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American Civil War American Civil War Montage 2
The American Civil War (1861–1865), also known as the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the...
Union
Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 17 July 1942 and 2...
Nazi Germany
Falklands War Vulcan
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur), also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom (UK) over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the...
United Kingdom
Korean War /wikipedia/images/commons_id/1087726
The Korean War is a war that started between North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) on 25 June 1950 and paused with an armistice signed 27 July, 1953. To date, the war has not been...
Australia
United States of America
United Kingdom
Quasi-War USS Constellation
The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought almost entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict was sometimes also referred to as the Franco-American War, the Undeclared War with France,...
United States of America
Thirty Years' War Location of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily (though not exclusively) in Germany and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe. Naval warfare also...
Holy Roman Empire
Catholic League
Archduchy of Austria
Habsburg Spain
Vietnam War Vietnamese village after an attack
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was a Cold War military conflict that which may be said to have occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from September 26, 1959 to April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the communist...
South Vietnam
Thailand
United States of America
Australia
South Korea
more
    United States of America
United Kingdom
France
Australia
Canada
more
War of the Spanish Succession Villars a Denain1
The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was fought among several European powers, principally the Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, Portugal, and the Duchy of Savoy, against the Kingdoms of France and Spain and the...
Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
Dutch Republic
Kingdom of Portugal
more
War of 1812 War of 1812
The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire (particularly Great Britain and British North America), lasted from 1812 to 1815. It was fought chiefly on the Atlantic Ocean and on the land, coasts and waterways of North...
United States of America
Franco-Prussian War /wikipedia/images/commons_id/197894
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War (19 July 1870—10 May 1871) was a conflict between France and Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the...
France
Mexican–American War Battle of Veracruz
The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Mexico claimed ownership of Texas as a breakaway province and refused to recognize the secession...
Mexico
Battle of the Little Bighorn Custer Massacre At Big Horn, Montana June 25 1876
The Battle of the Little Bighorn —also known as Custer's Last Stand and, by the Native Americans involved, the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek—was an armed engagement between a Lakota–Northern Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the...
United States of America
Mexican Revolution General Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico. Taken from the Library of Congress
The Mexican Revolution (Spanish: Revolución mexicana) was a major armed struggle that started in 1910 with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal...
Mexico
Battle of Leipzig Юзеф Понятовский
The Battle of Leipzig (German: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig) or Battle of the Nations, fought on 16–19 October 1813, was one of the most decisive defeats suffered by Napoleon Bonaparte. The battle was fought on German soil and involved German troops...
Saxony
Battle of Thermopylae Thermopylae ancient coastline large
The Battle of Thermopylae (pronounced /θərˈmɒpɨliː/, thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Θερμοπύλαι) took place over three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September...
Sparta
Thespiae
Gulf War WarGulf photobox
The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), known also as the Gulf War, the First Gulf War, or often as the Second Gulf War and by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as The Mother of all Battles, or commonly as Desert Storm, for the military...
United States of America
Australia
United Kingdom
France
Tết Offensive Tết Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that began on January 31, 1968. Forces of the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam, or Viet Cong, and the People's Army of Vietnam, or North Vietnamese army, fought against the...
South Vietnam
United States of America
South Korea
New Zealand
Australia
Polish-Soviet War Józef Piłsudski, Mińsk 1919
The Polish–Soviet War (February 1919–March 1921) was an armed conflict between Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine against the Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic, four states in post-World War I Europe. The war was the result of...
Russian SFSR
Ukrainian SSR
Pequot War Lion Gardiner in the Pequot War from a Reinhart watercolor circa 1890
The Pequot War was an armed conflict in 1634-1638 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with Native American allies (the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes), against the Pequot tribe. This war saw the elimination of the Pequot...
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Plymouth Colony
Battle of Vouillé  
The Battle of Vouillé or Vouglé (from Latin Campus Vogladensis) was fought in the northern marches of Visigothic territory, at a small place near Poitiers (Gaul), in the spring of 507 between the Franks commanded by Clovis and the Visigoths of...
