| 1944 | World War II | Belgrade offensive | | 15 September – 24 November | The Soviet Union, communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and Bulgaria capture Belgrade from Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Peleliu | | 15 September – 27 November | A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific; the U.S. defeats Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Arnhem | | 17–26 September | The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. Germany defeats the UK and Poland. |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Angaur | | 17–30 September | Volcanic island captured by Americans from Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Hürtgen Forest | | 19 September 1944 – 10 February 1945 | German Army repels U.S. forces with high losses for both |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Porkuni | | 21 September | The Soviet Union defeats Estonians fighting for Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Olhava | | 28 September | Germany defeats Finland |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Tornio | | 1–8 October | Finns capture Tornio from the Germans; start of the Lapland War proper |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of the Scheldt | / | 2 October – 8 November | Difficult Canadian victory secures the port of Antwerp from Germany, and ensures critical supplies for advancing Allied (Canada, the UK, Poland, the U.S., Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Norway) forces |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Aachen | | 2–21 October | Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II; the U.S. defeats Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Kos | | 3–4 October | Germany defeats Italy, the UK and South Africa |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Debrecen | | 6–29 October | Germans able to hold back Soviets |
| 1944 | World War II | Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive | | 7–29 October | The Soviet Union breaks through German lines into Norway |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Crucifix Hill | | 8 October | The U.S. 1st Infantry Division attacks and takes Crucifix Hill from Germany, a strategic point which allows the Battle of Aachen to occur |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Morotai | | 15 October | Allied (the U.S., Australia, the Netherlands and the UK) victory over Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Vukov Klanac | | 15–23 October | Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans defeat the German fascist puppet state of Croatia |
| 1944 | World War II | Operation Pheasant | | 20 October – 4 November | The UK, Canada, Poland, the U.S. and the Netherlands liberate North Brabant from Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Leyte | | 20 October – 31 December | Combined American and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas begin the liberation of the Philippines |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Leyte Gulf | | 23–26 October | The largest air-sea battle in history; American/Australian fleet destroy Japan's fleet |
| 1944 | World War II | Liberation of Finnmark | | 23 October 1944 – 26 April 1945 | The Soviet Union and Norway, supported by the UK, Canada and Sweden, drive Germany from the Norwegian region of Finnmark |
| 1944 | World War II | Budapest offensive | | 29 October 1944 – 13 February 1945 | The Soviet Union and Romania capture Budapest and most of Hungary from Germany and Hungary |
| 1944 | World War II | Aitape–Wewak campaign | | November 1944 – August 1945 | Australia victory over Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Landing at Jacquinot Bay | | 4 November | Australians land at Japanese-occupied Jacquinot Bay |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Ormoc Bay | | 11 November – 21 December | Americans prevent Japanese from resupplying Leyte |
| 1944 | World War II | Operation Queen | | 16 November | Germany defeats the U.S. and the UK |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Monte Castello | | 25 November 1944 – 12 February 1945 | Brazilian and American troops defeat Germans in Italy |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Wide Bay–Open Bay | | December 1944 – April 1945 | Australias defeat Japanese |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Mindoro | | 13–16 December | Combined U.S., Australia and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas capture main island off Luzon, Philippines from Japan |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of the Bulge | // | 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 | German counterattack in Ardennes; General McAuliffe says "NUTS" at Bastogne. The U.S., the UK, Belgium, Canada, France and Luxembourg defeat Germany |
| 1944 | World War II | Battle of Pearl Ridge | | 30–31 December | Australia defeats Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Luzon | | 9 January – 15 August | Filipino, American, Australian and Mexican victory. U.S. Sixth and Eighth Armies including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary including recognized guerrillas retakes and completes the recapture of Northern Philippines from Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Vistula-Oder offensive | / | 12 January – 2 February | The Soviet Union captures Western Poland from Germany and advances in parts of Eastern Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | East Prussian offensive | // | 13 January – 25 April | The Soviet Union captures most of East Prussia from Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Tsimba Ridge | | 17 January – 9 February | Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Operation Elephant | | 26 January | Canadian offensive succeeds against a German bridgehead at Kapelsche Veer in the Netherlands |
| 1945 | World War II | Raid at Cabanatuan | | 30 January | U.S. Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas rescue Bataan and Corregidor prisoners of war from Japanese prison camp |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle for the Recapture of Bataan | | 31 January – 8 February | Combined U.S and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas retake the historic Bataan Peninsula from Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle for the Liberation of Manila | | 3 February – 3 March | City totally devastated after month-long battle between the combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth military forces including recognized guerrillas against the Japanese Imperial forces; 100,000 civilians killed |
| 1945 | World War II | Rhineland Offensive | | 8 February – 27 March | The U.S., the UK and Canada capture the Rhineland from Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Silesian offensives | /// | 8 February – 31 March | The Soviet Union captures Silesia from Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Black Friday | | 9 February | British Empire air operation ends in defeat against Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor | | 16–26 February | Spectacular combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth assault retakes island bastion from Japanese forces |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Baguio | | 21 February – 26 April | Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army; USAFIP-NL; and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division retake Baguio, Northern Philippines, from Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Raid at Los Baños | | 23 February | U.S. Airborne Task Force and Filipino guerrillas rescues more than 2,000 Allied POWs and civilian internees held by Japanese |
| 1945 | World War II | East Pomeranian offensive | | 24 February – 4 April | The Soviet Union captures parts of Northeastern Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of the Transdanubian Hills | | 6–21 March | Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Italy defeat Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Mindanao | | 10 March – 15 August | U.S. Eighth Army including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary and recognized guerrillas recapture the Southern Philippines from Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Vienna offensive | | 16 March – 15 April | The Soviet Union captures Vienna from Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Operation Varsity | | 17 March | 134 Allied (the UK, the U.S. and Canada) gliders land troops in Wesel in Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of the Visayas | | 18 March – 30 July | U.S. Eighth Army including the Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary and recognized guerrillas retakes central Philippine islands from Japan |
| 1945 | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | Battle of West Henan and North Hubei | | 21 March – 11 May | Indecisive battle between China and Japan; Japan controls airbases after battle |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Iwo Jima | | 26 March | After a month, U.S. forces take main offshore Japanese island |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Slater's Knoll | | 28 March –6 April | Decisive Australian victory over Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle on Lijevča field | | 30 March – 8 April | Total Ustashian (Croats fighting for Germany) victory over Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists) |
| 1945 | Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | Battle of West Hunan | | 6 April – 9 June | Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Bologna | | 9–21 April | Poland, the UK, the U.S., Italy and Brazil defeat Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of the Argenta Gap | | 12–19 April | The UK defeats Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of the Hongorai River | | 17 April – 22 May | Australia and New Zealand defeat Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Halbe | | 24 April – 1 May | Part of Battle of Berlin, Germans unable to break out, Soviet victory |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Tanlwe Chaung | | 26 April | The UK defeats Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Berlin | | 26 April – 2 May | Soviet forces encircle and capture German capital; Hitler commits suicide |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Triest | | 30 April – 2 May | Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans, New Zealand and the Italian resistance capture the city from Germany, pro-German Italians and Chetniks (Yugoslav nationalists) |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Tarakan | | 1 May | Australian attack supported by the U.S. and the Netherlands as part of the Borneo campaign, defeating Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Castle Itter | | 5 May | Successful defence of the Itter Castle |
| 1945 | World War II | Prague offensive | | 6–11 May | The Soviet Union captures Prague from Germany |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Zelengora | | 10–13 May | Yugoslav communists defeat Yugoslav nationalists |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Poljana | | 14–15 May | Last battle of World War II in Europe; Yugoslav communists and the UK defeat Germany and Yugoslavs, fighting on the German side. |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Ratsua | | June – August | Australian victory over Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Porton Plantation | | 8–10 June | Japan defeats Australia and New Zealand |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Labuan | | 10–21 June | Australia, aided by the U.S. and UK, defeats Japan in Borneo |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Bessang Pass | | 14 June | Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL complete and retake the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon, Philippines from Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of North Borneo | | 17 June – 15 August | Australian victory in north Borneo over Japan; the U.S. supported Australia. |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Okinawa | | 21 June | U.S. and British Empire forces defeat Japanese, U.S. occupies island |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Beaufort | | 26–28 June | Australian victory over Japanese forces |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Balikpapan | | 1–21 July | Australian victory over Japanese forces |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Sagami Bay | At sea | 22–23 July | The U.S. defeats Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Mayoyao Ridge | | 26 July – 9 August | Filipino troops of the 11th and 14th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL, take the Japanese stronghold of Mayoyao, Mountain Province with U.S. air support |
| 1945 | World War II | Soviet invasion of Manchuria | / | 9–20 August | Decisive Russian victory over Japan |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War, World War II | Opening Campaign | | 10 August 1945 – 10 January 1946 | Chinese Civil War resumes, with three sides: Nationalist China and the U.S.; Communist China and the Soviet Union; and the Japan |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Mutanchiang | | 12–16 August | Japan defeats the Soviet Union |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War, World War II | Battle of Baoying | | 15–23 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War, World War II | Battle of Yongjiazhen | | 16–19 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War, World War II | Battle of Tianmen | | 17 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | World War II | Battle of Shumshu | | 18–23 August | The Soviet Union defeats Japan |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Wuhe | | 24 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Yinji | | 26–27 August | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Dazhongji | | 1–13 September | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Lingbi | | 4–5 September | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Xiangshuikou | | 18 September | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Rugao | | 21 September | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Houmajia | | 18 October | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |
| 1945 | Indonesian National Revolution | Battle of Surabaya | | 27 October – 20 November | Indonesian soldiers and militia against British and Dutch troops as a part of the Indonesian National Revolution; British victory. |
| 1945 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Shaobo | | 19–21 December | Chinese communists defeat Chinese Nationalists |

