3811 results for “World War” (796 ms)
Korean War: After a month-long campaign, much of the North Korean air force was destroyed by United Nations forces.
Wars of the Three Kingdoms: After crossing the Firth of Forth, English Commonwealth forces defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Inverkeithing, opening the rest of the country to occupation.
Second War of Scottish Independence: The Scottish-held town of Berwick-upon-Tweed surrendered to English forces, ending a siege led by King Edward III.
The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (died 1947)
Paul Warwick, English race car driver (born 1969)
Libyan forces carried out a raid at Sallum, sparking a four-day war with Egypt.
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah.
Iraq War: Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year�
The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
American Civil War: In the Battle of Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill outside Atlanta.
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War: Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Fr�
Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.