Insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen , as well as smaller Maoist groups , fought Hostile_encounter a guerrilla war against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan government , mostly in the rural countryside .

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 .

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 .

`` Swiftsure '' was later commissioned into the French Navy and fought Hostile_encounter at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Trafalgar in 1805 , where the ship was recaptured Conquering by the British and rejoined Becoming_a_member the Royal Navy .

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 .

The Hussite Wars , also called Request the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution Change_of_leadership , were fought Hostile_encounter between the Christian Hussites and the combined Cause_to_amalgamate Christian Catholic forces Hostile_encounter of Sigismund , Holy Roman Emperor , the Papacy and various European monarchs loyal to the Catholic Church , as well as among various Hussite factions themselves .

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 .

Initially , troops of the competing Competition archbishops of Cologne fought Hostile_encounter over control of sections of the territory .

the war was fought Hostile_encounter between mozambique 's ruling marxist front for the liberation of mozambique ( frelimo ) and anti-communist insurgent forces of the mozambican national resistance ( renamo ) .

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

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 battles were primarily fought Hostile_encounter in the nighttime hours due Causation to the excessive heat of the day .

It concluded : `` In so far as Māori fought Hostile_encounter at all – and few did – they were merely defending Defending their `` kainga '' , crops and land against military advance and occupation . ''

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Anzen or Dazimon was fought Hostile_encounter on 22 July 838 at Anzen or Dazimon ( now Dazmana ( Akçatarla ) , Turkey ) between the Byzantine Empire and the forces of the Abbasid Caliphate .

The first two opponents were driven Motion off , but the third succeeded in coming Motion alongside and , in a fierce and close fought Hostile_encounter duel , compelled Action Captain Richard Rodney Bligh to surrender Surrendering his ship in the face of overwhelming odds .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Fulford was fought Hostile_encounter on the outskirts of the village of Fulford near York in England , on 20 September 1066 , when King Harald III of Norway , also known as `` Harald Hardrada '' ( `` harðráði '' in Old Norse , meaning `` hard ruler '' ) , and Tostig Godwinson , his English ally , fought Hostile_encounter and defeated Conquering the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Fulford was fought Hostile_encounter on the outskirts of the village of Fulford near York in England , on 20 September 1066 , when King Harald III of Norway , also known as `` Harald Hardrada '' ( `` harðráði '' in Old Norse , meaning `` hard ruler '' ) , and Tostig Godwinson , his English ally , fought Hostile_encounter and defeated Conquering the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar .

It was fought Hostile_encounter in Quiberon Bay , off the coast of France near St. Nazaire .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Quiberon Bay ( known as Bataille des Cardinaux in French ) was a decisive naval engagement fought Hostile_encounter on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years ' War between the Royal Navy and the French Navy .

It was fought Hostile_encounter in the Sinai Peninsula , north of the Great Bitter Lake and just east of the Suez Canal , near an Egyptian agricultural research Research station .

The First Battle of Bud Dajo , also known as the Moro Crater Massacre Killing , was a counter insurgency action fought Hostile_encounter by the United States Army against Moros in March 1906 , during the Moro Rebellion in the southwestern Philippines .

The commandos fought Hostile_encounter their way through the town to escape Escaping overland but many surrendered Surrendering when they ran out of Expend_resource ammunition or were surrounded Surrounding by the Wehrmacht defending Defending Saint-Nazaire .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Ramadi in 2006 ( sometimes referred Adducing to as the Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Ramadi ) was fought Hostile_encounter during the Iraq War Military_operation from March 2006 to November 2006 , for control Control of the capital of the Al Anbar Governorate in western Iraq .

Soldiers , U.S. Marines , U.S. Navy SEALs , and Iraqi Security Forces fought Hostile_encounter insurgents for control Control of key locations in Ramadi , including the Government Centre and the General Hospital .

Some sections of the Marines fought Hostile_encounter while advancing over 60 km under fire and in poor conditions .

K Company ( Black Knights ) fought Hostile_encounter in the trenches surrounding the area , forcing the withdrawal of the insurgents .

The hard fought Hostile_encounter battles were against well-armed insurgents , who held Hold fast and retaliated Revenge with 107mm rockets but eventually withdrew Escaping under a barrage of British mortar , tank , and missile fire .

