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Battle of Kufra
The Battle of Kufra was a 1941 World War II engagement in which Free French forces under Colonel Leclerc captured the Italian-held oasis of Kufra in southeastern Libya.
Battle of Kulbiyow
The Battle of Kulbiyow was a January 2017 al-Shabaab attack on a Kenyan Army base at Kulbiyow near the Kenya-Somalia border, which was breached and looted.
Battle of Kulevicha
The Battle of Kulevicha (Кулевчинское сражение) was fought on 30 May 1829 near Kulevcha in eastern Bulgaria, where about 18,000 Russians under General Ivan Dibich defeated a 40,000-man Ottoman army.
Battle of Kulikovo (Куликовская битва)
Battle of Kulikovo (Куликовская битва), 8 September 1380, near the Don: Dmitry of Moscow's alliance defeated Mamai, a rebel Golden Horde general. Sources are scarce; troop numbers and the battle's legacy as Russia's first national feat remain heavily mythologized.
Battle of Kulm
The Battle of Kulm (Czech: bitva u Chlumec) was a battle of the War of the Sixth Coalition fought near Ústí nad Labem in 1813.
Battle of Kumanovo
The Battle of Kumanovo (Кумановска битка) was a two-day First Balkan War battle fought on 23 and 24 October 1912 near Kumanovo, ending in a Serbian victory that opened the way to Skopje.
Battle of Kumsong
The Battle of Kumsong (금성 전투; 金城战役, Jincheng Campaign) was the final major offensive of the Korean War, where Chinese forces broke through South Korean lines days before the 1953 armistice.
Battle of Kunersdorf
Battle of Kunersdorf (12 August 1759, Kunowice, Poland): Russian-Austrian army under Saltykov and Laudon crushed Frederick the Great's 50,900 Prussians; his worst defeat, with 19,100 Prussian casualties and 172 guns lost.
Battle of Kunlun Pass
The Battle of Kunlun Pass (昆仑关战役) was a December 1939 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War in which China's Fifth Army recaptured Kunlun Pass in Guangxi.
Battle of Kunu-ri
The Battle of Kunu-ri (군우리 전투) was a Korean War battle fought in late November 1950 in northwestern North Korea, where Chinese forces mauled the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division.
Battle of Kurakhove
Battle of Kurakhove (Курахове), fought late October 2024 to January 2025 in Donetsk Oblast; Russia's 51st and 8th Combined Arms Armies captured the city after a two-month battle, with Ukrainian withdrawal completed by mid-January 2025.
Battle of Kursk (Курская битва)
Battle of Kursk (Курская битва), 5 July–23 August 1943 Eastern Front battle; Germany's Operation Citadel pincer failed against prepared Soviet defenses, and Prokhorovka's 'largest tank battle' claim is now considered exaggerated.
Battle of Kuryłówka
The Battle of Kuryłówka, fought near Kuryłówka in southeastern Poland on 6 May 1945, saw Polish anti-communist underground units repel an attack by Soviet NKVD troops.
Battle of Kutná Hora
Battle of Kutná Hora (Bitva u Kutné Hory), December 21–22, 1421, Hussite Wars: Sigismund of Hungary's 30,000 crusaders took the silver city from Jan Žižka's 12,000 Hussites, but Žižka's wagon-column breakout led to a January 1422 counter-offensive that expelled Sigismund from Bohemia.
Battle of Kwajalein
The Battle of Kwajalein was a 1944 World War II amphibious assault in which U.S. Army and Marine forces captured Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands from Japan.
Battle of Kyiv (2022)
Battle of Kyiv (2022), February 24 to April 2: Russian forces from Belarus and northern Ukraine tried to seize Ukraine's capital via Hostomel Airport; Ukrainian defenders blocked the Irpin crossings and Russia withdrew, failing its coup de main.
Battle of La Arada
The Battle of La Arada (Batalla de la Arada) was fought on 2 February 1851 near Chiquimula, Guatemala, where General Rafael Carrera's army defeated an invading allied army from El Salvador and Honduras.
Battle of La Concepción
The Battle of La Concepción (Combate de La Concepción) was a battle of the War of the Pacific fought at Concepción, Peru, on 9 and 10 July 1882.
Battle of La Puerta
The Battle of La Puerta refers to engagements at the Venezuelan pass of La Puerta during the War of Independence, where José Tomás Boves defeated patriots in 1814.
Battle of La Trinidad
The Battle of La Trinidad was fought on 11 November 1827 near Sabanagrande, Honduras, where Francisco Morazán defeated Colonel José Justo Milla and freed Honduras from conservative control.
Battle of La Vega
The Battle of La Vega was an engagement of the Dominican Restoration War fought at La Vega, Dominican Republic, in February 1864, where restorationist forces defeated Spanish troops.
Battle of La Victoria
The Battle of La Victoria was a Venezuelan War of Independence engagement won by republican forces under José Félix Ribas at La Victoria on 12 February 1814.
Battle of Lae
The Battle of Lae (4–16 September 1943) was a Pacific War battle in New Guinea where Australian troops captured the last Japanese stronghold in the Huon Gulf area.
Battle of Laing's Nek
The Battle of Laing's Nek, fought on 28 January 1881, saw Major-General George Colley's British column repulsed by Piet Joubert's entrenched Boers during the First Boer War.
Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of Lake Erie (Battle of Put-in-Bay), 10 September 1813 War of 1812 naval action: Oliver Hazard Perry's nine-vessel squadron captured Robert Barclay's six British ships near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, securing US control of the lake, forcing the abandonment of Detroit, and enabling the Battle of the Thames.
Battle of Lake Maracaibo
The Battle of Lake Maracaibo was a naval engagement of 24 July 1823 in which Admiral José Prudencio Padilla's republican squadron defeated the Spanish royalist fleet in Venezuela.
Battle of Lake Okeechobee
The Battle of Lake Okeechobee was a major engagement of the Second Seminole War fought on December 25, 1837, between Colonel Zachary Taylor's troops and Seminole warriors.
Battle of Landeshut
The Battle of Landeshut (Schlacht bei Landeshut) was a heavy defeat of Prussian troops by the Austrians at Landeshut, Silesia, on 23 June 1760 during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of Lạng Sơn (1979)
Battle of Lạng Sơn (Chiến tranh biên giới 1979), largest engagement of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War: the PLA 55th Army took the border provincial capital from Vietnamese divisions 3, 327, 337, 338 on March 4, 1979, prompting China's withdrawal announcement the next day.
Battle of Lang Vei
Battle of Lang Vei, 6-7 February 1968: NVA PT-76 tanks and 304th Division infantry overran the US Special Forces Detachment A-101 CIDG camp near Khe Sanh, the first successful enemy armor attack of the Vietnam War.