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Battle of Zhvanets
The Battle of Zhvanets (Жванецька облога) was the 1653 encirclement of King John II Casimir's Polish army near Zhvanets, Ukraine, by Bohdan Khmelnytsky's Cossacks and Crimean Tatars.
Battle of Zieleńce
The Battle of Zieleńce (Зелінці) was a Polish victory over Russian forces near Zieleńce in Volhynia on 18 June 1792, during the war in defense of the Constitution of 3 May 1791.
Battle of Zinder
The Battle of Zinder was the 1899 defeat of the Sultanate of Damagaram's army by a French colonial column, followed by the occupation of Zinder in what is now Niger.
Battle of Zintan
The Battle of Zintan (معركة الزنتان) was a series of 2011 Libyan Civil War engagements in which rebels in the Nafusa Mountains town of Zintan broke a siege by Gaddafi's forces in June 2011.
Battle of Zitácuaro
The Battle of Zitácuaro was a royalist assault on Zitácuaro, Michoacán, on 2 January 1812, driving out the insurgent junta governing the Mexican War of Independence.
Battle of Zlatitsa
The Battle of Zlatitsa was a stalemate fought on 12 December 1443 in central Bulgaria between crusaders under Władysław III and John Hunyadi and Sultan Murad II.
Battle of Znaim
The Battle of Znaim, fought on 10–11 July 1809 at Znojmo in Moravia, was the last battle of the Franco-Austrian War, ending in an armistice.
Battle of Zsibó
The Battle of Zsibó (Hungarian: zsibói csata) was fought on 11 November 1705 near Zsibó, today Jibou, Romania, where Field Marshal Ludwig Herbeville's imperial army defeated Ferenc Rákóczi II.
Battle of Zubarah
The Battle of Zubarah (معركة الزبارة) was a 1783 conflict between the Utub Arabs of Zubarah in Qatar and Shaikh Nasr al-Madhkur of Bahrain, ending in al-Khalifa conquest of Bahrain.
Battle of Żurawno
The Battle of Żurawno, also spelled Żórawno, was a siege of 1676 in which King Jan III Sobieski held a fortified camp against a larger Ottoman-Tatar force.
Battle of Żyrzyn
The Battle of Żyrzyn was an 1863 ambush near Żyrzyn, Poland, in which Polish insurgents under Michał Heydenreich destroyed a Russian convoy during the January Uprising.
Battle off Cape Engaño
The Battle of Cape Engaño, fought off Luzon on 25 October 1944, was a Battle of Leyte Gulf engagement in which US carrier aircraft destroyed Japan's four remaining carriers.
Battle off Samar
Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944: Taffy 3 (Task Unit 77.4.3), six escort carriers with destroyers under C. A. F. Sprague, repelled Kurita's Center Force of four battleships including Yamato during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, losing Hoel, Johnston, Samuel B. Roberts, Gambier Bay, and St. Lo.
Battle on the Ice
Battle on the Ice: 5 April 1242 defeat of the Livonian Order and Bishopric of Dorpat by Alexander Nevsky's Novgorod forces on frozen Lake Peipus; sources diverge on scale, and the famous ice-breaking image comes from Eisenstein's 1938 film, not medieval chronicles.
Battle on the Marchfeld
The Battle on the Marchfeld, fought on 26 August 1278 near Dürnkrut, Austria, saw Rudolf I of Habsburg and Ladislaus IV of Hungary defeat and kill King Ottokar II of Bohemia.
Battle pass
Battle pass: seasonal tiered reward system in video games with free and paid tracks, priced around $10 (e.g., 1,100 BFC, 1650 RP); alternative to loot boxes, with FOMO and carryover variations.
Battle rifle
A battle rifle is a self-loading military service rifle chambered for a full-power cartridge such as 7.62×51mm NATO, including the FN FAL, Heckler & Koch G3, and M14.
Battle River power station
Battle River power station, also called Battle River Generating Station, is a power plant near Forestburg, Alberta, converted from coal to natural gas by 2021.
Battle Royale (novel)
Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル) is Koushun Takami's 1999 Ohta Publishing dystopian novel in which 42 junior high students are forced by the Republic of Greater East Asia's Program to fight to the death; basis of the 2000 Fukasaku film and the battle royale genre.
Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル) (film)
Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル, Batoru Rowaiaru), 2000 Japanese film by Kinji Fukasaku, adapted from Koushun Takami's 1999 novel; 42 ninth graders forced to fight to the death on an island under the BR Law; his final film, controversial in Japan, released in the UK in 2001.
Battle royale game
Battle royale game: multiplayer genre where dozens to hundreds of players scavenge, fight inside a shrinking safe area, and win as last one standing; grew from Brendan Greene's 2013 Arma 2 mod into PUBG, Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Warzone.
Battle Royale II: Requiem (バトル・ロワイアルII 鎮魂歌)
Battle Royale II: Requiem (バトル・ロワイアルII 鎮魂歌), also released as Battle Royale II: Revenge, is a 2003 Japanese action sequel by Kinji and Kenta Fukasaku in which students are sent to kill survivor Nanahara Shuya under the BRII anti-terrorism law; Kinji Fukasaku died during filming.
Battle South of the City
Battle South of the City (战城南, Zhan chengnan) is an anonymous Han dynasty folk ballad mourning soldiers left unburied, one of the best-known anti-war poems in early Chinese literature.
Battle Tendency (戦闘潮流)
Battle Tendency (戦闘潮流, Sentō Chōryū) is Part 2 of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 1987–1989, following Joseph Joestar against the Pillar Men in 1938; adapted as anime episodes 10–26 (2012–2013).
Battle Through the Heavens (斗破苍穹)
Battle Through the Heavens (斗破苍穹), also Fights Break Sphere, is a Chinese level-up fantasy web novel by Tian Can Tu Dou; it ranked first on the 2017 Hurun IP list, spawned a poorly received 2018 TV drama, and a Tencent donghua with over 12 billion views.
Battle Trip (배틀 트립)
Battle Trip (배틀트립) was a KBS 2TV Korean travel variety show (2016–2020, 2022–2023) in which two celebrity teams presented competing itineraries and a 100-member studio audience voted for the winner.
Battle with Naravas
The Battle with Naravas was a 240 BC engagement of the Mercenary War in which Naravas defected to Hamilcar Barca with 2,000 Numidian horsemen, defeating the rebels.
Battle: Los Angeles
Battle: Los Angeles is a 2011 American sci-fi action film directed by Jonathan Liebesman, starring Aaron Eckhart as a Marine sergeant fighting aliens in Santa Monica; also known abroad as World Invasion: Battle: Los Angeles.
Battle.net
Battle.net is Blizzard Entertainment's online gaming service, launcher, and storefront, launched with Diablo on 30 November 1996 (officially January 1997), now owned by Microsoft after the October 2023 Activision Blizzard acquisition, with 27–45 million monthly active users and games also on Steam.
Battleborn (video game)
Battleborn: Gearbox Software's hero shooter, an FPS/MOBA hybrid with 25 launch heroes and a story campaign, released May 3, 2016, overshadowed by Overwatch and shut down in January 2021.