ERA // 1914 – 1945
World War
66 wars · 624 battles
Timeline
1914 – 1991
66 wars · span 77 years
Wars
66 catalogued
1914–1918 (1917–1918 U.S. combat role)
World War I
U.S. entry added manpower, credit, and morale to the Allied war effort during the final phase of the conflict.
106 battles · Over 116,000 U.S. military deaths, including combat and disease.
1915-1920
Jungle Movement of Gilan
The Jangal Movement was a rebellion against the monarchist central government of the Sublime State of Iran in Gilan, which lasted from 1915 to 1921.
0 battles
1915-1919
National Protection War
The National Protection War, also known as the Anti-Monarchy War, or the Third Revolution, was a civil war that took place in China from December 1915 to July 1916. Following the…
0 battles
1917-1922
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in…
17 battles · Bolsheviks: 939,755; White movement: 650,000; Independence movements: 250,000
1917-1944
Soviet-Finnish wars
0 battles
1917-1921
Ukrainian War of Independence
The Ukrainian War of Independence, also referred to as the Ukrainian–Soviet War in Ukraine, lasted from March 1917 to November 1921 and was part of the wider Russian Civil War.…
2 battles
1917-1921
Ukrainian–Soviet War
The Ukrainian–Soviet War is the term commonly used in post-Soviet Ukraine for the events taking place between 1917 and 1921, nowadays regarded essentially as a war between the…
2 battles
1918-1920
Armenian–Azerbaijani War
The Armenian-Azerbaijani war (1918–1920) was a conflict that took place in the South Caucasus in regions with a mixed Armenian-Azerbaijani population, broadly encompassing what…
0 battles
1918-1920
Estonian War of Independence
The Estonian War of Independence, also known as the Estonian Liberation War, and War of Freedom in Estonia, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most…
8 battles
1918
Finnish Civil War
The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of recently independent Finland between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers'…
18 battles
1918-1921
Franco-Turkish War
The Franco–Turkish War, known as the Cilicia Campaign in France and as the Southern Front of the Turkish War of Independence in Turkey, was a series of conflicts fought between…
3 battles
1918
Georgian–Armenian War
The Armeno-Georgian War was a short border dispute that was fought in December 1918 between the newly independent Democratic Republic of Georgia and the First Republic of…
0 battles
1918-1920
Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920)
The Georgian–Ossetian conflict of 1918–1920 were a series of uprisings, which took place in the Ossetian-inhabited areas of what is now South Ossetia, a breakaway republic in…
0 battles
1918-1919
Hungarian-Czechoslovak-România War
The Hungarian–Czechoslovak War, also known as the War for Upper Hungary, was a military conflict between the Czechoslovakia and Hungary. It lasted from November 1918 to August…
0 battles
1918-1920
Hungarian–Romanian War
The Hungarian–Romanian War was fought between Hungary and Romania from 13 November 1918 to 3 August 1919. The conflict had a complex background, with often contradictory…
0 battles
1918-1919
Lithuanian Wars of Independence
The Lithuanian Wars of Independence, also known as the Freedom Struggles, refer to three wars Lithuania fought defending its independence at the end of World War I: with…
0 battles
1918-1919
Lithuanian–Soviet War
The Lithuanian–Soviet War or Lithuanian–Bolshevik War was fought between newly independent Lithuania and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic in the aftermath of…
0 battles
1918-1919
Polish–Ukrainian War
The Polish–Ukrainian War, from November 1918 to July 1919, was a conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces.
