Society and history

Battle of Monte das Tabocas

The Battle of Monte das Tabocas was fought on 3 August 1645 near Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, where luso-Brazilian insurgents repelled a Dutch West India Company force.

Battle of Monte de las Cruces

The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was fought on 30 October 1810 near Toluca, where Miguel Hidalgo's insurgents defeated a royalist force in the Mexican War of Independence.

Battle of Monterrey

The Battle of Monterrey was a Mexican-American War battle fought in September 1846, in which General Zachary Taylor's U.S. army captured the fortified city from General Pedro de Ampudia.

Battle of Montgisard, also called Mont Gisard (Mons Gisardi): 25 November 1177 victory in which the 16-year-old leper king Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, with Raynald of Chatillon and the Templars, routed Saladin's invading Egyptian army before it could deploy.

Battle of Morotai

The Battle of Morotai, code-named Operation Tradewind, was a 1944 Pacific War operation in which US and Australian forces seized lightly defended Morotai Island for an airbase.

Battle of Moscow (1612)

Battle of Moscow (1612): the Second Militia of Minin and Pozharsky defeated Chodkiewicz's relief force and forced the Polish Kremlin garrison to capitulate on 26 October (6 November) 1612, ending the Polish occupation of Moscow during the Time of Troubles.

Battle of Moscow (Битва за Москву)

Battle of Moscow (Битва за Москву), Soviet-German battle 30 September 1941 to 20 April 1942: Operation Typhoon's failed drive on Moscow, the 5 December 1941 counteroffensive, and the first major Wehrmacht defeat of the war.

Battle of Mosega

The Battle of Mosega was a surprise dawn attack on 17 January 1837 in which Voortrekkers under Hendrik Potgieter and Gert Maritz destroyed the Ndebele stronghold of Mosega.

Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)

Nine-month 2016–2017 operation in which Iraqi Security Forces with US-led CJTF-OIR coalition support recaptured Mosul from ISIS, which had held the city since June 2014. East Mosul fell January 2017, the city in July 2017; AP estimated 9,000–11,000 civilian deaths.

Battle of Mount Bishri

The Battle of Mount Bishri is the modern name for a 681 BC confrontation in Hanigalbat where Esarhaddon's forces defeated his brothers' troops, securing the Assyrian throne.

Battle of Mount Dingjun

The Battle of Mount Dingjun (定军山之战) was a 219 battle of the Hanzhong campaign in which Liu Bei's forces, led by Huang Zhong, killed the Cao commander Xiahou Yuan.

Battle of Mount Gilboa

The Battle of Mount Gilboa, or Battle of Gilboa, was a Philistine victory over Israel on Mount Gilboa, in which King Saul and three of his sons died.

Battle of Mount Kashiari

The Battle of Mount Kashiari (Battle of Mt. Kashiyari) was fought early in the reign of Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria, who defeated Nur-Adad the Temannite at Pauza and pursued him to Nasibina.

Battle of Mount Longdon

The Battle of Mount Longdon was fought near Stanley in the Falklands War on 11–12 June 1982, where 3 Para took the ridge at a cost of 23 dead.

Battle of Mount Song

The Battle of Mount Song (松山战役) was a 1944 siege in which the Chinese Expeditionary Force annihilated the Japanese garrison blocking the Burma Road in Yunnan.

Battle of Mount Zemaraim

The Battle of Mount Zemaraim was a battle reported in 2 Chronicles 13 in which Abijah, king of Judah, defeated Jeroboam I of Israel, capturing Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron.

Battle of Mu'tah

Battle of Mu'tah (غزوة مؤتة), 629 CE, southern Jordan: first armed clash between Muslims and the Byzantine Empire. Known from Islamic sīra accounts and, in Greek, from Theophanes the Confessor's later chronicle.

Battle of Muar

The Battle of Muar was a January 1942 engagement in Johore, Malaya, where Australian and Indian troops fought a delaying action against advancing Japanese forces.

Battle of Mubi

The Battle of Mubi was the capture of Mubi, in Adamawa State, Nigeria, by Boko Haram on October 28-29, 2014, and its recapture by the Nigerian army weeks later.

Battle of Mudki

The Battle of Mudki (ਮੁਦਕੀ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ) was the first battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War, fought at Mudki in the Punjab on 18 December 1845.

Battle of Mühldorf

The Battle of Mühldorf, also called the Battle of Ampfing, was fought on 28 September 1322 in Bavaria, where Louis the Bavarian defeated his Habsburg rival Frederick the Fair.

Battle of Mukden (奉天会战)

Battle of Mukden (奉天会战), 19 February–10 March 1905, near Shenyang, China: the largest land battle before World War I, in which Oyama Iwao's five Japanese armies defeated Kuropatkin's three Russian armies in the Russo-Japanese War.

Battle of Muktsar

The Battle of Muktsar (ਮੁਕਤਸਰ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ) was fought on 29 December 1705 in Punjab between Guru Gobind Singh's Sikhs and a pursuing Mughal force, which retreated.

Battle of Muye

The Battle of Muye (牧野之战), also called King Wu's conquest of Shang, was the decisive 1046 BC victory of King Wu of Zhou over the Shang king Di Xin, ending the Shang dynasty.

Battle of Mycale

The Battle of Mycale (ميكالي) was a battle in August 479 BC at Mount Mycale in Ionia, where Greek allies destroyed the beached Persian fleet.

Battle of Myeongnyang

Battle of Myeongnyang (명량대첩), October 26, 1597: Admiral Yi Sun-sin's 13 Joseon panokseon warships defeated a Japanese fleet of 133 to 330 ships in the Uldolmok strait off Jindo, destroying 31 vessels without losing a ship during the Imjin War's Jeongyu invasion.