Major Wars
20 entries in the Major Wars compendium.
First Indochina WarWar between France and Viet Minh for control of Indochina.First Opium WarConflict between Britain and Qing China over opium trade and diplomacy.First Sino-Japanese WarConflict between Qing China and Japan over influence in Korea.Franco-Prussian WarConflict that unified Germany and ended French imperial rule.French Revolutionary WarsThe French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major military conflicts sparked by the FreFrench and Indian WarNorth American conflict between Britain and France for colonial dominance.Gallic WarsCaesar's campaigns that conquered Gaul and fueled his rise.Great Northern WarA war that ended Swedish dominance and elevated Russia.Greco-Persian WarsA series of conflicts between Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Empire.Hundred Years' WarThe Hundred Years' War was not a single continuous battle but a long, stop-start series ofImjin WarTwo Japanese invasions of Korea ending in stalemate.Iran–Iraq WarDeadliest conventional war between developing countries.Italian WarsA series of conflicts driven by French–Habsburg rivalry in Italy.Livonian WarConflict over control of Old Livonia involving Russia and a shifting coalition.Macedonian WarsSeries of conflicts that extended Roman hegemony into the Greek east.Mexican–American WarThe Mexican–American War, known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as tMongol conquestsThe Mongol conquests created the largest contiguous land empire in history.Second World WarGlobal conflict between Allies and Axis, deadliest in history.Seven Years' WarGlobal war that reshaped empires and European power.Vietnam WarCold War proxy war ending in communist victory across Indochina.
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