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Battle of Kapyong
The Battle of Kapyong was a Korean War defensive battle fought in April 1951, where the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade stopped a Chinese offensive in the Kapyong Valley near Seoul.
Battle of Kār Ištar
The Battle of Kār Ištar was a victory of Adad-nirari I of Assyria over the Kassite king Nazi-Maruttaš of Babylonia around 1280 BC, followed by a new border agreement.
Battle of Karakilisa
The Battle of Karakilisa (Armenian: Ղարաքիլիսայի ճակատամարտ; Turkish: Karakilise Muharebesi), fought in late May 1918 at Karakilisa, today Vanadzor, Armenia, saw Armenian forces halt the Ottoman advance, enabling the First Republic of Armenia.
Battle of Karameh (معركة الكرامة)
The Battle of Karameh (معركة الكرامة) was a 1968 battle at Karameh in the Jordan Valley, where Israeli forces fought PLO fighters and the Jordanian Army; Fatah's prestige grew afterward.
Battle of Karanovasa
The Battle of Karanovasa was a surprise attack by Wallachian voivode Mircea the Elder on an Ottoman akıncı base, likely at Karnobat, in about 1393.
Battle of Karánsebes
The Battle of Karánsebes was a night panic in September 1788 in which the Habsburg army fired on itself near Karánsebes, early in the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791.
Battle of Karbala (معركة كربلاء)
Battle of Karbala (معركة كربلاء), 10 October 680 CE: Umayyad forces under Umar b. Sa'd killed al-Husayn ibn Ali and 72 companions on the plain of Karbala, Iraq, after Husayn refused allegiance to Caliph Yazid; the event became constitutive of Shi'ism and is commemorated at Ashoura and Arbaeen.
Battle of Karnal
Battle of Karnal, 24 February 1739: Nader Shah of Iran crushed Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah's much larger army in Haryana, took Delhi, looted the Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor, and ended effective Mughal central authority.
Battle of Karpenisi
The Battle of Karpenisi was an 1823 night battle of the Greek War of Independence near Karpenisi, central Greece, where Souliotes under Markos Botsaris defeated an Ottoman vanguard.
Battle of Karuse
The Battle of Karuse was a winter battle fought on 16 February 1270 on the ice of the frozen Muhu Strait in western Estonia, where Lithuanians defeated the Livonian Order.
Battle of Kassala (1940)
Battle of Kassala (1940): Italian capture of the Sudanese border town of Kassala on 4 July 1940 during the East African campaign, held until General Platt's forces reoccupied it on 18 January 1941.
Battle of Kasserine Pass
Battle of Kasserine Pass, February 1943 Tunisia Campaign battle, also called the Kasserine Pass defeat. Rommel's last African offensive routed US II Corps under Fredendall before Allied defenses halted him on 22 February; Patton replaced Fredendall.
Battle of Katar
The Battle of Katar (نبرد کتر) was fought near Balkh around 1008, when the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud defeated the Karakhanid ruler Ilig Khan's invading army.
Battle of Katsina
The Battle of Katsina was the peaceful British takeover of Katsina Emirate in northern Nigeria in March 1903: Emir Abubakar submitted to Frederick Lugard, and no one was hurt.
Battle of Kawagoe
The Battle of Kawagoe (河越夜戦) was a 1546 Sengoku battle at Kawagoe Castle in Musashi Province, where Hōjō Ujiyasu's relief force routed the besieging Uesugi coalition.
Battle of Kawajiri
The Battle of Kawajiri was a 940 defensive alert at Kawajiri in Settsu Province, where the Heian court reinforced guards against the rebel Fujiwara no Sumitomo.
Battle of Kaymakchalan
The Battle of Kaymakchalan was a 1916 World War I battle on the Salonika Front, in which the reconstituted Serbian army captured Mount Nidže's highest peak from Bulgarian and German forces.
Battle of Kępa Oksywska
The Battle of Kępa Oksywska (Bitwa na Kępie Oksywskiej) was the final land battle of Poland's 1939 coastal defense, fought near Gdynia from 10 to 19 September.
Battle of Keren
The Battle of Keren was a 1941 battle of the East African campaign in World War II, in which British and Commonwealth forces captured Keren, Eritrea, from Italian defenders.
Battle of Ketu
The Battle of Ketu was the 1886 destruction of the Yoruba kingdom of Ketu, in western Yorubaland, by the army of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Battle of Khadki
The Battle of Khadki (खडकी की लड़ाई), also called Kirkee or Ganeshkhind, was fought near Poona on 5 November 1817, ending in a British victory over Peshwa Baji Rao II.
Battle of Khafji
The Battle of Khafji, fought January 29 to February 1, 1991, was the only organized Iraqi offensive of the Persian Gulf War, defeated mainly by coalition airpower.
Battle of Kham Duc
The Battle of Kham Duc was a May 1968 Vietnam War engagement in which two North Vietnamese regiments attacked a remote US Special Forces camp near the Laotian border.
Battle of Khanwa
Battle of Khanwa (Khanua), 16 March 1527: Babur's gunpowder and cart-fort army defeated Rana Sanga's Rajput confederacy near Agra, breaking the last major indigenous challenge and securing the Mughal Empire.
Battle of Kharkiv (2022)
Battle of Kharkiv (2022): fight for Ukraine's second city, attacked 24 February 2022; Ukrainian defense and a spring counteroffensive pushed Russians out by 14 May; ended with the September de-occupation.
Battle of Khartoum (2023)
Battle of Khartoum (2023): urban fighting from 15 April 2023 between Sudan's SAF under al-Burhan and the RSF under Hemedti, starting at Khartoum Sport City; RSF held most of the capital until the SAF retook it in 2025.
Battle of Khasham
The Battle of Khasham, also called the Battle of Conoco Fields, was a 2018 clash in eastern Syria where US airpower destroyed a pro-government force including Russian Wagner mercenaries.
Battle of Khaybar
Battle of Khaybar (غزوة خيبر), Muhammad's 628 CE (7 AH) siege of the fortified Jewish oasis of Khaybar in northwest Arabia; ended with surrender terms letting cultivators stay for half the harvest, spoliation accounts, and Umar's later expulsion of the Jews.
Battle of Khazir
The Battle of Khazir (الخازر) was fought in 686 near Mosul between Mukhtar al-Thaqafi's Kufan army and a larger Umayyad force under Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, who was killed.
Battle of Khe Sanh
Battle of Khe Sanh: Vietnam War battle at the U.S. Marine base in Quảng Trị Province, January 21 to July 9, 1968; a 77-day siege of 6,000 Marines relieved by Operation Pegasus, defended by air campaign Operation Niagara.