## 1946–1950

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1946 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Siping | | 15–17 March | Communist victory |
| 1946 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Huaiyin–Huai'an | | 21 August – 22 September | Nationalist victory |
| 1946 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Lishi | | 6–9 September | Communist victory |
| 1946 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Kalgan | | 10–20 October | Nationalist victory |
| 1947 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Yan'an | | 19 March | |
| 1947 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Niangziguan | | 24–25 April | |
| 1947 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Tang'erli | | 27–28 April | |
| 1947 | Indonesian National Revolution | Operation Product | | 21 July | First of two major Dutch military 'police actions' against Indonesia |
| 1947 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 | | | 22 October 1947 – 5 January 1949 | First war fought between the successor of British India, the Dominion of India, and newly-formed Dominion of Pakistan; the war ended with India having the majority portion of Kashmir |
| 1947 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 | Battle of Badgam | | 3 November | |
| 1947 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 | Battle of Shalateng | | 7 November | |
| 1947 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Phoenix Peak | | 7–9 December | |
| 1947 | 1948 Arab–Israeli War | Battles of Kfar Darom | | 7 December 1947 – 9 July 1948 | Egyptian victory |
| 1948 | 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine | Battle of Haifa | | 21–22 April | Jewish militias capture Haifa |
| 1948 | 1948 Arab–Israeli War | Battle of Nirim | | 15 May | Israeli militants capture Nirim kibbutz |
| 1948 | 1948 Arab–Israeli War | Battle of Yad Mordechai | | 19–24 May | Egypt captures the settlement despite heavy Israeli defense |
| 1948 | 1948 Arab–Israeli War | Battles of Latrun | | 24 May – 18 July | Jordanian forces capture Old Jerusalem |
| 1948 | 1948 Arab–Israeli War | First Battle of Negba | | 2 June | Israeli victory |
| 1948 | 1948 Arab–Israeli War | Second Battle of Negba | | 12 July | |
| 1948 | Chinese Civil War | Liaoshen Campaign | | 12 September – 12 November | Decisive Chinese Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists |
| 1948 | Chinese Civil War | Huaihai Campaign | | 6 November 1948 – 10 January 1949 | Decisive Chinese Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists |
| 1948 | Chinese Civil War | Pingjin Campaign | | 29 November 1948 – 31 January 1949 | Decisive Chinese Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists |
| 1948 | Indonesian National Revolution | Operation Kraai | | 19 December 1948 – 5 January 1949 | The second Dutch military 'police action' against Indonesia. Although the Dutch were militarily victorious, they were forced to give up the East Indies under international anti-colonial pressure. |
| 1949 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Kuningtou | | 25–27 October | Nationalist victory establishes Taiwan as the Nationalist refuge; Communists left in control of mainland China |
| 1949 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Dengbu Island | | 3–5 November | |
| 1950 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Bamianshan | | 19–31 January | |
| 1950 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Tianquan | | 14–20 February | |
| 1950 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Nan'ao Island | | 3 March | |
| 1950 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Dongshan Island | | 11 May | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Gorangpo | | 25–26 June | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Kaesong-Munsan | | 25–26 June | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Ongjin | | 25–26 June | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Uijeongbu | | 25–26 June | |
| 1950 | Korean War | First Battle of Seoul | | 25–28 June | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Chuncheon | | 25–29 June | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Air Battle of South Korea | / | 25 June – 20 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Operation Pokpoong | / | 25 June – 31 July | North Korean offensive ends in victory |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Suwon Airfield | | 27 June | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Chumonchin Chan | At sea | 2 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Osan | | 5 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Pyongtaek | | 6 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Chonan | | 7–8 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Chochiwon | | 10–12 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Taejon | | 14–21 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Sangju | | 20–31 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Yongdong | | 22–25 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Hwanggan | | 23–29 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Hadong Ambush | | 27 July | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Andong | | 29 July – 1 August | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of the Notch | | 2 August | |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Pusan Perimeter | | 4 August – 18 September | UN forces stop North Korean invasion of South Korea, counterattack in mid-September in conjunction with Battle of Inchon |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Inchon | | 15–19 September | UN retakes South Korea, reaches Seoul in 12 days |
| 1950 | Annexation of Tibet/Cold War | Battle of Chamdo | | 6–19 October | Chinese victory |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Sariwon | | 17 October | UN victory |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Kujin | | 25–26 October | UN victory |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Onjong | | 25–29 October | Chinese victory |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Unsan | | 25 October – 4 November | Chinese victory |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Chongju | | 29–30 October | Australian/UN victory |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Pakchon | | 5 November | Australian/UN victory |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River | | 25 November – 2 December | Decisive Chinese victory, UN forces expelled from North Korea |
| 1950 | Korean War | Battle of Chosin Reservoir | | 27 November – 13 December | Chinese strategic victory |
| 1950 | Korean War | Third Battle of Seoul | | 31 December 1950 – 7 January 1951 | Chinese and North Korean forces take Seoul |

