Major Wars 1-20
20 entries in the Major Wars compendium.
First Indochina WarWar between France and Viet Minh for control of Indochina.First Opium WarConflict between Britain and Qing China over opium trade and diplomacy.First Sino-Japanese WarConflict between Qing China and Japan over influence in Korea.Franco-Prussian WarConflict that unified Germany and ended French imperial rule.French Revolutionary WarsInitially confined to Europe, the fighting gradually assumed a global dimension, and afterFrench and Indian WarNorth American conflict between Britain and France for colonial dominance.Gallic WarsCaesar's campaigns that conquered Gaul and fueled his rise.Great Northern WarA war that ended Swedish dominance and elevated Russia.Greco-Persian WarsA series of conflicts between Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Empire.Hundred Years' WarIt emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim tImjin WarTwo Japanese invasions of Korea ending in stalemate.Iran–Iraq WarDeadliest conventional war between developing countries.Italian WarsA series of conflicts driven by French–Habsburg rivalry in Italy.Livonian WarConflict over control of Old Livonia involving Russia and a shifting coalition.Macedonian WarsSeries of conflicts that extended Roman hegemony into the Greek east.Mexican–American WarThe war resulted in Mexico losing more than half of its territory and is seen by some schoMongol conquestsThe Mongol conquests created the largest contiguous land empire in history.Second World WarGlobal conflict between Allies and Axis, deadliest in history.Seven Years' WarGlobal war that reshaped empires and European power.Vietnam WarCold War proxy war ending in communist victory across Indochina.
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