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'''Lists of battles''' contain links to sets of articles on [[battle]]s. They may be organized alphabetically, by era, by conflict, by participants or location, or by death toll. See [[:Category:Battles]] for a complete list of articles on battles. 
==Alphabetical list==
* [[List of battles (alphabetical)]]

==Chronological==
=== By era ===
* [[List of battles before 301]]
* [[List of battles 301–1300]]
* [[List of battles 1301–1600]]
* [[List of battles 1601–1800]]
* [[List of battles 1801–1900]]
* [[List of battles 1901–2000]]
* [[List of battles in the 21st century]]

=== By war ===
* [[List of battles of the Eighty Years' War]] (1566–1648)
* [[Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars]] (1792–1815)
* [[List of American Civil War battles]] (1861–1865)
* [[List of costliest American Civil War land battles]]
* [[List of naval battles of the American Civil War]]
* [[List of military engagements of World War I]] (1914–1918)
* [[List of World War II battles]] (1939–1945)
* [[Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War]] (1955–1975)
* [[List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine]] (2022–2025)
* [[List of military engagements during the Gaza war]] (2023–2025)

== By death toll ==
* [[List of battles by casualties]]

== By geographic location ==
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* [[List of battles by geographic location]]
** Lists of battles fought in Africa (see also [[List of conflicts in Africa]])
*** [[List of battles in South Africa]]
** Lists of battles fought in the Americas
*** [[Lists of battles fought in U.S. states]] (see also [[:Category:Battles by U.S. state]]):
** [[List of conflicts in Australia]]
** Lists of battles fought in Europe (see also [[List of conflicts in Europe]])
*** [[Last battle on British soil]]
*** [[List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560]]
*** [[List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829)]]
** [[List of conflicts in the Middle East]]}}

== By participant ==
=== By state participant ===
{{See also|:Category:Lists of wars by country involved}}
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* [[List of Byzantine battles]]
* [[List of Chinese battles]]
* [[List of battles involving France (disambiguation)]]
* [[List of Georgian battles]]
* [[List of battles won by indigenous peoples of the Americas]]
* [[List of Japanese battles]]
* [[List of Korean battles]]
* [[Wars and battles involving Prussia]]
* [[List of Roman battles]]
* [[List of battles involving the Sikh Empire]]
* [[List of battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland]]
* [[List of Swedish battles]]
* [[List of battles with most United States military fatalities]]
* [[List of battles involving the Republic of Venice]]}}

=== By participating commander ===
<!---Excluding battles that commanders did not personally participate in combat, e.g. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adolf Hitler. The link must be a list article, or an article list section, not just "Military career of person X".--->
* [[List of Ottoman battles in which the sultan participated]]
* [[Military career of Napoleon#Battle record summary|Military career of Napoleon § Battle record summary]]
* [[Military career of George Washington#Summaries of Washington's Revolutionary War battles|Military career of George Washington § Summaries of Washington's Revolutionary War battles]]

== By type ==
Battles are generally presumed to have been land/field battles, unless otherwise stated.
* Lists of aerial operations and battles
** [[Air raids on Australia, 1942–1943]]
** [[Air raids on Hong Kong during WWII]]
** [[Aircraft carrier operations during World War II]]
** [[List of air operations during the Battle of Europe]]
*** [[List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz]]
*** [[List of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II]]
*** [[List of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II]]
* [[List of amphibious assault operations]]
* [[List of military operations on ice]]
* [[List of naval battles]]
** [[List of naval and land-based operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II]]
* [[List of sieges]]

==See also==
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* [[List of orders of battle]]
** [[List of number of conflicts per year]]
** [[List of wars by death toll]]
* Africa ''':'''
** [[List of conflicts in Africa]] ([[Military history of Africa]])
*** [[List of modern conflicts in North Africa]] (Maghreb)
*** [[Conflicts in the Horn of Africa]] (East region)
* Americas ''':'''
** [[List of conflicts in North America]]
** [[List of conflicts in Central America]]
** [[List of conflicts in South America]]
* Asia ''':'''
** [[List of conflicts in Asia]]
** [[List of conflicts in the Near East]]
** [[List of conflicts in the Middle East]]
*** [[List of modern conflicts in the Middle East]]
* Europe ''':'''
** [[List of conflicts in Europe]]
*** [[Template:Post-Cold War European conflicts|Post-Cold War European conflicts]]
* Oceania ''':'''
** [[List of conflicts in Australia]] 
* Ongoing conflicts around the World ''':'''
** [[List of ongoing armed conflicts]]
*** [[Template:Ongoing military conflicts|Ongoing military conflicts]]
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==External links and references==
* World History Database, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160328195906/http://worldhistory.org.uk/battles/ Alphabetic Listing of Battles]'' Index of World battles. Archived from the original.
* Radford, Robert, ''[http://www.imperialtometric.com/Edition/greatbattles.html Great Historical Battles]''.  An extensive list of important battles and influential leaders, from -490 BC to  present times.
* Winstanley, M.A., ''[https://www.everybattle.org/ Every Battle in History]''.  A List of every recorded battle and commander in world history (~12000 Battles, ~5000 Commanders).

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