## 1951–1955

| Year | War | Battle | Date(s) | Description |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Uijeongbu | 1–4 January | UN defeat |
| 1951 | First Indochina War | Battle of Vĩnh Yên | 13–17 January | French victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of the Twin Tunnels | 1 February | UN victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Hoengsong | 11–13 February | Chinese and North Korean victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Third Battle of Wonju | 13–18 February | UN victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Maehwa-san | 7–12 March | UN victory |
| 1951 | First Indochina War | Battle of Mạo Khê | 23–28 March | French victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Yultong | 22–23 April | Filipino/UN victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of the Imjin River | 22–25 April | Chinese victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Kapyong | 22–25 April | Australian/UN victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Bloody Ridge | 18 August – 5 September | UN victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Heartbreak Ridge | 13 September – 15 October | UN victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Naval Battle of the Han River | 28–30 September | Australian Navy ship bombs Chinese forces |
| 1951 | Korean War | First Battle of Maryang San | 3–8 October 1951 | UN victory |
| 1951 | First Indochina War | Battle of Nghĩa Lộ | 3–10 October | French victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Haktang-ni | 9–13 October | UN victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Yongyu | 21–22 October | Americans and Australians defeat North Korean forces |
| 1951 | Korean War | Second Battle of Maryang San | 5 November 1951 | Chinese victory |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Chuam-ni | 14–17 November | UN victory over China |
| 1951 | Korean War | Battle of Sunchon | 1 December | Soviet Air Force defeats Australian Air Force |
| 1952 | Decolonisation of Africa | Battle of Ismailia (1952) | 25 January | British soldiers defeat Egyptian police. |
| 1952 | Korean War | Battle of Hill Eerie | 21 March – 18 July | UN victory |
| 1952 | Korean War | Battle of Old Baldy | 26 June 1952 – 26 March 1953 | |
| 1952 | Korean War | Battle of Bunker Hill | 9 August – 30 September | UN victory |
| 1952 | Korean War | Battle of Outpost Kelly | 17–24 September | Chinese victory |
| 1952 | Cross-Strait conflict | Battle of Nanpeng Archipelago | 20 September – 20 October | |
| 1952 | Korean War | Battle of White Horse | 6–15 October | UN victory |
| 1952 | Chinese Civil War | Battle of Nanri Island | 11–15 October | |
| 1952 | Korean War | Battle of Triangle Hill | 14 October – 25 November | Chinese victory |
| 1952 | Korean War | Second Battle of the Hook | 18–19 November | UN victory |
| 1952 | First Indochina War | Battle of Nà Sản | 23 November – 2 December | French victory |
| 1952 | Korean War | Battle of the Noris | 11–14 December | UN victory |
| 1953 | Korean War | Battle of Pork Chop Hill | 23 March – 11 July | UN victory in April, Chinese victory in July |
| 1953 | Korean War | Battle of the Nevada Complex | 25–29 May | Chinese victory |
| 1953 | Korean War | Third Battle of the Hook | 28–29 May | UN victory |
| 1953 | Korean War | Battle of Dalushan Islands | 29 May | |
| 1953 | Korean War | Battle of Kumsong | 10 June – 20 July | Chinese victory |
| 1953 | Korean War | Battle of the Berlin Outposts and Boulder City | 7–27 July | UN victory |
| 1953 | Korean War | Battle of the Samichon River | 24–26 July | UN victory |
| 1954 | First Indochina War | Battle of Dien Bien Phu | 13 March – 7 May | France loses Indochina |
| 1955 | First Taiwan Strait Crisis | Battle of Yijiangshan Islands | 18–20 January | |
| 1955 | Algerian War | Battle of Philippeville | 20 August | |
| 1955 | Cyprus Emergency | Battle of Famagusta | 20–21 November | |
| 1955 | Cyprus Emergency | Battle of the Pine | 23 November | |
| 1955 | Cyprus Emergency | Battle of Spilia | 12 December | |

## 1956–1960

| Year | War | Battle | Date(s) | Description |
| 1956 | Suez Crisis | Battle of Mitla Pass | 31 October | Britain, France and Israel attempt to retake the Suez Canal after recent Egyptian nationalization |
| 1956 | Suez Crisis | Battle of Port Said | 5 November – 22 December | Britain, France and Israel attempt to retake the Suez Canal after recent Egyptian nationalization |
| 1957 | Algerian War | Battle of Agounennda | 23–25 May | |
| 1957 | Algerian War | Battle of Bouzegza | 4–12 August | |
| 1958 | Algerian War | Battle of Bab El Bekkouche | 28–31 May | |
| 1958 | Cuban Revolution | Battle of La Plata | 11–21 July | |
| 1958 | Cuban Revolution | Battle of Las Mercedes | 29 July – 8 August | |
| 1958 | Cuban Revolution | Battle of Yaguajay | 19–30 December | |

## 1961–1965

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1961 | Cuban Revolution | Bay of Pigs Invasion | | 17–20 April | A failed U.S.-backed attempt to capture Cuba and a major blow to U.S. pride and reputation |
| 1962 | Vietnam War | Operation Chopper | | 12 January | First major combat of American forces in the Vietnam War |
| 1962 | Western New Guinea dispute | Battle of Arafura Sea | At sea | 15 January | Operation Trikora; this was the last time the Royal Netherlands Navy sunk a ship |
| 1962 | Vietnam War | Operation Sunrise | | 22 March – 30 April | South Vietnamese counteroffensive to disrupt Vietcong near Saigon |
| 1962 | Sino-Indian War | Battle of Namka Chu | / | 10 October – 16 November | Chinese victory |
| 1962 | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Raid on Limbang | | 12 December | British commandos defeat Malaysian insurgents |
| 1963 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ap Bac | | 2 January | North Vietnamese victory |
| 1963 | Vietnam War | Battle of Go Cong | | 3 September | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1963 | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Battle of Long Jawai | | 28 September | Initial Indonesian victory, but Britain successfully counterattacks |
| 1963 | Vietnam War | Battle of Hiệp Hòa | | 22 November | Vietcong victory |
| 1964 | Vietnam War | Battle of Long Dinh | | 26 February | Indecisive |
| 1964 | Vietnam War | Battle of Kien Long | | 12–20 April | South Vietnamese victory; Vietcong successfully retreats |
| 1964 | Vietnam War | Operation Quyet Thang 202 | | 27 April – 27 May | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1964 | Vietnam War | Battle of Nam Dong | | 5–6 July | Allied victory over North Vietnam |
| 1964 | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Landing at Labis | | September – October | Allied (the UK, New Zealand and Malaysia) forces successfully land on Indonesian troops |
| 1964 | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Landing at Kesang River | | 29 October | Australian and British forces defeat Indonesian landing |
| 1964 | Vietnam War | Battle of An Lão | | 7–9 December | North Vietnamese victory |
| 1964 | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Action of 13 December 1964 | At sea | 13 December | Australian minesweeper defeats Indonesian patrol boat |
| 1964 | Vietnam War | Battle of Binh Gia | | 28 December 1964 – 1 January 1965 | Vietcong victory |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Attack on Camp Holloway | | 6–7 February | Vietcong victory, beginning of Operation Flaming Dart |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Battle of Dương Liễu–Nhông Pass | | 7–8 February | Vietcong victory |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Operation Flaming Dart | | 7–24 February | Escalation of the Vietnam War |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | First Battle of Thanh Hóa Bridge | | 4 April 1965 – 13 May 1972 | North Vietnamese jets take down three American jets attempting to blow up a key bridge; the bridge still stands |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Operation Starlite | | 18–24 April | First major American-only offensive, both sides claim victory |
| 1965 | Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation | Battle of Plaman Mapu | | 27 April | British victory |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Battle of Sông Bé | | 10–15 May | American-South Vietnamese victory |
| 1965 | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Battle of Sungei Koemba | | 27 May – 12 June | Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ba Gia | | 28–31 May | Vietcong victory |
| 1965 | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Battle of Kindau | | 15 June | Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces |
| 1965 | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Battle of Babang | | 12 July | Australian forces defeat Indonesian forces |
| 1965 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Lahore | | 6–12 September | Indian victory |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Operation Piranha | | 7–10 September | American forces storm the Batangan Peninsula |
| 1965 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Phillora | | 7–11 September | Indian victory |
| 1965 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Asal Uttar | | 8–10 September | Indian victory |
| 1965 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | Battle of Chawinda | | 14–19 September | Inconclusive |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Battle of An Ninh | | 18–19 September | Americans considered the battle a victory due to low losses and capture, but in the wider campaign, it was a defeat |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Siege of Plei Me | | 19–25 October | First major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnam |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Pleiku campaign | | 27 October – 26 November | Large American victory |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Operation Hump | | 5–8 November | American/Australian success |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Battle of Gang Toi | | 8 November | First major encounter between Australia and North Vietnam, a minor Vietcong victory |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ap Bau Bang | | 12 November | Both sides declare victory |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ia Drang | | 14–18 November | First major encounter between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam in Vietnam. Over the first two days an American battalion repulses continuous Vietnamese assaults; another battalion, sent to reinforce the first, is ambushed on the fourth day when it withdraws, suffering heavy losses. |
| 1965 | Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation | Battle of Bau | | 21 November | British victory |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Operation Bushmaster II | | 1–6 December | American victory |
| 1965 | Vietnam War | Operation Harvest Moon | | 8–20 December | Allied victory |

