Battle of the Nile | 1798 | British and French fleets, Britain victorious |
Battle of Trafelgar | 1805 | British fleets of France and Spain. British commanded by Admiral Nelson. who was killed during the battle |
Battle of Austerliz | 1805 | Britain, Asutria, Russia and Prussia on one side and France on the other. Neoleon ( France ) defeated Austria and Russia |
Battle of Borodino | 1812 | Between France and Russia. Napolean invaded WM at Borodino, and nearly defeated the Russians, However on reaching Moscow, his army suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat. Napolean's ill-fated attack on Russia marked the beginning of the downfall of the French Empire |
Battle of Leipzig | 1813 | Germany and combined forces of Austria, Prussia and Russia, defeated Napoleon |
Battle of Waterloo | 1815 | British forces led by Duke of Wellington (Sir.Arthur Wellesly) defeated French forces led by Napolean Napolean was captured and exiled to St. Helena where he died in 1821 |
First Opium War | 1840 | China and Britain; Chinese yielded opium. It was a trade war |
Crimean War | 1854 - 1856 | The combined forces of the British, French and Turks defeated Russia |
American Civil War | 1861-1865 | Northern states of America under Abraham Lincon defeated the Southern states and established a Federalstate and abolished the slavery. |
Sino-Japanese War | 1894-1895 | Japan defeated China and occupied Formosa and Korea |
Battle of Omdurman | 1898 | The British and Egyptian forces defeated the forces of Khalifa (Mehdists) |
Boer War | 1899 - 1901 | The revolt of Transvaal Boers was suppressed by the British forces. Boers belonged to Dutch Protestant stock who opposed Britishers because of abolition of slavery by Britain. |
Russo-Japanese War | 1904-1905 | Russia and Japan in the sea of Japan. Russia defeated; It led the wave of the idea of Asian Resurgence. |
Balkan War I | 1912 | Turkey and Balkan countries (Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece), Turkey defeated. |
Balkan War II | 1913 | Invasion of Serbia and Greece by Bulgaria.Bulgaria was defeated by combined forces of Serbia, Greece, Rumania, Montengro who stripped Turkey of most of Its European territories |
World War I | 1914 - 1918 | Central Powers (Germany and its allies) against the Allied Powers (Britain and its allies); Central Power were defeated. Famous Battles : 1. First battle of Marne (1914) — France defeated Germany 2. Battle of Jutland (1916)— Naval battle between England and Germany. England defeated Germany 3. Battle of Verdun (1916) — Fought between France & Germany 4. Second battle of Marne (1918) — France defeated Germany |
World War II | 1939 - 1945 | Axis Powers (Germany and its allies) against the Allied Powers (Britain and its allies); Axis Powers were defeated. Famous Battle : Battle of El Alamein (1942) — The Allies victory during the World War II and retreat of General Rommel's forces |