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Chimurenga
Chimurenga, the Ndebele equivalent of which is Umvukela, is a Shona word for liberation war applied to Zimbabwe's successive wars of resistance and to a genre of mbira-based music.
China Burma India theater
China Burma India theater (CBI): the U.S. Army's World War II command for China, Burma, and India, established 4 March 1942 under Stilwell to supply China via the Hump airlift and Ledo Road; split into China and India-Burma theaters on 24 October 1944.
China in the 2026 Iran war
China in the 2026 Iran war (Operation Epic Fury, Feb 28–Apr 8, 2026), distinct from the June 2025 12-Day War: Beijing condemned US-Israeli strikes, abstained then vetoed at the UNSC, lost ~1.4 mbd of Iranian crude, and pursued phone diplomacy.
China in the Korean War
China's entry into the Korean War, October 1950: Mao Zedong sent the Chinese People's Volunteers, formerly the Northeast Border Defense Army, into Korea after vacillating over Stalin's refusal of prompt air cover, fighting the US-led UN forces until the 1953 armistice.
Chincha Islands War
Chincha Islands War (Guerra hispano-sudamericana), 1864-1866 conflict after Spain seized Peru's guano-rich Chincha Islands; Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia fought Spain; bombardments of Valparaíso and Callao; peace treaties ran to 1885.
Chindits
The Chindits, named for the chinthe temple guardian, were Wingate's British-led long-range penetration force in Burma: Operation Longcloth 1943 (3,000 men) and the airborne Operation Thursday 1944 (about 20,000 men), raiding Japanese supply lines.
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese Communist Revolution (中国共产革命) ended with the CCP under Mao Zedong defeating the Kuomintang in the 1946–1949 civil war and founding the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, powered by land reform and Nationalist strategic failure.
Chinese intervention in the Korean War
The Chinese intervention in the Korean War was the entry of large Chinese People's Volunteer forces against United Nations troops in late 1950, first engaging UN units on 25 October.
Chinese occupation of northern Vietnam, 1945–1946
Chinese Nationalist occupation of northern Vietnam, 1945-1946 (Tonkin), under Potsdam surrender-zone rules north of the 16th parallel; 200,000+ troops under Lu Han; ended via the 28 February 1946 Sino-French treaty and 6 March Franco-Vietnamese accord.
Chinese rebellion of 1741
The Chinese rebellion of 1741, known as Geger Pacinan, was a Chinese-Javanese uprising in Java against Dutch East India Company rule following the 1740 Batavia massacre.
Chinese Soviet Republic (中华苏维埃共和国)
The Chinese Soviet Republic (中华苏维埃共和国) was an unrecognized communist state proclaimed by the CCP in November 1931, with its capital at Ruijin, Jiangxi.
Chingünjav's rebellion
Chingünjav's rebellion was an armed uprising of Khalkha Mongols against Qing rule in Outer Mongolia in 1756 and 1757, led by the Khotogoit prince Chingünjav, executed in 1757.
Chios massacre
The Chios massacre was the destruction of the population of the Greek island of Chios by Ottoman forces in 1822, during the Greek War of Independence.
Chixoy massacre
The Chixoy massacre was a series of five killings of the Maya Achi community of Río Negro, Guatemala, by the army and civil patrols in 1980 and 1982.
Chōkyō no Ran
Chōkyō no Ran (長享の乱) was an eighteen-year civil war in Japan's Kantō region from 1487 to 1505, fought between the Yamauchi and Ōgigayatsu branches of the Uesugi clan.
Chortkiv offensive
The Chortkiv offensive (Чортківська офензива), also called the June offensive, was a Ukrainian Galician Army offensive against Poland from 7 to 28 June 1919 during the Polish–Ukrainian War.
Christchurch mosque shootings
The Christchurch mosque shootings (15 March 2019): Brenton Tarrant killed 51 worshippers at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre; livestreamed, led to gun law reform and a Royal Commission.
Christchurch mosque shootings copycat crimes
Christchurch mosque shootings copycat crimes: far-right attacks and plots modeled on Brenton Tarrant's 15 March 2019 Christchurch attack (51 dead), including Poway, El Paso, Bærum, Halle, Buffalo, and foiled plots in Singapore and Sweden, unified by manifestos and livestreaming.
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth (1885-1944), German SS-Sturmbannführer and Kriminalkommissar; T4 euthanasia office chief, first Belzec commandant and Inspector of the Operation Reinhard camps Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka; killed by partisans near Trieste in 1944.
Christmas truce
The Christmas truce was a series of unofficial ceasefires around Christmas 1914 on the Western Front, where about 100,000 British, German, French, and Belgian soldiers sang carols, exchanged gifts, buried the dead, and played informal football.
Christmas Uprising
The Christmas Uprising (Božićni ustanak, also Božićna pobuna) was a January 1919 armed rebellion by supporters of deposed King Nikola against Montenegro's union with Serbia.
Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt
Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt: February 2013 revenge attacks in Southern California by dismissed LAPD officer Christopher Jordan Dorner, who killed four people, and the nine-day multiagency pursuit ending in his death in a burning Big Bear cabin.
Chu–Han Contention
Chu–Han Contention (楚漢戰爭), 206–202 BC civil war after the Qin collapse: Liu Bang of Han defeated Xiang Yu of Western Chu via Han Xin's campaigns, the Hong Canal truce, and Gaixia, founding the Han dynasty.
Chūgoku campaign
The Chūgoku campaign (中国征伐, Chūgoku seibatsu) was a 1577 to 1582 series of battles in western Japan, in which Hashiba Hideyoshi, fighting for Oda Nobunaga, fought the Mōri clan.
Chumash Revolt of 1824
The Chumash Revolt of 1824 was an armed uprising by Chumash at Mission Santa Inés, La Purísima, and Santa Bárbara, the largest in Alta California mission history.
CIA fake vaccination campaign in Pakistan
The CIA fake vaccination campaign was a 2011 covert hepatitis B vaccination drive in Abbottabad, Pakistan, run via doctor Shakil Afridi to collect DNA from Osama bin Laden's family; it damaged vaccine trust and led to a 2013 US policy ban.
CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking
Allegations and investigations of CIA knowledge or tolerance of cocaine trafficking by the Nicaraguan Contras, sparked by Gary Webb's 1996 Dark Alliance series and examined in DOJ and CIA inspector general reports.
Ciaculli massacre
Ciaculli massacre (Strage di Ciaculli), car-bomb attack of 30 June 1963 near Palermo killing seven carabinieri and soldiers during the First Mafia War, prompting Italy's first antimafia law and about 2,000 arrests.
Cibaeño Revolution
The Cibaeño Revolution (Revolución Cibaeña) was an armed uprising in the Dominican Republic from 1857 to 1858, led by the Cibao region against President Buenaventura Báez.
Cilegon revolt
The Cilegon revolt, also known as the Geger Cilegon, was an 1888 uprising in Banten, Indonesia, led by Kiai Haji Wasyid against Dutch colonial rule.