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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