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World War II
Dates: September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945; Belligerents: Allies (USA, UK, USSR, France, etc.) vs. Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, etc.)
The Russo-Japanese War
Dates: February 8, 1904 – September 5, 1905; Belligerents: Russian Empire vs. Empire of Japan
The American Civil War
Dates: April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865; Belligerents: Union (Northern States) vs. Confederacy (Southern States)
World War I
Dates: July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918; Belligerents: Allied Powers (France, Russia, UK, later USA, etc.) vs. Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, etc.)
The French Revolution
Dates: May 5, 1789 – November 9, 1799; Belligerents: French Revolutionary forces vs. Ancien Régime and various European monarchies
The Wars of the Roses
Dates: 1455–1485; Belligerents: House of Lancaster vs. House of York
The Crusades
Dates: 1096–1291; Belligerents: European Christian states vs. Muslim states of the eastern Mediterranean
The War of 1812
Dates: June 18, 1812 – February 18, 1815; Belligerents: United States vs. United Kingdom, British North American colonies and Native American allies
The Second Chechen War
Dates: August 26, 1999 – April 16, 2009; Belligerents: Russian Federation vs. Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and various Islamist factions
The Peloponnesian War
Dates: 431–404 BC; Belligerents: Delian League led by Athens vs. Peloponnesian League led by Sparta
The Hundred Years' War
Dates: 1337–1453; Belligerents: Kingdom of England vs. Kingdom of France
The American Revolutionary War
Dates: April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783; Belligerents: Thirteen Colonies with French and Spanish support vs. Great Britain
The Anglo-Zulu War
Dates: January 11, 1879 – July 4, 1879; Belligerents: British Empire vs. Zulu Kingdom
The Vietnam War
Dates: November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975; Belligerents: North Vietnam and the Viet Cong vs. South Vietnam and the United States
The Boer Wars
Dates: First Boer War (1880–1881), Second Boer War (1899–1902); Belligerents: South African Republic and Orange Free State vs. British Empire
The First Chechen War
Dates: December 11, 1994 – August 31, 1996; Belligerents: Russian Federation vs. Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
The Korean War
Dates: June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953; Belligerents: North Korea (with Soviet Union and China) vs. South Korea (with UN support led by the USA)
The Falklands War
Dates: April 2, 1982 – June 14, 1982; Belligerents: United Kingdom vs. Argentina
The Crimean War
Dates: October 1853 – February 1856; Belligerents: Allied forces of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia vs. Russian Empire
The War of Spanish Succession
Dates: 1701–1714; Belligerents: Grand Alliance (Great Britain, Holy Roman Empire, Dutch Republic, etc.) vs. France, Spain, and allies
The Punic Wars
Dates: 264–146 BC; Belligerents: Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire
The Napoleonic Wars
Dates: 1803–1815; Belligerents: French Empire and allies vs. Various European coalitions
The Thirty Years' War
Dates: 1618–1648; Belligerents: Protestant vs. Catholic states of the Holy Roman Empire
The Yom Kippur War
Dates: October 6, 1973 – October 25, 1973; Belligerents: Coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria vs. Israel
The Battle of Hastings
Dates: October 14, 1066; Belligerents: Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy vs. English army under King Harold Godwinson
The Cold War
Dates: circa 1947 – December 26, 1991; Belligerents: NATO (USA, UK, France, etc.) and its allies vs. Warsaw Pact (USSR, East Germany, Poland, etc.) and its allies
The Opium Wars
Dates: First Opium War (1839–1842), Second Opium War (1856–1860); Belligerents: Qing dynasty China vs. British Empire (with French Empire in the Second Opium War)
The Spanish Civil War
Dates: July 17, 1936 – April 1, 1939; Belligerents: Republicans vs. Nationalists
The Gulf War
Dates: August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991; Belligerents: Coalition forces led by the United States vs. Iraq
The Sino-Japanese War
Dates: First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945); Belligerents: First: Qing dynasty vs. Empire of Japan; Second: Republic of China vs. Empire of Japan
The Boxer Rebellion
Dates: November 2, 1899 – September 7, 1901; Belligerents: Boxer insurgents and Qing dynasty of China vs. Eight-Nation Alliance
The Battle of Thermopylae
Dates: August 480 BC; Belligerents: Greek city-states led by King Leonidas of Sparta vs. Persian Empire under King Xerxes
The Arab-Israeli War
Dates: May 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949; Belligerents: Newly declared State of Israel vs. A coalition of Arab states including Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, and others
The Seven Years' War
Dates: 1756–1763; Belligerents: Great Britain and allies vs. France, Austria, Russia, Spain, and allies
The Six-Day War
Dates: June 5, 1967 – June 10, 1967; Belligerents: Israel vs. Egypt, Syria, and Jordan
The Mexican-American War
Dates: April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848; Belligerents: United States vs. Mexico
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