Operation Praying Mantis was an attack Attack on 18 April 1988 , by U.S. forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War and the subsequent damage Damaging to an American warship .

This battle was the largest of the five major U.S. surface engagements since the Second World War , which also include Cause_to_be_included the Battle of Chumonchin Chan during the Korean War , the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the Battle of Dong Hoi during the Vietnam War , and the Action in the Gulf of Sidra in 1986 .

This battle was the largest of the five major U.S. surface engagements since the Second World War , which also include Cause_to_be_included the Battle of Chumonchin Chan during the Korean War , the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the Battle of Dong Hoi during the Vietnam War , and the Action in the Gulf of Sidra in 1986 .

This battle was the largest of the five major U.S. surface engagements since the Second World War , which also include Cause_to_be_included the Battle of Chumonchin Chan during the Korean War , the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the Battle of Dong Hoi during the Vietnam War , and the Action in the Gulf of Sidra in 1986 .

It also marked Recording the U.S. Navy 's first exchange of anti-ship missiles with opposing ships and the only occasion since World War II on which the US Navy sank a major surface combatant .

The Soviet–Afghan War lasted Process_end over nine years , from December 1979 to February 1989 .

The mujahideen groups were backed primarily by the United States , Saudi Arabia , and Pakistan , making it Causation a Cold War proxy war .

The boycott and sanctions exacerbated Cold War tensions and enraged the Soviet government , which later led Causation a revenge boycott of the 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles .

Due to its length , it has sometimes been referred Adducing to as the `` Soviet Union 's Vietnam War '' or the `` Bear Trap '' by the Western media .

The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated Arranging by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II .

Gold , commonly known as Gold Beach , was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allied invasion Attack of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 , during the Second World War .

The Fishing Creek Confederacy was an alleged military uprising Change_of_leadership in northern Columbia County , Pennsylvania and southern Sullivan County , Pennsylvania during the American Civil War Military_operation .

Operation Gisela ( ) was the codename for a German military operation Military_operation of the Second World War .

The Battle Military_operation of Antietam , also known as the Battle Military_operation of Sharpsburg , particularly in the Southern United States , was a battle Military_operation of the American Civil War Military_operation , fought Hostile_encounter on September 17 , 1862 , between Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan 's Army of the Potomac , near Sharpsburg , Maryland and Antietam Creek .

Part of the Maryland Campaign Military_operation , it was the first field army–level engagement Hostile_encounter in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place Process_start on Union soil .

The Huon Peninsula campaign was a series of battles Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter in north-eastern Papua New Guinea in 1943–1944 during the Second World War .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Mars-La-Tour ( also known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Vionville or Battle Hostile_encounter of Rezonville ) was fought Hostile_encounter on 16 August 1870 , during the Franco-Prussian War Hostile_encounter , near the village of Mars-La-Tour in northeast France .

Conflicts Hostile_encounter have been fueled Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by other major wars Hostile_encounter taking place Process_start in the same regions , in particular the Second Sudanese Civil War , the War in Darfur and the Sudanese conflict Hostile_encounter in South Kordofan and Blue Nile .

Conflicts Hostile_encounter have been fueled Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by other major wars Hostile_encounter taking place Process_start in the same regions , in particular the Second Sudanese Civil War , the War in Darfur and the Sudanese conflict Hostile_encounter in South Kordofan and Blue Nile .

Operation Barbarossa ( ) was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union , which started Process_start on Sunday , 22 June 1941 , during World War II .

The offensive marked Recording an escalation of World War II , both geographically and in the formation of the Allied coalition .

The Eastern Front became Becoming the site of some of the largest battles , most horrific atrocities , and highest World War II casualties ( for Soviet and Axis forces alike ) .

All of which influenced Influence the course of both World War II and the subsequent history of the 20th century .

According to Human Rights Watch ( HRW ) , this was the most notorious civilian massacre of the First Chechen War .

It was unlike any other Civil War Military_operation the world had ever experienced Confronting_problem !

Operation Bribie ( 17–18 February 1967 ) , also known as the Battle of Ap My An , was fought Hostile_encounter during the Vietnam War in Phuoc Tuy province between Australian forces from the 6th Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 6 RAR ) and two companies of Viet Cong from D445 Battalion , likely reinforced by North Vietnamese regulars .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Coral Sea , fought Hostile_encounter from 4–8 May 1942 , was a major naval battle Hostile_encounter between the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia , taking place Process_start in the Pacific Theatre of World War II .

