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Battle of Hamath

The Battle of Hamath was the destruction of the remnant of Pharaoh Necho II's Egyptian army by Babylonian troops under Nebuchadnezzar at Hamath on the Orontes in 605/604 BC.

Battle of Hamburger Hill

The Battle of Hamburger Hill was an eleven-day US and South Vietnamese assault on Hill 937 in South Vietnam's A Shau Valley in May 1969.

Battle of Hampton Roads

Battle of Hampton Roads, also called the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack: two-day Civil War naval battle, March 8–9, 1862, Virginia, where USS Monitor fought CSS Virginia in the first ironclad-versus-ironclad battle, ending in a draw.

Battle of Hanau

The Battle of Hanau, fought on 30 and 31 October 1813 at Hanau east of Frankfurt, saw Napoleon break through Karl Philipp von Wrede's Austro-Bavarian corps after Leipzig.

Battle of Handan

The Battle of Handan (邯郸之战) was a seventeen-month Qin siege of Handan, capital of Zhao, that failed when Wei and Chu forces relieved the city around 258 BC.

Battle of Hanoi (1882)

The Battle of Hanoi (1882) was the seizure of Hanoi's citadel by French forces under Henri Rivière on 25 April 1882, opening the second French expedition to Tonkin.

Battle of Hansan Island

The Battle of Hansan Island (한산도 대첩) was a 1592 naval battle of the Imjin War, where Admiral Yi Sun-sin destroyed most of a Japanese fleet off Korea's southern coast.

Battle of Hanzhong

The Battle of Hanzhong (汉中之战) was a 217 to 219 campaign in which Liu Bei, advised by Fa Zheng, wrested Hanzhong from Cao Cao, killing Xiahou Yuan.

Battle of Harar

The Battle of Harar was the final operation of the southern front of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, in which Italian forces captured Harar in May 1936.

Battle of Harbin

The Battle of Harbin was a January and February 1932 battle of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, after which the city fell to Japan on February 5.

Battle of Hargeisa (1988)

The Battle of Hargeisa (1988) was the Somali National Movement's capture of much of Hargeisa, which the government answered with bombardment that destroyed roughly 90% of the city.

Battle of Harran (609 BC)

The Battle of Harran was a failed 609 BC counter-siege in which the last Assyrian king, Ashur-uballit II, tried to retake Harran from the Babylonians.

Battle of Hastings

The Battle of Hastings, also known as the Battle of Senlac, was fought on 14 October 1066, where William of Normandy defeated and killed King Harold II of England.

Battle of Hattin (معركة حطين)

Battle of Hattin (معركة حطين), 3–4 July 1187 near Lake Tiberias: Saladin destroyed the Kingdom of Jerusalem's field army under Guy of Lusignan using heat, water denial, and archery, then took Jerusalem in October 1187, prompting the Third Crusade.

Battle of Hayes Pond

Battle of Hayes Pond, or Maxton Riot: January 18, 1958 confrontation near Maxton, North Carolina, where about 500 armed Lumbee Indians routed a roughly 50-man Ku Klux Klan rally led by "Catfish" Cole, leaving four injured and no deaths.

Battle of Heartbreak Ridge

The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge was a month-long Korean War battle fought from September to mid-October 1951, in which the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division drove North Korean forces from a fortified ridge.

Battle of Hel

The Battle of Hel was the 32-day Polish defense of the fortified Hel Peninsula against German forces from 1 September to 2 October 1939, during the invasion of Poland.

Battle of Helike

The Battle of Helike was a failed Carthaginian siege near modern Elche, Spain, in 229 BC, during which the general Hamilcar Barca drowned in the retreat.

Battle of Hengyang

The Battle of Hengyang (衡阳保卫战) was a 47-day 1944 siege in which China's 10th Army under Fang Xianjue defended Hengyang, Hunan, against Japan's Operation Ichi-Go.

Battle of Hengyu

The Battle of Hengyu (横屿之战) was a 1562 Ming assault in which Qi Jiguang's army crossed tidal mud and destroyed the wokou pirate stronghold on Hengyu island.

Battle of Heraclea

The Battle of Heraclea, fought in 280 BC in Lucania, southern Italy, saw King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeat the consul Publius Valerius Laevinus, opening the Pyrrhic War.

Battle of Herat (484)

The Battle of Herat (484) is the name given to the decisive 484 defeat of the Sasanian king Peroz by the Hephthalites, in which Peroz was killed.

Battle of Herdonia (210 BC)

The Battle of Herdonia (210 BC), also called the Second Battle of Herdonia, was Hannibal's defeat of a Roman army under Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus in Apulia.

Battle of Herdonia (212 BC)

The Battle of Herdonia (212 BC), or First Battle of Herdonia, was a Second Punic War battle where Hannibal destroyed a Roman army under Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus at Herdonia, Apulia.

Battle of Hetsugigawa

The Battle of Hetsugigawa (戸次川の戦い) was a battle fought in January 1587 on the Ōno River in Bungo Province, Japan, where Shimazu Iehisa routed a Toyotomi relief force under Sengoku Hidehisa.

Battle of Hill 355

The Battle of Hill 355 (Kowang San) was a Korean War defensive action fought from 22 to 25 November 1951, in which Canadian troops held beside the hill.

Battle of Himera (480 BC)

Battle of Himera (480 BC): decisive Sicilian Greek victory under Gelon of Syracuse and Theron of Acragas over Hamilcar's Carthaginian invasion, distinct from the later 409 BC battle at the same city.

Battle of Hitotoribashi

The Battle of Hitotoribashi (人取橋の戦い) was a 1585 battle near Motomiya, Fukushima, where teenage Date Masamune held off an anti-Date coalition led by Satake Yoshishige.

Battle of Hlobane

The Battle of Hlobane was a defeat of Colonel Evelyn Wood's British raiding force by Zulu troops on 28 March 1879 at Hlobane Mountain during the Anglo-Zulu War.

Battle of Hochkirch

The Battle of Hochkirch was a surprise dawn attack on 14 October 1758 in which Austrian Field Marshal Daun routed Frederick the Great's Prussian camp at Hochkirch, Saxony, during the Seven Years' War.