military action

the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC

islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC

a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)

a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415

a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico

a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864

a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II

a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland

the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945

the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it

a battle in 680 in which the grandson of Mohammed and his followers were killed

a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise

a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918

a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943

the First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession

Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army

the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII

in 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages

a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts

a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots

a pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847; United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces under Santa Anna at a locality in northern Mexico

either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles

the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces

ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC

battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces

a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans

a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC)

the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451

a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker

a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)

in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg

a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces

a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur

a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers

battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British

the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois

battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne

the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece

the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954

in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants

a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel

a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed

a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland

a pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775

an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee

a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union

the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC)

a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces

a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac

the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest

a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians

a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius

a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III

a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne

the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians

an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark

battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston

a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius

(1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants

Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope

Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece

the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)

the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)

the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks

a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed

one the four wars between Macedonia and Rome in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, which ended in the defeat of Macedonia and its annexation as a Roman province

a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem

a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet

the site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC

a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians

a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians

a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert

a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy

naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands

a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French

a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces

a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists

a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships

a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese

a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429

battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761

a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719)

the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee

Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC

Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC

a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte

the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal

a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC

the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days

the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French

a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese

a battle in which Mexican forces defeated the French in 1862

a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom

a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512

a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders

a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria

a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France

a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape

a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated

the Swiss Confederation escaped Hapsburg domination by their victory in 1386

the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory

a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure

an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

battle in World War I (1916)

battle of World War II (1944)

in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England

a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign

the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse

the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)

a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians

a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis

a battle in 9 AD in which the Germans under Arminius annihilated three Roman Legions

the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians

a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece

a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded)

a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC

a naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait

the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)

a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped

a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered

a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians

the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon

a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back

in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution

battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others

battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient

battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery

the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War

civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865

tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East

Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt

two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe

either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902)

a war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia; 1853-1856

civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648

a war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871

a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760

the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England; 1337-1453

a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution

a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953

after disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000

a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815

a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC

a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991

one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC

Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria

a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (1756-1763); Britain and Prussia got the better of it

a war between the United States and Spain in 1898

civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939

a series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain

(Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks (via the Trojan Horse) achieved final victory and burned Troy to the ground

a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States

the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)

Prussia and Austria fought over Silesia and most of the rest of Europe took sides; 1740-1748

an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697)

a general war in Europe (1701-1714) that broke out when Louis XIV installed his grandson on the throne of Spain; England and Holland hoped to limit Louis' power

struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII

a war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France

a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918

a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945

a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy

(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum

a local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order

the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)

a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets

a war whose objective is less than the unconditional defeat of the enemy

the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale

any catastrophically destructive battle

a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place

a pitched battle between naval fleets

defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness

a defensive effort

a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited

a defense organized before contact is made with the enemy and while time for organization is available; usually includes a fortified zone (with pillboxes) and communication systems

procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents

procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents

laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

a war between factions in the same country

an engagement fought between two military forces

warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy

the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food

defense against biological warfare

an aerial engagement between fighter planes

close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum

electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare

electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition

the deliberate insertion of electromagnetic energy into transmission paths with the objective of confusing or deceiving operators

the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries

a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels

a war in which the major nations of the world are involved

the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

actual fighting between the warring parties