20th-century conflict

C37 concept

20th-century conflict encompasses the major wars, revolutions, and geopolitical struggles between 1900 and 1999 that reshaped global power structures, societies, and ideologies.

Aliases (21)

battle ×494
military campaign ×191
World War II battle ×148
naval battle ×83
conflict ×33
theater of war ×20
Cold War event ×14
theatre of war ×14
Cold War conflict ×8
event in World War II ×6
military invasion ×5
20th-century war ×2
Cold War incident ×2
World War I peace settlement ×2
air campaign ×2
military attack ×2
Cold War ×1
Cold War-era conflict ×1
belligerent in World War I ×1
campaign of World War II ×1
ideological conflict ×1

Instances (showing first 500 of 1,033)

Battle of Hamelin (Seven Years' War) ("battle")
Battle of Zierenberg ("battle")
Battle of Emsdorf ("battle")
Oudenarde ("battle")
Battle of Balikpapan (1942) ("battle")
Battle of Taipale ("battle")
Nine Years' War ("conflict")
battle of Grammos–Vitsi ("battle")
Battle of the Nile ("naval battle")
Suez Crisis ("Cold War-era conflict")
Siege of Leningrad ("World War II battle")
Operation Compass ("World War II battle")
Doolittle Raid ("World War II battle")
Operation Goodwood ("World War II battle")
Battle of Summa ("battle")
atomic bombing of Hiroshima ("event in World War II")
Monmouth campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Trafalgar ("naval battle")
Battle of Guangzhou ("battle")
Battle of Blenheim ("battle")
Operation Watchtower ("World War II battle")
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel ("military campaign")
Dutch East Indies campaign ("military campaign")
The Blitz ("military campaign")
Battle of Jutland ("naval battle")
Battle of Flamborough Head ("naval battle")
Battle of Ramillies ("battle")
Soviet-German Front ("theater of war")
Battle of Changde ("battle")
Battle of Savo Island ("naval battle")
Battle of Jarama ("battle")
Battle of Quebec (1759) ("battle")
Battle of Baltimore ("battle")
Battle of Oudenarde ("battle")
Battle of Princeton ("battle")
Battle of Guadalajara ("battle")
Geneva Conference of 1954 ("Cold War event")
Battle of the Ebro ("battle")
Saratoga campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Pusan Perimeter ("battle")
Tunisian campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Moscow ("battle")
Operation Cartwheel ("military campaign")
Battle of Malplaquet ("battle")
attack on Pearl Harbor ("military attack")
Reconquista ("military campaign")
MTO ("theater of war")
Syrian–Lebanese campaign ("military campaign")
Siege of Tobruk ("World War II battle")
Battle of Monmouth ("battle")
Battle of the Downs ("naval battle")
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ("World War I peace settlement")
Battle of Chandannagar ("battle")
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ("military campaign")
Obrona Helu ("battle")
Battle of Chosin Reservoir ("battle")
Battle of Rossbach ("battle")
Battle of Gazala ("battle")
ETO ("theater of war")
Mongol invasions of Europe ("military campaign")
First Battle of Panipat ("battle")
Battle of Pork Chop Hill ("battle")
Battle of Leuthen ("battle")
Irish War of Independence ("conflict")
Battle of the Eastern Solomons ("naval battle")
Battle of Bladensburg ("battle")
Battle of Minden ("battle")
Battle of Kunersdorf ("battle")
Battle of Tsushima ("naval battle")
Soviet–Afghan War ("Cold War conflict")
Battle of the Yellow Sea ("naval battle")
Battle of the Points ("World War II battle")
Balkan Front ("theater of war")
Operation Cottage ("World War II battle")
Battle of Tassafaronga ("naval battle")
Battle of Waterloo ("battle")
Battle of the Pockets ("battle")
Dodecanese campaign ("military campaign")
East African campaign ("military campaign")
Operation Lüttich ("World War II battle")
Allied Powers of World War I ("belligerent in World War I")
Battle of Austerlitz ("battle")
Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ("battle")
Western Allied invasion of Germany ("military campaign")
Battle of the Somme ("battle")
Battle of Marengo ("battle")
Battle of Gallipoli ("military campaign")
First Crusade ("military campaign")
Battle of Heartbreak Ridge ("battle")
Battle of Hastings ("battle")
