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Battle of Kunyang
The Battle of Kunyang (昆阳之战) was fought in 23 AD at Kunyang, Henan, where Han restoration forces under Liu Xiu destroyed Wang Mang's vastly larger Xin army.
Battle of Kurakhove
Battle of Kurakhove (Курахове), fought late October 2024 to January 2025 in Donetsk Oblast; Russia's 51st and 8th Combined Arms Armies captured the city after a two-month battle, with Ukrainian withdrawal completed by mid-January 2025.
Battle of Kurikara
The Battle of Kurikara (倶利伽羅峠の戦い), also called the Battle of Tonamiyama, was an 1183 battle where Kiso Yoshinaka destroyed the Taira army of Taira no Koremori at Kurikara Pass.
Battle of Kursk (Курская битва)
Battle of Kursk (Курская битва), 5 July–23 August 1943 Eastern Front battle; Germany's Operation Citadel pincer failed against prepared Soviet defenses, and Prokhorovka's 'largest tank battle' claim is now considered exaggerated.
Battle of Kuryłówka
The Battle of Kuryłówka, fought near Kuryłówka in southeastern Poland on 6 May 1945, saw Polish anti-communist underground units repel an attack by Soviet NKVD troops.
Battle of Kutná Hora
Battle of Kutná Hora (Bitva u Kutné Hory), December 21–22, 1421, Hussite Wars: Sigismund of Hungary's 30,000 crusaders took the silver city from Jan Žižka's 12,000 Hussites, but Žižka's wagon-column breakout led to a January 1422 counter-offensive that expelled Sigismund from Bohemia.
Battle of Kwajalein
The Battle of Kwajalein was a 1944 World War II amphibious assault in which U.S. Army and Marine forces captured Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands from Japan.
Battle of Kyiv (2022)
Battle of Kyiv (2022), February 24 to April 2: Russian forces from Belarus and northern Ukraine tried to seize Ukraine's capital via Hostomel Airport; Ukrainian defenders blocked the Irpin crossings and Russia withdrew, failing its coup de main.
Battle of La Arada
The Battle of La Arada (Batalla de la Arada) was fought on 2 February 1851 near Chiquimula, Guatemala, where General Rafael Carrera's army defeated an invading allied army from El Salvador and Honduras.
Battle of La Concepción
The Battle of La Concepción (Combate de La Concepción) was a battle of the War of the Pacific fought at Concepción, Peru, on 9 and 10 July 1882.
Battle of La Puerta
The Battle of La Puerta refers to engagements at the Venezuelan pass of La Puerta during the War of Independence, where José Tomás Boves defeated patriots in 1814.
Battle of La Trinidad
The Battle of La Trinidad was fought on 11 November 1827 near Sabanagrande, Honduras, where Francisco Morazán defeated Colonel José Justo Milla and freed Honduras from conservative control.
Battle of La Vega
The Battle of La Vega was an engagement of the Dominican Restoration War fought at La Vega, Dominican Republic, in February 1864, where restorationist forces defeated Spanish troops.
Battle of La Victoria
The Battle of La Victoria was a Venezuelan War of Independence engagement won by republican forces under José Félix Ribas at La Victoria on 12 February 1814.
Battle of Lade
The Battle of Lade (معركة لاد) was a naval battle fought in 494 BC off Miletus, where a larger Persian fleet defeated the rebellious Ionian Greek cities.
Battle of Lae
The Battle of Lae (4–16 September 1943) was a Pacific War battle in New Guinea where Australian troops captured the last Japanese stronghold in the Huon Gulf area.
Battle of Laing's Nek
The Battle of Laing's Nek, fought on 28 January 1881, saw Major-General George Colley's British column repulsed by Piet Joubert's entrenched Boers during the First Boer War.
Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of Lake Erie (Battle of Put-in-Bay), 10 September 1813 War of 1812 naval action: Oliver Hazard Perry's nine-vessel squadron captured Robert Barclay's six British ships near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, securing US control of the lake, forcing the abandonment of Detroit, and enabling the Battle of the Thames.
Battle of Lake Maracaibo
The Battle of Lake Maracaibo was a naval engagement of 24 July 1823 in which Admiral José Prudencio Padilla's republican squadron defeated the Spanish royalist fleet in Venezuela.
Battle of Lake Okeechobee
The Battle of Lake Okeechobee was a major engagement of the Second Seminole War fought on December 25, 1837, between Colonel Zachary Taylor's troops and Seminole warriors.
Battle of Lake Poyang
The Battle of Lake Poyang (鄱阳湖之战) was a naval campaign fought in 1363 between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang on Lake Poyang in Jiangxi, ending with Chen's death.
Battle of Lake Trasimene
Battle of Lake Trasimene (Battle of Trasimene, Trasumennus), ambush fought 24 June 217 BC in the Second Punic War, where Hannibal annihilated consul Gaius Flaminius's army of about 15,000 dead on Lake Trasimene's north shore.
Battle of Lake Tunis
Fought in 147 BC, the Battle of Lake Tunis saw a Carthaginian fleet engage the Roman blockade until ships jammed the harbor entrance.
Battle of Landeshut
The Battle of Landeshut (Schlacht bei Landeshut) was a heavy defeat of Prussian troops by the Austrians at Landeshut, Silesia, on 23 June 1760 during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of Lạng Sơn (1979)
Battle of Lạng Sơn (Chiến tranh biên giới 1979), largest engagement of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War: the PLA 55th Army took the border provincial capital from Vietnamese divisions 3, 327, 337, 338 on March 4, 1979, prompting China's withdrawal announcement the next day.
Battle of Lang Vei
Battle of Lang Vei, 6-7 February 1968: NVA PT-76 tanks and 304th Division infantry overran the US Special Forces Detachment A-101 CIDG camp near Khe Sanh, the first successful enemy armor attack of the Vietnam War.
Battle of Larga
The Battle of Larga was a July 1770 victory of the Russian army under Pyotr Rumyantsev over Ottoman-Tatar forces in the Russo-Turkish War, in what is now Moldova.
Battle of Largs
Battle of Largs, 2 October 1263: indecisive shore skirmish between Scots under Alexander Stewart and Haakon IV of Norway's storm-damaged fleet; led to the 1266 Treaty of Perth.
Battle of Las Guasimas
The Battle of Las Guasimas, occurring in eastern Cuba on June 24, 1898, was an early land conflict of the Spanish-American War in which U.S. cavalry clashed with Spanish forces.
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (16 July 1212, Santa Elena, Jaén): crusading coalition of Castile, Aragon, and Navarre under Alfonso VIII defeated the Almohad caliph Muhammad al-Nasir; battlefield archaeology since 2022 recovered 5,593 objects.