Franks
Mexican War of Independence A statue of Miguel Hidalgo
The Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821) was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities which started on 16 September 1810. The Mexican War of Independence movement was led by Mexican-born Spaniards,...
Mexico
French intervention in Mexico Emperor Maximilian
The French intervention in Mexico, also known as the Maximilian Affair and The Franco-Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by the army of the Second French Empire, supported in the beginning by the British and Spanish. It followed President Benito...
Mexico
World War I WW1 TitlePicture For Wikipedia Article
World War I (abbreviated as WW-I, WWI, or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, the World War (prior to the outbreak of the Second World War), and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the...
United Kingdom
Australia
France
Russia
Italy
more
Iraq War /guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000004ed2901
The Iraq War, also known as the Occupation of Iraq or Operation Iraqi Freedom, is an ongoing military campaign which began on March 19, 2003, with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force led by troops from the United States and the United...
Australia
War on Terrorism US 10th Mountain Division soldiers in Afghanistan
The War on Terrorism (also referred to as the Global War on Terror, World War III, World War IV, or Overseas Contingency Operation) is the common term for the military, political, legal and ideological conflict against what the effort's leaders...
United States of America
Battle of Thermopylae Thermopylae ancient coastline large
The Battle of Thermopylae (pronounced /θərˈmɒpɨliː/, thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Θερμοπύλαι) took place over three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September...
Persian Empire
Gulf War WarGulf photobox
The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), known also as the Gulf War, the First Gulf War, or often as the Second Gulf War and by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as The Mother of all Battles, or commonly as Desert Storm, for the military...
Iraq
Pequot War Lion Gardiner in the Pequot War from a Reinhart watercolor circa 1890
The Pequot War was an armed conflict in 1634-1638 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with Native American allies (the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes), against the Pequot tribe. This war saw the elimination of the Pequot...
Pequot
Polish-Soviet War Józef Piłsudski, Mińsk 1919
The Polish–Soviet War (February 1919–March 1921) was an armed conflict between Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine against the Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic, four states in post-World War I Europe. The war was the result of...
Ukrainian People's Republic
Second Polish Republic
Thirty Years' War Location of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily (though not exclusively) in Germany and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe. Naval warfare also...
Swedish Empire
Bohemia
Denmark-Norway
Dutch Republic
France
more
Vietnam War Vietnamese village after an attack
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was a Cold War military conflict that which may be said to have occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from September 26, 1959 to April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the communist...
North Vietnam
China
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
Khmer Rouge
Soviet Union
more
War on Terrorism US 10th Mountain Division soldiers in Afghanistan
The War on Terrorism (also referred to as the Global War on Terror, World War III, World War IV, or Overseas Contingency Operation) is the common term for the military, political, legal and ideological conflict against what the effort's leaders...
Taliban Movement
War on Terrorism US 10th Mountain Division soldiers in Afghanistan
The War on Terrorism (also referred to as the Global War on Terror, World War III, World War IV, or Overseas Contingency Operation) is the common term for the military, political, legal and ideological conflict against what the effort's leaders...
Iraq
World War I WW1 TitlePicture For Wikipedia Article
World War I (abbreviated as WW-I, WWI, or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, the World War (prior to the outbreak of the Second World War), and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the...
German Empire
Austria-Hungary
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Ottoman Empire
    Empire of Japan
Nazi Germany
Kingdom of Italy
Tết Offensive Tết Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that began on January 31, 1968. Forces of the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam, or Viet Cong, and the People's Army of Vietnam, or North Vietnamese army, fought against the...
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
North Vietnam
American Civil War American Civil War Montage 2
The American Civil War (1861–1865), also known as the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the...
Confederate States of America
Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 17 July 1942 and 2...
Soviet Union
Quasi-War USS Constellation
The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought almost entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict was sometimes also referred to as the Franco-American War, the Undeclared War with France,...