## 1966–1970

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Marauder | | 1–8 January | Allied victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Battle of the Ho Bo Woods | | 8–14 January | American/Australian victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Double Eagle | | 18 January – 17 February | Inconclusive |
| 1966 | Laotian Civil War, Vietnam War | Battle of Nakhang | | 16–28 February | |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Battle of Suoi Bong Trang | | 23–24 February | Major Australian victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Battle of Đức Cơ | | 23–24 February | |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Utah | | 4–7 March | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Battle of A Sau | | 9–10 March |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Jackstay | | 26 March – 6 April | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Battle of Xa Cam My | | 11–12 April | |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Georgia | | 21 April – 10 May | American victory |
| 1966 | Rhodesian Bush War | Battle of Sinoia | | 28 April | |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Davy Crockett | | 1–16 May | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Paul Revere | | 10 May – 1 August | American/South Korean victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Wahiawa | | 16–30 May | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Crazy Horse | | 16 May – 5 June | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Hardihood | | 16 May – 8 June | American/Australian victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation El Paso | | 19 May – 13 July | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Hawthorne | | 2–21 June | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Battle of Hill 488 | | 15–16 June | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Nathan Hale | | 19–30 June | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Jay | | 25 June – 2 July | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Macon | | 4 July – 28 October | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Battle of Minh Thanh Road | | 9 July | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Hastings | / | 15 July – 3 August | American troops force North Vietnamese across the Vietnamese DMZ |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation John Paul Jones | | 21 July – 5 September | Inconclusive |
| 1966 | Laotian Civil War | Battle of Nam Bac | | August 1966 – January 1968 | |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Prairie | / | 3 August 1966 – 31 January 1967 | Attempt to drive away North Vietnamese units under the Vietnamese DMZ |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Battle of Đức Cơ | | 9–10 August | |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Battle of Long Tan | | 18–19 August | First major action of Australian forces in Vietnam |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Amarillo | | 23–31 August | Inconclusive |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Seward | | 5–25 September | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Thayer | | 13 September 1966 – 12 February 1967 | Allied victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Attleboro | | 14 September – 25 November | Both sides declare victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Shenandoah | | 16 October – 2 November | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Atlanta | | 19 October – December | American victory |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Paul Revere IV | | 20 October – 30 December | Inconclusive |
| 1966 | Vietnam War | Operation Fairfax | | November 1966 – 15 December 1967 | American combing operation victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Deckhouse Five | | 6–15 January | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Cedar Falls | | 8–26 January | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Desoto | | 27 January – 7 April | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Prairie II | / | 1 February – 18 March | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Enterprise | | 13 February 1967 – 11 March 1968 | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of Trà Bình | | 14–15 February | South Korean victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Bribie | | 17–18 February | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Junction City | | 22 February – 14 May | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of Prek Klok I | | 28 February | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of Prek Klok II | | 10 March | American victory over a Vietcong ambush |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Second Battle of Bàu Bàng | | 19–20 March | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Prairie III | / | 19 March – 19 April | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of Suoi Tre | | 21 March | Costly Vietcong defeat |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ap Gu | | 31 March – 1 April | American forces defeat Vietcong |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Francis Marion | | 6 April – 11 October | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Lejeune | | 7–22 April | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Prairie IV | / | 20 April – 17 May | Costly American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Union | | 21 April – 16 May | American attempt to find Vietcong in the Quế Sơn Valley |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Baker | | 22 April – 31 July | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Manhattan | | 23 April – 7 June | American recon victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | First Battle of Khe Sanh | | 24 April – 11 May | Americans capture Hill 861 |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Beaver Cage | | 28 April – 12 May | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operations Malheur I and Malheur II | | 11 May – 2 August | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Crockett | | 13 May – 16 July | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Kole Kole | | 14 May – 7 December | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Hickory | | 18–28 May | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Barking Sands | | 18 May – 7 December | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Union II | | 26 May – 5 June | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Dragnet | | 26 May 1967 – 27 January 1968 | Allied victory |
| 1967 | Six-Day War | Battle of Abu-Ageila | | 5–6 June | Israel defeats Egypt. |
| 1967 | Six-Day War | Battle of Ammunition Hill | | 6 June | Israel defeats Jordan. |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Akron | | 9–29 June | American/South Vietnamese forces attempt to flank Vietcong troops, but both sides take losses |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Billings | | 12–26 June | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Concordia | | 19–21 June | Allied victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of the Slopes | | 20–22 June | North Vietnamese victory |
| 1967 | Nigerian Civil War | Battle of Nsukka | | 2–12 July | |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Diamond Head | | 11 July – 31 October | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Kingfisher | | 16 July – 31 October | Inconclusive, both sides claim victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Coronado II | | 27–31 July | Allied victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Hood River | | 2–13 August | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of Suoi Chau Pha | | 6 August | Australian victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Colorado | | 6–22 August | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1967 | Nigerian Civil War | Midwest Invasion of 1967 | | 9 August – 20 September | |
| 1967 | Nigerian Civil War | Battle of Ore | | 11 August | |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Benton | | 13–29 August | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Coronado IV | | 19 August – 9 September | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Action of 23 August 1967 | | 23 August | North Vietnamese fighter jets defeat American jets |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Byrd | | 25 August – 1 December | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Swift | | 4–15 September | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1967 | Nathu La and Cho La clashes | | / | 11–14 September | Indian forces beat back Chinese forces |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Wheeler/Wallowa | | 11 September 1967 – 11 November 1968 | American offensive, where the Tiger Force committed war crimes |
| 1967 | Nigerian Civil War | Fall of Enugu | | 12 September – 4 October | Nigerian forces capture the Biafran capital of Enugu |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Coronado V | | 12 September – 7 October | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Kunia | | 15 September – 9 November | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Shenandoah II | | 29 September – 10 December | Americans try to repair highway |
| 1967 | Nigerian Civil War | First Battle of Onitsha | | 4–12 October | |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Medina | | 11–20 October | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation MacArthur | | 12 October 1967 – 31 January 1969 | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ong Thanh | | 17 October | Vietcong victory |
| 1967 | Nigerian Civil War | Operation Tiger Claw | | 17–19 October | |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Osceola | | 20 October 1967 – 16 February 1968 | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | First Battle of Loc Ninh | | 29 October – 7 November | American and South Vietnamese troops capture Loc Ninh |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Lancaster | | 1 November 1967 – 20 January 1968 | Minor operation, Tet Offensive causes beginning of Operation Lancaster II |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Coronado IX | | 1 November 1967 – 22 January 1968 | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Neosho | | 1 November 1967 – 25 January 1968 | Continuation of Operation Fremont |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Kentucky | | 1 November 1967 – 28 February 1969 | Low-level American cross-Vietnamese DMZ operation |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of Dak To | | 3–23 November | Pyrrhic American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Santa Fe | | 3 November 1967 – 5 January 1968 | Allied victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Essex | | 6–17 November | Minor American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Napoleon/Saline | | November – 9 December | Allied victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Kien Giang 9-1 | | 15–19 November | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Manchester | | 4 December 1967 – 17 February 1968 | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Battle of Tam Quan | | 6–20 December | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Yellowstone | | 8 December 1967 – 24 February 1968 | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Saratoga | | 8 December 1967 – 11 March 1968 | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Muscatine | | 18 December 1967 – 10 June 1968 | American victory |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Badger Tooth | | 26 December 1967 – 2 January 1968 | Inconclusive |
| 1967 | Vietnam War | Operation Auburn | | 28 December 1967 – 3 January 1968 | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Niagara | | January – March | American counterattack on Tet Offensive |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | New Year's Day battle of 1968 | | 1–2 January | American victory |
| 1968 | Nigerian Civil War | Second Battle of Onitsha | | 2 January – 20 March | Nigerian forces capture Onitsha |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Lancaster II | | 20 January – 23 November | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation McLain | | 20 January 1968 – 31 January 1969 | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Jeb Stuart | | 21 January – 31 March | Spontaneous American counterattack disrupted by Tet Offensive |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Khe Sanh | | 21 January – 8 April | Desperate defense by the U.S. Marines to hold strategically important fire base against huge NVA numbers. Vietnamese Communists fail in their bid to turn the siege into an "American Battle of Dien Bien Phu", though it is also possible that Khe Sanh was used as a diversion. |