Two months later , the Allies took advantage of Japan 's resulting strategic vulnerability in the South Pacific and launched Military_operation the Guadalcanal Campaign ; this , along with the New Guinea Campaign , eventually broke Destroying Japanese defenses Defending in the South Pacific and was a significant contributing Causation factor to Japan 's ultimate surrender Surrendering in World War II .

Operation Flax was a Western Allied air operation Military_operation executed during the Tunisia Campaign Military_operation , as part of the larger North African Campaign Military_operation of the Second World War Hostile_encounter .

The defence of Outpost Snipe in Egypt , took place Process_start in the Second Battle of El Alamein , part of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War .

The overturning Process_end of the `` Declaratio Ferdinandei '' and other religious persecution Bodily_harm helped Assistance rekindle Recovering the Thirty Years ' War Hostile_encounter , changing Change it from an internal conflict Hostile_encounter within the Holy Roman Empire into an international religious war Hostile_encounter .

After Catholic victories Earnings_and_losses early in the Thirty Years ' War Hostile_encounter , the `` Declaratio Ferdinandei '' was overturned Process_end in the Edict Legal_rulings of Restitution of 1629 , which was part of Ferdinand II 's master plan Arranging to reconvert the Holy Roman Empire to Catholicism .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Route Coloniale 4 ( called Name_conferral Chiến dịch Biên giới [ `` Border Campaign Military_operation '' ] in Vietnam ) was a battle Hostile_encounter of the First Indochina War Military_operation .

RC4 in the First Indochina War Military_operation .

During the French Indochina War Military_operation ( 1945–1954 ) , French forces Military_operation attempted to re-establish Recovering colonial control Control of Vietnam , while the Vietnamese guerrilla forces Military_operation , the Việt Minh , led by Ho Chi Minh fought Hostile_encounter for independence .

The Cologne War Hostile_encounter ( 1583–88 ) was a conflict Hostile_encounter between Protestant and Catholic factions that devastated Destroying the Electorate of Cologne , a historical ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire , within present-day North Rhine-Westphalia , in Germany .

Also called Name_conferral the Seneschal 's War or the Seneschal Upheaval and occasionally the Sewer War , the conflict tested Testing the principle of ecclesiastical reservation , which had been included Cause_to_be_included in the religious Peace of Augsburg ( 1555 ) .

Also called Name_conferral the Seneschal 's War or the Seneschal Upheaval and occasionally the Sewer War , the conflict tested Testing the principle of ecclesiastical reservation , which had been included Cause_to_be_included in the religious Peace of Augsburg ( 1555 ) .

During the Second World War , Britain had a nuclear weapons project , codenamed Tube Alloys , which was merged Cause_to_amalgamate with the American Manhattan Project in August 1943 .

The Bijeljina massacre Killing involved Cause_to_be_included the killing Killing of between 48 and 78 civilians by Serb paramilitary groups in Bijeljina on 1–2 April 1992 during the Bosnian War .

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) and the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor 's Office were able to verify Check between 48 and 78 deaths Death .

The Mozambican Civil War was a civil war fought in Mozambique from 1977 to 1992 .

Like many regional African conflicts during the late twentieth century , the Mozambican Civil War possessed Getting local dynamics but was also exacerbated Cause_change_of_strength greatly by the polarizing effects of Cold War politics .

Like many regional African conflicts during the late twentieth century , the Mozambican Civil War possessed Getting local dynamics but was also exacerbated Cause_change_of_strength greatly by the polarizing effects of Cold War politics .

The Mozambican Civil War destroyed Destroying much of Mozambique 's critical rural infrastructure , including hospitals , rail lines , roads , and schools .

The Mozambican Civil War ended Process_end in 1992 , following the collapse of Soviet and South African support for FRELIMO and RENAMO , respectively .

The Lovas killings ( , , ) involved Cause_to_be_included the killing Killing of 70 Croat civilian residents of the village of Lovas between 10–18 October 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The Vandalic or Vandal War ( , `` Vandēlikòs Pólemos '' ) was a conflict fought Hostile_encounter in North Africa ( largely in modern Tunisia ) between the forces of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire and the Vandalic Kingdom of Carthage , in 533–534 .

The attacks , part of Queen Anne 's War ( the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession ) , resulted in Causation the burning Lighting of the town , and caused Causation most of its Indian population to flee , although the fort withstood repeated attacks .

The attacks , part of Queen Anne 's War ( the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession ) , resulted in Causation the burning Lighting of the town , and caused Causation most of its Indian population to flee , although the fort withstood repeated attacks .