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Anders Behring Breivik
Anders Behring Breivik (Fjotolf Hansen), Norwegian far-right terrorist born 1979, killed 77 people on 22 July 2011 in an Oslo government-quarter bombing and Utøya youth-camp shooting; convicted 2012, sentenced to preventive detention.
Andersonville Prison
Andersonville Prison, officially Camp Sumter, was the largest Confederate Civil War prison in Georgia, holding 45,000 Union soldiers in 14 months; 12,920 died, and commandant Henry Wirz was hanged in 1865.
Andijan uprising of 1898
The Andijan uprising of 1898 was an anti-colonial revolt in the Ferghana Valley of Russian Turkestan, led by the Sufi shaykh Dukchi Eshan against Russian troops.
Andreas Baader
Andreas Baader (1943–1977), German terrorist, co-founder and leader of the Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Group); 1968 Frankfurt arsons, 1970 jailbreak, 1972 arrest, life sentence, suicide in Stammheim 1977.
Andrei Yeryomenko
Andrei Yeryomenko (Андрей Иванович Ерёменко, 1892–1970) was a Soviet military commander who commanded more fronts, eight, than any other Soviet commander of World War II, becoming Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1955.
Anfal campaign (حملة الأنفال)
Anfal campaign (حملة الأنفال): eight-stage 1988 Ba'athist Iraqi military offensives against Iraqi Kurdistan's Kurds under Saddam Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid; killed an estimated 50,000-182,000 civilians and is legally recognized as genocide.
Angara Airlines Flight 2311
Angara Airlines Flight 2311 (AGU-2311), An-24RV RA-47315, crashed near Tynda, Russia on 24 July 2025, killing all 48 aboard; MAK found a QNH/QFE altimeter mismatch left it 600 m low.
Anglo-Burmese Wars
The Anglo-Burmese Wars were three 19th-century conflicts between the British Empire and Burma's Konbaung kingdom, fought in 1824–1826, 1852–1853, and 1885–1886, each costing Burma territory.
Anglo-Cherokee War
The Anglo-Cherokee War, also called the Cherokee War, was fought between the Cherokee Nation and the British colonies of South Carolina and Virginia from 1758 to 1761.
Anglo-Egyptian War
The Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882, also called the Egyptian Expedition or British-Egyptian War, was Britain's conflict with Ahmed 'Urabi's Egyptian army, ending in the British occupation of Egypt.
Anglo-French Wars
Anglo-French Wars: recurring conflicts between England/Britain and France, chiefly the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) over Gascony and the French crown, ending at Castillon, plus the Second Hundred Years' War to Waterloo.
Anglo-Iraqi War
The Anglo-Iraqi War, also called the Rashid Ali Revolt or Revolution of 1941, was the April–May 1941 British-led invasion of Iraq after Rashid Ali al-Kaylani's pro-Axis coup, ending in British occupation and the Farhud pogrom.
Anglo-Nepalese War (नेपाल–अंग्रेज युद्ध)
Anglo-Nepalese War (नेपाल–अंग्रेज युद्ध), also Gorkha War: 1814–1816 conflict between the East India Company and Nepal, ended by the Treaty of Sugauli ceding one third of Nepal and starting Gurkha recruitment.
Anglo-Zanzibar War
Anglo-Zanzibar War, 27 August 1896, Britain versus the Zanzibar Sultanate; the shortest recorded war at 38 to 45 minutes, ending with Khalid bin Barghash's flight and Hamoud bin Muhammed's installation as Sultan.
Anglo-Zulu War
Anglo-Zulu War (1879): British invasion of the independent Zulu Kingdom under Lord Chelmsford. Isandlwana defeat, Rorke's Drift, Ulundi, Cetshwayo's capture, thirteen-chiefdom partition, and annexation to Natal in 1897.
Anglophone Crisis
Anglophone Crisis: armed conflict since late 2016 in Cameroon's North-West and South-West regions between separatists seeking an independent Ambazonia and the government; over 6,000 killed, hundreds of thousands displaced, schools attacked.
Angolan Civil War
Angolan Civil War (1975-2002), also called the Angolan conflict: MPLA government versus UNITA and FNLA after independence, a Cold War proxy war with Cuban, Soviet, South African, and U.S. intervention, ending with Savimbi's death and the 2002 Luena Memorandum.
Angolan War of Independence
Angolan War of Independence (1961–1974), also called the Armed Struggle for National Liberation: Portugal versus the MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA. Ended by the 1974 Carnation Revolution, the 1975 Alvor Agreement, and independence on 11 November 1975, followed by civil war.
Anguillan Revolution
The Anguillan Revolution (1967–1969), led by James Ronald Webster, was a movement rejecting the Associated State of Saint Kitts and seeking a return to British rule.
Annette McGavigan
Annette McGavigan, a 14-year-old Derry schoolgirl, was shot dead in the Bogside on 6 September 1971 during rioting, becoming the 100th Troubles victim; no one was ever convicted, and in 2024 prosecutors ruled out charging Soldier B while a fresh inquest was granted.
Annexation of Goa
Annexation of Goa: India's Operation Vijay, 17-19 December 1961, took Goa, Daman and Diu from Portugal after 450 years; 3,240 prisoners, UN veto, 1974 recognition treaty.
Antebellum (film)
Antebellum is a 2020 American horror thriller starring Janelle Monáe, the directorial debut of Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, released on demand in the United States in September 2020.
Antelope Hills Expedition
The Antelope Hills Expedition was an 1858 Texas Ranger campaign under John S. "Rip" Ford against the Comanche, ending in the Battle of Little Robe Creek in Oklahoma.
Anthony Sadler
Anthony Sadler, American author and public speaker from Sacramento, California, who with friends Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos subdued gunman Ayoub El-Khazzani on Thalys train 9364 in 2015, receiving the French Legion of Honor and later co-authoring The 15:17 to Paris.
Anti-Hamas insurgency in the Gaza Strip
Anti-Hamas insurgency in the Gaza Strip: armed activity by Israel-backed Palestinian militias, including the Popular Forces, fighting Hamas security forces since the October 2025 ceasefire; more than 40 violent events and nearly 80 fatalities recorded by ACLED.
Anti-Hetman uprising
The Anti-Hetman uprising (Протигетьманське повстання) was a 1918 uprising by Ukrainian national-democratic forces led by the Directory of the UNR, which overthrew Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi in December 1918.
Anti-Rightist Campaign
The Anti-Rightist Campaign (反右派运动) was the CCP's 1957–58 purge following the Hundred Flowers period; 552,877 people were formally labeled rightists under quota systems run by Deng Xiaoping, with lasting economic effects measured to 2000.
Anti-terrorist Operation Zone
Anti-terrorist Operation Zone (ATO, Антитерористична операція): Ukraine's April 14, 2014 to April 30, 2018 legal and territorial designation for the Donbas conflict zone, run by the SBU Anti-Terrorist Centre and replaced by the Joint Forces Operation.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Ἀντίοχος ὁ Ἐπιφανής)
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Ἀντίοχος ὁ Ἐπιφανής), Seleucid king 175–164 BC, born Mithradates; conquered Egypt, outlawed Judaism in Judea triggering the Maccabean revolt, halted by Rome's 168 ultimatum, died in Elymais 164.
Anton Dostler
Anton Dostler (1891–1945), German General of Infantry commanding the 75th Army Corps, first Axis general executed for war crimes after WWII, shot 1 December 1945 for ordering the execution of 15 captured American soldiers of the Ginny Mission near La Spezia.