Trending Battles in France — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed battles on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Battle of Bir Hakeim. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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95,586
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
Battle of Bir Hakeim
1942 part of the battle of Gazala in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II
11,572
views
views
2
Battle of Trafalgar
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
3,196
views
views
3
Battle of Waterloo
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
2,590
views
views
4
Battle of Agincourt
1415 English victory in the Hundred Years' War
2,080
views
views
5
Battle of Tours
battle fought in 732 by Merovingian Franks against the Umayyad Caliphate
2,040
views
views
6
Battle of Austerlitz
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
2,023
views
views
7
Battle of Verdun
1916 battle on the Western Front during the First World War
1,932
views
views
8
Battle of Stalingrad
1942 major battle of World War II
1,833
views
views
9
Attack on Mers-El-Kebir
1940 battle
1,698
views
views
10
Battle of Leyte Gulf
1944 the largest naval battle of World War II
1,627
views
views
11
Battle of Sekigahara
1600 battle preceding Tokugawa shogunate in Japan
1,608
views
views
12
Normandy landings
1944 landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy
1,569
views
views
13
Battle of Coutras
1587 battle in the French Wars of Religion
1,560
views
views
14
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
1954 battle of the First Indochina War
1,546
views
views
15
Battle of Zama
final battle of the Second Punic War
1,469
views
views
16
Battle of France
Nazi German invasion of France in 1940
1,445
views
views
17
Battle of Navarino
1827 naval battle during the Greek War of Independence
1,391
views
views
18
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese surprise attack on the U.S
1,305
views
views
19
Battle of Shrewsbury
1403 battle of the Glyndŵr Rising
1,279
views
views
20
Battle of Marignano
1515 battle between Switzerland and France
1,260
views
views
21
Battle of Valmy
1792 battle during the War of the First Coalition
1,257
views
views
22
Battle of Ulm
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
1,233
views
views
23
Fall of Constantinople
1453 capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire
1,231
views
views
24
Battle of Alesia
decisive Roman victory in which Rome secures the conquest of Gaul
1,157
views
views
25
Battle of Vigo Bay
1702 naval battle
1,157
views
views
26
Battle of Thermopylae
battle of 480 BCE during Persian invasion of Greece
1,127
views
views
27
Second Battle of the Aisne
1917 battle on the Western Front of World War I
1,082
views
views
28
Battle of Lepanto
1571 naval battle between the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire
1,075
views
views
29
Battle of Philippi
battle of the Roman civil war
1,041
views
views
30
Battle of Hastings
battle which occurred on 14 October 1066
1,026
views
views
31
Battle of the Somme
battle of the Western Front, World War I
950
views
views
32
Battle of Bouvines
battle which ended the 1213–1214 Anglo-French War
865
views
views
33
Battle of Dakar
1940 WWII battle
853
views
views
34
Battle of Stirling Bridge
1297 battle of the First War of Scottish Independence
826
views
views
35
First Battle of the Marne
1914 First World War battle
822
views
views
36
Battle of Berezina
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
801
views
views
37
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
1806 pair of battles during the War of the Fourth Coalition
794
views
views
38
Battle of Okinawa
1945 major battle of the Pacific War
782
views
views
39
Battle of Kursk
World War II battle that took place in 1943
775
views
views
40
Battle of Philippeville
772
views
views
41
Battle of Leipzig
major battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon (1813)
758
views
views
42
Battle of Camarón
1863 battle
751
views
views
43
Battle of Algiers
1956 urban guerrilla warfare carried out by the National Liberation Front (FLN) against the French Algerian authorities
746
views
views
44
Battle of Iwo Jima
1945 major battle in which US Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan during World War II
743
views
views
45
Second Battle of El Alamein
1942 major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
728
views
views
46
Battle of Monte Cassino
1944 assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II
719
views
views
47
Battle of the Alamo
9/11 2001 major battle of the Texas Revolution
707
views
views
48
Battle of Sedan
1870 battle during the Franco-Prussian War
699
views
views
49
Battle of the Maureaco Fields
