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Wagalla massacre
The Wagalla massacre was the killing of several hundred to several thousand Somali men of the Degodia clan by Kenyan security forces near Wajir in 1984.
Wagner Group rebellion
Wagner Group rebellion: the 23–24 June 2023 armed mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner mercenary company against Russia's military leadership, seizing Rostov-on-Don and advancing toward Moscow before a Lukashenko-brokered deal exiled Prigozhin to Belarus.
Wagon Box Fight
The Wagon Box Fight was an 1867 battle near Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming, where 32 defenders with breech-loading rifles held off more than 1,000 Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors.
Wairau Affray
The Wairau Affray, also called the Wairau Incident, was a violent 1843 clash between Ngāti Toa and New Zealand Company settlers near modern Blenheim, New Zealand, killing 22 Europeans and four Māori.
Wall Street bombing
The 1920 Wall Street bombing: a wagon bomb exploded outside J.P. Morgan's offices on September 16, killing 38; unsolved, attributed to Galleanist Italian anarchists, worst US terror act until 1995.
Wallachian anti-Ottoman revolt of 1594
The Wallachian anti-Ottoman revolt of 1594 was an armed uprising by Wallachia's prince, Michael the Brave, begun in Bucharest in November 1594 with the killing of Ottoman creditors and soldiers.
Wallachian Revolution of 1848
The Wallachian Revolution of 1848 was a liberal uprising that overthrew Wallachia's reigning prince in June 1848 before Ottoman and Russian forces suppressed it that September.
Wang Fuk Court fire
Wang Fuk Court fire: deadly Level 5 blaze of November 26, 2025 in Tai Po, Hong Kong, during a renovation; seven of eight towers burned, 168 killed, leading to manslaughter charges and a judicial inquiry.
Wang Jingwei
Wang Jingwei (汪精衛, 1883–1944), Kuomintang statesman once seen as Sun Yat-sen's heir, defected from Chongqing in 1938 and led the Japanese-backed Reorganized National Government in Nanjing, 1940–1944.
Wang Jingwei regime
The Wang Jingwei regime, also known as the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China, was a Japanese-sponsored Chinese government in Nanjing from 1940 to 1945.
Wankie campaign
The Wankie campaign was the first armed operation of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC's armed wing, fought jointly with ZAPU guerrillas in Rhodesia in 1967.
Wannsee Conference
Wannsee Conference (Wannseekonferenz), 20 January 1942 meeting of 15 Nazi SS, party, and ministry officials in a Berlin villa, chaired by Reinhard Heydrich, coordinating the deportation and murder of Europe's Jews; recorded in the Wannsee Protocol.
War crimes in the Korean War
War crimes in the Korean War (1950-53): mass civilian killings by South Korean, U.S., and North Korean forces, POW abductions, and later truth-commission investigations, including No Gun Ri and the TRCK's 16,106 honored victims.
War crimes in the Kosovo War
War crimes in the Kosovo War (1998–1999): killings, expulsions and body concealment by Yugoslav/Serbian forces, KLA abuses, ICTY indictments of Milošević and others, and prosecutions by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and domestic courts.
War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine are violations of the laws of war documented by UN and OSCE bodies, Ukrainian prosecutors, and journalists since 2022.
War crimes in the Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
War crimes in the Sudanese civil war (2023–present): atrocities by the SAF and RSF documented by the UN Fact-Finding Mission, including attacks on civilians, starvation, sexual violence, ethnic killings, and El Fasher atrocities.
War crimes in the Syrian civil war
War crimes in the Syrian civil war, committed since March 2011, include chemical weapons attacks, torture, and enforced disappearance, documented by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry.
War crimes of the Wehrmacht
War crimes of the Wehrmacht: crimes by Nazi Germany's regular armed forces, including the 1941 Criminal Orders, Soviet POW mass death, Einsatzgruppen complicity, and the debunked "Clean Wehrmacht" myth.
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
The War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) was a US and NATO conflict begun after the September 11 attacks to remove the Taliban, the longest war in US history.
War in Darfur (حرب دارفور)
War in Darfur (حرب دارفور): armed conflict in western Sudan begun February 2003 by the SLM/A and JEM rebels; government and Janjaweed, now the RSF, waged scorched-earth campaigns; ICC referral 2005; continues in the 2023 civil war.
War in Donbas
War in Donbas: 2014-2022 armed conflict in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk; over 14,000 killed, Minsk agreements unimplemented, ended by Russia's February 2022 full-scale invasion.
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
The War in Iraq (2013–2017), also called the Iraq-ISIL War, was fought between Iraq's government and the Islamic State (ISIS), ending with Iraq's victory declaration in 2017.
War in Sudan (2023)
The War in Sudan is a civil war that began on 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
War of Attrition (حرب الاستنزاف)
War of Attrition (حرب الاستنزاف), the 1967–1970 Egypt-Israel limited war along the Suez Canal, launched by Nasser to regain Sinai; escalated with Soviet air-defense intervention, ended by the US-brokered August 7, 1970 standstill cease-fire.
War of the Axe
The Seventh Xhosa War, known as the War of the Axe, was fought between Xhosa forces and the British on the Cape Colony's eastern frontier from 1846 to 1847.
War of the Barbarians
The War of the Barbarians (Guerra dos Bárbaros) was a series of conflicts between Portuguese colonizers and indigenous peoples of northeastern Brazil from 1651 to 1722.
War of the Bavarian Succession
The War of the Bavarian Succession, also called the Potato War (Kartoffelkrieg), was a nearly battle-free 1778–1779 war between Prussia and Austria over Bavaria, ended by the Peace of Teschen.
War of the Bucket
War of the Bucket (Guerra della secchia rapita), 1325 conflict between Bologna and Modena, decided at the Battle of Zappolino on 15 November 1325. Modena won despite smaller forces; the bucket was a trophy, not the cause.
War of the Eight Princes (八王之乱)
War of the Eight Princes (八王之乱), 291–306: Western Jin imperial princes' succession struggle under Emperor Hui, begun via Empress Jia Nanfeng's regency coups; ended with Sima Yue's victory, the dynasty's collapse, and the Sixteen Kingdoms era.
War of the First Coalition
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797), first anti-French coalition war of Austria, Prussia, Britain, Spain and others against Revolutionary France; France won via levée en masse, Fleurus 1794 and Napoleon's Italian campaign, ending at Campo Formio.