The Battle of Ortona was a World War II military engagement fought between German paratroopers and Canadian forces, from December 20 to December 28, 1943, in the coastal town of Ortona, on the Adriatic Sea, Italy. It was part of the British 8th Army offensive on the Gustave Line, which had begun on November 23. [...]

The Battle of the Argonne Forest was a World War I military engagement, fought between the American Expeditionary Force and the German Imperial Army, from September 26 to November 11, 1918, in the forest of Argonne, on the Meuse River, northeastern France. The battle began when the US 1st Army, composed of I, III and [...]

Also known as the Battle of Chalons, the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains was an armed encounter fought between the Roman Army, commanded by Flavius Aetius, and the Huns, led by Attila, on June 20, 451 AD, in Champagne-Ardenne, today’s France, during the reign of Roman emperor Valentinian III. In order to stop the advance [...]

The Battle of Lys was a World War I military engagement between the German Imperial Army and the Allied forces. It took place near Ypres, Belgium, from April 9 to April 29, 1918. The battle began with a German attack on the Portuguese-held positions on April 9, during Operation Georgette, which was part of the [...]

The Battle of Belleau Wood was a World War I battle fought between Allied forces, led by John J Pershing, and the German Army, commanded by Crown Prince Wilhelm, from June 1 to June 26, 1918, in Bois Belleau, near Paris, France, during the German Spring Offensive. On March 21, 1918, the Imperial German Army [...]

Being part of the 1916 Somme Offensive, the Battle of Ginchy was a military engagement of the Great War, fought between the 16th Irish Division, under General Hickie, and the German Imperial Army’s 19th Bavarian Infantry Division, led by Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, in northern France. The British attack on the town of Ginchy [...]