France
War of 1812 War of 1812
The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire (particularly Great Britain and British North America), lasted from 1812 to 1815. It was fought chiefly on the Atlantic Ocean and on the land, coasts and waterways of North...
Canadian Units of the War of 1812
Eastern Woodlands tribes
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mexican–American War Battle of Veracruz
The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Mexico claimed ownership of Texas as a breakaway province and refused to recognize the secession...
United States of America
Battle of Vouillé  
The Battle of Vouillé or Vouglé (from Latin Campus Vogladensis) was fought in the northern marches of Visigothic territory, at a small place near Poitiers (Gaul), in the spring of 507 between the Franks commanded by Clovis and the Visigoths of...
Visigoth
Church Street bombing  
The Church Street bombing was an attack by the Umkhonto we Sizwe on May 20, 1983, the military wing of the African National Congress, in the South African capital Pretoria, killing 19 and wounded more than 200. The bombing was one of the largest...
Umkhonto we Sizwe
Soweto riots Mbuyisa Makhubo carrying Hector Pieterson. The third person is Hector's sister Antoinette
The Soweto uprising or Soweto riots were a series of clashes in Soweto, South Africa on June 16, 1976 between black youths and the South African authorities. The riots grew out of protests against the policies of the National Party government and...
Umkhonto we Sizwe
American Revolutionary War Rev collage
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also sometimes known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen united former British colonies in North America, and concluded in a global war...
Kingdom of Great Britain
American Revolutionary War Rev collage
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also sometimes known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen united former British colonies in North America, and concluded in a global war...
United States of America
2003 invasion of Iraq U.S. Army 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division
The 2003 invasion of Iraq, (from March 20 to May 1, 2003) was led by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Denmark, Poland and Spain. Four countries participated with troops during the initial invasion...
Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq U.S. Army 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division
The 2003 invasion of Iraq, (from March 20 to May 1, 2003) was led by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Denmark, Poland and Spain. Four countries participated with troops during the initial invasion...
United States of America
United Kingdom
Australia
Poland
Denmark
more
Battles of Narvik Eidsvold class costal defence cruiser photo
The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April until 8 June 1940 as a naval battle in the Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian city of Narvik as part of the Norwegian Campaign of World War II. The two naval...
Kriegsmarine
Battles of Narvik Eidsvold class costal defence cruiser photo
The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April until 8 June 1940 as a naval battle in the Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian city of Narvik as part of the Norwegian Campaign of World War II. The two naval...
Royal Navy
Korean War /wikipedia/images/commons_id/1087726
The Korean War is a war that started between North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) on 25 June 1950 and paused with an armistice signed 27 July, 1953. To date, the war has not been...
South Korea
Korean War /wikipedia/images/commons_id/1087726
The Korean War is a war that started between North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) on 25 June 1950 and paused with an armistice signed 27 July, 1953. To date, the war has not been...
North Korea
English Civil War Lastseefather
The English Civil War (1641–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) civil wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters...
 
Second English Civil War Pontefract Castle 1648
The Second English Civil War (1648–1649) was the second of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars) which refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642...
 
English Civil War Lastseefather
The English Civil War (1641–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) civil wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters...
Cavalier
Roundhead
First English Civil War English civil war map 1642 to 1645
The First English Civil War (1642–1646) commenced the series of three wars known as the English Civil War (or "Wars"). "The English Civil War" was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and...
Cavalier
First English Civil War English civil war map 1642 to 1645
The First English Civil War (1642–1646) commenced the series of three wars known as the English Civil War (or "Wars"). "The English Civil War" was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and...
Roundhead
Battle of Bosworth Field Battle of Bosworth by Philip James de Loutherbourg
The Battle of Bosworth Field was the penultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the...
House of Lancaster
Battle of Bosworth Field Battle of Bosworth by Philip James de Loutherbourg
The Battle of Bosworth Field was the penultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the...
House of York
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