| 1968 | Korean DMZ Conflict | Capture of the USS Pueblo | At sea | 23 January | North Korea seizes U.S. ship USS Pueblo (AGER-2) |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ban Houei Sane | | 23–24 January | North Vietnamese troops defeat a small garrison of Laotian Royal troops |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Coronado X | | 23 January – 12 February | Allied victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Coburg | | 24 January – 1 March | Allied victory over North Vietnam |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Tet offensive attacks on Da Nang | | 29 January – 11 February | Allied forces repulse Vietcong attacks |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Tet Offensive | | 30 January | North Vietnam loses militarily but turns the tide of U.S. opinion against the war |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Saigon | | 30 January – 7 March | American and South Vietnamese troops repel the attack, but it heavily increases anti-war sentiment in the US. |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Bến Tre | | 31 January – 5 February | Vietcong attack Bến Tre, but fail to capture it |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Quang Tri | | 31 January – 6 February | South Vietnamese/American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Da Lat | | January – 9 February | North Vietnamese attacks and captures Da Lat, but loses it in an American/South Vietnamese attack days later |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack | | 31 January – 11 February | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Huế | | 31 January – 2 March | American and South Vietnamese forces successfully defend the city, although Vietcong commit the Hue Massacre |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Lang Vei | | 6–7 February | North Vietnamese captures Lang Vei camp |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Truong Cong Dinh | | 7 March – 7 August | South Vietnam attempts to regain control over major highways |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Lo Giang | | 8–9 February | American troops repel North Vietnamese attacks |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Hop Tac I | | 10 February – 10 March | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Coronado XI | | 12 February – 3 March | Allied victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Houston | | 26 February – 12 September | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Action of 1 March 1968 | | 1 March | North Vietnamese ships attempt to ambush South Vietnamese ships |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Patrick | | 1–30 March | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Tam Kỳ | | 3–6 March | American victory |
| 1968 | Nigerian Civil War | Invasion of Port Harcourt | | 8 March – 24 May | Nigerian forces capture Port Harcourt |
| 1968 | Vietnam War, Laotian Civil War | Battle of Lima Site 85 | | 10–11 March | North Vietnamese-Pathet Lao victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Quyet Thang | | 11 March – 7 April | South Vietnamese and U.S. recapture areas around Saigon |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Walker | | 17 March 1968 – 31 January 1969 | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Carentan | | 18 March – 17 May | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Frederick Hill | | 18 March 1968 – 28 February 1971 | American successfully conduct a security operation in Quảng Tín province |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Geneva Park | | 18 March 1968 – 28 February 1971 | American successfully conduct a security operation in Quang Ngai Province |
| 1968 | War of Attrition, Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Battle of Karameh | | 21 March | Jordanian troops with the PLO repel an Israeli raid to capture Yasser Arafat, but the camp is destroyed |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Cochise Green | | 30 March – 31 January 1969 | American victory |
| 1968 | Nigerian Civil War | Abagana Ambush | | 31 March | Biafran ambush wipes out the Nigerian 2nd Division |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Toan Thang I | | 8 April – 31 May | Allied victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Burlington Trail | | 8 April – 11 November | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Signal Hill | | 19–21 April | Pyrrhic North Vietnamese victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Delaware | | 19 April – 17 May | Inconclusive |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | May Offensive | | 29 April – 30 May | North Vietnamese offensive smaller in scale than the Tet Offensive, but much bloodier |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Dai Do | | 30 April – 3 May | Both sides claim victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Allen Brook | | 4 May – 24 August | American/South Vietnamese forces drive back Vietcong |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of An Bao | | 5–6 May | North Vietnamese forces ambush Americans, but the Americans fight back and win |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of West Saigon | | 5–12 May | Allied victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Landing Zone Center | | 5–25 May | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of South Saigon | | 7–12 May | Allied victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Concordia Square | | 8–17 May | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Kham Duc | | 10–12 May | North Vietnamese victory and one of the largest battles of the war |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Coral–Balmoral | | 12 May – 6 June | Australian forces repel multiple North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks over 26 days of fighting |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Jeb Stuart III | | 17 May – 3 November | U.S. forces attack North Vietnamese bases |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Nevada Eagle | | 17 May 1968 – 28 February 1969 | Protection of Huế by Americans |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Toan Thang II | | 1 June 1968 – 16 February 1969 | Allied victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Robin | | 2–19 June | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Binh An | | 27–28 June | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Thor | | 1–8 July | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Pocahontas Forest | | 6–31 July | Allied victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Quyet Chien | | 3 August – 30 November | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Somerset Plain | | 4–20 August | U.S. claims victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Phase III offensive | | 17 August—27 September | Failed third push by the North Vietnamese after the Tet Offensive |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Duc Lap | | 24–27 August | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1968 | Nigerian Civil War | Operation OAU | | 2 September—15 October | Nigerian forces capture Owerri and Aba, but are unable to capture Umuahia; the failure allows Biafra to retake Owerri and Aba |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Champaign Grove | | 8–24 September | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Vinh Loc | | 10–20 September | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Maui Peak | | 1–19 October | American victory |
| 1968 | Nigerian Civil War | Siege of Owerri | | 15 October 1968—25 April 1969 | Biafra recaptures Owerri |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Fulton Square | | 22 October 1968—18 January 1970 | Minor clashes between American/South Vietnamese forces and Vietcong |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Henderson Hill | | 23 October—6 December | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Sheridan Sabre | | 7 November 1968—4 April 1969 | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Commando Hunt | | 15 November 1968—29 March 1972 | Americans fail to bomb Vietcong supply routes |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Meade River | | 20 November—9 December | American victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Battle of Hat Dich | | 3 December 1968—19 February 1969 | Allied victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Taylor Common | | 7 December 1968—8 March 1969 | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1968 | Vietnam War | Operation Fayette Canyon | | 15 December 1968—28 February 1969 | American victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Dewey Canyon | | 22 January—18 March | Last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Toan Thang III | | 17 February—31 October | Allied victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Massachusetts Striker | | 28 February—8 May | Both sides claim victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Iron Mountain | | 28 February 1969—28 February 1971 | American victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Purple Martin | | 1 March—2 May | American victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Kentucky Jumper | | 1 March—14 August | American reconnaissance operation |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Maine Crag | | 15 March—2 May | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Atlas Wedge | | 17–24 March | American victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Montana Mauler | | 23 March—3 April | American victory |
| 1969 | Nigerian Civil War | Defense of Umuahia | | 27 March—22 April | |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Washington Green | | 15 April 1969—1 January 1971 | American victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Virginia Ridge | | 2 May—16 July | American victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Apache Snow | | 10 May—7 June | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Battle of Hamburger Hill | | 13–20 May | American and South Vietnamese troops win, but heavy losses force them to withdraw |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Lamar Plain | | 15 May—14 August | American victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Pipestone Canyon | | 26 May—7 November | American launch a successful local offensive |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Battle of Binh Ba | | 6–8 June | Australians defeat Vietcong |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Montgomery Rendezvous | | 8 June—15 August | Costly American victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Utah Mesa | | 12 June—6 July | Allied victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Campbell Streamer | | 13 July—15 August | Dozens of Vietcong killed |
| 1969 | | Football War | 14 July | Between El Salvador and Honduras |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Idaho Canyon | | 21 July—25 September | American victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Nantucket Beach | | 23 July 1969—10 March 1971 | American victory |
| 1969 | The Troubles | Battle of the Bogside | | 12–14 August | Unarmed Irish residents of the Bogside in Derry City expel Police and the Special Constabulary from their area. The riots lasts for 2 days until the British Army is sent in. This event is often described as the beginning of the Troubles, a 30-year guerrilla war. |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Camden | | 21 August | Australian victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Siege of Landing Zone Kate | | 27 October—1 November | North Vietnamese victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Toan Thang IV | | 1 November 1969—1 May 1970 | Allied victory |
| 1969 | Vietnam War | Operation Randolph Glen | | 7 December 1969—31 March 1970 | Inconclusive |
| 1969 | Nigerian Civil War | Defense of Oguta | | 20–24 December | |
| 1970 | Nigerian Civil War | Operation Tail-Wind | | 7–12 January | Biafra surrenders to Nigeria |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Green River | | 19 January—22 July | American victory |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Texas Star | | 1 April—5 September | Indecisive |
| 1970 | The Troubles | Battle of St Matthew's | | 27–28 June | A battle between Provisional IRA and loyalists |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Pennsylvania Square | | 29 June 1970—1 March 1971 | American victory |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord | | 1–23 July | North Vietnamese victory |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Clinch Valley | | 9–15 July | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Elk Canyon | | 12 July—29 September | Americans attempt to improve positions after the fall of Kham Duc, but fail |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Pickens Forest | | 16 July—24 August | American victory |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Wolfe Mountain | | 22 July 1970—30 January 1971 | Inconclusive |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Chicago Peak | | 24 July—11 August | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Siege of Firebase O'Reilly | | 9 August—7 October | North Vietnamese victory as the base closes down |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Imperial Lake | | 1 September 1970—7 May 1971 | American/South Korean success, but perpetration of the Sơn Thắng massacre |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Jefferson Glenn | | 5 September 1970—8 October 1971 | Last major ground offensive involving the U.S. |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Tailwind | | 11–13 September | American/South Vietnamese victory |
| 1970 | Vietnam War | Operation Ivory Coast | | 21 November | American attempt to rescue POWs, but there were none |
| 1970 | Guinea-Bissau War of Independence | Operation Green Sea | | 22 November | An amphibious attack on Conakry by Portugal |

## 1971–1975

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1971 | Vietnam War | Battle of Snuol | | 5 January—30 May | American and North Vietnamese troops clash in Cambodia |
| 1971 | Vietnam War | Operation Cuu Long 44-02 | | 13–25 January | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1971 | Vietnam War | Operation Finney Hill | | 10 March—1 July | American victory |
| 1971 | Vietnam War | Operation Middlesex Peak | | 10 March—1 July | American victory |
| 1971 | Vietnam War | Battle of FSB Mary Ann | | 28 March | Vietcong ambush victory |
| 1971 | Vietnam War | Operation Caroline Hill | | 29 April—1 July | American victory |
| 1971 | Vietnam War | Battle of Long Khánh | | 6–7 June | Pyrrhic Australian victory, as the North Vietnamese ability to retreat and defend its supply routes ultimately led it to win over Australia |
| 1971 | Vietnam War | Battle of Nui Le | | 21 September | Last major Australian/New Zealand victory of Vietnam War |
| 1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 | Battle of Garibpur | | 20–21 November | Decisive Indian victory |
| 1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 | First Battle of Hilli | | 22–24 November | Bloodiest battle of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Indian and Bengali victory |
| 1971 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 | Operation Trident | | 4–5 December | Indian Navy attacks Karachi port |
| 1971 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 | Battle of Longewala | | 4–7 December | Decisive Indian victory |
| 1971 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 | Battle of Basantar | | 6–16 December | Tactical Indian victory |
| 1971 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 | Second Battle of Hilli | | 10–11 December | Failed Pakistani counterattack on Hilli, Indian/Bengali victory |
| 1972 | Vietnam War | First Battle of Quảng Trị | | 30 March—1 May | North Vietnamese victory during Easter Offensive |
| 1972 | Vietnam War | Second Battle of Lộc Ninh | | 4–7 April | North Vietnamese victory |
| 1972 | Vietnam War | Battle of An Lộc | | 13 April—20 July | Major battle ending in a South Vietnamese victory |
| 1972 | Vietnam War | Battle of Đồng Hới | | 19 April | |
| 1972 | Vietnam War | Battle of the Mỹ Chánh Line | | 5 May—26 June | South Vietnamese/American victory |
| 1972 | The Troubles | Battle at Springmartin | | 13–14 May | A battle that involved the British Army, the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Ulster Volunteer Force |
| 1972 | Vietnam War | Battle of Kontum | | 13 May—9 June | South Vietnam and U.S. troops repulse Vietcong attack |
| 1972 | Vietnam War | Second Battle of Quảng Trị | | 28 June—16 September | South Vietnamese forces retake most of Quảng Trị province |
| 1972 | Dhofar Rebellion | Battle of Mirbat | | 19 July | British SAS forces defeat Communist rebels during an attempted coup of Oman |
| 1973 | Vietnam War | Battle of Cửa Việt | | 25–31 January | North Vietnam captures Cửa Việt Base. |
| 1973 | Vietnam War | Battle of Hồng Ngự | | March-4 May | Allied victory |
| 1973 | Vietnam War | Battle of Tong Le Chon | | 25 March 1973—12 April 1974 | North Vietnam captures Tonle Cham Camp |
| 1973 | Vietnam War | Battle of Trung Nghia | | 8 June—16 September | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1973 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ap Da Bien | | 3 October | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Battles of Fort Budapest | | 6 October | Egyptian troops fail to capture an Israeli fort |
| 1973 | 1973 Arab–Israeli War | Battle of Fort Lahtzanit | | 6 October | Egyptians capture an Israeli fort |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Ofira Air Battle | | 6 October | Israeli victory in the air |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | First Battle of Mount Hermon | | 6–7 October | Syria recaptures Mount Hermon |
| 1973 | 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Yom Kippur War | Operation Badr | | 6–8 October | Egyptian offensive marking the beginning of the Yom Kippur War |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Valley of Tears | | 6–9 October | Very bloody battle in the Golan Heights |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Operation Model 5 | | 7 October | Syrian troops win an anti-aircraft battle |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Operation Tagar | | 7 October | Israel forfeits the operation attempting to block Egyptian troops |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Battle of Marsa Talamat | At sea | 7 October | Israel defeats Egyptian ships |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Battle of Latakia | At sea | 7 October | Israel defeats Syrian troops off the coast of Latakia |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Romani ambush | | 7 October | Successful Israeli ambush |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Second Battle of Mount Hermon | | 8 October | Syrian victory |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Battle of Baltim | At sea | 8–9 October | Israel defeats Egyptian ships off the Egyptian coast |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Syrian General Staff Headquarters raid | | 9 October | Israel successfully raids the general staff of Syria |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Second Battle of Latakia | | 11 October | Inconclusive |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Operation Gown | | 12 October | Israel destroys Syrian supply lines |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Raid on al-Mazzah Airport | | 13 October | Israeli victory |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Air battle of Mansoura | | 14 October | Egyptian planes defeat an Israeli plane |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Battle of the Sinai | | 14 October | Israeli victory |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Battle of The Chinese Farm | | 15–17 October | Israeli victory |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Operation Abirey-Halev | | 15–23 October | Israeli victory |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush | | 17 October | Israeli victory |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Battle of Ismailia | | 18–22 October | Israel fails to block Egyptian supply lines |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Third Battle of Mount Hermon | | 21–22 October | Israel captures the mountain after a third assault |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Battle of Suez | | 24–25 October | Egypt holds the Suez Canal |
| 1973 | Vietnam War | Battle of Quang Duc | | 30 October 1973—10 December 1974 | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1974 | Vietnam War | Battle of the Paracel Islands | | 19–20 January | Chinese victory |
| 1974 | Vietnam War | Battle of Tri Phap | | 12 February—4 May | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1974 | Vietnam War, Cambodian Civil War | Battle of Kampot | | 26 February—2 April | |
| 1974 | Vietnam War | Battle of Svay Rieng | / | 27 March—2 May | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1974 | Vietnam War | Battle of the Iron Triangle | | 16 May—20 November | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1974 | Vietnam War | Battle of Duc Duc | | 18 July—4 October | North Vietnamese victory |
| 1974 | The Troubles | Attack on UDR Clogher barracks | | 2 May | |
| 1974 | Cyprus problem | Turkish invasion of Cyprus | | 20 July—16 August | |
| 1974 | Vietnam War | Battle of Thượng Ðức | | 29 July—11 November | Costly for both sides; South Vietnam holds off North assault on Da Nang, but fails to capture Thuong Duc |
| 1974 | Vietnam War | Battle of Phú Lộc | | 28 August—10 December | South Vietnamese victory |
| 1974 | Vietnam War | Battle of Phước Long | | 12 December 1974—6 January 1975 | Important North Vietnamese victory |
| 1975 | Vietnam War | Battle of Ban Me Thuot | | 3–18 March | North Vietnam captures Tay Nguyen region, destroying South Vietnam's 2nd Corps in the process |
| 1975 | Vietnam War | Hue–Da Nang Campaign | | 5 March—12 April | North Vietnam captures Huế and Da Nang with little resistance |
| 1975 | Vietnam War | Battle of Xuân Lộc | | 9–12 April | Remnants of ARVN make a last stand in the final major battle of the Vietnam War |
| 1975 | Vietnam War | East Sea Campaign | At sea | 9–29 April | North Vietnam captures the Spratly Islands in one of the last South Vietnamese-controlled places |
| 1975 | Cambodian Civil War, Vietnam War | Fall of Phnom Penh | | 17 April | The Khmer Rouge captures the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh |
| 1975 | Vietnam War | Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base | | 28 April | First bombing by the Vietnamese Air Force |
| 1975 | Vietnam War | Fall of Saigon | | 30 April | North Vietnam wins the Vietnam War |
| 1975 | Lebanese Civil War | Battle of the Hotels | | 23 October 1975—2 April 1976 | Muslims and Christians end up divided in Western Beirut |
| 1975 | Cold War | Indonesia invades East Timor | | 7 December | |
| 1975 | Western Sahara War | Battles of La Güera and Tichla | | 10–22 December | Mauritania occupies La Güera and Tichla |