battle between Romans and Huns in 451
685
views
views
50
Battle of Berlin
1945 last major offensive of the European theatre of World War Il
673
views
views
51
Battle of Crécy
1346 battle of the Hundred Years' War
659
views
views
52
Battle of Midway
1942 World War II naval battle
618
views
views
53
Battle of Bannockburn
1314 battle during the First War of Scottish Independence
606
views
views
54
Battle of Cannae
major battle of the Second Punic War (216 BCE)
594
views
views
55
Battle of Borodino
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
593
views
views
56
Liberation of Paris
1944 military action that took place during World War II
590
views
views
57
Battle of Eylau
1807 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition
578
views
views
58
Battle of Stonne
1940 battle
572
views
views
59
Battle of Gettysburg
1863 battle of the American Civil War
566
views
views
60
Battle of Chipyong-ni
1951 battle of the Korean War
565
views
views
61
Battle of Kufra
1941 World War II battle between an Anglo-French force and the Italians
565
views
views
62
Battle of the Little Bighorn
June 1876 battle of the Great Sioux War
564
views
views
63
Battle of Dunkirk
1940 battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany
556
views
views
64
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
battle between a coalition of Germanic peoples and an Imperial Roman army, 9 BCE
556
views
views
65
Battle of Sheriffmuir
battle at the height of the 1715 Jacobite Rising in England and Scotland
556
views
views
66
Uzbin Valley ambush
2008 military Skirmish Between Taliban and French ISAF Forces in Afghanistan
554
views
views
67
Battle of Solferino
1859 major battle of the Second Italian War of Independence
548
views
views
68
Battle of Montcornet
engagement of the Battle of France on 17 May 1940
547
views
views
69
Battle of Marengo
1800 battle during the War of the Second Coalition
538
views
views
70
Battle of Wagram
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
514
views
views
71
Battle of Actium
31 BCE decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic
513
views
views
72
Battle of Tolbiac
refers to Franco-alamannic battles in the years 496 & 503 (Clovis) at what is now Zülpich, near Cologne
502
views
views
73
Battle of Marathon
490 BCE battle in the Greco-Persian wars
499
views
views
74
Battle of Ksar Ghilane
1943 battle in Tunisia
485
views
views
75
Battle of Mogadishu
battle fought on 3 and 4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia
481
views
views
76
Siege of Orléans
siege in 1428-29
462
views
views
77
Battle of Castillon
1453 battle during the Hundred Years' War
459
views
views
78
Battle of Rocroi
1643 French victory against Spanish forces
459
views
views
79
Battle of Kolwezi
1978 battle of Kolwezi
450
views
views
80
Battle of Pavia
24 February 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521–26
427
views
views
81
Battle of Culloden
final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and part of a religious civil war in Britain
426
views
views
82
Siege of Paris
1870 siege during the Franco-Prussian War
416
views
views
83
Siege of Yorktown
siege, part of American Revolutionary War
414
views
views
84
Battle of Peleliu
1944 battle between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II
401
views
views
85
First Battle of El Alamein
1942 battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
399
views
views
86
Battle of Messines
1917 offensive conducted by the British Second Army
397
views
views
87
Battle of Poitiers
1356 battle of the Hundred Years' War
393
views
views
88
Battle of Königgrätz
1866 decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War
388
views
views
89
Battle of Patay
1429 battle
383
views
views
90
Battle of Montgisard
1177 battle of the Crusades
371
views
views
91
Battle of Wörth
1870 battle
368
views
views
92
Battle of Magenta
1859 battle of the Second Italian War of Independence
367
views
views
93
Battle of the Bridge of Arcole
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
362
views
views
94
Battle of Salamis
480 BCE naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire
357
views
views
95
Battle of Hattin
Victory of Ayyubid forces under Saladin against Crusader joint forces, 1187
356
views
views
96
Battle of Friedland
1807 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition
356
views
views
97
Battles of Narvik
battles fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940
354
views
views
98
Dunkirk evacuation
evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940
352
views
views
99
Battle of Falkirk
1298 battle of the First War of Scottish Independence
347
views
views
100
Battle of Moscow
1941 World War II campaign in Russia
345
views
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