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Battle of Bi
The Battle of Bi (邲之战) was a 597 BC battle in which Chu defeated Jin and became the hegemonic power of the Spring and Autumn period.
Battle of Biak
The Battle of Biak was a World War II battle fought on Biak Island off western New Guinea from May 1944, where US troops captured Japanese-held airfields.
Battle of Bida
The Battle of Bida was fought in January 1897 between Royal Niger Company forces and the Nupe emirate of Bida in what is now Nigeria, ending in Bida's capture.
Battle of Bila Tserkva (1651)
The Battle of Bila Tserkva (Битва під Білою Церквою) was a series of 1651 engagements in Ukraine between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky's Cossack forces.
Battle of Bileća
The Battle of Bileća, fought on 27 August 1388 near Bileća in medieval Bosnia, ended in a defeat of an Ottoman raiding force by Bosnian commanders.
Battle of Binakayan
The Battle of Binakayan (Labanan sa Binakayan) was an 1896 battle of the Philippine Revolution in Kawit, Cavite, where Emilio Aguinaldo's forces won the revolution's first major victory.
Battle of Bình Giã
The Battle of Bình Giã (Chiến dịch Bình Giã) was a Viet Cong offensive from December 1964 to January 1965 east of Saigon that destroyed much of South Vietnam's mobile reserve.
Battle of Bint Jbeil (2026)
Battle of Bint Jbeil (2026): April 2026 IDF campaign, Operation Silver Plow, to take the Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon during the 2026 Lebanon War; 98th Division assault, stadium demolition, and heavy destruction.
Battle of Bintan
The Battle of Bintan was a naval victory on 6 January 1784 in which the Bugis-led Kingdom of Riau destroyed the Dutch East India Company's command ship at Tanjung Pinang.
Battle of Bir Hakeim
The Battle of Bir Hakeim was a June 1942 desert battle in Libya where the 1st Free French Brigade under General Kœnig resisted Rommel's German and Italian forces for over two weeks.
Battle of Biržai
The Battle of Biržai (Biržų kautynės) was the largest clash between Lithuanian insurgents and the Russian army in the 1863 uprising, a rebel defeat in May 1863.
Battle of Bissandougou
The Battle of Bissandougou was the French capture in April 1891 and early 1892 of Samori Touré's capital in the Wassoulou Empire, costing Samori over a thousand elite soldiers.
Battle of Bitter Lakes
The Battle of Bitter Lakes was an engagement on the shore of Kemwer, the Bitter Lakes, fought by the Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I against an unnamed enemy.
Battle of Bizani
The Battle of Bizani (Greek: Μάχη του Μπιζανίου) was the final battle of the First Balkan War, in which Greece captured Ioannina in February 1913.
Battle of Black Water (1759)
The Battle of Black Water (黑水营之围, the siege of the Black Water camp) was a 1758 and 1759 siege of Zhaohui's Qing army near Yarkand, broken by Fude's relief victory at Qurman.
Battle of Blair Mountain
The Battle of Blair Mountain, also called the Red Neck War, was a 1921 armed clash between unionizing West Virginia coal miners and Sheriff Don Chafin's forces.
Battle of Blanco Canyon
The Battle of Blanco Canyon was an October 1871 fight in northwest Texas between Col. Ranald Mackenzie's cavalry and Quahadi Comanche warriors led by Quanah Parker.
Battle of Blarathon
The Battle of Blarathon was a 591 battle near Ganzak where a Byzantine army restored Khosrow II to the Sasanian throne, defeating the usurper Bahram Chobin.
Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Blenheim (Blindheim), 13 August 1704: decisive War of the Spanish Succession victory by Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy over the Franco-Bavarian army of Tallard, Marsin, and the Elector of Bavaria, saving Vienna.
Battle of Blood River
The Battle of Blood River, also known as Slag van Bloedrivier, occurred on 16 December 1838 near the Ncome River in South Africa. Voortrekkers repelled a massive Zulu army.
Battle of Blue Licks
The Battle of Blue Licks was a 1782 defeat of the Kentucky militia by British Loyalist and Native American forces, often called the last battle of the American Revolution.
Battle of Blue Waters
The Battle of Blue Waters (Синьоводська битва) was fought in autumn 1362, when the army of Grand Duke Algirdas of Lithuania defeated the Golden Horde's western uluses.
Battle of Boju
The Battle of Boju (柏举之战) was a battle of the Spring and Autumn period, fought in 506 BC, in which Wu shattered the army of Chu.
Battle of Bolchu
The Battle of Bolchu was a 711 battle in which the Eastern Turkic Khaganate under Qapaghan decisively defeated the Turgesh confederation in Djungaria, killing their khagan Sakal.
Battle of Bologna
The Battle of Bologna was an April 1945 battle in which the Polish 2nd Corps broke German lines and entered Bologna, Italy, its final battle of the war.
Battle of Bonari Pass
The Battle of Bonari Pass (母成峠の戦い) was fought on 6 October 1868 between the imperial army and Aizu domain forces, effectively deciding the Aizu War.
Battle of Bong Son
The Battle of Bong Son was a 1966 Vietnam War battle on the Bong Son plain of Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, fought by the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division.
Battle of Boomplaats
The Battle of Boomplaats was fought on 29 August 1848 near Jagersfontein, South Africa, where British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeated Andries Pretorius's Boer commando.
Battle of Boquerón
The Battle of Boquerón (Spanish: Batalla de Boquerón) was the first major battle of the Chaco War, fought around the fortified outpost of Boquerón in the Gran Chaco from 9 to 29 September 1932.
Battle of Borisov
The Battle of Borisov was November 1812 fighting at Borisov, Belarus, where Russian forces under Admiral Chichagov seized, then lost, the town's bridge over the Berezina.