## 1976–1980

| Year | War | Battle | Date(s) | Description |
| 1976 | Western Sahara War | First Battle of Amgala | 27–29 January | Algerian withdrawal |
| 1976 | Western Sahara War | Second Battle of Amgala | 14–15 February | Sahrawi victory |
| 1976 | The Troubles | Flagstaff Hill incident | 5–6 May | Irish Army pushes back British special forces |
| 1976 | Arab–Israeli conflict, Cold War | Operation Entebbe | 4 July | |
| 1976 | The Troubles | Garryhinch ambush | 16 October | IRA bombs Brits |
| 1976 | Rhodesian Bush War | Battle of Hill 31 | 15 November | |
| 1977 | Ogaden War | Battle of Dire Dawa | July—August | The Ethiopian Army inflicts heavy losses on the Somali National Army after a Somali attack by one tank battalion and a mechanized infantry brigade supported by artillery units |
| 1977 | Ogaden War | First Battle of Jijiga | September | The Somalis, trying to take the town, lose more than half of their attacking force of three tank battalions, each of which includes more than 30 tanks |
| 1977 | Ogaden War | Battle of Harar | October 1977—27 January 1978 | A major battle of the Ogaden War |
| 1978 | The Troubles | British Army Gazelle downing | 17 February | |
| 1978 | Ogaden War | Second Battle of Jijiga | March | Three Somali tank battalions overwhelm an Ethiopian garrison. After inflicting some heavy losses on Somali armor, Ethiopian troops mutiny and withdraw from the town, leaving its defense to the militia, which is incapable of slowing the Somali advance. |
| 1978 | South African Border War | Battle of Cassinga | |
| 1978 | Lebanese Civil War | Battle of Kaukaba | 9 May | |
| 1978 | Shaba II | Battle of Kolwezi | 18–22 May | |
| 1979 | Chadian Civil War | Battle of N'Djamena | 12–15 February | |
| 1979 | Sino-Vietnamese War | Battle of Dong Dang | 17–23 February | |
| 1979 | Sino-Vietnamese War | Battle of Lào Cai | 17 February—5 March | |
| 1979 | Sino-Vietnamese War | Battle of Lạng Sơn 17 February—16 March | |
| 1979 | Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Masaka | 23–24 February | |
| 1979 | Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Tororo | 2–4 March | |
| 1979 | Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Lukaya | 10–11 March | |
| 1979 | Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Entebbe | 7 April | |
| 1979 | Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Jinja | 22 April | |
| 1979 | Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Lira | 15 May | |
| 1979 | Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Karuma Falls | 17 May | |
| 1979 | Uganda-Tanzania War | Battle of Bondo | 27 May | |
| 1979 | The Troubles | Warrenpoint ambush | 27 August | |
| 1979 | Western Sahara War | First Battle of Al Mahbes | 14 October | Sahrawi victory |
| 1980 | Chadian-Libyan conflict | Second Battle of N'Djamena | 22 March—15 December | |
| 1980 | Iran–Iraq War | Siege of Abadan | November 1980—September 1981 | Iraq attacks the Iranian city of Abadan but fails to capture it |
| 1980 | Iran–Iraq War | Liberation of Khorramshahr | November 1980—24 May 1982 | The Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis |

## 1981–1985

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1981 | Iran-Iraq War | Battle of Dezful | | 5–9 January | Iranian armored regiments are forced to flee after an Iraqi ambush |
| 1981 | Cold War | Gulf of Sidra incident | At sea | 19 August | Two Sukhoi Su-22 are shot down by two U.S. F-14A Tomcats |
| 1981 | Western Sahara War | First Battle of Guelta Zemmur | | 13–29 October | Sahrawi victory |
| 1982 | Falklands War | Battle of San Carlos | | 21–25 May | |
| 1982 | Falklands War | Battle of Seal Cove | | 23 May | |
| 1982 | Falklands War | Battle of Goose Green | | 28–29 May | |
| 1982 | 1982 Lebanon War | Battle of the Beaufort | | 6–7 June | Israeli invasion of Lebanon |
| 1982 | 1982 Lebanon War | Battle of Jezzine | | 8 June | |
| 1982 | 1982 Lebanon War | Battle of Sultan Yacoub | | 10 June | |
| 1982 | Falklands War | Battle of Mount Harriet | | 11–12 June | |
| 1982 | Falklands War | Battle of Two Sisters | | 11–12 June | |
| 1982 | Falklands War | Battle of Mount Longdon | | 11–12 June | |
| 1982 | Falklands War | Battle of Wireless Ridge | | 13–14 June | |
| 1982 | Falklands War | Battle of Mount Tumbledown | | 13–14 June | |
| 1982 | 1982 Lebanon War | Siege of Beirut | | 14 June—21 August | |
| 1983 | Cold War | Invasion of Grenada | | 25 October—2 November | By U.S. forces |
| 1984 | Iran-Iraq War | Battle of the Marshes | | February | Iran opens a new offensive in the lakes of the Hawizeh Marshes in Iraq |
| 1984 | Siachen conflict | Operation Meghdoot | | 13 April | Battle between India and Pakistan in which India captures the entire Siachen Glacier |
| 1984 | Insurgency in Punjab, India | Operation Blue Star | | 6 June | |
| 1985 | Western Sahara War | Second Battle of Al Mahbes | | 12 January | Sahrawi forces break through a wall put up by Morocco |

## 1986–1990

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1986 | Iran-Iraq War | First Battle of Al Faw | | 10 February—10 March | Iranians launch a surprise attack against the Iraqi troops defending the al-Faw Peninsula |
| 1986 | Cold War | Action in the Gulf of Sidra | At sea | 24 March | U.S. naval operations against Libya |
| 1987 | Toyota War | Battle of Fada | | 2 January | |
| 1987 | Toyota War | Battle of B'ir Kora | | 18–20 March | |
| 1987 | Toyota War | Battle of Aouzou | | 8–28 August | |
| 1987 | The Troubles | Loughgall ambush | | 8 May | |
| 1987 | South African Border War, Angolan Civil War | Battle of Cuito Cuanavale | | 14 August 1987—23 March 1988 | South African victory against Angola |
| 1987 | Toyota War | Battle of Maaten al-Saara | | 5 September | |
| 1987 | Western Sahara War | Battles of Farsia and Oum Dreyga | | 18 November | Inconclusive |
| 1988 | Eritrean War of Independence, Ethiopian Civil War | Battle of Afabet | | 17–20 March | A decisive Eritrean victory over Ethiopia |
| 1988 | Iran-Iraq War | Second Battle of Al Faw | | 17 April | Newly restructured Iraqi Army conducts a major operation to clear the Iranians out of the peninsula |
| 1988 | Iran-Iraq War | Operation Praying Mantis | At sea | 18 April | One day U.S./Iranian naval action |
| 1988 | Iran-Iraq War | Operation Mersad | | 26–30 July | Islamic Republic of Iran victory |
| 1989 | Cold War | Gulf of Sidra incident | At sea | 4 January | Two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger Es are shot down by U.S. F-14A Tomcats |
| 1989 | Western Sahara War | Second Battle of Guelta Zemmur | | 7 October | Moroccan victory |
| 1989 | Western Sahara War | Battle of Hausa | | 11 October | Moroccan victory |
| 1989 | Western Sahara War | Third Battle of Amgala | | 8 November | Last military operation of the Western Sahara War until the 90s |
| 1989 | The Troubles | Attack on Derryard checkpoint | | 13 December | |
| 1989 | Cold War | Operation Just Cause | | 20 December | American invasion of Panama |
| 1990 | The Troubles | 1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown | | 11 February | |
| 1990 | The Troubles | Operation Conservation | | 6 May | |
| 1990 | Gulf War | Battle of the Bridges | | 2 August | Iraqi victory |

