Trending Battles in USA — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed battles on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Battle of Schliengen. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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857,949
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Battle of Schliengen
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
36,768
views
views
2
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese surprise attack on the U.S
29,280
views
views
3
Battle of Trafalgar
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
27,080
views
views
4
Battle of Waterloo
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
26,761
views
views
5
Normandy landings
1944 landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy
25,632
views
views
6
Battle of Stalingrad
1942 major battle of World War II
23,133
views
views
7
Battle of Agincourt
1415 English victory in the Hundred Years' War
17,252
views
views
8
Battle of Iwo Jima
1945 major battle in which US Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan during World War II
17,019
views
views
9
Battle of Midway
1942 World War II naval battle
16,797
views
views
10
Battle of Satala
530 battle
15,027
views
views
11
Battle of Cedar Creek
battle of the American Civil War in northern Virginia, 19 October 1864
14,791
views
views
12
Battle of the Alamo
9/11 2001 major battle of the Texas Revolution
14,737
views
views
13
Battle of Leyte Gulf
1944 the largest naval battle of World War II
14,635
views
views
14
Fall of Constantinople
1453 capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire
13,838
views
views
15
Battle of Okinawa
1945 major battle of the Pacific War
13,801
views
views
16
Battle of Mogadishu
battle fought on 3 and 4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia
13,481
views
views
17
Battle of Gettysburg
1863 battle of the American Civil War
13,461
views
views
18
Battle of the Little Bighorn
June 1876 battle of the Great Sioux War
13,344
views
views
19
Battle of the Somme
battle of the Western Front, World War I
13,308
views
views
20
Battle of Hastings
battle which occurred on 14 October 1066
12,638
views
views
21
Battle of Thermopylae
battle of 480 BCE during Persian invasion of Greece
12,211
views
views
22
Battle of Leyte
1944 amphibious invasion of Leyte in the Philippines by American and Filipino guerrilla forces during WWII
11,840
views
views
23
Battle of Attu
1943 battle in the Pacific theatre of World War II
11,690
views
views
24
Battle of Vienna
1683 battle between the Christian European States and the Ottomans
10,558
views
views
25
Battle of France
Nazi German invasion of France in 1940
10,438
views
views
26
Siege of Yorktown
siege, part of American Revolutionary War
10,437
views
views
27
Battle of Verdun
1916 battle on the Western Front during the First World War
10,249
views
views
28
Battle of Berlin
1945 last major offensive of the European theatre of World War Il
10,015
views
views
29
Battle of Austerlitz
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
9,966
views
views
30
Battle of Civetot
1096 battle
9,712
views
views
31
Charge of the Light Brigade
1854 charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces
9,310
views
views
32
Battle of Sekigahara
1600 battle preceding Tokugawa shogunate in Japan
9,239
views
views
33
Dunkirk evacuation
evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940
8,720
views
views
34
Battle of Kursk
World War II battle that took place in 1943
8,202
views
views
35
Battle of Antietam
1862 major battle of the American Civil War
7,841
views
views
36
Battle of Grathe Heath
1157 final battle of the Danish Civil War
7,687
views
views
37
Battle of Ia Drang
1965 battle of the Vietnam War
7,589
views
views
38
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
battle between a coalition of Germanic peoples and an Imperial Roman army, 9 BCE
7,575
views
views
39
Battles of Lexington and Concord
first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War (1775)
7,430
views
views
40
Battle of Cannae
major battle of the Second Punic War (216 BCE)
7,220
views
views
41
Battle of Leipzig
major battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon (1813)
6,697
views
views
42
Battle of Jutland
1916 naval battle during World War I
6,645
views
views
43
Fall of Saigon
1975 capture of Saigon by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
6,497
views
views
44
Battle of Changjin Reservoir
1950 battle in the Korean War
6,456
views
views
45
Second Battle of El Alamein
1942 major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
6,337
views
views
46
Battle of Rorke's Drift
battle in the Anglo-Zulu War, specifically the defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift
6,267
views
views
47
Battle of Stamford Bridge
1066 battle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
6,222
views
views
48
Battle of Sheriffmuir
battle at the height of the 1715 Jacobite Rising in England and Scotland
