Lists of battles

Lists of battles contain links to sets of articles on battles. They may be organized alphabetically, by era, by conflict, by participants or location, or by death toll. See Category:Battles for a complete list of articles on battles.

Alphabetical list

• List of battles (alphabetical)

Chronological

By era

• List of battles before 301
• List of battles 301–1300
• List of battles 1301–1600
• List of battles 1601–1800
• List of battles 1801–1900
• List of battles 1901–2000
• List of battles in the 21st century

By war

• List of battles of the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648)
• Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815)
• List of American Civil War battles (1861–1865)
• List of costliest American Civil War land battles
• List of naval battles of the American Civil War
• List of military engagements of World War I (1914–1918)
• List of World War II battles (1939–1945)
• Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1955–1975)
• List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–2025)
• List of military engagements during the Gaza war (2023–2025)

By death toll

• List of battles by casualties

By geographic location

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

By participant

By state participant

See also: Category:Lists of wars by country involved

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

By participating commander

• List of Ottoman battles in which the sultan participated
• Military career of Napoleon § Battle record summary
• Military career of George Washington § Summaries of Washington's Revolutionary War battles

By type

Battles are generally presumed to have been land/field battles, unless otherwise stated.

• Lists of aerial operations and battles
  • Air raids on Australia, 1942–1943
  • Air raids on Hong Kong during WWII
  • Aircraft carrier operations during World War II
  • List of air operations during the Battle of Europe
    • List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz
    • List of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II
    • List of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II
• List of amphibious assault operations
• List of military operations on ice
• List of naval battles
  • List of naval and land-based operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II
• List of sieges

See also

• List of orders of battle
  • List of number of conflicts per year
  • List of wars by death toll
• Africa :
  • List of conflicts in Africa (Military history of Africa)
    • List of modern conflicts in North Africa (Maghreb)
    • Conflicts in the Horn of Africa (East region)
• Americas :
  • List of conflicts in North America
  • List of conflicts in Central America
  • List of conflicts in South America
• Asia :
  • List of conflicts in Asia
  • List of conflicts in the Near East
  • List of conflicts in the Middle East
    • List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
• Europe :
  • List of conflicts in Europe
    • Post-Cold War European conflicts
• Oceania :
  • List of conflicts in Australia
• Ongoing conflicts around the World :
  • List of ongoing armed conflicts
    • Ongoing military conflicts

External links and references

• World History Database, Alphabetic Listing of Battles Index of World battles. Archived from the original.
• Radford, Robert, Great Historical Battles. An extensive list of important battles and influential leaders, from -490 BC to present times.
• Winstanley, M.A., Every Battle in History. A List of every recorded battle and commander in world history (~12000 Battles, ~5000 Commanders).