Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
World War I: 1,660 Battle of the Falkland Islands: 1914 World War I: 1,900 Battle of Dogger Bank: 1915 World War I: 1,081 Battle of Jutland: 1916 World War I: 12,000 Battle of Cape Machichaco: 1937 Spanish Civil War: 35 Battle of Cape Palos: 1938 Spanish Civil War: 765 Battle of the River Plate: 1939 World War II: 196 Attack on Mers-el-Kébir ...
The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk is the single largest battle in the history of warfare.
Lists of battles fought in the Americas Lists of battles fought in U.S. states (see also Category:Battles by U.S. state): Lists of battles fought in Europe (see also List of conflicts in Europe) Last battle on British soil; List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560; List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) List of conflicts ...
The Battle of Grunwald [a] was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila), and Grand Duke Vytautas, decisively defeated the German Teutonic Order, led by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen.
The Battle of the Yarmuk (also spelled Yarmouk) was a major battle between the army of the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate.The battle consisted of a series of engagements that lasted for six days in August 636, near the Yarmouk River (also called the Hieromyces River), along what are now the borders of Syria–Jordan and Syria-Israel, southeast of the Sea ...
Involving 610,000 combat participants and 164,000 combatant casualties, it was the largest modern-era battle fought prior to World War I, and possibly the largest battle in world history at that point. [8] The scale of the battle, particularly in the amount of ordnance being expended, was unprecedented in world history.
The battle is generally dated to May 1274 BC, as accounted by Egyptian chronology, [14] and is the earliest pitched battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It is believed to be the largest battle ever fought involving chariots, numbering at a total of 5,000 to 6,000. [15] [16] [17]
Second Battle of Champagne – 1915 – World War I; Battle of Loos – 1915 – World War I; Third Battle of Artois – 1915 – World War I; Battle of Verdun – 1916 – World War I; Battle of Delville Wood – 1916 – World War I; Battle of the Somme – 1916 – World War I; Battle of Arras – 1917 – World War I; Battle of Vimy Ridge ...