Battle of Berlin ("battle")
Battle of Iwo Jima ("battle")
Battle of the Atlantic ("World War II battle")
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ("military campaign")
Battle of Monte Cassino ("battle")
Italian invasion of Albania ("military invasion")
Battle of Verdun ("battle")
Berlin Airlift ("Cold War event")
Siege of Delhi ("battle")
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ("battle")
New Guinea campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Sedan (1940) ("battle")
Battle of Wagram ("battle")
Siege of Lucknow ("battle")
Battle of Naseby ("battle")
First Battle of the Marne ("battle")
Battle of Langport ("battle")
Siege of Cawnpore ("battle")
Battle of Jhansi ("battle")
Battle of Nanjing ("battle")
Battle of Malaya ("military campaign")
Battle of Shanghai (1937) ("battle")
Battle of Hue ("battle")
Battle of Lenino ("battle")
Italian invasion of Greece ("military campaign")
South-East Asian theatre of World War II ("theatre of war")
Battle of Borodino ("battle")
Battle of Wisconsin Heights ("battle")
Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) ("battle")
Battle of Preston (1648) ("battle")
Battle of Leipzig ("battle")
Battle of Bad Axe ("battle")
First Indochina War ("conflict")
Crossing of the Rhine ("World War II battle")
La Noche Triste ("battle")
Argentine War of Independence ("conflict")
Battle of Dien Bien Phu ("battle")
Battle of Dettingen ("battle")
Aleutian Islands campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Anzio ("battle")
Liberation of Paris ("military campaign")
Battle of Dunbar (1650) ("battle")
Battle of Ortona ("battle")
Battle of Valmy ("battle")
Battle of Worcester (1651) ("battle")
Spanish conquest of Guatemala ("military campaign")
Battle of Jemappes ("battle")
Gulf War
Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 ("battle")
Battle of Brandywine ("battle")
Battle of Wuhan ("battle")
Thirty Years' War ("conflict")
Italian invasion of France ("World War II battle")
Battle of Germantown ("battle")
Battle of Rivoli ("battle")
Italian Front ("theater of war")
Treaties of Velasco ("battle")
Mariel boatlift ("Cold War event")
Denmark Strait ("naval battle")
Iran–Iraq War ("20th-century war")
Battle of Fleurus (1794) ("battle")
Battle of Hohenlinden ("battle")
Williamite War in Ireland ("conflict")
1939 Defensive War ("military campaign")
Liberation of France ("military campaign")
Stuffy ("battle")
Bolivian War of Independence ("conflict")
Liberation of Belgium ("military campaign")
Battle of Zenta ("battle")
Battle of the Niemen River ("battle")
Invasion of Quebec (1775) ("military campaign")
Liberation of the Netherlands ("military campaign")
German invasion of Yugoslavia ("military campaign")
English Armada (1589) ("military campaign")
French campaign in Syria ("military campaign")
Battle of the Pyramids ("battle")
Battle of Cape Esperance ("naval battle")
First Battle of Bull Run ("battle")
Battle of Komarów ("battle")
Battle of Abukir (1799) ("battle")
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ("naval battle")
Battle of Shiloh ("battle")
Battle of Zadwórze ("battle")
Battle of Antietam ("battle")
Battle of Petrovaradin ("battle")
Battle of Rennell Island ("naval battle")
Battle of Belgrade (1717) ("battle")
Portuguese reconquest of Recife ("military campaign")
Battle of Baghdad (2003) ("battle")
Dieppe Raid ("World War II battle")
Sherman’s March to the Sea ("military campaign")
East Pomeranian Offensive ("World War II battle")
Fall of Saigon ("battle")
Gulf of Tonkin incident ("Cold War event")
First Battle of Fallujah ("battle")
Mediterranean Theater of Operations ("theater of war")
September Campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Hel ("battle")
Battle of Kasserine Pass ("battle")
Battle of Kock (1939) ("battle")
Battle of Aachen ("battle")
Appomattox Campaign ("military campaign")
Operation Detachment ("World War II battle")
Battle of Bir Hakeim ("battle")
Ryukyu Islands campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Manila Bay ("naval battle")
Bay of Pigs Invasion ("military invasion")
Battle of Cajamarca ("battle")
Boxer Rebellion ("conflict")
Battle of San Juan Hill ("battle")
Siege of Santiago ("battle")
