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Battle of Messines (1917)
The Battle of Messines was a British offensive on the Western Front, 7 to 14 June 1917, opening with 19 mines and capturing the Messines ridge south of Ypres before the Third Battle of Ypres.
Battle of Metele
The Battle of Metele was an attack on 18 November 2018 in which Boko Haram overran a Nigerian Army battalion base at Metele village in Borno State, Nigeria.
Battle of Metemma
The Battle of Metemma, also called the Battle of Gallabat, was an 1889 battle in which Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia was mortally wounded fighting the Mahdist state of Sudan.
Battle of Mezőkeresztes
The Battle of Mezőkeresztes (Haçova Muharebesi) was a battle of the Long Turkish War in October 1596, won by Sultan Mehmed III's Ottomans over Archduke Maximilian and Sigismund Báthory.
Battle of Mhlatuze River
The Battle of Mhlatuze River was a decisive victory by Shaka's Zulu forces over King Zwide's Ndwandwe army around 1818 to 1820 on the Mhlatuze River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Battle of Miahuatlán
The Battle of Miahuatlán, fought on 3 October 1866 near Miahuatlán in Oaxaca, Mexico, saw republican general Porfirio Díaz defeat Carlos Oronoz's Franco-Mexican column, opening the way to Oaxaca City.
Battle of Michika
The Battle of Michika was Boko Haram's September 2014 capture of Michika in Adamawa State, Nigeria, and the Nigerian military's recapture of the town in January 2015.
Battle of Midway (ミッドウェー海戦)
Battle of Midway (ミッドウェー海戦), June 4–7, 1942 Pacific naval battle near Midway Atoll where U.S. codebreaking and carrier aircraft sank four Japanese carriers (Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu), losing Yorktown, marking the Pacific War's turning point.
Battle of Mikatagahara
The Battle of Mikatagahara (三方ヶ原の戦い) was fought on 22 December 1572 on the Mikatagahara plateau in Tōtōmi Province, Japan, where Takeda Shingen defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Battle of Milk Creek
The Battle of Milk Creek, or Battle of Milk River, was a six-day 1879 fight between Ute warriors and US Army troops in northwestern Colorado.
Battle of Milne Bay
The Battle of Milne Bay was a Second World War land battle fought in Papua from 25 August to 7 September 1942, in which Australian and American defenders defeated a Japanese amphibious force.
Battle of Miłosław
The Battle of Miłosław, fought on 30 April 1848 between Polish insurgents under Ludwik Mierosławski and the Prussian army, was the largest engagement of the Greater Poland uprising.
Battle of Minatogawa
The Battle of Minatogawa (湊川の戦い) was a 1336 battle at present-day Kobe, Japan, where Ashikaga Takauji defeated the loyalist army of Nitta Yoshisada and Kusunoki Masashige, who died by his own hand.
Battle of Mindanao
The Battle of Mindanao was a 1945 World War II campaign in which the United States Eighth Army, with Filipino guerrillas, liberated Mindanao from Japanese occupation.
Battle of Mindoro
The Battle of Mindoro was the American amphibious invasion of Mindoro in the Philippines on 15 December 1944, the first step of the Luzon Campaign.
Battle of Mir
The Battle of Mir was a two-day cavalry action of June 1812 near Mir, Belarus, where Platov's Cossacks won the first Russian victory of Napoleon's invasion.
Battle of Miraflores
The Battle of Miraflores, fought near Lima on 15 January 1881, was a Chilean victory over Peru in the War of the Pacific that opened the road to Lima.
Battle of Mirăslău
The Battle of Mirăslău, also recorded as Miriszló, was fought on 18 September 1600 near Mirăslău in Alba County between Michael the Brave and Giorgio Basta's forces.
Battle of Mirbat
Battle of Mirbat, 19 July 1972, Dhofar Rebellion, Oman: nine SAS soldiers and about 30 Omani troops under Captain Mike Kealy repelled 250-300 PFLOAG guerrillas, aided by Strikemaster air support; a turning point of the war.
Battle of Mišar
The Battle of Mišar was a battle of the First Serbian Uprising fought on 13 August 1806 near Šabac, where Karađorđe's rebels defeated a larger Ottoman army.
Battle of Misrata
The Battle of Misrata (معركة مصراتة) was a three-month siege of Misrata, Libya, in the 2011 civil war, where rebels held out against Qadhafi forces.
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Missionary Ridge (November 25, 1863), climactic fight of the Battles for Chattanooga: over 50,000 Union troops under Grant stormed Bragg's ridge line, broke the Confederate center, and freed Chattanooga for Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
Battle of Miyako Bay
The Battle of Miyako Bay (宮古湾海戦) was a failed 1869 surprise attack by Ezo Republic ships to capture the Imperial ironclad Kōtetsu during the Boshin War's final campaign.
Battle of Mizushima
The Battle of Mizushima (水島合戦) was a naval battle of the Genpei War fought in 1183 at Mizushima in Bitchū Province, where the Taira defeated a Minamoto army.
Battle of Mława
The Battle of Mława (Bitwa pod Mławą) was a defensive battle of the 1939 German invasion of Poland, where Army Modlin repelled German attacks for three days before withdrawing.
Battle of Mobei
The Battle of Mobei was fought in 119 BC north of the Gobi Desert, the largest battle between the Han and the Xiongnu under Emperor Wu.
Battle of Mobile Bay
Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864: Civil War naval battle where Admiral David Farragut's 18-ship Union fleet, defying mines with "Damn the torpedoes," defeated Admiral Franklin Buchanan's CSS Tennessee squadron and closed one of the Confederacy's last open ports.
Battle of Modder River
The Battle of Modder River, or Twee Riviere, was a Boer War battle on 28 November 1899 where Boers under Cronjé halted Methuen's advance on Kimberley.
Battle of Modlin
The Battle of Modlin (Obrona Modlina) was the 1939 defense of Modlin Fortress in central Poland against Germany, ending with its capitulation on 29 September.
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
The Battle of Mogadishu, also called Black Hawk Down, was a fifteen-hour 1993 battle in Somalia between US Task Force Ranger and Aidid's militia, killing 18 Americans.