Chronicles of Conflict: A Comprehensive List of Wars
Documenting every battle throughout human history would be a huge project because of how often war has happened. However, here are some important wars organized by time period. Sadly, much of the past involves people hurting each other in many fights over many years. These battles happened for different causes.
In this list, all the important battles from the Battle of Marathon in 409 BC to the Kargil War in 1999 are included.
Our world history is full of wars and myths. No history can ever be created without war. Some of them are listed below.
The Definitive List of World Wars
| War/Battle | Period/Years | Involved Countries |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Marathon | 409 BC | Greek and Persian forces; Persian forces were defeated. |
| Battle of Salamis | 408 BC | Athenian fleet and Persian fleet in Bay of Salamis; Persian fleet defeated. |
| Battle of Platae | 479 BC | Sparta and Athens, also called the Peloponnese war, lasted for 30 years |
| Sparta and Athens, also called the Peloponnese War, lasted for 30 years | 479 BC | Greek and Persian fleets; Persian fleet defeated. |
| Spartan War I | 459 BC | Sparta and Athens, also called the Peloponnese War, lasted for 30 years |
| Spartan War II | 431 BC | Sparta and Athens; Spartans victorious. |
| Battle of Arabia | 331 BC | Greek and Parisian forces; Greeks victorious. |
| Hundred-Year War | 1337-1485 | France and England. |
| Anglo-Spanish War | 1588 | Spanish and English fleets fought in the English Channel, defeat of the Spanish Armada |
| Thirty-Years War | 1618-1648 | Started as religious-cum-political war between the Lutherans and Catholics in Germany and developed into an international war |
| Civil war in England | 1642-1649 | In England: between Cavaliers (King Charles I supporters) and force of parliament led by Oliver Cromwell, King Charles I was executed. |
| Seven-Year War | 1756-1763 | Britain and France against Austria and Prussia; The British alliance won. |
| Battle of the Nile | 1805 | British fleet defeated fleets of France and Spain. British fleets were commanded by Admiral Nelson, who was killed during the battle. |
| Battle of Borodino | 1812 | France and Russia; |
| First China War | 1840 | China and Britain, Chinese yielded, also known as the first opium war. It was a trade war. |
| Balkan War I | 1912 | Turkey and Balkan countries ( Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece), Turkey defeated. |
| Balkan War I | 1913 | Invasion of Serbia and Greece by Bulgaria – Bulgaria was defeated by combined forces of Serbia, Greece, Romania, and Montenegro who stripped Turkey of Most of its European territories |
| World War I | 1914-1918 | Axis Power ( Germany, Italy, and Japan) against the Allies (Britain, USSR, USA, France and several other countries); Axis powers were defeated. |
| World War II | 1939-1345 | Axis Power ( Germany, Italy, and Japan) against the Allies (Britain, USSR, USA, France, and several other countries); Axis powers were defeated. |
| Korean War | 1950-1953 | A proxy war between the United States and China following the division of Korea, resulting in a stalemate and a heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that remains to this day. |
| Desert War | 1942 | Italian Army from Libya invaded Egypt in order to attack British forces. |
| Isreal-Arab War | 1967 | Six Days War, the shortest war in History, Arab forces led by Egypt, Syria and Jordan were defeated. |
| Pakistan-Bangladesh War | 1971 | Mukti Bahini forces aided by India against the Pakistani forces stationed in Bangladesh. |
| Kargil War | 1999 | India defeated Pakistan forces at Kargil. |