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1Battle of Chancellorsville — Part of the American Civil War …
2Battle of La Forbie — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of La Forbie caption= partof=the Crusades date=October 17, 1244 ndash; October 18, 1244 place=near the village of La Forbie, northeast of Gaza result=Ayyubid victory combatant1= Mercenaries combatant2=… …
32nd Shock Army — The 2nd Shock Army ( ru. 2 Ударная армия) was a field army of the Red Army during the Second World War. This type of formation was created in accordance with prewar doctrine that called for Shock Armies to overcome difficult defensive… …
4Battle of France — Part of the Western Front of the Second World War Clockwise from top left: German …
5Gothic Line — This article is about the fighting on the Gothic Line between August and the end of 1944, variously known as Operation Olive or the Battle of Rimini. For the fighting to capture the town of Rimini in September 1944, see Battle of Rimini (1944).… …
6Battle of Chickamauga — Part of the American Civil War Battle of Chickamauga (lithograph by Kurz and Allison, 1890) …
7Battle of Ramillies — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Ramillies caption=The Duke of Marlborough receives captured standards at Ramillies. Artist: H. Dupray. partof=the War of the Spanish Succession date=23 May 1706All dates in the article are in the… …
8Operation Shingle — Part of World War II US Army troops landing at Anzio late January 1944 …
9World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …
10World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the… …
