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No.	Battle	Period/Year	Countries Involved
01	Battle of Megiddo	608 BC	Necho of Egypt and Josiah of Judah; Egyptians victorious
02	Battle of Marathon	490 BC	Athenians and Persian. King Darius of Persia defeated.
03	Battle of Thermoplae	480 BC	Sparans led by Leonidas and Persians led by Xerxes. Greeks deeated
04	Battle of Salamis	480 BC	Athenian fleet and Persian fleet in Bay of Salamis; Persian fleet defeated
05	Battle of Platae	479 BC	Greek and Persian forces; Persian forces defeated
06	Battle of Mycale	479 BC	Greek and Persian fleets; Persian fleet defeated
07	Spartan War I	459 BC	Sparta and Athens, also called Peloponnesian War,
08	Spartan War II	431 BC-421 BC	Sparta and Athens; Spartans victorious
09	Battle of Arabia	331 BC	Greek and Persian forces; Greeks victorious
10	Battle of Magnesia	190 BC	Syrian and Roman forces; Syrian forces defeated (north-we, Lydia)
11	Hundred-Year War	1338-1453	France and England
12	War of Roses	1455-1485	Civil War in England
13	Anglo-Spanish War	1588	Spanish and English fleets fought in the English Channel, defeat of the Spanish Armada
14	Thirty-Year War	1618-1648	Started as religious-cum-political war between the Lutherans and Catholics in Germany and developed into an international war
15	Civil War in England	1642-1649	England ; between Cavaliers (King Charles I supporters) and forces of Parliament led by Oliver Cromwell, King Charles I executed
16	Battle of Gibraltar Bay	1607	The Dutch defeated the Spaniards and the Portuguese
17	War of Austrian Succession	1740-1748	Queen of Austria, Maria Theresa (daughter of Charles VII) was challenged by King Frederick II of Prussia-England supported the queen and Frederick was helped by France. Ended with a Treaty which recognized the Queen's right to the throne after the death of King Frederick
18	Seven-Year War	1756-1763	Britain and France against Austria and Prussian; the British alliance won British and French, Britain victorious
19	Battle of the Nile	1798	British and French fleets, Britain victorious
20	Battle of Trafalgar	1805	British fleet defeated fleets of France and Spain. British fleets were commanded by Admiral Nelson, who was killed during the battle
21	Battle of Austerlitz	1805	Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia on one side and France on the other
22	Battle of Borodino	1812	France and Russia
23	Battle of Leipzig	1813	Germany and combined forces of Austria, Prussia and Russia, defeated Napoleon
24	Battle of Waterloo	1815	British forces led by Kike of Wellington defeated French forces led by Napoleon Bonaparte
25	First China War	1840	China and Britain, Chinese yielded, also known as the first opium war. It was a trade war
26	American Civil War	1861-1865	Northern and Southern states of America for the abolition o slavery, Abraham Lincoln defeated the Southern states
27	Boer War	1899-1901	The revolt of Transvaal Boers was suppressed by the British forces. Boers belonged to Dutch Protestant stock who opposed Britishers because of abolition of slavery by Britain
28	Russo-Japanese War	1903	Russian and Japan in the Sea of Japan. Russian defeated; also called battle of Port Arthur and Battle of Yalu
29	Balkan War I	1912	Turkey and Balkan countries (Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece), Turkey defeated
30	Balkan War II	1913	Invasion of Serbia and Greece by Bulgaria-Bulgaria defeated by combined forces of Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenegro who stripped Turkey of most of its European territories
31	World War I	1914-1918	Germany (with Austria, Hungary, and turkey) against Britain ( with France, USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Australia and Belgium); Germany and its allies were defeated
32	Battle of Jutland	1916	During World War I -naval battle between Germany and England, Germany was defeated
33	World War II	1939-1945	Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) against the Allies (Britain, USSR, USA, France and several other countries); AD powers were defeated
34	Desert War	1942 1948 1965	Italian Army from Libya invaded Egypt in order to attack British forces Indo - Pak was on Kashmir front Indo - Pak was
35	Israel-Arab War	1967	Six day war, shortest war in history; Arab forces led by Egypt, Syria and Jordan were defeated.
36	Pakistan-Bangladesh War	1971	Mukti Bahini forces stationed in Bangladesh (former East Pakistan)-see Independence of Bangladesh.
37	Gulf War	1991	US-led multinational forces attacked Iraq to oust Iraqi troops from Kuwait
38	Kargil War	1999	India defeated Pakistan forces at Kargil.
39	US-Afghanistan War	2001	US led coalition forces attack Afghanistan to bring down the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in retaliation to the September I terrorist attack in USA
40	Gulf War II	2003	US led coalition forces dethroned the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein