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Wars of independence

  • Second Chechen WarThe Second Chechen War began on the 7th of August 1999, when Shamil Basayev and the Arab warlord Ibn al-Khattab led up to 2,000 fighters across the border…
  • First Indochina WarThe First Indochina War began on the 19th of December 1946, when fighting erupted across Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh's government fled the capital for the forested…
  • Wars of national liberationThe term wars of national liberation describes conflicts fought by nations to gain independence from foreign powers. These struggles establish separate…
  • Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933–1936)In February 1933, the Kwantung Army left a small detachment to watch the eastern Rehe border while moving its main forces south.
  • Bosnian WarThe Bosnian War began on the 6th of April 1992 with a single act of international recognition. On that same morning, shells fell on Sarajevo.
  • Malayan EmergencyThe Malayan Emergency began on the 17th of June 1948, the day three European plantation managers were shot dead in the office of the Elphil Estate near…
  • American Civil WarThe American Civil War began at 4:30 in the morning on the 12th of April 1861, when Confederate artillery fired the first of 4,000 shells at Fort Sumter in…
  • Anglo-Iraqi WarThe Anglo-Iraqi War began in earnest at 05:00 on the 2nd of May 1941, when 33 aircraft lifted off from RAF Habbaniya into the pre-dawn dark.
  • January UprisingThe January Uprising began on the night of the 22nd of January 1863 with a single piece of bureaucratic spite. Aleksander Wielopolski, head of civil…
  • Yugoslav WarsThe Yugoslav Wars began on the 26th of June 1991, when the Yugoslav People's Army moved against Slovenia just one day after that republic declared its…
  • Indian Rebellion of 1857The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began not with a grand proclamation but with a parade-ground refusal. On the 10th of May 1857, sepoys of the British East India…
  • American Revolutionary WarOn the morning of the 19th of April 1775, a British column marched toward the town of Concord, Massachusetts, with orders to seize militia weapons stored…