## 1991–1995

| Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
| 1991 | Gulf War | Battle of Khafji | | 29 January—1 February | First major ground engagement of the Gulf War |
| 1991 | Gulf War | Liberation of Kuwait | //At sea | 24–28 February | |
| 1991 | Gulf War | Battle of 73 Easting | | 26–27 February | A decisive tank battle fought between Coalition armoured forces against those of the Iraqi Republican Guard |
| 1991 | Gulf War | Battle of Medina Ridge | | 27 February | A decisive tank battle fought between the U.S. 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Brigade of the Iraqi Republican Guard |
| 1991 | The Troubles | Mullacreevie ambush | | 1 March 1991 | |
| 1991 | The Troubles | Coagh ambush | | 3 June | |
| 1991 | Croatian War of Independence | Battle of Vukovar | | 25 August—18 November | |
| 1991 | Croatian War of Independence | Battle of the Barracks | | 14 September—23 November | |
| 1992 | The Troubles | Clonoe ambush | | 16 February | |
| 1992 | Bosnian War/Yugoslav Wars | Siege of Sarajevo | | 5 April 1992—29 February 1996 | |
| 1992 | Bosnian War/Yugoslav Wars | Battle of Žuč | | 8 June | |
| 1992 | The Troubles | Attack on Cloghoge checkpoint | | 1 May |
| 1992 | Transnistria War | Battle of Tighina | | 19–21 June | |
| 1992 | Croatian War of Independence | Battle of the Miljevci Plateau | | 21–23 June | |
| 1992 | Bosnian War | Operation Corridor | | 24 June—6 October | Army of the Republika Srpska defeats joint forces of the Croatian Defence Council and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and creates the Brčko corridor, connecting two eastern and western parts of Republic of Srpska, while Croatian and Bosniak (Muslim) forces suffered large casualties |
| 1992 | War in Abkhazia | Battle of Sukhumi | | 14–18 August | Georgian forces repulse Abkhaz rebels |
| 1992 | War in Abkhazia | Battle of Gagra | | 1–6 October | Abkhaz insurgents and North Caucasian militants capture Gagra from Georgian forces |
| 1992 | War in Abkhazia | Siege of Tkvarcheli | | October 1992—29 September 1993 | Abkhazian forces break the Georgian siege |
| 1993 | Croatian War of Independence | Operation Maslenica | | 22 January—1 February | |
| 1993 | Angolan Civil War | 55 Day War | | 9 January—6 March | |
| 1993 | First Nagorno-Karabakh War | Battle of Kelbajar | | 27 March—3 April | Armenians and Azeris fight for disputed territories |
| 1993 | Croat–Bosniak War | Battle of Žepče | | 24 June | |
| 1993 | Croat–Bosniak War | Battle of Bugojno | | 18–29 July | |
| 1993 | The Troubles | Battle of Newry Road | | 23 September | Gun battle between British Army helicopters and Provisional Irish Republican Army armed trucks |
| 1993 | Somali Civil War | Battle of Mogadishu | | 3–4 October | Policing mission gone wrong; U.S. soldiers trapped against militia in a populated city |
| 1993 | Sri Lankan Civil War | Battle of Pooneryn | | 11–14 November | |
| 1993 | The Troubles | Fivemiletown ambush | | 12 December | |
| 1994 | Chiapas conflict | Zapatista uprising | | 1–12 January | Battles between Mexican Army and Zapatista rebels |
| 1994 | The Troubles | 1994 British Army Lynx shootdown | | 19 March | |
| 1994 | Afghan Civil War | Battle of Kabul | | 28 April 1992—27 September 1996 | |
| 1994 | | Invasion of Kandahar City | | October—November | Afghanistan's Islamic State of Afghanistan (United Front) ousted by Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) |
| 1994 | Karen conflict | Fall of Manerplaw | | 11 December 1994—27 January 1995 | Myanmar Army and DKBA soldiers capture and occupy the headquarters of the Karen National Union |
| 1994 | Karen conflict | Battle of Kawmoora | | 19 December 1994—21 February 1995 | The Myanmar Army capture the final stronghold of the Karen National Union |
| 1995 | First Chechen War | First battle of Grozny | | 31 December 1994—8 February 1995 | Russian Army captures Grozny |
| 1995 | Croatian War of Independence | Operation Flash | | 1–3 May | |
| 1995 | Bosnian War | Battle of Orašje | | 5 May—10 June | |
| 1995 | Bosnian War | Battle of Vrbanja Bridge | | 27 May | |
| 1995 | Croatian War of Independence, Bosnian War, Inter-Bosnian Muslim War | Operation Storm | | 4–8 August | |

## 1996–2000

| Year | War | Battle | Date(s) | Description |
| 1996 | First Chechen War | Battle of Grozny | Chechen rebels recapture the city |
| 1997 | Sri Lankan Civil War | Battle of Vavunathivu | 7 March | |
| 1997 | Sri Lankan Civil War | Battle of Kanakarayankulam | 4 December | |
| 1998 | Kosovo War | Battle of Belaćevac Mine | 23–30 June | A coal mine critical to the electricity supply of Kosovo is temporarily captured by the Kosovo Liberation Army from the Yugoslav Army |
| 1998 | Kosovo War | Battle of Glodjane | 11–12 August | Glodjane retaken by the Yugoslav Army from the Kosovo Liberation Army |
| 1998 | Second Congo War | Battle for Kinshasa | 26–30 August | Rwanda fails to take Kinshasa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe |
| 1998 | Sri Lankan Civil War | Battle of Kilinochchi | 27–29 September | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam captures Kilinochchi from the Sri Lanka Army |
| 1998 | Korean Conflict | Battle of Yeosu | 17–18 December | North Korean semi-submersible vessel intercepted and sunk by Republic of Korea Navy |
| 1998 | Kosovo War | Battle of Podujevo | 23–27 December | |
| 1999 | Kosovo War | Battle of Košare | 9 April—10 June | |
| 1999 | Kargil War | Battle of Tololing | May—June | Indian victory |
| 1999 | Kashmir conflict, Indio-Pakistani War of 1999 | Kargil War | 3 May—26 July | Pakistani paramilitary forces infiltrate India's Kargil district, triggering full-scale war between the two neighbours. After two months of intense fighting, there is a ceasefire and return to status quo ante bellum. The battle ended with decisive Indian victory. |
| 1999 | 1999 East Timorese crisis | Battle of Aidabasalala | 16 October | Australian special forces victory |
| 1999 | Second Chechen War | Battle of Grozny | 25 December 1999—6 February 2000 | Russian Army sieges Grozny in December, captures it in February 2000 |
| 2000 | Moro conflict | Operation Valiancy | 15–17 February | Philippine forces defeat Islamists |
| 2000 | Second Chechen War | Battle of Komsomolskoye | 6–24 March | Russian Army destroys a remnant Chechen group that escaped Grozny |
| 2000 | Moro conflict | Operation Audacity | 15–21 March | Philippine forces defeat Moro Islamic Liberation Front hideouts |
| 2000 | Sierra Leone Civil War | Lungi Lol confrontation | 17 May | UK repulses a Revolutionary United Front attack during the British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War |
| 2000 | Moro conflict | Battle of Camp Abubakar | July 9 | |