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Battle of Xingyang
The Battle of Xingyang (荥阳之战) was a long campaign of the Chu–Han Contention in which Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fought for Xingyang, ending in 203 BC.
Battle of Xoài Mút
The Battle of Xoài Mút (Trận Rạch Gầm–Xoài Mút) was a 1785 riverine ambush in which Nguyễn Huệ's Tây Sơn army destroyed a 50,000-strong Siamese fleet on the Tiền River in southern Vietnam.
Battle of Xuân Lộc
The Battle of Xuân Lộc (Trận Xuân Lộc) was fought from 9 to 21 April 1975 and was the last major battle of the Vietnam War.
Battle of Xuge
The Battle of Xuge (繻葛之戰) was a 707 BC battle in which Zheng defeated a Zhou royal coalition led by King Huan, who was wounded.
Battle of Xuzhou
The Battle of Xuzhou (徐州会战), also called the Xuzhou Campaign, was a defensive battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War fought at Xuzhou, China, from January to May 1938.
Battle of Yaguachi
The Battle of Yaguachi, also called the Battle of Cone, was fought on 19 August 1821 near Yaguachi, Ecuador, where Antonio José de Sucre defeated a royalist division.
Battle of Yahuarcocha
The Battle of Yahuarcocha was an Inca victory under Huayna Capac over the Caranqui confederation at a lagoon near Ibarra, Ecuador, followed by a massacre.
Battle of Yalu River (1904)
The Battle of the Yalu River (鴨緑江の戦い) was the first major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought April 30 to May 1, 1904, and won by Japan.
Battle of Yamama
The Battle of Yamama (معركة اليمامة) was fought in December 632 between Khalid ibn al-Walid and Musaylima of Banu Hanifa in central Arabia, ending in Musaylima's death.
Battle of Yamazaki
The Battle of Yamazaki (山崎の戦い) was fought at Yamazaki near Kyoto on July 2, 1582, where Hashiba Hideyoshi defeated Akechi Mitsuhide, who had killed Oda Nobunaga eleven days earlier.
Battle of Yamen (崖山海战)
Battle of Yamen (崖山海战, also Battle of Yashan), 19 March 1279 naval battle at Xinhui, Guangdong, where Yuan admirals Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng destroyed the last Southern Song fleet under Zhang Shijie, ending the Song dynasty.
Battle of Yanacocha
The Battle of Yanacocha, fought on 13 August 1835 in the Cusco region of Peru, saw Bolivian president Andrés de Santa Cruz defeat the Peruvian forces of Agustín Gamarra.
Battle of Yangxia
The Battle of Yangxia (阳夏保卫战) was the largest military campaign of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, a 41-day fight for Hankou and Hanyang that ended in a ceasefire.
Battle of Yanling
The Battle of Yanling (鄢陵之战) was the third great hegemonic contest between Jin and Chu, after Chengpu and Bi, where Jin defeated Chu and restored its lost hegemony.
Battle of Yanzhou
The Battle of Yanzhou (兖州之战) was the 194 CE rising in which Zhang Miao and Chen Gong turned against Cao Cao and welcomed Lü Bu as Governor of Yanzhou.
Battle of Yaroslavl (1245)
The Battle of Yaroslavl (Битва під Ярославом) was fought on 17 August 1245 near the Galician town of Yaroslav, where Danylo and Vasylko Romanovychi defeated Rostislav Mikhailovich's Hungarian-backed coalition.
Battle of Yashima
The Battle of Yashima (屋島の戦い) was a Genpei War battle in 1185 where Minamoto no Yoshitsune's surprise attack drove the Taira from Yashima, near Takamatsu, Japan.
Battle of Yassicemen
The Battle of Yassicemen (یاسیچمن) was fought on 10 August 1230 near Erzincan between Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah and an allied Seljuk-Ayyubid force, whose victory destroyed Khwarazmian power and opened Anatolia to the Mongols.
Battle of Yassı Çimen
The Battle of Yassı Çimen was fought near Erzincan on 10 August 1230, where a Seljuk and Ayyubid coalition under Kayqubad I defeated Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah, who was killed in 1231.
Battle of Yatay
The Battle of Yatay was a land battle of the War of the Triple Alliance fought on 17 August 1865 in Corrientes, Argentina, where allied forces destroyed a Paraguayan detachment.
Battle of Yavin
Battle of Yavin: fictional Star Wars engagement from A New Hope (1977) in which Rebel starfighters destroy the first Death Star over Yavin 4; anchors the BBY/ABY dating system.
Battle of Yehuling
The Battle of Yehuling (野狐岭, Wild Fox Ridge) was a decisive 1211 battle of the Mongol–Jin War near Zhangjiakou, Hebei, where Genghis Khan's smaller army destroyed the Jin main field army.
Battle of Yenidje
The Battle of Yenidze (Greek: Μάχη των Γιαννιτσών, Battle of Giannitsa) was a Greek victory over Ottoman forces at Giannitsa, Macedonia, on 19–20 October 1912.
Battle of Yiling
The Battle of Yiling (夷陵之战), also called the Battle of Xiaoting, was a 221–222 war in which Lu Xun's Eastern Wu crushed Liu Bei's invading Shu Han army.
Battle of Yingzhou
The Battle of Yingzhou (应州之战) was a 1517 battle near Yingzhou in the Datong region, where the Zhengde Emperor in person turned back Dayan Khan's Mongol invasion.
Battle of Yinshan
The Battle of Yinshan was a 630 night attack by a Tang army of over 100,000 under Li Jing that crushed the Eastern Turks and dissolved their khaganate.
Battle of Yongle City
The Battle of Yongle City (永乐城之战) was the annihilation in 1082 of the Song garrison of the newly built Yongle fortress, attacked by Western Xia shortly after its completion.
Battle of Yongsan
The Battle of Yongsan (영산전투; 靈山戰鬪) was a Korean War engagement fought 1 to 5 September 1950 at Yongsan, South Korea, part of the Pusan Perimeter campaign.
Battle of Ypres
Battles of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium: five major First World War battles, 1914-1918, around an Allied salient. Includes First Ypres 1914, Second Ypres 1915 with the first lethal chlorine gas attack, and Third Ypres 1917, known as Passchendaele.
Battle of Yultong (율동 전투)
Battle of Yultong (율동 전투), also Battle of Yuldong: Korean War defense on April 22–23, 1951, north of Yeoncheon, where 900 Filipino soldiers of PEFTOK's 10th Battalion Combat Team held against Chinese Spring Offensive forces.