Trending Battles this month
The 100 most-viewed battles this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Normandy landings.
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1,155,274
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Normandy landings
1944 landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy
59,295
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Battle of Thermopylae
battle of 480 BCE during Persian invasion of Greece
49,772
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3
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese surprise attack on the U.S
34,042
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4
Battle of Stalingrad
1942 major battle of World War II
30,522
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5
Battle of the Somme
battle of the Western Front, World War I
30,370
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6
Battle of Gettysburg
1863 battle of the American Civil War
29,988
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7
Battle of Waterloo
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
28,232
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8
Dunkirk evacuation
evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940
21,289
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9
Battle of Mogadishu
battle fought on 3 and 4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia
21,056
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10
Battle of Midway
1942 World War II naval battle
20,260
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11
Battle of the Little Bighorn
June 1876 battle of the Great Sioux War
20,060
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12
Battle of Cannae
major battle of the Second Punic War (216 BCE)
19,479
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13
Fall of Constantinople
1453 capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire
19,330
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14
Battle of Okinawa
1945 major battle of the Pacific War
19,280
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15
Battle of Agincourt
1415 English victory in the Hundred Years' War
18,920
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16
Battle of the Alamo
1836 major battle of the Texas Revolution
18,060
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17
Battle of Hastings
battle which occurred on 14 October 1066
17,094
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18
Battle of Trafalgar
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
16,052
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19
Battle of Iwo Jima
1945 major battle in which US Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan during World War II
15,676
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20
Battle of Vienna
battle near Vienna on 12 September 1683, between the Christian European states and the Ottomans, won by Christians commanded by Polish king
15,471
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21
Battle of France
Nazi German invasion of France in 1940
14,302
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22
Battle of Berlin
1945 last major offensive of the European theatre of World War Il
14,030
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23
Battle of Pavia
24 February 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521–26
13,765
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24
Battle of Austerlitz
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
12,842
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25
Battle of Antietam
1862 major battle of the American Civil War
12,807
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26
Battle of Kursk
World War II battle that took place in 1943
12,449
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27
Battle of Verdun
1916 battle on the Western Front during the First World War
11,798
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28
Operation Red Wings
2005 military operation during the War in Afghanistan
11,706
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29
Second Battle of Fallujah
Late 2004 battle of the Iraq War
10,885
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30
Battle of Leyte Gulf
1944 the largest naval battle of World War II
10,884
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31
Charge of the Light Brigade
1854 charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces
10,687
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32
Siege of Yorktown
siege, part of American Revolutionary War
10,681
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33
Battle of Goose Green
1982 engagement of the Falklands War
10,431
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34
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
battle between a coalition of Germanic peoples and an Imperial Roman army, 9 BCE
10,036
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35
Battle of Culloden
final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and part of a religious civil war in Britain
9,900
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36
Battle of Britain
air battle waged between German and British air forces in 1940
9,842
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37
Battle of Plataea
479 BCE land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece
9,798
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38
Battle of Hattin
Victory of Egyptian forces under Saladin against Crusader joint forces, 1187
9,736
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39
Battle of Marathon
490 BCE battle in the Greco-Persian wars
9,715
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40
Battle of the Samichon River
1953 Korean War battle
9,715
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41
Siege of Malta
Ottoman Empire's invasion of Malta in 1565
9,668
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42
Attack of the Dead Men
1915 battle of World War I
9,484
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43
Battle of Rorke's Drift
battle in the Anglo-Zulu War, specifically the defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift
9,242
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44
Fall of Saigon
1975 capture of Saigon by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
8,778
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45
Battle of Salamis
480 BCE naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire
8,746
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46
Battle of Los Angeles
anti-air shelling during WWII in Los Angeles, CA, against apparently nothing
8,665
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47
Battle of Bapheus
1302 Ottoman-Byzantine military engagement
8,475
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48
Third Battle of Ypres
2015 argentina
8,375
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49
Battle of Jutland
1916 naval battle during World War I
8,225
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50
Battle of Blair Mountain
1921 violent American labor dispute
8,211
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51
Battle of Shiloh
