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Kuti rebellion
The Kuti rebellion (Pemberontakan Ra Kuti) was a 1319 uprising in the Majapahit kingdom of Java, led by the official Ra Kuti and suppressed by Gajah Mada.
Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war
Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war: the Gulf state's experience as a first-day Iranian target that caused the first American deaths, host of US forces at Ali al-Salem, victim of airport and desalination strikes, and a GCC energy exporter whose exports were halted.
Kuwaiti oil fires
Kuwaiti oil fires: more than 600 Kuwaiti oil wells set alight by retreating Iraqi forces in early 1991, burning about 4.6 million barrels a day until the last was capped November 6, 1991.
Kwilu Rebellion
The Kwilu Rebellion was a rural insurrection led by Pierre Mulele that broke out in January 1964 in Kwilu province of the Congo, the first of the 1964 rebellions.
Kyūjō incident (宮城事件)
Kyūjō incident (宮城事件, Palace Incident): failed coup d'état on the night of August 14–15, 1945, when army officers led by Kenji Hatanaka tried to seize the Imperial Palace, destroy the emperor's surrender recording, and block Japan's surrender broadcast.
Kyūshū campaign
The Kyūshū campaign (九州征伐), also called the pacification of Kyūshū, was the 1586–1587 war in which Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, bringing Kyūshū under his control.
La Amistad
La Amistad, a Spanish schooner at the center of the 1839 Amistad rebellion and United States v. the Amistad, in which 53 Mende captives led by Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué) won freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court.
La Stella Restaurant meeting
The La Stella Restaurant meeting, known as "Little Apalachin," was the September 1966 raid in Forest Hills, Queens, in which police arrested thirteen American Mafia bosses, including Carlo Gambino, Carlos Marcello, and Santo Trafficante, at lunch.
La Violencia
La Violencia, Colombia's undeclared civil war of 1946–1958 between Liberals and Conservatives, triggered by Gaitán's 1948 assassination and the Bogotazo, ended by the National Front; commonly cited at 200,000 dead, though demographic estimates run lower.
Lachin corridor
The Lachin corridor is the 5 km-wide only land link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, created by the 10 November 2020 trilateral ceasefire, patrolled by Russian peacekeepers, blockaded from December 2022, and checkpointed by Azerbaijan in April 2023.
Laconia incident
The Laconia incident: the September 1942 sinking of the British troopship RMS Laconia by U-156 off Ascension Island, the Axis submarine rescue operation attacked by US aircraft, and the resulting Laconia Order (Triton Null) forbidding U-boat rescues.
Lafayette Escadrille
The Lafayette Escadrille (Escadrille N.124) was a French Air Service fighter squadron of American volunteers under Captain Georges Thenault, serving April 1916 to February 1918 before transferring to the U.S. 103rd Aero Squadron.
Laju incident
The Laju incident was a 1974 attack in Singapore in which Japanese Red Army and Palestinian militants bombed a Shell refinery and hijacked the ferry Laju.
Lake Chad Basin crisis
The Lake Chad Basin crisis is a long-running humanitarian and security emergency in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, where the Boko Haram insurgency since 2009 has displaced millions.
Lan Xang–Đại Việt War (1479–1480)
The Lan Xang–Đại Việt War was a 1479–1480 conflict in which Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt invaded Lan Xang and Bồn Man, then withdrew under Chinese pressure.
Lancaster House Agreement
The Lancaster House Agreement, signed 21 December 1979 in London, ended Rhodesia's civil war, agreed Zimbabwe's independence constitution and a ceasefire among Britain, the Zimbabwe-Rhodesia administration, and the Mugabe-Nkomo Patriotic Front, with entrenched willing-buyer willing-seller land clauses for ten years.
Landing at Anzac Cove
Landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April 1915: the ANZAC amphibious assault near Ari Burnu, Gallipoli, secondary to the Cape Helles landing. About 16,000 Australians and New Zealanders ashore; over 2,000 casualties by next morning; wrong-beach question still debated.
Landing at Cape Helles
Landing at Cape Helles: the British 29th Division's main Gallipoli amphibious assault on 25 April 1915 at five beaches (S, V, W, X, Y), notably the costly V Beach River Clyde landing, ending in trench stalemate until evacuation on 9 January 1916.
Laotian Civil War
Laotian Civil War (1959-1975), the Secret War: Pathet Lao and North Vietnam against the Royal Lao Government and CIA-led Hmong guerrillas under Vang Pao; over 2 million tons of U.S. bombs left Laos the most bombed country per capita.
Lapland War
Lapland War (Lapin sota), 15 September 1944 – 27 April 1945: Finland expelled over 200,000 German troops from northern Finland under the Moscow Armistice, with scorched-earth destruction, mass evacuation, and about 774 Finnish and 1,000 German dead.
Largest naval battle in history
Largest naval battle in history: title usually given to the Battle of Leyte Gulf (23–26 October 1944), where nearly 200,000 men and hundreds of ships fought four engagements across 100,000 square miles; rivals include Jutland.
Larut Wars
The Larut Wars were three conflicts fought between 1861 and 1874 among rival Chinese secret-society miners, and their Malay patrons, over the rich tin-mining district of Larut in Perak.
Las Anod conflict
The Las Anod conflict is an armed conflict that began in early 2023 between Somaliland forces and Dhulbahante militias; Somaliland withdrew from Las Anod in August 2023.
Latvian War of Independence
The Latvian War of Independence (Latvian: Latvijas Neatkarības karš, also called Brīvības cīņas, the Freedom Struggles) secured the independent Latvian state from 1918 to the 1920 peace treaty.
Lautaro's uprising
Lautaro's uprising (Alzamiento de Lautaro) was the Mapuche campaign of 1553–1557 led by Lautaro, a former page of Pedro de Valdivia, whom it defeated at Tucapel in 1553.
Lê Hoàn's invasion of Champa
Lê Hoàn's invasion of Champa was a 982 punitive campaign in which Vietnam's Lê Hoàn sacked the Cham capital Indrapura and killed the Cham king.
Lê Văn Khôi revolt
The Lê Văn Khôi revolt (Loạn Lê Văn Khôi) was a 1833–1835 rebellion against Emperor Minh Mạng, led from the Gia Định citadel at Saigon.
Leaders of the Vietnam War
Leaders of the Vietnam War covers the political and military figures who directed the conflict from 1955 to 1975 on its Hanoi, Saigon, and American sides.
Leapfrogging (strategy)
Leapfrogging, or island hopping, was the Allied Pacific War strategy of seizing islands usable as airfields and bases while bypassing and isolating fortified Japanese garrisons such as Rabaul, advancing toward Japan from 1943 to 1945.
Lebanese Civil War (الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية)
Lebanese Civil War (الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية), 1975-1990 sectarian conflict begun with the Ain El-Remmaneh bus attack, ended by the Taif Agreement and Aoun's October 1990 surrender; about 150,000 killed, 17,000 missing, Hezbollah alone kept its weapons.