List of Wars in the History of World.

List of battles in the world history for general knowledge. In this list all the important battles from Battle of Marathon in 409 BC to Kargil war in 1999 are included.

Our world history is full of wars and myths. No history can ever be created without war. Some of theme are listed below.

Battle/Wars	Period/Years	Involved Countries
Battle of Marathon	409 BC	Athenians and Persians. King Darius of Persia defeated.
Battle of Salamis	408 BC	Athenian fleet and Persian fleet in Bay of Salamis; Persian fleet defeated.
Battle of Platae	479 BC	Greek and Persian forces; Persian forces defeated.
Battle of Mycale	479 BC	Greek and Persian fleets; Persian fleet defeated.
Spartan War I	459 BC	Sparta and Athens, also called Peloponnese war, lasted for 30 years
Spartan War II	431 BC	Sparta and Athens; Spartans victorious.
Battle of Arabia	331 BC	Greek and Parisian forces; Greeks victorious.
Hundred-Year War	1337-1485	France and England.
Anglo-Spanish War	1588	Spanish and English fleets fought in the English Channel, defeat of the Spanish Armada
Thirty-Years War	1618-1648	Started as religious-cum-political war between the Lutherans and Catholics in Germany and developed into an international war
Civil war in England	1642-1649	In England: between Cavaliers (King Charles I supporters) and force of parliament led by Oliver Cromwell,King Charles I executed.
Seven-Year War	1756-1763	Britain and France against Austria and Prussia; The British alliance won.
Battle of the Nile	1805	British fleet defeated fleets of France and Spain. British fleets were commanded by Admiral Nelson, who was killed during the battle.
Battle of Borodino	1812	France and Russia;
First China War	1840	China and Britain, Chinese yielded, also known as the first opium war. It was a trade war.
Balkan War I	1912	Turkey and Balkan countries ( Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece), Turkey defeated.
Balkan War I	1913	Invasion of Serbia and Greece by Bulgaria – Bulgaria defeated by combined forces of Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenegro who stripped Turkey of Most of its European territories
World War I	1914-1918	Germany (with Austria, Hungary, and Turkey) against Britain (with France, USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Australia and Belgium); Britain and its allies were won
World War II	1939-1345	Axis Power ( Germany, Italy and Japan) against the Allies (Britain, USSR, USA, France and several other countries); Axis powers were defeated.
Desert War	1942	Italian Army form Libya invaded Egypt in order to attack British forces
Isreal-Arab War	1967	Six days war, shortest war in History, Arab force led by Egypt, Syria and Jordan were defeated.
Pakistan-Bangladesh War	1971	Mukti Bahini forces aided by India against the Pakistani forces stationed in Bangladesh.
Kargil War	1999	India defeated Pakistan forces at Kargil.

In many competitive examinations these wars may come as a general knowledge. So you need to remember and for that you have to revise again and again.

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