News of the outbreak of war took Conquering five months to reach the Indian Ocean but British forces , recently engaged Forming_relationships in the Third Anglo-Mysore War , were mobilised Becoming_a_member in preparation and immediately seized the ports of French India .

The victory ensured Deciding Prussia control Control of Silesia during the Third Silesian War Military_operation ( part of the Seven Years ' War ) .

The victory ensured Deciding Prussia control Control of Silesia during the Third Silesian War Military_operation ( part of the Seven Years ' War ) .

In 1949 , the Chinese Civil War ended Process_end with the victory of the Communist People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) .

Christopher Alder was a trainee computer programmer and former British Army paratrooper who had served Assistance in the Falklands War and was commended Judgment_communication for his service with the Army in Northern Ireland .

The Gas Attacks at Hulluch were two German cloud gas attacks Attack on British troops during World War I , from 1916 , near the village of Hulluch , north of Loos in northern France .

It was the first and only offensive Attack launched Process_start solely by the United States Army in World War Military_operation I , and the attack Attack caught Getting the Germans in the process of retreating Escaping .

The Saint-Mihiel attack Attack established Creating the stature of the U.S. Army in the eyes of the French and British forces , and again demonstrated Coming_to_believe the critical role of artillery during World War Military_operation I and the difficulty of supplying Supply such massive armies while they were on the move Motion .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Saint-Mihiel was a major World War I battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter from 12–15 September 1918 , involving Cause_to_be_included the American Expeditionary Forces ( AEF ) and 110,000 French troops under the command Control of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions .

Operation Nasr , fought Hostile_encounter in early January 1981 , was a major battle Hostile_encounter of the Iran–Iraq War Hostile_encounter .

It was the biggest tank battle Hostile_encounter of the Iran–Iraq War Hostile_encounter .

The Siege of Padua was a major engagement early in the War of the League of Cambrai .

The Iraq War Hostile_encounter was a protracted armed conflict Hostile_encounter that began Process_start in 2003 with the invasion Attack of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew Change_of_leadership the government of Saddam Hussein .

The Iraq War began Process_start on 19 March 2003 , when the U.S. , joined Becoming_a_member by the U.K. and several coalition allies , launched Process_start a `` shock and awe '' bombing campaign .

The Bush administration based its rationale for the war principally on the assertion that Iraq , which had been viewed Perception_active by the U.S. as a rogue state since the 1990–1991 Gulf War , supposedly possessed an active weapons of mass destruction ( WMDs ) program , and that the Iraqi government posed Causation a threat to the United States and its coalition allies .

The Iraq War caused Causation over a hundred thousand civilian deaths and tens of thousands of military deaths ( see estimates below ) .

Subsequently , the Iraqi Civil War , which was largely considered a domino effect of the invasion , propelled at least 29,000 civilian deaths in addition to the displacement of five million people within the country .

The Russo-Japanese War Hostile_encounter ( ; ; `` Japanese-Russian War '' ) was fought Hostile_encounter during 1904–1905 between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea .

The Russo-Japanese War Hostile_encounter ( ; ; `` Japanese-Russian War '' ) was fought Hostile_encounter during 1904–1905 between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea .

The Fourth Fitna or Great Abbasid Civil War Military_operation resulted Causation from the conflict Hostile_encounter between the brothers al-Amin and al-Ma'mun over the succession Change_of_leadership to the throne of the Abbasid Caliphate .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Chancellorsville was a major battle Hostile_encounter of the American Civil War Military_operation ( 1861–1865 ) , and the principal engagement Hostile_encounter of the Chancellorsville campaign Military_operation .

In the Gulf War of 1990–1991 , when the Coalition intervened Response , they faced the world 's fourth largest air force to combat .

This is a list of all known Know air-to-air engagements that occurred Presence during the Gulf War .

This is Iraq 's only success of the Arab Gulf War using Using MiG-23s .

The Iraqi aircraft , one piloted Motion by Captain Jameel Sayhood , promptly turned Change and engaged the two American fighters , and one of the most dramatic dogfights of the Arab Gulf War ensued .

The Slovak National Uprising ( , abbreviated SNP ) or 1944 Uprising was an armed Bearing_arms insurrection organized Arranging by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II .

