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General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Important Battles of World History)
General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Important Battles of World History)
Battle |
Period/Year |
Countries Involved |
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608 BC | Necho of Egypt and Josiah of Judsh; Egyptians victorious |
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490 BC | Athenians and Persians; King Darius of Persia defeated. |
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480 BC | Spartans led by Leonidas and Persians by Xerxes; Spartans were defeated. |
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480 BC | Athenian and Persian fleet in the Bay of Salamis; Persian fleet defeated |
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479BC | Greek and Persian forces; Persian forces defeated. |
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479 BC | Greek and Persian forces; Persian fleet defeated. |
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459 BC | Sparta and Athenes, also called ‘Pelponesian War’: it lasted for 30 years. |
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431 – 421 BC | Sparta and Athenes; Spartans victorious |
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331 BC | Greek and Persian forces; Greeks victorious. |
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190 BC | Syrian and Roman forces; Syrian forces defeated (north-west Lydia). |
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1337 – 1453 | France and England |
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1455 – 1485 | Civil War in England between the two rival royal houses of Lancaster and York; White and red rose were their respective symbols. |
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1588 | Spanish and English fleets fought in the English Channel; Defeat of the Spanish fleet. |
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1618 – 1648 | Started as religious-cum-political war between (Conto) the Lutherans and Catholics in Germany and developed into an international war. |
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1642 – 1649 | Between Cavaliers (King Charles supporters) and forces of the Parliament led by Oliver Cromwell; King Charles I executed. |
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1607 | The Dutch defeated the Spaniards and the Portuguese. |
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1756 – 1763 | Britain and France against Austria and Prussia; British alliance won. |
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1798 | British and French fleets; Britain victorious. |
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1805 | British fleet defeated fleets of France and Spain; British fleets commanded by Admiral Nelson, who was killed in the battle. |
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1805 | Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia on one side and France on the other, French forces victorious. |
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1812 | France and Russia; the French forces were commanded by Napoleon who was defeated. |
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1813 | Germany and combined forces of Austria, Prussia and Russia defeated Napolean (French forces). |
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1815 | British forces led by Duke of Wellington defeated French forces led by Napolean Bonaparte; it was Napolean’s last battle; Napolean abdicated and was exiled to the island of St Helena in South Atlantic where he died in 1812. |
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1840 | China and Britain; Chinese force yielded. It was a trade war and also known as the ‘Opium War’. |
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1861 -11865 | Northern Vs Southern states of America for the abolition of slavery; Abraham Lincoln defeated the Southern states. |
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1904 – 1905 | Russia and Japan in the Sea of Japan; Russia defeated; also called the ‘Battle of Port Arthur’ or ‘Battle of Yalu’. |
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1912 | Turkey and Balkan countries (Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece); Turkey defeated. |
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1913 | Invasion of Serbia and Greece by Bulgaria; Bulgaria defeated by combined forces of Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenegro, which stripped Turkey for most of its European territories. |
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1914 – 1918 | Germany (with Austria, Hungary and Turkey) against Britain (with France, US, Russia, Japan, Canada, Austria and Belgium); Germany and its allies were defeated. |
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1916 | During World War I – Naval battle between Germany and England in which Germany was defeated. |
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1939 – 45 | Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) against the Allies (Britain, USSR, US, France and several countries); Axis powers were defeated. |
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1942 | Italian Army from Libya invaded Egypt in order to attach British forces. |
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1954 | South Korea invaded by North Korea; North Korea was forced back by UN forces. |
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1967 | Six-day war. Shortest war in history; Arab forces led by Egypt, Syria and Jordan were defeated. |
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1971 | Mukti Bahini forces aided by India against the Pakistani forces stationed in Bangladesh (former East Pakistan); Pakistani forces surrendered and Bangladesh came into being. |
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1991 | US led multinational forces attacked Iraq to oust Iraqi troops from Kuwait. |
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1999 | India defeated Pakistani forces at Kargil. |
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2001 | US led coalition forces attack Afghanistan to bring down the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in retaliation to the 11 September terrorist attach in the USA. |
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2003 | US led coalition forces dethroned the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. |
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2006 | Hezbullah kidnaps two Israeli soldiers and kills other three. Israel responds with massive air strikes and artillery fire on targes in Lebanon. |