List of orders of battle

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This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).

Classical period[edit]

Battle or campaign Order of battle Date
Battle of Red Cliffs Cao Cao's forces and Allied forces Winter of 208/9 AD

Early modern period[edit]

Battle or campaign Order of battle Date
Crusades
Battle of Lepanto Holy League and Ottoman fleets October 7, 1571
Thirty Years' War
First Battle of Breitenfeld Holy Roman Empire, Catholic League, Sweden, and Saxony September 17, 1631
Battle of Rain Sweden and the Catholic League April 15, 1632
Second Battle of Breitenfeld Holy Roman Empire, Saxony, and Sweden October 23, 1642
Battle of Rocroi French and Spanish armies May 19, 1643
English Civil War
Battle of Marston Moor Covenanter, Parliamentarians, and Royalists July 2, 1644
Battle of Naseby Parliamentarians and Royalists June 14, 1645
Second Anglo-Dutch War
Battle of Lowestoft British and Dutch fleets June 13, 1665
Great Turkish War
Battle of Vienna Christian Coalition and Ottoman armies September 12, 1683
War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Schellenberg Allied and Franco-Bavarian armies July 2, 1704
Battle of Blenheim Allied and Franco-Bavarian armies August 13, 1704
Great Northern War
Battle of Lesnaya Russian and Swedish armies October 9, 1708
Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18
Battle of Petrovaradin Austrian and Ottoman armies August 5, 1716
War of the Austrian Succession
Battle of Toulon British and Franco-Spanish fleets February 21–22, 1744
French and Indian War
Battle of the Monongahela British and French forces July 9, 1755
American Revolutionary War
Battle of Long Island American and British armies August 27, 1776
Battle of Trenton American and British armies December 26, 1776
Battle of Brandywine American and British armies September 11, 1777
Battle of Paoli American and British armies September 21, 1777
Battle of Germantown American and British armies October 4, 1777
Battle of Bemis Heights American and British armies October 7, 1777
Battle of Monmouth American and British armies June 28, 1778
Battle of Camden American and British armies August 16, 1780
Battle of Cowpens American and British armies January 17, 1781
Battle of Guilford Court House American and British armies March 15, 1781
Battle of the Chesapeake British and French fleets September 5, 1781
Siege of Yorktown American, French, and British armies September 28 – October 17, 1781
Battle of the Saintes British and French fleets April 12, 1782
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
Battle of Reval Russian and Swedish fleets May 13, 1790

1792–1860[edit]

Battle or campaign Order of battle Date
French Revolutionary Wars
Battle of Jemappes French and Austrian armies November 6, 1792
Siege of Toulon French fleet August 29 – December 19, 1793
Battle of Tourcoing French and Coalition armies May 17–18, 1794
Glorious First of June British and French fleets June 1, 1794
Martin's cruise British and French fleets June 1794
Battle of Fleurus French and Austrian-Dutch armies June 26, 1794
Campaign of the Great Winter British and French fleets December 24, 1794 – February 3, 1795
Battle of Genoa (1795) British and French fleets March 13–14, 1795
Biscay campaign of June 1795 British and French fleets June, 1795
Battle of Quiberon French Republican and Anglo-Royalist forces June 23 – July 21, 1795
Battle of Monte Settepani French and Austro-Sardinian armies June 24 – July 7, 1795
Battle of the Hyères Islands British and French fleets July 13, 1795
Battle of Loano French and Austrian-Sardinian armies November 23–24, 1795
Montenotte campaign French and Austrian-Sardinian armies April 12, 1796
Battle of Castiglione French and Austrian armies August 5, 1796
Battle of Bassano French and Austrian armies September 8, 1796
Battle of Arcola French and Austrian armies November 15–17, 1796
French expedition to Ireland (1796) French fleet December 1796
Battle of Rivoli French and Austrian armies January 14–15, 1797
Battle of Cape St. Vincent British and Spanish fleets February 14, 1797
Battle of Camperdown British and Dutch fleets October 11, 1797
Battle of the Nile British and French fleets August 1 – 3, 1798
Battle of Tory Island British and French fleets October 12, 1798
Egyptian campaign French Army 1798–1799
Army of the Danube French order of battle March 1, 1799
Battle of Stockach French and Austrian armies March 25, 1799
Bruix' Expedition of 1799 British and Franco-Spanish fleets April – August 1799
Battle of Messkirch French Army May 4–5, 1800
Battle of Marengo French and Austrian armies June 14, 1800
Battle of Hohenlinden French and Austrian armies December 3, 1800
Algeciras campaign British and Franco-Spanish fleets June 13, 1801 – July 14, 1801
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Cape Finisterre British and Franco-Spanish fleets July 22, 1805
Battle of Trafalgar British and Franco-Spanish fleets October 21, 1805
Battle of Caldiero (1805) French and Austrian armies October 30, 1805
Battle of Dürenstein French, Austrian, and Russian November 11, 1805
Battle of Wischau French and Russian armies November 25, 1805
Battle of Austerlitz French, Austrian, and Russian December 2, 1805
Atlantic campaign of 1806 French and British fleets December 1805 – September 1806
Battle of San Domingo British and French fleets February 6, 1806
Battle of Maida British and French armies July 4, 1806
Battle of Saalfeld French and Prussian-Saxon armies October 10, 1806
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt French and Prussian-Saxon armies October 14, 1806
Battle of Eylau France, Russia, and Prussia February 7–8, 1807
Gunboat War Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy in Norway 1808
Battle of Vimeiro British-Portuguese and French August 20, 1808
Cardedeu campaign French and Spanish armies June – December, 1808
Tyrolean Rebellion Austrian and Bavarian armies 1809
Battle of Corunna British and French armies January 16, 1809
Battle of the Basque Roads British and French fleets April 11–25, 1809
Battle of Sacile Austrian and Franco-Italian armies April 15–16, 1809
Battle of Abensberg Austrian and French armies April 20, 1809
Battle of Piave River Austrian and French-Italian armies May 8, 1809
Battle of Wagram Austrian and Franco-Allied armies July 5–6, 1809
Battle of Talavera British, French and Spanish armies July 27–28, 1809
Battle of Bussaco French and Anglo-Portuguese armies September 27, 1810
Battle of Barrosa French and Anglo-Allied armies March 5, 1811
Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro French and Anglo-Allied armies May 3–5, 1811
Battle of Albuera French and Anglo-Allied armies May 16, 1811
Battle of Saguntum
Siege of Valencia (1812)
French and Spanish armies October 25, 1811
December 26, 1811 - January 9, 1812
Imperial Russian Army Russian Army order of battle 1812
French invasion of Russia French and Russian armies June 24 – December 14, 1812
Battle of Salamanca French and Anglo-Portuguese armies July 22, 1812
Battle of Vitoria French and Anglo-Allied armies June 21, 1813
Battle of Wartenburg French and Prussian armies October 3, 1813
Battle of Hanau French, Austrian, and Bavarian armies October 30–31, 1813
Six Days' Campaign French, Prussian, and Russian armies February 10–15, 1814
Battle of Orthez French and Anglo-Allied armies February 27, 1814
Battle of Toulouse France and Anglo-Allied April 10, 1814
Battle of Tolentino Austrian and Neapolitan armies May 2–3, 1815
Hundred Days First French Empire and the Seventh Coalition March 10 – July 8, 1815
Battle of Quatre Bras France and Anglo-Allied June 16, 1815
Battle of Ligny French and Prussians June 16, 1815
Waterloo campaign French, Anglo-Allied, and Prussian June 16–18, 1815
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
Battle of Athos Russian and Ottoman navies July 1, 1807
War of 1812
Battle of Tippecanoe US Army, State Militias and Tecumseh's Confederacy November 7, 1811
Siege of Fort Meigs American and British forces and Tecumseh's Confederacy April 28 - May 9, 1813
Battle of Fort George American and British forces May 25, 1813
Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor American and British forces May 28–29, 1813
Battle of Lake Erie American and British naval squadrons September 10, 1813
Battle of the Chateauguay American and British armies October 26, 1813
Battle of Crysler's Farm American and British armies November 11, 1813
Battle of Lundy's Lane American and British Armies July 25, 1814
Battle of Plattsburgh American and British naval squadrons September 11, 1814
Battle of New Orleans American forces and British forces January 8, 1815
Bolivian War of Independence
Battle of Sipe-Sipe Independist and Spanish Royalist forces November 28, 1815
Barbary Wars
Bombardment of Algiers British, Dutch, and Algerian Navies August 27, 1816
Chilean War of Independence
Battle of Maipú Independist and Spanish Royalist forces April 5, 1818
Venezuelan War of Independence
Battle of La Hogaza Patriot and Spanish Royalist forces December 2, 1817
Battle of Carabobo Patriot and Spanish Royalist forces June 24, 1821
Peruvian War of Independence
Battle of Junín Independist and Spanish Royalist forces August 6, 1824
Battle of Ayacucho Independist and Spanish Royalist forces December 9, 1824
War of the Confederation
Battle of Yungay Confederation army and Chilean-Peruvian army January 20, 1839
Mexican–American War
Battle of Palo Alto American and Mexican armies May 8, 1846
Siege of Veracruz American and Mexican armies March 9–29, 1847
Battle of Cerro Gordo American and Mexican armies April 17–18, 1847
Battle for Mexico City American and Mexican armies September 8–15, 1847
Crimean War
Battle of Balaclava British, French, and Russian armies October 25, 1854
Second War of Italian Independence
Battle of Solferino French, Sardinian, and Austrian armies June 24, 1859

American Civil War[edit]

Battle or campaign Order of battle Date
1861
Battle of Big Bethel Confederate Hampton Division and Union Department of Virginia June 10, 1861
Battle of Hoke's Run Union Army of the Shenandoah July 2, 1861
Battle of Carthage (1861) Confederate Missouri State Guard and Union Department of Missouri July 5, 1861
Battle of Rich Mountain Confederate Army of the Northwest and Union Department of the Ohio July 11, 1861
First Battle of Bull Run Confederate Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah and Union Department of Northeast Virginia July 21, 1861
Battle of Wilson's Creek Confederate Western Army and Missouri State Guard and Union Army of the West August 10, 1861
Battle of Carnifex Ferry Confederate Forces and Union Army of West Virginia September 10, 1861
Battle of Cheat Mountain Confederate Army of the Northwest and Union Cheat Mountain District September 12–15, 1861
Battle of Ball's Bluff Confederate Army of the Potomac and Union Army of the Potomac October 20–24, 1861
Battle of Camp Wildcat Confederate brigade, Army of the Northwest and Union Department of the Ohio October 21, 1861
Battle of Belmont Confederate First Division, Western Department & Units in reserve or near Columbus and US Grant's Expeditionary Command, Union District of Southeast Missouri & Units subject to Grant's command November 7, 1861
1862
Battle of Mill Springs Confederate District of East Tennessee and Union Department of the Ohio January 19, 1862
Battle of Roanoke Island Confederate Dist. of Roanoke & "Mosquito Fleet" and Union Coast Division & North Atlantic Blockading Squadron February 7–8, 1862
Battle of Fort Donelson Confederate Department No. 2 and Union Army of West Tennessee February 11–16, 1862
Battle of Island Number Ten Confederate Department No. 2 and Union Army of the Mississippi & Western Flotilla February 28, 1862 – April 8, 1862
Battle of Pea Ridge Confederate Army of the West and Union Army of the Southwest March 7–8, 1862
Battle of Hampton Roads Confederate CSS Virginia & James River Squadron and Union North Atlantic Blockading Squadron March 8–9, 1862
Battle of New Bern Confederate Pamlico District and Coast Division of the US Army March 14, 1862
Battle of Kernstown I Confederate Valley District and Union 1st Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac March 23, 1862
Battle of Glorieta Pass Confederate Army of New Mexico and Union Department of New Mexico March 26–28, 1862
Beginning of the Peninsula campaign Confederate Army of Northern Virginia & Other Troops in the Department of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac, Other Troops from the Department of the Potomac & Union Department of Virginia April 4–30, 1862
Battle of Shiloh Confederate Army of Mississippi and Union Army of the Tennessee and Army of the Ohio April 6–7, 1862
Siege of Corinth Confederate Army of Mississippi and Union Department of the Mississippi April 29 – May 30, 1862
Battle of Williamsburg Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac May 5, 1862
Battle of McDowell Confederate District of the Valley Army and Army of the Northwest and Union Mountain Department May 8–9, 1862
First Battle of Winchester Confederate District of the Valley and Union Department of the Shenandoah May 25, 1862
Battle of Hanover Court House Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac May 27, 1862
Battle of Seven Pines Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac May 31 – June 1, 1862
Battle of Cross Keys Confederate District of the Valley and Union Mountain Department and Department of the Rappahannock June 8, 1862
Battle of Port Republic Confederate District of the Valley and Union Department of the Rappahannock June 9, 1862
Seven Days Battles Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac June 25 – July 1, 1862
Battle of Cotton Plant Confederate forces and Union Army of the Southwest July 7, 1862
Battle of Cedar Mountain Confederate Left wing, Army of Northern Virginia and Union I Corps, Army of Virginia August 9, 1862
Battle of Richmond Confederate Army of Kentucky and Union Provisional Army of Kentucky August 29–30, 1862
Second Battle of Bull Run Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of Virginia and detachments, Army of the Potomac August 29–30, 1862
Battle of Chantilly Confederate Left wing, Army of Northern Virginia and Union III and IV Corps, Army of the Potomac September 1, 1862
Battle of Antietam Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac September 17, 1862
Battle of Iuka Confederate Army of the West and Union Army of the Mississippi September 19, 1862
Second Battle of Corinth Confederate Army of West Tennessee and Union Army of the Mississippi October 3–4, 1862
Battle of Perryville Confederate Army of the Mississippi and Union Army of the Ohio October 8, 1862
Battle of Prairie Grove Confederate I Corps, Trans-Mississippi Army and Union Army of the Frontier December 7, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac December 13, 1862
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and Union Army of the Tennessee December 26–29, 1862
Battle of Stones River Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863
1863
Battle of Fort Hindman Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi and Union Army of the Mississippi January 9–11, 1863
Battle of Franklin (1863) Union Army of Kentucky and Confederate Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee April 10, 1863
Siege of Suffolk Confederate Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia and Union Department of Virginia & VII Corps and North Atlantic Blockading Squadron April 11 – May 4, 1863
Battle of Chancellorsville Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac May 1–4, 1863
Battle of Raymond Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and Union Army of the Tennessee May 12, 1863
Battle of Champion Hill Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and Union Army of the Tennessee May 16, 1863
Battle of Vicksburg Confederate Army of Mississippi and Union Army of the Tennessee May 18 – July 4, 1863
Siege of Port Hudson Confederate Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana and Union Army of the Gulf & West Gulf Blockading Squadron May 22, 1863 – July 9, 1863
Battle of Brandy Station Confederate Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia and Union Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac June 9, 1863
Battle of Winchester II Confederate Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union 2nd Division, VIII Corps June 13–15, 1863
Battle of Gettysburg Confederate Army of North Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac July 1–3, 1863
Battle of Helena Confederate District of Arkansas and Union District of East Arkansas July 4, 1863
Second Battle of Charleston Harbor Confederate Dept. of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida and Union Department of the South & South Atlantic Blockading Squadron July 19, 1863 – September 7, 1863
Little Rock campaign Confederate District of Arkansas and Union Department of Arkansas August 25 – September 10, 1863
Battle of White Sulphur Springs Confederate and Union forces August 26–27, 1863
Battle of the Cumberland Gap Confederate and Union forces September 7–9, 1863
Battle of Bayou Fourche Confederate and Union forces September 10, 1863
Battle of Chickamauga Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland September 19–20, 1863
Bristoe campaign Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac October – November, 1863
Chattanooga campaign Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland October – November, 1863
Battle of Wauhatchie Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland October 28–29, 1863
Battle of Droop Mountain Confederate and Union forces November 6, 1863
Battle of Mine Run Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac November 27 – December 2, 1863
Knoxville campaign Confederate First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Ohio November 16 – December 13, 1863
1864
Meridian campaign Confederate and Union forces February 3 – March 6, 1864
Battle of Olustee Confederate District of East Florida and Union District of Florida February 20, 1864
Red River campaign Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department and Union forces March 10, 1864 – May 22, 1864
Camden Expedition Confederate District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department and Union Department of Arkansas March 23 – May 2, 1864
Battle of Plymouth Confederate and Union forces April 17–20, 1864
Battle of the Wilderness Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac and IX Corps May 5–7, 1864

Atlanta campaign

Phase 1 - Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Armies of the Cumberland, of the Ohio and of the Tennessee May 7 – July 17, 1864
Battle of Atlanta - Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Tennessee July 22, 1864
Phase 2 - Confederate Army of Tennessee (second phase) and Union Armies of the Cumberland, of the Ohio and of the Tennessee (second phase) July 17 - September 8, 1864
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac and IX Corps May 8–21, 1864
Battle of Chester Station Confederate and Union forces May 10, 1864
Battle of New Market Confederate Department of Western Virginia and Union Department of West Virginia May 15, 1864
Battle of Dallas Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Tennessee May 26 – June 1, 1864
Battle of Cold Harbor Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac May 31 – June 12, 1864
Battle of Piedmont Confederate Department of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee and Union Department of West Virginia June 5, 1864
Siege of Petersburg Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Department of Richmond and Union Army of the Potomac and Army of the James June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865
Battle of Trevilian Station Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Cavalry Corps and Union Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps June 11, 1864 – June 12, 1864
Second Battle of Petersburg Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Armies of the Potomac and the James June 15–18, 1864
Battle of Monocacy Junction Confederate Army of the Valley District and Union Middle Department July 9, 1864
Battle of Fort Stevens Confederate Army of the Valley District and Union Department of Washington July 11–12, 1864
Battle of Peachtree Creek Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland July 20, 1864
Battle of Kernstown II Confederate Army of the Valley District and Union Army of West Virginia July 24, 1864
First Battle of Deep Bottom Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Armies of the Potomac and the James July 27–29, 1864
Battle of the Crater Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Armies of the Potomac and the James July 30, 1864
Battle of Moorefield Confederate and Union armies August 7, 1864
Second Battle of Deep Bottom Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac August 14–20, 1864
Battle of Globe Tavern Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac August 18–21, 1864
Battle of Mobile Bay Confederate District of the Gulf & CSS Tennessee with gunboats and Union Military Division of West Mississippi & West Gulf Blocking Squadron August 22–23, 1864
Second Battle of Ream's Station Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac August 25, 1864
Battle of Jonesborough Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Military Division of the Mississippi August 30 – September 1, 1864
Battle of Opequon Confederate Army of the Valley and Union Army of the Shenandoah September 19, 1864
Battle of Chaffin's Farm Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James September 29–30, 1864
Battle of Peebles's Farm Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac September 30 – October 2, 1864
Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James October 7, 1864
Battle of Darbytown Road Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James October 13, 1864
Battle of Cedar Creek Confederate Army of the Valley and Union Army of the Shenandoah October 19, 1864
Battle of Westport Confederate Army of Missouri and Union Army of the Border, Army of the Department of Missouri, and XVI Corps October 23, 1864
Battle of Mine Creek Confederate Army of Missouri and Union Army of the Border October 25, 1864
Battle of Boydton Plank Road Confederate Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac October 27–28, 1864
Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James October 27–28, 1864
Savannah campaign Confederate Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and Union Armies of the Tennessee and of Georgia November 15 – December 21, 1864
Battle of Franklin II Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union IV and XXIII Corps November 30, 1864
Battle of Nashville Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland December 15–16, 1864
1865
Carolinas campaign Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Military Division of the Mississippi January – April 1865
Second Battle of Fort Fisher Confederate forces and Union Department of Virginia and North Carolina January 13–15, 1865
Battle of Hatcher's Run Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac February 5–7, 1865
Battle of Wilmington Confederate Department of North Carolina and Union Department of North Carolina, Wilmington Expeditionary Force February 11–12, 1865
Battle of Wyse Fork Confederate Department of North Carolina and Union Department of North Carolina March 7–10, 1865
Battle of Bentonville Confederate Army of the South and Union Grand Army of the West March 19–21, 1865
Battle of Fort Stedman Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac March 25, 1865
Mobile campaign Confederate District of the Gulf and Union Army of West Mississippi March – April 1865
Appomattox campaign Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac, Army of the James, and Army of the Shenandoah March 29 – April 9, 1865
Battle of Five Forks Confederate forces and Union Army of the Shenandoah April 1, 1865
Battle of Fort Blakeley Confederate Department of Mississippi, Alabama, and East Louisiana and Union Army of West Mississippi April 2–9, 1865

1866–1913[edit]

Battle or campaign Order of battle Date
Paraguayan War
Battle of Tuyutí Armies of the Triple Alliance and Paraguay May 24, 1866
Battle of Curupayty Armies of the Triple Alliance and Paraguay September 22, 1866
Battle of Ytororó Brazilian and Paraguan armies December 6, 1868
Austro-Prussian War
Battle of Königgrätz Austrian and Prussian Armies July 3, 1866
Franco-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War French and Prussian Armies July – August 1870
War of the Pacific
Battle of Tacna Chilean North Operations Army, I Southern Peruvian Army, and Bolivian Army May 26, 1880
Battle of Chorrillos Chilean and Peruvian Armies January 13, 1881
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) Ottoman Fleet 1877
Spanish–American War
Battle of El Caney US V Corps and Spanish IV Corps July 1, 1898
Battle of San Juan Hill US V Corps and Spanish IV Corps July 1, 1898
Siege of Santiago Cuban, US, and Spanish forces July 3–17, 1898
Anglo–Boer Wars
Battle of Magersfontein British and Boer forces December 11, 1899
Russo-Japanese War
Battle of Tsushima Russian Second and Third Pacific Squadrons and Japanese Combined Fleet May 27–28, 1905
Italo-Turkish War
Italo-Turkish War Ottoman fleet, October 1911 September 29, 1911 – October 18, 1912
First Balkan War
Balkan League Bulgarian Army (1912), Bulgarian Army (1913), Serbian Army, Greek Army October 1912 – May 1913
Ottoman Empire Ottoman fleet October 1912 – May 1913
Second Balkan War
Second Balkan War Bulgarian Army June – July 1913

World War I[edit]

Battle or campaign Order of battle Date
Allies of World War I Army of Belgium, British Expeditionary Force, British Cavalry Corps, 1914, Indian Army, 1914, Australian Army, French Army, Serbian Army, American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front August 1914
Central Powers of World War I Army of the German Empire, 1914, Imperial German Navy, 1914 German Army, Western Front, 1918 August 1914
Battle of Tannenberg German Eighth Army and Russian Northwest Front August 17 – September 1, 1914
Battle of Mons British Expeditionary Force and German First Army August 23, 1914
First Battle of the Marne British Expeditionary Force, French Army, and German Army September 5–12, 1914
Australian occupation of German New Guinea Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force and German Polizeitruppe September – November, 1914
First Battle of Ypres British Expeditionary Force, French Eighth Army, and German Fourth and Sixth Armies October 19 – November 22, 1914
Battle of Łódź German and Russian armies November 11 – December 6, 1914
Battle of Dogger Bank British and German Fleets January 24, 1915
Gallipoli campaign Allied and Ottoman forces April 25, 1915 – 9 January 9, 1916
Egyptian Expeditionary Force British, French, and Italian forces March 10, 1916 – 1918
Battle of Jutland British and German fleets May 1916
Battle of the Somme British, French and German forces July 1 – November 18, 1916
Battle of Delville Wood British and German forces July 14 – 3 September 3, 1916
Desert Column British forces December 1916 – August, 1917
Battle of Vimy Ridge Allied Canadian Corps and German Sixth Army April 9–12, 1917
Battle of Caporetto Italian Second Army and German/Austro-Hungarian Fourteenth Army October 24 – November 19, 1917
Spring Offensive British, French, and German armies March 21 – July 18, 1918
Battle of Amiens British Fourth, French First, and German Second and Eighteenth Armies August 8, 1918
Battle of Megiddo (1918) Allied and Ottoman armies September 19 – October 1, 1918
Meuse-Argonne Offensive American Expeditionary Force September 26 – November 11, 1918
US air forces American Expeditionary Force air service November 1918

Inter-war period[edit]

Battle or campaign Order of battle Date
Polish-Soviet War
Polish-Soviet War Polish Armed Forces and Soviet Armed Forces February 1919 – March 1921
Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Battle of Sakarya Greek Army of Asia Minor and Turkish Western Front August 23 – September 13, 1921
Battle of Dumlupınar Greek Army of Asia Minor and Turkish Western Front August 26–30, 1922
Second Italo-Abyssinian War
Second Italo-Abyssinian War Italian Army and Ethiopian Army October 1935 – May 1937
Spanish Civil War
Battle of Guadalajara Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie and Republican IV Corps March 8–23, 1937
International Brigades International Brigades September 18, 1936 – September 23, 1938
Second Sino-Japanese War
January 28 Incident Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army and Chinese Shanghai Front January 28 – March 3, 1932
Operation Nekka / Defense of the Great Wall Japanese and Manchukuoan Forces and Chinese Forces January 1 – May 31, 1933
Actions in Inner Mongolia Chinese, Japanese, and Manchurian forces April 1933 – December 1936
Suiyuan campaign (1936) Japanese Inner Mongolian Army and Chinese Suiyuan Provincial Forces October – November, 1936
Battle of Beiping-Tianjin Japanese First Army and Second Fleet and Chinese 29th Route Army Early July – early August, 1937
Operation Chahar Japanese Peiping Railway Garrison Force, Kwantung Army, and Chahar Expeditionary Force August 1937
Beiping–Suiyuan Railway Operation Chinese Taiyuan Pacification Headquarters August 1937
Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation Japanese 2nd Army and Chinese 1st Army Group August – November 1937
Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation Chinese and Japanese forces August – December 1937
Battle of Shanghai Japanese and Chinese forces August 13 – November 26, 1937
Battle of Taiyuan Japanese North China Front Army and Chinese 2nd War Area September 1 – November 9, 1937
Battle of Pingxingguan Japanese Army and Chinese 1st Route Army September 24 – 25, 1937
Battle of Xuzhou Chinese and Japanese forces December 1937 – May 1938
Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan Japanese North China Front Army and Chinese 1st War Area January – June, 1938
Battle of Lanfeng Japanese First Army and Chinese First War Area May 1938
Amoy Operation Japanese Fifth Fleet and Chinese Amoy Area May 10–12, 1938
Battle of Wuhan Chinese and Japanese forces June 11 – October 27, 1938
Canton Operation Japanese 21st Army and Chinese 12th Army Group October – December, 1938
Hainan Island Operation Japanese Hainan Conquest Forces and Chinese forces February 10, 1939
Battle of Nanchang Chinese and Japanese forces March 17 – May 9, 1939
Swatow Operation Japanese Fifth Fleet and Chinese forces June 21 – 27, 1939
First Battle of Changsha Chinese 9th War Area and Japanese 11th Army September – October, 1939
Battle of South Guangxi Japanese and Chinese forces November 15–30, 1939
Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang Japanese 11th Army and Chinese 5th War Area May 1 – June 18, 1940
Hundred Regiments Offensive Japanese North China Area Army and Chinese 8th Route Army August 20 – December 5, 1940
Central Hubei Operation Japanese 11th Army and Chinese 5th War Area November 25–30, 1940
Battle of South Henan Chinese and Japanese forces January 30 – March 1, 1941
China Burma India Theater Chinese Expeditionary Force (Burma) Late February 1942
Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign Chinese and Japanese forces May – September, 1942
Battle of Changde Japanese 11th Army and Chinese 6th and 9th War Areas November 2 – December 20, 1943
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei Japanese Northern and Western Honan Command and Chinese 1st and 5th War Areas March 21 – May 11, 1945
Second Guangxi campaign Chinese and Japanese forces April – August, 1945
Slovak–Hungarian War
Slovak–Hungarian War Slovak and Hungarian forces March 23, 1939 – March 31, 1939
Winter War
Winter War Finnish Army November 30, 1939 – March 13, 1940

World War II[edit]

Battle or campaign Order of battle Date
European Theater of Operations
Polish campaign German Army, Polish Army, and Soviet Army September 1939
Norwegian campaign Allies and German April 1940
Battle of Belgium French First Army Group, Belgian Army, and German Army Group B May 10 – 28, 1940
Battle of France Allies and Axis May 10, 1940
Operation Sea Lion German September 1940 (planned)
Balkans campaign German forces
Axis order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav order of battle prior to the invasion of Yugoslavia
April 6 – May 3, 1941
Battle of Crete Commonwealth, Greek and Axis forces May 20 – June 1, 1941
Operation Barbarossa Axis and Soviet Forces June 22, 1941
Leningrad Strategic Defensive Order of battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation July 10, 1941 – September 30, 1941
Convoy PQ 17 Allied and German Navies July, 1942
Dieppe Raid Allied and German August 1942
Convoy PQ 18 Allied and German forces September 2–21, 1942
Battle of Stalingrad Axis and Soviet September 1942 – February 2, 1943
Battle of Kursk German and Soviet July 4–20, 1943
Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket German and Soviet forces January 24, 1944 – February 16, 1944
Odessa Offensive German and Soviet forces March 26, 1944 – April 14, 1944
Operation Tungsten Allied April 3, 1944
First Battle of Târgu Frumos Axis and Soviet forces April 9–12, 1944
Battle of Anzio Allied and German Forces January 22 – June 5, 1944
American airborne landings in Normandy US VII Corps and IX Troop Carrier Command and German Seventh Army June 6, 1944
Juno Beach British-Canadian Second Army and German detachments June 6, 1944
Normandy landings US and UK naval forces, British Second Army and US First Army June 6, 1944
Operation Perch British and German June 6–19, 1944
Battle of Villers-Bocage British and German June 13, 1944
Operation Epsom British and German June 26–30, 1944
Operation Mascot Allied July 17, 1944
Operation Goodwood British and German July 18–20, 1944
Operation Cobra US and German July 25–31, 1944
Lorraine campaign US Third Army and German Army Group G September 1 – December 1, 1944
Operation Market Garden Allied and German September 17–25, 1944
Battle of the Scheldt Allied and German October 2–November 8, 1944
Battle of Debrecen Axis and Soviet October 1944
Battle of the Bulge Allied and German December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945
Operation Northwind Allied and German December 31, 1944– January 25, 1945
Battle of Berlin - operations in and around the city German and Soviet April 16 – May 2, 1945
Battle in Berlin - fighting within the city German and Soviet April 23 – May 2, 1945
Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre
East African campaign British (and Commonwealth) and Italian ground and naval forces June 1940 – November 1941
Battle of Keren British and French forces, Italian forces February 5 – April 1, 1941
Iraq, Northern Syria and Iran British (and Commonwealth) forces (Iraqforce, Paiforce, Persia and Iraq Command) April 1941 – March 1943
Operation Brevity British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground forces May 15–16, 1941
Battle of Crete British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground and naval forces May 20 – June 1, 1941
Syria–Lebanon campaign British, Commonwealth and Free French ground forces, Vichy French ground forces June 8 – July 14, 1941
Operation Battleaxe British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground forces June 15–17, 1941
Operation Crusader British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground forces November 18 – December 30, 1941
Battle of Alam el Halfa British (and Commonwealth), German and Italian ground forces August 30 – September 5, 1942
Second Battle of El Alamein British Eighth Army, Panzerarmee Afrika, Italian Army Africa October 24 – November 4, 1942
Sicily campaign Allies and Axis July – August, 1943
Allied invasion of Italy Allied 15th Army Group and German Tenth Army September 3–16, 1943
Operation Avalanche Allied naval forces and Italo-German forces September 9, 1943
Moro River campaign Allied Eighth Army and German LXXVI Panzer Corps December 6–31, 1943
First Battle of Monte Cassino Allied 5th Army and German Tenth Army January 17 – February 11, 1944
Battle of Anzio Allied 5th Army and German Fourteenth Army January 22 – June 5, 1944
Second Battle of Monte Cassino New Zealand Corps and German XIV Panzer Corps February 13–18, 1944
Fourth battle of Monte Cassino and the battle for Rome (Operation Diadem) Allied 15th Army Group and German Army Group C May – June 1944
Allied invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon) Allied and German August 1944
Gothic Line Allied Armies in Italy and German Army Group C August 1944 – April 1945
Allied final offensive in Italy (Operation Grapeshot) Allied 15th Army Group and German Army Group C April – May 1945
Pacific Theater of Operations
Japanese invasion of French Indochina Japanese and Vichy French forces September 22–26, 1940
Battle of Malaya Allied and Japanese December 7, 1941 – February 14, 1942
Attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese and US Navies December 7, 1941
Malayan campaign Japanese 25th Army December 8, 1941 – January 31, 1942
Battle of Hong Kong Japanese and British December 8–25, 1941
Battle of the Coral Sea Japanese and US Navies May 1942
Battle of Midway Japanese and US Navies June 4–6, 1942
Battle of the Aleutian Islands Imperial Japanese Navy Alaskan Strike Group June 6, 1942 – August 15, 1943
Kokoda Track campaign Australian and Japanese July 21 – November 16, 1942
Battle of Savo Island Allied and Japanese August 8–9, 1942
Battle of the Eastern Solomons Japanese and US August 24–25, 1942
Guadalcanal campaign

Japanese and US land forces
Japanese and US naval forces

August 1942 – February 1943
Battle of Milne Bay Allied and Japanese August 25 – September 7, 1942
Battle of Goodenough Island Allied and Japanese October 24–27, 1942
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Japanese and US October 25–27, 1942
Battle of Buna–Gona Allied and Japanese November 16, 1942 – January 22, 1943
Battle of the Bismarck Sea Allied and Japanese March 2–4, 1943
Battle of Tarawa Japanese and US November 20–23, 1943
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Allied and Japanese November 1943 – February 1944
Battle of Arawe Allied and Japanese December 1943 – February 1944
Landing at Saidor Allied and Japanese January 2 – February 16, 1944
Admiralty Islands campaign Allied and Japanese February 29 – May 18, 1944
Battle of Saipan Japanese and US June 15 – July 9, 1944
Battle of the Philippine Sea Japanese and US June 19–20, 1944
Central Marianas campaign US naval forces June – November 1944
Second Battle of Guam Japanese and US July 21 – August 10, 1944
Battle of Tinian Japanese and US July 24 – August 1, 1944
Battle of Peleliu Japanese and US September 15 – November 27, 1944
Battle of Leyte US naval invasion component October 17, 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf Japanese and US October 23–26, 1944
Battle of Central Burma Japanese Burma Area Army and British Fourteenth Army November 29, 1944 – March 28, 1945
Battle of Iwo Jima Japanese and US February 19 – March 26, 1945
Battle of Okinawa Allied and Japanese naval forces
Japanese and US ground forces
April 1 – June 22, 1945
Borneo campaign Allied and Japanese May 1 – August 15, 1945
Operation Downfall Allied and Japanese August 1945 (planned)
American Theater of Operations
Battle of the St. Lawrence Canadian and German Navies May 1942 – November 1944
National forces
Order of battle Date
British Expeditionary Force 1940
British First Army April 20, 1943
British First Army May 4, 1943
British Long Range Penetration Groups (Chindits) 1943–1944
British Malaya Command 1942
British RAF Coastal Command September 1939 – June 1944
German Air Force April 9, 1940
German Ninth Army October 1941
Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia August 1941 - July 1942
Italian Army in Russia July 1942
Imperial Japanese Navy December 1941
Japanese forces in the South Pacific 1944–1945
Japanese forces in Southeast Asia 1941–1945
Polish Army 1939
Polish cavalry brigades 1939
Polish Navy 1939
South African Army September 1939 – July 1940
Soviet Air Force May 1, 1945
Thai Phayap Army May 1942 – August 1945
Turkish Army June 1941

