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Battle of Herdonia (210 BC)
The Battle of Herdonia (210 BC), also called the Second Battle of Herdonia, was Hannibal's defeat of a Roman army under Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus in Apulia.
Battle of Herdonia (212 BC)
The Battle of Herdonia (212 BC), or First Battle of Herdonia, was a Second Punic War battle where Hannibal destroyed a Roman army under Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus at Herdonia, Apulia.
Battle of Hetsugigawa
The Battle of Hetsugigawa (戸次川の戦い) was a battle fought in January 1587 on the Ōno River in Bungo Province, Japan, where Shimazu Iehisa routed a Toyotomi relief force under Sengoku Hidehisa.
Battle of Hill 355
The Battle of Hill 355 (Kowang San) was a Korean War defensive action fought from 22 to 25 November 1951, in which Canadian troops held beside the hill.
Battle of Himera (480 BC)
Battle of Himera (480 BC): decisive Sicilian Greek victory under Gelon of Syracuse and Theron of Acragas over Hamilcar's Carthaginian invasion, distinct from the later 409 BC battle at the same city.
Battle of Hitotoribashi
The Battle of Hitotoribashi (人取橋の戦い) was a 1585 battle near Motomiya, Fukushima, where teenage Date Masamune held off an anti-Date coalition led by Satake Yoshishige.
Battle of Hlobane
The Battle of Hlobane was a defeat of Colonel Evelyn Wood's British raiding force by Zulu troops on 28 March 1879 at Hlobane Mountain during the Anglo-Zulu War.
Battle of Hochkirch
The Battle of Hochkirch was a surprise dawn attack on 14 October 1758 in which Austrian Field Marshal Daun routed Frederick the Great's Prussian camp at Hochkirch, Saxony, during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of Höchst
The Battle of Höchst was a Thirty Years' War battle fought near Frankfurt on 20 June 1622, in which Count Tilly's Catholic forces routed Christian of Brunswick's army.
Battle of Hoengsong
The Battle of Hoengsong (횡성전투) was a Korean War engagement fought around Hoengsong, South Korea, from 11 February 1951, in which Chinese forces destroyed the South Korean 8th Division.
Battle of Hohenfriedberg
Battle of Hohenfriedberg (Striegau), 4 June 1745: Frederick the Great's first Prussian victory over Austrian and Saxon forces in the Second Silesian War, featuring the Bayreuth dragoons' charge.
Battle of Hōjūjidono
The Battle of Hōjūjidono was fought at retired emperor Go-Shirakawa's palace in eastern Kyoto, where Minamoto no Yoshinaka's cavalry set the palace on fire, scattered the defenders, and captured Go-Shirakawa.
Battle of Hokuetsu
The Battle of Hokuetsu (Hokuetsu sensō) was an 1868 Boshin War campaign in Echigo Province, now Niigata Prefecture, where Nagaoka Castle changed hands three times.
Battle of Hollandia
The Battle of Hollandia, or Operation Reckless, was a 1944 Allied amphibious operation that seized Hollandia, New Guinea, bypassing Japanese garrisons; the area then became General MacArthur's headquarters.
Battle of Hong Kong (香港保卫战)
Battle of Hong Kong (香港保卫战): 18-day battle, 8–25 December 1941, in which about 14,000 defenders under Maltby, including 2,000 Canadians, were defeated by roughly 35,000 Japanese troops, ending in surrender on Black Christmas and a three-year-eight-month occupation.
Battle of Hongshui
The Battle of Hongshui (泓水之戰) was a 638 BC battle in which Duke Xiang of Song refused to attack the Chu army crossing the Hong River and was crushed.
Battle of Hormozdgan
The Battle of Hormozdgan (نبرد هرمزدگان) was a 224 CE battle in which Ardashir I defeated the Parthian king Ardavan, ending Parthian rule in Iran.
Battle of Hornkranz
The Battle of Hornkranz (Hoornkrans) was a surprise attack by German colonial troops on Hendrik Witbooi's Nama settlement in German South West Africa in April 1893.
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, fought March 27, 1814, saw Andrew Jackson's forces destroy the Red Stick Creek village of Tohopeka on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama.
Battle of Hostomel
Battle of Hostomel, also called Battle of Antonov Airport: 24 February to 2 April 2022 fight for the airfield 20 km northwest of Kyiv, where a Russian VDV helicopter assault failed to establish an air bridge and the An-225 Mriya was destroyed.
Battle of Huamachuco
The Battle of Huamachuco was a Chilean victory over Cáceres's Peruvian army in the Andes on 10 July 1883, the last major battle of the War of the Pacific.
Battle of Huamantla
The Battle of Huamantla was an 1847 engagement of the Mexican-American War at Huamantla, Tlaxcala, where Joseph Lane defeated Santa Anna's forces and Texas Ranger captain Samuel Walker was killed.
Battle of Huan River
The Battle of Huan River (洹水之战) was a 781 Tang victory in which Ma Sui and allied commanders defeated the rebel Weibo governor Tian Yue on the Huanshui river.
Battle of Huangtiandang
The Battle of Huangtiandang (黄天荡之战) was a 1130 naval battle on the Yangtze near Nanjing, where Han Shizhong's 8,000 Song troops blockaded Wanyan Zongbi's Jin army for weeks before it escaped.
Battle of Huaqui
The Battle of Huaqui (Batalla de Huaqui), fought on 20 June 1811, was a royalist victory under José Manuel de Goyeneche over Antonio González Balcarce's patriots in Upper Peru.
Battle of Huarina
The Battle of Huarina was a battle of the Peruvian civil wars fought near Lake Titicaca in 1547, won by Gonzalo Pizarro's rebels over Diego Centeno's royalists.
Battle of Huayang
The Battle of Huayang (华阳之战) was a 273 BC Warring States battle in which Qin under Bai Qi destroyed a joint Wei–Zhao army at Huayang.
Battle of Hubudagang
The Battle of Hubudagang (护步答冈之战) was fought in December 1115 between Wanyan Aguda's Jurchen army and a claimed 700,000-strong Liao host under Emperor Tianzuo, who was routed.
Battle of Huế
Battle of Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Huế City battle of the Tet Offensive: NVA and Viet Cong forces seized Vietnam's former imperial capital, US Marines and ARVN retook it in month-long urban combat, leaving thousands dead.
Battle of Hulao
The Battle of Hulao (虎牢之战) was a decisive Tang victory in 621, when Li Shimin defeated Dou Jiande at Hulao and Wang Shichong at Luoyang, Henan.