Urgent Fury ("Cold War conflict")
GWOT ("military campaign")
Battle of Nieuwpoort ("battle")
White Plains ("battle")
Battle of Badr ("battle")
Polish capitulation at Hel ("event in World War II")
European theatre of World War II ("theatre of war")
Battle of Gwalior ("battle")
Pacific War ("theater of war")
Battle of Uhud ("battle")
North African campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of the Philippine Sea ("naval battle")
Chesapeake campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of New Orleans ("battle")
Battle of the Trench ("battle")
Eastern Front ("theater of war")
Battle of Mokra ("battle")
Liberation of Luxembourg ("military campaign")
Battle of Crete ("battle")
Battle of Alam el Halfa ("battle")
Battle of Britain ("battle")
Siege of Cuzco ("battle")
Battle of Midway ("naval battle")
Battle of the Java Sea ("naval battle")
Battle of Stillman’s Run ("battle")
D-Day ("World War II battle")
Ruhr Pocket ("World War II battle")
Battle of Otumba ("battle")
Invasion of Poland ("military invasion")
Conquest of Mecca ("military campaign")
Siege of Vilcabamba ("military campaign")
Blitz ("event in World War II")
Western Front ("theater of war")
Balkan Campaign ("military campaign")
Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ("military campaign")
atomic bombing of Nagasaki ("event in World War II")
Battle of France ("military campaign")
Battle of Singapore ("battle")
World War I ("20th-century war")
Drôle de guerre ("military campaign")
Battle of Surabaya ("battle")
Battle of Khe Sanh ("battle")
Battle of Ia Drang ("battle")
North Yemen Civil War ("Cold War conflict")
Battle of Tannenberg ("battle")
Yogyakarta offensive ("battle")
Indian Ocean raid ("World War II battle")
Battle of Lepanto ("naval battle")
Battle of Edgehill ("battle")
Laotian Civil War ("Cold War conflict")
Battle of Raate Road ("battle")
Battle of Marston Moor ("battle")
Battle of Nassau ("battle")
Northern Expedition ("military campaign")
Powers incident ("Cold War incident")
Battle of Cape Gloucester ("battle")
Caucasus campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Peleliu ("battle")
Wuhan campaign ("military campaign")
Baltic campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Lowestoft ("naval battle")
Boston campaign ("military campaign")
Paris Summit of 1960 ("Cold War event")
Siege of Calcutta ("battle")
Western Front ("theater of war")
Battle of Gravelines ("naval battle")
Battle of Lund ("battle")
Battle of Camperdown ("naval battle")
Allied operations in Western Europe ("military campaign")
Eastern Front ("theater of war")
Siege of Osaka ("battle")
Battle of Buxar ("battle")
Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573) ("military campaign")
Battle of Tobruk (1942) ("battle")
Battle of Halmstad ("battle")
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ("military campaign")
Raid on the Medway ("naval battle")
Battle of Balaclava ("battle")
World War II
Battle of Mystic Fort ("battle")
Battle of Alma ("battle")
French conquest of Algeria ("military campaign")
Battle of Landskrona ("battle")
Battle of Solebay ("naval battle")
Operation al-Fajr ("battle")
Battle of the Great Swamp ("battle")
Leyte ("World War II battle")
Battle of Hamburg ("World War II battle")
French invasion of Russia ("military campaign")
Battle of Inkerman ("battle")
Battle off Cape Engaño ("naval battle")
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ("theater of war")
Battle of the Chernaya ("battle")
Battle of Sinop ("naval battle")
Battle of Texel (1673) ("naval battle")
Invasion of Rabaul ("World War II battle")
Battle of the Tenaru ("battle")
Battle for Rome ("battle")
First Intifada ("conflict")
2001 fall of Kabul ("military campaign")
Battle of Gettysburg ("battle")
Battle of Tora Bora ("battle")
Battle of Blood River ("battle")
British capture of Savannah ("military campaign")
Battle of Friedland ("battle")
Battle of Camden ("battle")
Battle of Aspern-Essling ("battle")
Battle of Kings Mountain ("battle")
Battle of Talavera ("battle")
Danube campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of Salamanca ("battle")
Battle of Cowpens ("battle")
Borneo Confrontation ("Cold War conflict")