Republicans loyal to the elected Choosing , left-leaning Second Spanish Republic , in alliance with anarchists , fought Hostile_encounter against a revolt Change_of_leadership by the Nationalists , an alliance of Falangists , monarchists , conservatives and Catholics , led by a military group among whom General Francisco Franco soon achieved Achieve a preponderant role .

The Nationalists and the Republican government fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of the country .

The Spanish Civil War ( ) was a civil war in Spain fought Hostile_encounter from 1936 to 1939 .

They fought Hostile_encounter mostly in the pro-Republican International Brigades , which also included several thousand exiles from pro-Nationalist regimes .

The Second Northern War ( 1655–60 , also First or Little Northern War ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 1655–60 ) , the Moscow Tsardom ( 1656–58 ) , Brandenburg-Prussia ( 1657–60 ) , the Habsburg Monarchy ( 1657–60 ) and Denmark–Norway ( 1657–58 and 1658–60 ) .

Despite the tense situation and deplorable socio-cultural crime committed Committing_crime by the mob , Lafontaine proceeded Self_motion cautiously , fought Defending off armed thugs who had shot Use_firearm through his window , and maintained Preserving restraint and resolve Resolve_problem in his actions .

The Tuscarora War was fought Hostile_encounter in North Carolina from September 22 , 1711 until February 11 , 1715 between the Tuscarora people and their allies on one side and European American settlers , the Yamassee , and other allies on the other .

He ordered Request them to `` send Sending steed away and stride forwards '' : they arrived on horses but fought Hostile_encounter on foot .

It is believed by many scholars that the poem , while based upon actual events and people , was created Causation to be less of a historical account and more of a means of enshrining and lifting Process_end up the memories of the men who fought and lost Death their lives on the battlefield protecting Defending their homeland , especially in the case of the English commander of the battle , Byrhtnoth .

Still , Granada was wealthy and powerful , and the Christian kingdoms were divided and fought Quarreling amongst themselves .

In all , eighteen campaigns were fought Hostile_encounter , primarily in what is now northern Germany .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between a French army led Bringing by Napoleon and a small Russian corps commanded Control by Lieutenant General Count Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev .

The Action of 28 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars , fought Hostile_encounter off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal between the French frigate `` Forte '' and the Royal Navy frigate HMS `` Sybille '' .

The Croatian War Military_operation of Independence was fought Hostile_encounter from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared Expressing_publicly independence Change_of_leadership from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRY ) —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) and local Serb forces , with the JNA ending its combat Hostile_encounter operations Military_operation in Croatia by 1992 .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Ancre was fought Hostile_encounter by the Fifth Army ( Lieutenant-General Hubert Gough ) , against the German 1st Army ( General Fritz von Below ) .

Second Chechen War ( ) , also known as the Second Chechen Сampaign ( ) or officially ( from the Russian point of view ) Counter-terrorist operations on territories of North Caucasian region ( ) , was an armed conflict on the territory of Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , also with militants of various Islamist groups , fought from August 1999 to April 2009 .

the wars of the roses were a series of english civil wars for control of the throne of england fought between supporters of two rival cadet branches of the royal house of plantagenet : the house of lancaster , associated with the red rose of lancaster , and the house of york , whose symbol was the white rose of york .

The operation formed Creating part of the Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War fought Hostile_encounter between Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia and two unrecognized para-states proclaimed by Croatian Serbs and Bosnian Serbs .

Operation Winter '94 ( , Операција Зима '94 ) was a joint military offensive Attack of the Croatian Army ( HV ) and the Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) fought Hostile_encounter in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina between 29 November and 24 December 1994 .

The Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Attack , also known Know in Soviet historical sources as the liberation Hostile_encounter of right-bank Ukraine , was a strategic offensive Attack executed by the Soviet 1st , 2nd , 3rd , and 4th Ukrainian Fronts , along with the 2nd Belorussian Front , against the German Army Group South , and fought Hostile_encounter from 24 December 1943 – 17 April 1944 .

The Capture of Savannah , or sometimes the First Battle of Savannah ( because of a siege in 1779 ) , was an American Revolutionary War battle fought Hostile_encounter on December 29 , 1778 pitting local American Patriot militia and Continental Army units , holding the city , against a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell .