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Battle of Tigharghar

The Battle of Tigharghar, also called the Battle of the Ifoghas, was a 2013 battle in northeastern Mali where French and Chadian forces dislodged AQIM fighters.

Battle of Tigranocerta

The Battle of Tigranocerta, fought in October 69 BC, saw the Roman general Lucullus defeat a much larger Armenian army under Tigranes II outside the city.

Battle of Timbuktu

The Battle of Timbuktu was the recapture of the desert city of Timbuktu in northern Mali by French and Malian forces on 28 January 2013, ending ten months of occupation.

Battle of Timor

The Battle of Timor was a World War II campaign on Timor from February 1942 to February 1943, where a small Australian force waged a guerrilla campaign against Japan.

Battle of Tinian

The Battle of Tinian was a 1944 Pacific amphibious assault in which US Marines captured Tinian from Japan, securing airfields later used for the atomic bomb missions.

Battle of Tinta

The Battle of Tinta was the defeat of Tupac Amaru II, also known as Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui, by Spanish royalists at Tinta, near Cusco, on 6 April 1781.

Battle of Tinzaouaten (2024)

Battle of Tinzaouaten (Tin Zaouatine), July 25-27, 2024: Tuareg CSP-DPA rebels and JNIM jihadists routed a Malian army and Wagner Group convoy near Mali's Algerian border, killing dozens; Wagner's first major Mali defeat.

Battle of Tippecanoe

Battle of Tippecanoe, also called the fight at Prophetstown: November 7, 1811 clash in Indiana where William Henry Harrison's roughly 1,000 men repelled Tenskwatawa's warriors, burned Prophetstown, and opened the War of 1812.

Battle of Tirad Pass

The Battle of Tirad Pass, or Labanan sa Pasong Tirad, was a 1899 Philippine–American War rearguard action in Ilocos Sur where Gregorio del Pilar died delaying Americans.

Battle of Tolentino

Fought May 2–3, 1815, in the Papal States, the Battle of Tolentino saw Joachim Murat's Neapolitan army defeated by the Austrian forces of Baron Federico Bianchi.

Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski

The Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski (bitwa pod Tomaszowem Lubelskim) was a pair of failed Polish breakout attempts around Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland, between 17 and 27 September 1939.

Battle of Tonlé Sap (1181)

The Battle of Tonlé Sap (Khmer: សមរភូមិទន្លេសាប) was a naval battle fought on Cambodia's great lake in 1181, where Jayavarman VII's fleet defeated the Cham, ending their four-year occupation of Angkor.

Battle of Tora Bora

A December 2001 battle in which American-led forces stormed the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan to capture Osama bin Laden, who escaped into Pakistan.

Battle of Toretsk

Battle of Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk, Торецьк): 2024–2025 Russia-Ukraine war battle for the Donetsk coal-mining city; began 19 June 2024, ended with Russian seizure by 1 August 2025 after 14 months and about 6.4 miles of advance.

Battle of Torgau

The Battle of Torgau was a Seven Years' War battle fought on 3 November 1760 near Torgau, Saxony, where Frederick the Great's Prussians defeated a larger Austrian army.

Battle of Torreón

The Battle of Torreón (Batalla de Torreón) was a Mexican Revolution battle in which Pancho Villa's forces captured Torreón from Huerta's federal army on 2 or 3 April 1914.

Battle of Torvioll

The Battle of Torvioll, also known as the Battle of Lower Dibra, was a 1444 victory of Skanderbeg's Albanian army over an Ottoman force under Ali Pasha.

Battle of Toulouse (1814)

Battle of Toulouse (10 April 1814), final major battle of the Peninsular War: Wellington's Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army took the heights from Marshal Soult, who withdrew by night; fought four days after Napoleon's abdication, with about 8,000 combined casualties.

Battle of Tours

The Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers, was a 732/3 battle in which Charles Martel's Franks defeated Umayyad forces under Abdul Rahman Al-Ghafiqi.

Battle of Towton

Battle of Towton, fought Palm Sunday 29 March 1461 in Yorkshire, was the largest and bloodiest battle of the Wars of the Roses, where Edward IV defeated a larger Lancastrian army and secured the throne from Henry VI.

Battle of Trafalgar

Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 naval battle off Cape Trafalgar, Spain, where Nelson's 27 British ships defeated Villeneuve's 33 French and Spanish ships, capturing 17; Nelson was killed.

Battle of Transylvania

Battle of Transylvania (August–October 1916): Romania's opening WWI invasion of Austro-Hungarian Transylvania under Plan Z. Initial advances took Brașov and Făgăraș before Falkenhayn's 9th Army drove the Romanians back over the Carpathians by 6 October 1916.

Battle of Trautenau

The Battle of Trautenau, fought on 27 June 1866 near today's Trutnov in the Czech Republic, was an Austrian victory over the Prussian I Corps in the Austro-Prussian War.

Battle of Travnik (1993)

Battle of Travnik (1993): June 1993 Croat-Bosniak war fight in which ABiH forces, including the 3rd Corps with mujahideen, drove the HVO from Travnik, central Bosnia, expelling the Croat population; hundreds died and 7,000 Croats fled to Serb-held Vlasic.

Battle of Trenčín

The Battle of Trenčín, also called the Battle of Hámre, was the largest battle of Rákóczi's War of Independence, fought on 3 August 1708 near Trenčín in present-day Slovakia.

Battle of Trenton

Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776 Revolutionary War engagement in Trenton, New Jersey, where Washington's Continental Army, after crossing the icy Delaware on Christmas night, surprised and defeated a Hessian garrison of about 1,500 under Colonel Johann Rall, reviving the American cause.

Battle of Triangle Hill

The Battle of Triangle Hill (Chinese: Shangganling campaign; Korean: Battle of Sniper Ridge) was a 43-day Korean War battle in 1952 in which Chinese forces held off United Nations attacks.

Battle of Trieste

The Battle of Trieste was the capture of Trieste by the Yugoslav Fourth Army in early May 1945, in the closing phase of World War II.

Battle of Tripoli (2011)

The Battle of Tripoli (2011) pitted the revolutionary forces of the National Transitional Council against Muammar Gaddafi's regime for control of the Libyan capital in August 2011.

Battle of Tryavna

The Battle of Tryavna (Битка при Трявна) was a 1190 ambush in the Tryavna Pass, Balkan Mountains, where Tsar Ivan Asen I's Bulgarians routed Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos's army.