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Hukbalahap Rebellion
The Hukbalahap Rebellion was a communist-led peasant insurgency in central Luzon, Philippines, fought from 1946 to 1954 by former anti-Japanese guerrillas under Luis Taruc until he surrendered.
Huliaipole offensive (Гуляйпільський наступ)
Huliaipole offensive (Гуляйпільський наступ): Russian autumn-winter 2025 offensive on the town of Huliaipole, eastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, flanking a front static since 2023, cutting the T-0401 route, and leaving the town contested by December 2025.
Humaitá campaign
The Humaitá campaign (1866–1868) was the second phase of the War of the Triple Alliance, in which Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay besieged Paraguay's Fortress of Humaitá.
Human rights in Libya
Human rights in Libya: since 2011's division between the GNU in Tripoli and Haftar's LAAF, arbitrary detention, torture, resumed executions, militia abuses, and systematic violations against migrants persist with impunity.
Human safari (terror campaign)
Human safari, also called Sarajevo Safari or sniper tourism, refers to unproven allegations that wealthy foreigners paid Bosnian Serb forces to shoot civilians during the 1992–1996 siege of Sarajevo, now under investigation in Italy and Bosnia.
Humanitarian aid during the Syrian civil war
Humanitarian aid during the Syrian civil war: UN and NGO relief inside Syria and for refugees in Türkiye, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt; resolution 2165 cross-border mechanism, Bab al-Hawa access, 16.5 million in need in 2025, Assad's fall December 2024, mass returns, and severe funding shortfalls.
Humor based on the September 11 attacks
Humor based on the September 11 attacks covers 9/11 jokes, memes, and satire, from the 2001 'end of irony' moment and Gottfried's 'Too soon!' joke to truther memes and generational dark humor.
Hundred Days Offensive
The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was the final series of Allied attacks on the Western Front of World War I, opening at Amiens with Canadian and Australian spearheads and ending with the Armistice after the German Army's defeat.
Hungarian insurrectio of 1809
The Hungarian insurrectio of 1809 was the last full mobilization of Hungary's medieval noble levy during the War of the Fifth Coalition, ending in defeat at the Battle of Győr.
Hungarian invasions of Europe
The Hungarian invasions of Europe were Magyar raids from the Carpathian Basin across tenth-century Europe, ending in the west with their defeat at Lechfeld in 955.
Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ruthenia
The Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ruthenia was the Royal Hungarian Army's takeover of Czechoslovakia's easternmost province between 15 and 18 March 1939, carried out with Hitler's authorization.
Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (1848–49 war of independence): Kossuth's March uprising, Batthyány ministry, April Laws abolishing serfdom, defeat by Austria with Russian aid in 1849, legacy in the 1867 Compromise.
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (1956-os forradalom): nationwide uprising against the Soviet-aligned Hungarian People's Republic, starting in Budapest on 23 October 1956, led briefly by Imre Nagy, crushed by Soviet forces on 4 November under Kádár.
Hungarian–Czechoslovak War
The Hungarian–Czechoslovak War was the 1918–1919 conflict between Czechoslovakia and Béla Kun's Hungary over Upper Hungary and Ruthenia, settled by Allied decision and the 1920 Treaty of Trianon.
Hungarian–Romanian War
The Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–1919 was fought between Romania and Hungary's successive governments over Transylvania after Austria-Hungary's collapse; Romanian forces occupied Budapest on August 4, 1919.
Hungary in World War II
Hungary in World War II: the Kingdom of Hungary as an Axis ally (November 1940), its Don-front campaigns, the March 1944 German occupation, the deportation of about 437,000 Jews to Auschwitz, Arrow Cross rule, and the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty.
Hungerford massacre
Hungerford massacre: spree shooting in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, 19 August 1987, by 27-year-old Michael Ryan, who killed 16 including his mother and a police officer with lawfully held firearms, then killed himself; led to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.
Hungnam evacuation
The Hungnam evacuation (흥남 철수작전) was the December 1950 withdrawal of about 105,000 UN and South Korean troops and tens of thousands of refugees by sea from Hungnam.
Hunnic invasion of the Sasanian Empire
The Hunnic invasion of the Sasanian Empire of 395–396 was a raid in which Hunnic horsemen crossed the Caucasus, ravaged Roman provinces, and were defeated near Ctesiphon.
Huon Peninsula campaign
The Huon Peninsula campaign was a largely Australian offensive in New Guinea during World War II, part of Operation Cartwheel, that captured Lae and Finschhafen from September 1943.
Husein Gradaščević
Husein-beg Gradaščević was a Bosnian pasha and captain of Gradačac, born in 1802, who led the Great Bosnian Uprising of 1831–1832 against Sultan Mahmud II's reforms.
Hussam Abu Safiya (حسام إدريس أبو صفية)
Hussam Abu Safiya (حسام إدريس أبو صفية), born 1973, Palestinian paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, northern Gaza; detained by Israel 27 December 2024 without charge under the Unlawful Combatants Law.
Hussite Wars
The Hussite Wars (Husitské války), also known as the Bohemian Wars, were religious conflicts in Bohemia from 1419 to 1434, where followers of Jan Hus repelled five crusades.
Hut Tax War
The Hut Tax War of 1898, known in Mende country as the White Man's War, was an insurrection against the House Tax imposed by Governor Frederic Cardew.
Hutu Power
Hutu Power, a Rwandan extremist movement of the early 1990s promoting Hutu supremacy, coalition of MRND and CDR parties with Interahamwe and Impuzamugambi militias, organized the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi.
Hutu Ten Commandments
The Hutu Ten Commandments, also the Ten Commandments of the Bahutu, is a ten-point anti-Tutsi propaganda text published in Kangura in December 1990, whose publisher Hassan Ngeze was convicted of incitement to genocide.
Iași pogrom
The Iași pogrom was the mass killing of Iași's Jews by Romanian and German forces from 27 to 30 June 1941, ordered by the Antonescu regime.
IBM and the Holocaust
IBM and the Holocaust is Edwin Black's 2001 book arguing IBM and its Dehomag subsidiary leased Hollerith punch-card machines used by Nazi Germany for censuses, deportations, and camp administration; some historians dispute its strongest claims.
Ibn al-Khattab (ابن الخطاب)
Ibn al-Khattab (ابن الخطاب), Samir al-Suwaylim, 1969–2002, Saudi jihadist who fought in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Chechnya, led Arab foreign fighters with Basayev, and was assassinated by the FSB in 2002.
Ibrahim Bek's revolt
Ibrahim Bek's revolt was the Basmachi insurgency led by Ibrahim Bek, an Uzbek Lokai commander, against Soviet rule in Eastern Bukhara from the early 1920s until 1931.