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Battle of Aden (2015)
Battle of Aden (2015), also called Operation Golden Arrow: March-July 2015 urban battle in which Houthi-Saleh forces invaded Aden and were expelled by the Yemeni resistance with UAE and Saudi-led coalition support, giving Hadi's government its base.
Battle of Aden (2018)
Battle of Aden (2018): January 2018 clashes in Yemen's interim capital between Hadi loyalists (Saudi-backed) and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, whose Security Belt forces seized most of Aden in three days, killing about 40, before Saudi mediation forced a retreat.
Battle of Adrianople
Battle of Adrianople (Hadrianopolis), 9 August 378 CE: Gothic forces under Fritigern crushed the eastern Roman army of Emperor Valens near modern Edirne, Turkey, killing the emperor and wiping out two-thirds of the eastern field army.
Battle of Adwa
Battle of Adwa, fought March 1, 1896 near Adwa, northern Ethiopia: Emperor Menelik II's army defeated an Italian expeditionary force under Baratieri, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War, preserving Ethiopian independence, and inspiring Pan-Africanism.
Battle of Adyar
The Battle of Adyar was fought in 1746 near Madras, where about 1,000 French troops under Captain Louis Paradis defeated 10,000 of the Nawab of the Carnatic's soldiers.
Battle of Adys
The Battle of Adys was a Roman victory under Marcus Atilius Regulus over a Carthaginian army near Adys in Tunisia in 256 BC, during the First Punic War.
Battle of Afabet
The Battle of Afabet was a battle of the Eritrean War of Independence fought in March 1988, in which the EPLF destroyed the Ethiopian Army's Nadew Command.
Battle of Ager Falernus
The Battle of Ager Falernus was a blockade in late 217 BC, when Fabius Maximus trapped Hannibal in Campania and Hannibal escaped at night using burning oxen.
Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Agincourt (Azincourt), 25 October 1415: Henry V's English army defeated a larger French force under d'Albret and Boucicaut in the Hundred Years' War, enabling the Treaty of Troyes.
Battle of Agordat
The Battle of Agordat is the name of two battles fought near Agordat in western Eritrea: a colonial battle of 1893 and a World War II battle of January 1941.
Battle of Agra (1754)
The Battle of Agra (جنگ آگرہ) was fighting of 1753 and 1754 in which Jat ruler Suraj Mal of Bharatpur fought Mughal and Maratha forces.
Battle of Agrigentum
The Battle of Agrigentum, also called the Battle of Acragas or Siege of Agrigentum, was the Roman siege of the Carthaginian stronghold of Akragas in Sicily in 262 BC.
Battle of Agua Prieta
The Battle of Agua Prieta (Segunda Batalla de Agua Prieta) was a 1915 Mexican Revolution battle at Agua Prieta, Sonora, where Plutarco Elías Calles repulsed Pancho Villa's night assault.
Battle of Aguelhok
The Battle of Aguelhok was the capture of a Malian army camp in northern Mali by armed groups on 24 January 2012, followed by the execution of dozens of captured soldiers.
Battle of Ain Jalut
Battle of Ain Jalut (Ma'rakat ʿAyn Jālūt), 3 September 1260 in the Jezreel Valley, Galilee: Mamluk Sultan Qutuz and Baibars defeated the Ilkhanate Mongol force under Kitbuqa, the first major Mongol defeat, halting Mongol expansion westward.
Battle of Aitape
The Battle of Aitape was the 1944 fighting at Aitape, New Guinea: the American landing of 22 April 1944, and the Japanese 18th Army's repulsed Driniumor River counterattack from July to August.
Battle of Aizkraukle
The Battle of Aizkraukle, also called the Battle of Ascheraden, was a 1279 victory of Grand Duke Traidenis's Lithuanians over the Livonian Order in Latvia.
Battle of Aizu
The Battle of Aizu (会津戦争, Aizu War) was an 1868 Boshin War campaign in which the Meiji government's army besieged and defeated the Aizu domain in northern Japan.
Battle of Ajdabiya
The Battle of Ajdabiya was a March and April 2011 battle of the Libyan Civil War fought for the strategic crossroads town of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya.
Battle of Ajdir
The Battle of Ajdir (Axdir) was the seizure of the Rif Republic's capital, Ajdir, by Spanish forces during the Rif War, first burned in September 1925 and captured in May 1926.
Battle of Ajnadayn
The Battle of Ajnadayn (معركة أجنادين) was fought in July 634 in southern Palestine between the Rashidun caliphate and a Byzantine army under Theodore, brother of Heraclius; the Muslims won.
Battle of Akhsi
The Battle of Akhsi, also called the Battle of Archiyan or Akhsikath, was won by Uzbek forces of Muhammad Shaybani Khan near Akhsi in June 1503.
Battle of al-Bab
Battle of al-Bab (Nov 2016–Feb 2017): Turkish forces and Syrian rebels captured the IS-held city of al-Bab, Aleppo province, in the final phase of Operation Euphrates Shield, amid US-Turkish tensions, Russian air support, and heavy civilian casualties.
Battle of al-Babein
The Battle of al-Babein (معركة البابين) was fought on 18 March 1167 near Giza, Egypt, between King Amalric I of Jerusalem and a Zengid army under Shirkuh, ending in a tactical draw.
Battle of al-Harra
The Battle of al-Harra (وقعة الحرة) was a 683 battle in which a Syrian army defeated the people of Medina, who had renounced allegiance to Caliph Yazid.
Battle of al-Hasakah (2015)
Battle of al-Hasakah (2015): ISIL's 25 June 2015 offensive on government-held southern Hasakah city, Syria, repelled by Syrian forces and Kurdish YPG; about 120,000 displaced; city declared liberated from ISIS on 2 August 2015.
Battle of al-Hasakah (2016)
The Battle of al-Hasakah was an August 2016 clash in which Kurdish-led YPG and Asayish forces fought Syrian government troops, ending with regime forces withdrawing from Hasakah city.
Battle of al-Qadisiyya
The Battle of al-Qadisiyya (معركة القادسية) was a decisive battle of the mid-630s in which Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas defeated a larger Sasanian Persian army under Rustam.
Battle of al-Raydaniyya
The Battle of al-Raydaniyya (معركة الريدانية) was fought in 1517 near Cairo between Selim I's Ottomans and the last Mamluk sultan, Tuman Bay, ending Mamluk rule in Egypt.
Battle of Alaboi
The Battle of Alaboi (আলবৈৰ যুদ্ধ) was fought on 5 August 1669 near Dadara in Kamrup, Assam, where Mughal cavalry under Ram Singh killed about 10,000 Ahom soldiers before the Ahoms won at Saraighat in 1671.