Muslim conquest of Egypt ("military campaign")
Sierra Maestra campaign ("military campaign")
Rif War ("conflict")
Battle of Guilford Court House ("battle")
Battle of Vitoria ("battle")
Battle of Tulagi ("battle")
South-West Africa Campaign ("military campaign")
First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) ("military campaign")
Battle of Ligny ("battle")
Battle of Sedgemoor ("battle")
Battle of Quatre Bras ("battle")
Battle of Chelsea Creek ("battle")
Vietnam War ("Cold War conflict")
Battle of Alexandria (31 BC campaigns) ("battle")
Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive ("military campaign")
siege of Alnwick (1093) ("battle")
Battle of the Dnieper ("battle")
Battle of Cannae ("battle")
Battle of Zama ("battle")
Spanish Armada ("military campaign")
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign ("military campaign")
Johannes Heide ("battle")
Battle of Vienna ("battle")
Siege of Khartoum ("battle")
Creek War of 1836 ("conflict")
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive ("World War II battle")
Middle Don offensive ("World War II battle")
Battle of Manila (1945) ("battle")
Second Battle of Fallujah ("battle")
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days ("military campaign")
Battle of San Jacinto ("battle")
Battle of Mindanao (1945) ("military campaign")
Borneo campaign (1945) ("military campaign")
Sino–Soviet border conflict ("Cold War conflict")
Siege of St. Augustine (1702) ("battle")
Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces) ("battle")
Sitzkrieg ("event in World War II")
Second Battle of Ypres ("battle")
Battle of Benghazi ("battle")
Seven Days Battles ("military campaign")
Operation Ladbroke ("World War II battle")
Battle of Bloody Creek (1711) ("battle")
Battle of Karbala ("battle")
Battle of Chancellorsville ("battle")
Battle of Misrata ("battle")
Valley Campaign of 1862 ("military campaign")
Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ("Cold War event")
Battle of Magersfontein ("battle")
Battle of Vimy Ridge ("battle")
Battle of Suomussalmi ("battle")
Battle of Changsha ("battle")
Battle of Bunker Hill ("battle")
Battle of Sirte (2011) ("battle")
Battle of Bataan ("battle")
U-2 incident of 1960 ("Cold War incident")
Four Days' Battle ("naval battle")
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ("military invasion")
Battle of Tours ("battle")
Battle of Wavre ("battle")
Battle of Stalingrad ("battle")
Battle of the Falaise Pocket ("battle")
Bacon's Rebellion ("conflict")
Battle of Mactan ("battle")
Battle of El Alamein ("battle")
Battle of Passchendaele ("battle")
Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ("World War II battle")
Battle of Tweebosch ("battle")
Bishops' Wars ("conflict")
Battle of Guadalcanal ("battle")
Kitchen Debate ("Cold War event")
Operation Market Garden ("World War II battle")
Battle of Corregidor (1942) ("battle")
Crimean campaign ("military campaign")
Space Race ("Cold War conflict")
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ("military campaign")
Battle of Talas ("battle")
Great Swamp Fight ("battle")
Battles of Lexington and Concord ("battle")
Global War on Terrorism ("military campaign")
Battle of Carnuntum ("battle")
Battle of Bloody Brook ("battle")
Waterloo Campaign ("military campaign")
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ("World War II battle")
Battle of Tripoli ("battle")
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020) ("battle")
Battle of Santa Clara ("battle")
Battle of Lewes ("battle")
Battle of Lake Erie ("naval battle")
Battle of Plassey ("battle")
Siege of Warsaw (1939) ("battle")
Dakota War of 1862 ("conflict")
Battle of the Thames ("battle")
Battle of Derna ("battle")
Battle of Evesham ("battle")
Battle of Diamond Hill ("battle")
Battle of Plattsburgh ("battle")
Sack of Baghdad (1258) ("battle")
Battle of Sahagún ("battle")
Battle of Solferino ("battle")
Jacobite risings ("conflict")
Kennedy's European tour of 1963 ("Cold War event")
Great Sioux War of 1876 ("conflict")
Atlanta Campaign ("military campaign")
Battle of the Don Bend ("battle")
Battle of Goose Green ("battle")
Nez Perce War ("conflict")
Battle of Lundy’s Lane ("battle")