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Battle of Mikatagahara
The Battle of Mikatagahara (三方ヶ原の戦い) was fought on 22 December 1572 on the Mikatagahara plateau in Tōtōmi Province, Japan, where Takeda Shingen defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Battle of Milk Creek
The Battle of Milk Creek, or Battle of Milk River, was a six-day 1879 fight between Ute warriors and US Army troops in northwestern Colorado.
Battle of Milne Bay
The Battle of Milne Bay was a Second World War land battle fought in Papua from 25 August to 7 September 1942, in which Australian and American defenders defeated a Japanese amphibious force.
Battle of Miłosław
The Battle of Miłosław, fought on 30 April 1848 between Polish insurgents under Ludwik Mierosławski and the Prussian army, was the largest engagement of the Greater Poland uprising.
Battle of Mimigawa
The Battle of Mimigawa (耳川の戦い), also called the Battle of Takajō, was a 1578 Sengoku battle in which the Shimazu clan crushed the Ōtomo clan in Kyushu.
Battle of Minatogawa
The Battle of Minatogawa (湊川の戦い) was a 1336 battle at present-day Kobe, Japan, where Ashikaga Takauji defeated the loyalist army of Nitta Yoshisada and Kusunoki Masashige, who died by his own hand.
Battle of Mindanao
The Battle of Mindanao was a 1945 World War II campaign in which the United States Eighth Army, with Filipino guerrillas, liberated Mindanao from Japanese occupation.
Battle of Mindoro
The Battle of Mindoro was the American amphibious invasion of Mindoro in the Philippines on 15 December 1944, the first step of the Luzon Campaign.
Battle of Mir
The Battle of Mir was a two-day cavalry action of June 1812 near Mir, Belarus, where Platov's Cossacks won the first Russian victory of Napoleon's invasion.
Battle of Miraflores
The Battle of Miraflores, fought near Lima on 15 January 1881, was a Chilean victory over Peru in the War of the Pacific that opened the road to Lima.
Battle of Mirăslău
The Battle of Mirăslău, also recorded as Miriszló, was fought on 18 September 1600 near Mirăslău in Alba County between Michael the Brave and Giorgio Basta's forces.
Battle of Mirbat
Battle of Mirbat, 19 July 1972, Dhofar Rebellion, Oman: nine SAS soldiers and about 30 Omani troops under Captain Mike Kealy repelled 250-300 PFLOAG guerrillas, aided by Strikemaster air support; a turning point of the war.
Battle of Mišar
The Battle of Mišar was a battle of the First Serbian Uprising fought on 13 August 1806 near Šabac, where Karađorđe's rebels defeated a larger Ottoman army.
Battle of Misrata
The Battle of Misrata (معركة مصراتة) was a three-month siege of Misrata, Libya, in the 2011 civil war, where rebels held out against Qadhafi forces.
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Missionary Ridge (November 25, 1863), climactic fight of the Battles for Chattanooga: over 50,000 Union troops under Grant stormed Bragg's ridge line, broke the Confederate center, and freed Chattanooga for Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
Battle of Miyako Bay
The Battle of Miyako Bay (宮古湾海戦) was a failed 1869 surprise attack by Ezo Republic ships to capture the Imperial ironclad Kōtetsu during the Boshin War's final campaign.
Battle of Mizushima
The Battle of Mizushima (水島合戦) was a naval battle of the Genpei War fought in 1183 at Mizushima in Bitchū Province, where the Taira defeated a Minamoto army.
Battle of Mława
The Battle of Mława (Bitwa pod Mławą) was a defensive battle of the 1939 German invasion of Poland, where Army Modlin repelled German attacks for three days before withdrawing.
Battle of Mobei
The Battle of Mobei was fought in 119 BC north of the Gobi Desert, the largest battle between the Han and the Xiongnu under Emperor Wu.
Battle of Mobile Bay
Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864: Civil War naval battle where Admiral David Farragut's 18-ship Union fleet, defying mines with "Damn the torpedoes," defeated Admiral Franklin Buchanan's CSS Tennessee squadron and closed one of the Confederacy's last open ports.
Battle of Modder River
The Battle of Modder River, or Twee Riviere, was a Boer War battle on 28 November 1899 where Boers under Cronjé halted Methuen's advance on Kimberley.
Battle of Modlin
The Battle of Modlin (Obrona Modlina) was the 1939 defense of Modlin Fortress in central Poland against Germany, ending with its capitulation on 29 September.
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
The Battle of Mogadishu, also called Black Hawk Down, was a fifteen-hour 1993 battle in Somalia between US Task Force Ranger and Aidid's militia, killing 18 Americans.
Battle of Mogyoród
The Battle of Mogyoród (mogyoródi csata) was a decisive battle fought on 14 March 1074 near Mogyoród, east of Pest, where princes Géza and László defeated King Salamon.
Battle of Mohács
Battle of Mohács (Mohácsi csata), 29 August 1526: Ottoman victory of Suleiman I over Louis II's Hungarian army of about 25,000 near Mohács, Hungary, ending the medieval kingdom and leading to its tripartite partition after 1541.
Battle of Mohi
Battle of Mohi (Muhi), April 11, 1241: Mongol victory under Batu Khan and Subutai over King Béla IV's Hungarian royal army at the Sajó River, two days after Legnica; costly to the Mongols, it opened Hungary to occupation until the 1242 withdrawal.
Battle of Moji
The Battle of Moji (門司城の戦い) was a 1561 siege at Moji Castle in Buzen Province, Japan, where the Ōtomo clan failed to retake the castle from the Mōri.
Battle of Mojkovac
The Battle of Mojkovac (Мојковачка битка) was a January 1916 battle in which Montenegrin forces under Janko Vukotić stopped an Austro-Hungarian offensive, covering the Serbian army's retreat.
Battle of Mokra
The Battle of Mokra (Bitwa pod Mokrą), fought on 1 September 1939 near Częstochowa, saw Poland's Volhynian Cavalry Brigade halt the German 4th Panzer Division.
Battle of Molino del Rey
The Battle of Molino del Rey was a bloody 1847 battle of the Mexican-American War, in which Winfield Scott's forces stormed Mexican positions west of Mexico City.