1862 battle of the American Civil War
8,203
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52
Battle of Lepanto
1571 naval battle between the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire
8,138
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53
Battle of Ia Drang
1965 battle of the Vietnam War
7,965
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54
Battles of Lexington and Concord
first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War (1775)
7,782
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55
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
1954 battle of the First Indochina War
7,593
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56
Battle of Bannockburn
1314 battle during the First War of Scottish Independence
7,589
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57
Battle of Stamford Bridge
1066 battle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
7,580
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58
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
7,476
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59
Battle of Sekigahara
1600 battle preceding Tokugawa shogunate in Japan
7,407
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60
Battle of Bunker Hill
1775 early battle of the American Revoluntionary War
7,399
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61
Battle of Peleliu
1944 battle between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II
7,398
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62
Battle of Kadesh
battle between Egyptians and Hittites fought in 1274 BCE
7,332
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63
Battle of Isandlwana
1879 first major encounter in the Anglo–Zulu War
7,293
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64
Battle of Plassey
1757 battle which established the British Raj in India
7,262
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65
Battle of Kostiantynivka
2025-2026 battle in the Russo-Ukrainian war
7,259
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66
Battle of Bakhmut
battle in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and 2023
7,258
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67
Battle of Castle Itter
battle year 1945 in which U.S. infantry and armour, Wehrmacht Heer, French prisoners and Austrian partisans took Castle Itter from the occup
7,257
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views
68
Fall of Kabul
Taliban capture of the capital of Afghanistan in 2021
7,207
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69
Battle of Tours
battle fought in 732 by Merovingian Franks against the Umayyad Caliphate
7,201
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70
First Battle of Bull Run
1861 first major land battle of the American Civil War
7,020
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71
Battle of Leuctra
battle between Thebes and Sparta, 371 BCE
6,877
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72
First Battle of Fallujah
Early 2004 battle of the Iraq War
6,836
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73
Battle of Changjin Reservoir
1950 battle in the Korean War
6,735
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74
Battle of Dunkirk
1940 battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany
6,698
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75
Battle of Zama
final battle of the Second Punic War
6,679
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76
Battle of Karbala
battle in October 680 between the army of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad and al-Husayn ibn Ali
6,643
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77
Battle of Bosworth Field
1485 last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses
6,590
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78
Battles of Khalkhin Gol
1939 Soviet–Japanese battle in Mongolia
6,551
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79
Battle of Borodino
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
6,542
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80
Battle of Antonov Airport
battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
6,451
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81
Battle of the Wilderness
1864 battle of the American Civil War
6,450
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82
Battle of Moscow
1941 World War II campaign in Russia
6,430
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83
Battle of Grunwald
1410 battle between the Teutonic Knights and Poland–Lithuania
6,381
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84
Gulf of Tonkin incident
1964 naval confrontation between North Vietnam and the United States
6,372
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views
85
Battle of the Atlantic
1939 longest continuous military campaign in World War II
6,256
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views
86
Battle of Crécy
1346 battle of the Hundred Years' War
6,180
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views
87
Maersk Alabama hijacking
2009 piracy incident
6,136
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views
88
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942 major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
6,124
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views
89
Battle of Maysalun
1920 battle
6,045
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views
90
Second Battle of El Alamein
1942 major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
6,030
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views
91
Battle of Leipzig
huge and heavy battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon (1813)
6,030
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92
Battle of Montgisard
1177 battle of the Crusades
6,025
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views
93
Battle of Yongdong
1950 engagement between United States and North Korean forces early in the Korean War.
5,970
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views
94
Battle of Tora Bora
2001 battle between the United States-led coalition and the Taliban in Afghanistan
5,911
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views
95
Battles of Saratoga
1777 major turning point of the American Revolutionary War
5,860
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views
96
Battle of Saipan
1944 battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands
5,818
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97
Battle of Actium
31 BCE decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic
5,799
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98
Battle of Chancellorsville
1863 major battle of the American Civil War
5,794
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99
Battle of Tarawa
battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands
5,774
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100
Battle of the Hydaspes
battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BCE against King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the Hydaspes River (Jhelum River)
5,542
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