Modern era[edit]

Battle or campaign Order of battle Date
First Indochina War
Battle of Dien Bien Phu French Operational Group North-West and Viet Minh March 13 – May 7, 1954
Korean War
Korean War United Nations, North Korea, and People's Republic of China and People's Republic of China June 1950
Korean War U.S. Eighth Army, U.S. Seventh Fleet, and U.S. Air Force June 1950
Korean War Elements of the Australian army, navy, and air force 1950–1953
Battle of the Pusan Perimeter UN and North Korean forces August – September 1950
Battle of Chosin Reservoir Chinese and United Nations forces November – December 1950
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Commonwealth forces 1963–1966
Vietnam War
Vietnam War Elements of the Australian Army, Navy, and Air Force 1962–1972
Battle of Long Tan Australian and Viet Cong forces August 18, 1966
Algerian War
Algerian War French Army November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962
Six-Day War
Six-Day War Israeli and Arab Forces June 5, 1967 – June 10, 1967
Bangladesh Liberation War
Operation Searchlight Pakistani Army March 26 – May 25, 1971
Yom Kippur War
Operation Badr Egyptian Army and Israel Defense Force October 6–8, 1973
Iran–Iraq War
Iran–Iraq War Iranian and Iraqi armies 1980
Falklands War
Military of the United Kingdom British Land Forces Falkland Islands, Royal Air Force, and Royal Navy April 2 – June 14, 1982
Military of Argentina Argentine Army, Argentine Air Force, and Argentine Navy April 2 – June 14, 1982
Gulf War
Gulf War Organization of United States Air Force Units in the Gulf War, Organization of United States Naval Aviation Units in the Gulf War November 1990 – March 1991
Operation Granby British forces 1990 – 1991
Liberation of Kuwait campaign Coalition and Iraqi armies February 24–28, 1991
Croatian War of Independence
Croatian War of Independence Croatian Special Police 1991–95
Kargil War
Kargil War Indian and Pakistani forces 1999
War on Terrorism
Operation Enduring Freedom US and coalition forces October 7, 2001 onward
British operations in Afghanistan British land and air forces 2002 onward
War in Afghanistan NATO-led International Security Assistance Force 2001 onward
British operations in Iraq British land, naval, and air forces 2003–2009
Invasion of Iraq Coalition and Iraqi armies March 19, 2003 – May 1, 2003
U.S. and Allies' operations in Iraq Multi-National Force – Iraq and U.S. Central Command May 2003 – December 2011
Battle of Mosul Iraqi and Multi-National forces, ISIL October 16, 2016 – July 20, 2017
Raqqa campaign (2016–17) Syrian and Multi-National forces, ISIL November 6, 2016 – October 20, 2017
2008 South Ossetia War
2008 South Ossetia War Russian Army, Air Force, and Navy August 7, 2008 – August 16, 2008
Syrian Civil War
Operation Olive Branch Turkish-Syrian and Kurdish-Syrian forces January 20, 2018 – August 9, 2019
Sino-Indian border dispute
Border skirmishes Chinese and Indian forces May 5, 2020 onward
Russo-Ukrainian War
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian and Ukrainian forces February 24, 2022 onward

Others[edit]

Orders of battle for nations Date
Argentine Army regiments Current structure
Australian Army Current structure
Royal Australian Air Force Current structure
British 6th Airborne Division 1943–1948
British Army Structure 1989
Royal Air Force Structure 1989
British Army Current structure
Canadian Army Current structure
Chilean Army Current structure
Chinese Navy Current structure
Egyptian Expeditionary Force March 1916 – September 1918
French Army Current structure
French Army 1989
German Air Force 1933–1945
Tank battalions of the German Army 1956–2008
Greek Air Force Current structure
Greek Army Current structure
Iranian Army Current structure
Italian Army Current structure
Italian Army 1984
NATO, Allied Forces Baltic Approache 1989
NATO Central Army Group 1989
NATO Northern Army Group 1989
New Zealand Army Current structure
Royal New Zealand Air Force Current structure
Norwegian Army Current structure
Pakistani Army Current structure
Pakistani forces in Tribal Areas Current structure
Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy Inter-War period
Polish Army 1980s
Russian Air Force 2008
Soviet Army divisions 1917–1945
Soviet Army divisions 1989–1991
Swiss Armed Forces Current structure
Turkish Army 2008
United States Army Pacific 1989
United States Navy 1989
United States Armed Forces Current structure
United States Army Current structure
United States Marine Corps Current structure
United States Navy Current structure
United States Coast Guard Current structure
United States Department of Defense Current structure

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