6,058
views
views
49
Battle of Lepanto
1571 naval battle between the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire
5,958
views
views
50
Battle of Plassey
1757 battle which established the British Raj in India
5,946
views
views
51
Battle of Borodino
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
5,913
views
views
52
Battle of Tours
battle fought in 732 by Merovingian Franks against the Umayyad Caliphate
5,897
views
views
53
Battle of Aachen
1944 major conflict of World War II
5,862
views
views
54
Battle of Hattin
Victory of Ayyubid forces under Saladin against Crusader joint forces, 1187
5,847
views
views
55
Battle of Zama
final battle of the Second Punic War
5,633
views
views
56
Operation Red Wings
2005 military operation during the War in Afghanistan
5,585
views
views
57
Battle of Bunker Hill
1775 early battle of the American Revoluntionary War
5,569
views
views
58
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The decisive battle of the First Indochina War
5,471
views
views
59
Battle of Culloden
final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and part of a religious civil war in Britain
5,435
views
views
60
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942 major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
5,353
views
views
61
Battle of Peleliu
1944 battle between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II
5,304
views
views
62
Battle of Moscow
1941 World War II campaign in Russia
5,260
views
views
63
Battle of Balaclava
1854 battle of the Crimean War
5,202
views
views
64
Battle of Antonov Airport
battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
5,108
views
views
65
Third Battle of Ypres
2015 argentina
5,029
views
views
66
Gulf of Tonkin incident
1964 naval confrontation between North Vietnam and the United States
5,023
views
views
67
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
4,999
views
views
68
Battles of Saratoga
1777 major turning point of the American Revolutionary War
4,969
views
views
69
Battle of Blair Mountain
1921 violent American labor dispute
4,955
views
views
70
Battle of Isandlwana
1879 first major encounter in the Anglo–Zulu War
4,923
views
views
71
Second Battle of Fallujah
Late 2004 battle of the Iraq War
4,910
views
views
72
Maersk Alabama hijacking
2009 piracy incident
4,847
views
views
73
Battles of Khalkhin Gol
1939 Soviet–Japanese battle in Mongolia
4,813
views
views
74
Battle of Bakhmut
battle in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and 2023
4,763
views
views
75
Battle of Marathon
490 BCE battle in the Greco-Persian wars
4,569
views
views
76
First Battle of the Marne
1914 First World War battle
4,563
views
views
77
Battle of Bannockburn
1314 battle during the First War of Scottish Independence
4,563
views
views
78
Battle of Shiloh
1862 battle of the American Civil War
4,541
views
views
79
Siege of Malta
Ottoman Empire's invasion of Malta in 1565
4,502
views
views
80
Battle of Mukden
1905 battle
4,453
views
views
81
Battle of Bosworth Field
1485 last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses
4,394
views
views
82
Battle of Actium
31 BCE decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic
4,330
views
views
83
2020–2021 China–India skirmishes
border conflict between the China and India in 2020
4,299
views
views
84
First Battle of Bull Run
1861 first major land battle of the American Civil War
4,197
views
views
85
Battle of Navarino
1827 naval battle during the Greek War of Independence
4,139
views
views
86
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944 World War II Pacific naval battle
4,114
views
views
87
Battle of New Orleans
battle of the War of 1812
4,111
views
views
88
Battle of Cowpens
1781 battle
4,058
views
views
89
Battle of Nicopolis
Ottoman victory and raising of the siege of the fortress of Nicopolis in September 1396
4,028
views
views
90
Fall of Kabul
Taliban capture of the capital of Afghanistan in 2021
4,024
views
views
91
Battle of Tora Bora
2001 battle between the United States-led coalition and the Taliban in Afghanistan
3,991
views
views
92
Battle of Tarawa
battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands
3,989
views
views
93
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 occupying Waffen SS
3,979
views
views
94
Battle of Saipan
1944 battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands
3,900
views
views
95
Battle of Crécy
1346 battle of the Hundred Years' War
3,861
views
views
96
Battle of Manzikert
1071 battle between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuk Turks
3,832
views
views
97
Battle of Inchon
1950 amphibious invasion during the Korean War in Incheon resulting in a victory and strategic reversal in favor of the UN Command
3,778
views
views
98
Battle of Philippi
battle of the Roman civil war
3,775
views
views
99
Battle of the Atlantic
1939 longest continuous military campaign in World War II
3,768
views
views
100
Battle of Saragarhi
1897 battle in British India
3,726
views
views