The bombing Attack occurred in the first days of the German-led Axis invasion Attack of Yugoslavia during World War II .

Operation Military_operation Stinger ( ; ) was an offensive undertaken by the forces Hostile_encounter of the SAO Krajina , an unrecognized Croatian Serb region opposing Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Republic of Croatia , against positions held by the Croatian police in the region of Banovina on 26–27 July 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

After the Croatian War Hostile_encounter of Independence Change_of_leadership , the local authorities failed to restore Preserving it and dismantled Destroying it instead .

The Glina massacres Killing were killings Killing of Serb peasants in the town of Glina in the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) that occurred between May and August 1941 , during World War II .

The Anglo-Ottoman War Hostile_encounter was a conflict Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start during the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter between 1807 and 1809 .

In the summer of 1806 , during the War Hostile_encounter of the Third Coalition ( of Britain , Russia , Prussia , Sweden ) , Napoleon 's ambassador General Count Sebastiani managed to convince Convincing the Porte to cancel Change_event_time all special privileges granted Preventing_or_letting to Russia in 1805 and to open Process_start the Ottoman straits ( Dardanelles ) exclusively to French warships .

Frank Füredi , in 'The Mau Mau War in Perspective ' suggests Convincing this was due Causation to a British policy of divide and rule but fails to cite Adducing any contemporary British government documents which support Supporting this assertion .

Between 1639 and 1653 , Scotland was involved Cause_to_be_included in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , a series of wars Hostile_encounter starting Process_start with the Bishops Wars ( between Scotland and England ) , the Irish Rebellion of 1641 , the English Civil War ( and its extension in Scotland ) , the Irish Confederate Wars , and finally the subjugation of Ireland and Scotland by the English Roundhead New Model Army .

This led to Causation the Third English Civil War , when Scotland was invaded Attack and occupied Control by the Parliamentarian New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell .

The English Civil War broke out Process_start in 1642 .

Operation Jericho was a low-level Second World War bombing Attack raid Attack on 18 February 1944 , by Allied aircraft on Amiens Prison in German-occupied France .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Cirta was a battle Hostile_encounter during the Second Punic War Military_operation between the forces Causation of the Roman Republic under Publius Cornelius Scipio and Carthage 's main ally , Syphax .

The British War Cabinet feared Change_sentiment that France would hand Giving the ships to the German Navy ( `` Kriegsmarine '' ) , giving Giving the Axis assistance Assistance in the Battle Military_operation of the Atlantic or Battle Military_operation of the Mediterranean .

Admiral François Darlan , commander of the French Navy , promised Commitment the British that the fleet would remain under French control Control but Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet judged Deciding that the fleet was too powerful to risk Risk an Axis take-over Conquering .

The War of the Three Henrys ( 1587–1589 ) was the eighth conflict Hostile_encounter in the series of civil wars Hostile_encounter in France known as the Wars of Religion .

Military operations Military_operation in World War II in Yugoslavia began Process_start on 6 April 1941 , when the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was swiftly conquered Conquering by Axis forces Military_operation and partitioned Forming_relationships between Germany , Italy , Hungary , Bulgaria and client regimes .

The Thirty Years ' War was a war fought Hostile_encounter primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648 .

The Thirty Years ' War devastated Destroying entire regions , resulting in Causation high mortality , especially among the populations of the German and Italian states , the Crown of Bohemia , and the Southern Netherlands .

The Second Libyan Civil War is an ongoing conflict among rival factions seeking control of the territory and oil of Libya .

The rebellion is known Know by many names , including the Sepoy Mutiny , the Indian Mutiny , the Great Rebellion , the Revolt of 1857 , the Indian Insurrection , and the First War of Independence .

The border dispute Quarreling between Nepal and British India , which sharpened after 1801 , had caused Causation the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814–16 and brought Bringing the defeated Gurkhas under British influence Influence .

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign , also known as Operation Forager , was an offensive launched GetReady by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War .

The U.S. then constructed airfields on Saipan and Tinian where B-29s were based to conduct strategic bombing missions against the Japanese mainland until the end of World War II , including the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki .

The Siege of Hull in 1642 was the first major action of the English Civil War .