3 battles
1919-1922
Greco-Turkish War
The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I,…
11 battles
1919-1921
Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence, also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army and British forces:…
2 battles
1919-1920
Kuwait–Nejd Border War
The Kuwait–Najd War erupted in the aftermath of World War I. The war occurred due to Ibn Saud of Najd's desire to annex Kuwait. The sharpened conflict between Kuwait and Najd led…
2 battles
1919
Polish–Czechoslovak War
The Czechoslovak-Polish War, widely known in Czech sources as the Seven-Day War was a military confrontation between Czechoslovakia and Poland over the territory of Cieszyn…
1 battle
1919-1920
Polish–Lithuanian War
The Polish–Lithuanian War was an undeclared war fought in the aftermath of World War I between newly independent Lithuania and Poland, with fighting mainly in the Vilnius and…
0 battles
1919-1921
Polish–Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian…
29 battles
1919
Third Anglo-Afghan War
The Third Anglo-Afghan War, also known as the Third Afghan War, the British-Afghan War of 1919, and in Afghanistan as the War of Liberation, was a short war which began on 3 May…
0 battles
1919-1923
Turkish War of Independence
The Turkish War of Independence was a series of military campaigns and a revolution waged by the Turkish National Movement, after the Ottoman Empire was occupied and partitioned…
2 battles
1920
Franco-Syrian War
The Franco-Syrian War took place during 1920 between France and the Hashemite rulers of the newly established Arab Kingdom of Syria. During a series of engagements, which…
3 battles
1920
Turkish–Armenian War
The Turkish invasion of Armenia, also known as the Turkish–Armenian War and known in Turkey as the Eastern Front of the Turkish War of Independence, was a conflict fought between…
4 battles
1920
Vlora War
The Vlora War or Vlora crisis was a military conflict in the Vlorë region of Albania between the Kingdom of Italy and Albanian nationalists. Vlorë, occupied by Italy since late…
0 battles
1922-1923
Irish Civil War
The Irish Civil War was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United…
1 battle
1922-1923
Paraguayan Civil War of 1922–1923
The Paraguayan Civil War (1922), took place between 27 May 1922 and 10 July 1923, within the borders of Paraguay. It started when supporters of colonel Adolfo Chirife attempted…
0 battles
1923
Klaipėda Revolt
The Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region. The region, located north of the Neman River, was detached from East Prussia, German Empire by the Treaty…
0 battles
1924
Tatarbunary Uprising
The Tatarbunary Uprising was a peasant revolt that took place on 15–18 September 1924, in and around the town of Tatarbunary in the Bugeac, Romania. Inspired by Bolshevik ideals…
0 battles
1926-1927
Nicaraguan Civil War of 1926–1927
The Nicaraguan Civil War of 1926–1927, or the Constitutionalist War, broke out after a coup d'état by Emiliano Chamorro, a member of the Conservative Party, removed Nicaragua's…
1 battle
1927-1950
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued…
22 battles
1928-1929
Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)
The Afghan Civil War of 1928–1929 was fought from 14 November 1928 to 13 October 1929. Rebelling, and subsequently governing Saqqawist (Saqāwīhā) forces under Habibullāh Kalakāni…
0 battles
1930-1931
Castellammarese War
The Castellammarese War was a bloody power struggle for control of the American Mafia between partisans of Joe "The Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano in New York City from…
0 battles
1930
Central Plains War
The Central Plains War was a series of military campaigns in 1929 and 1930 that constituted a Chinese civil war between the Nationalist Kuomintang government in Nanjing led by…
6 battles
1930-1932
Sino–Tibetan War
The Sino-Tibetan War of 1930–1932, also known as the Second Sino-Tibetan War, began in May and June 1930 when the Tibetan Army under the 13th Dalai Lama invaded the…
0 battles
1932-1935
Chaco War
The Chaco War was fought from 1932 to 1935. It was between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region, which was thought to be rich in…
5 battles
1932-1933
Colombian-Peruvian War
The Colombia–Peru War, also called the Leticia War, was a short-lived armed conflict between Colombia and Peru over territory in the Amazon rainforest that lasted from September…
0 battles
1932-1939
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
The Soviet–Japanese border conflicts were a series of minor and major conflicts fought between the Soviet Union, Mongolia and Japan in Northeast Asia from 1932 to 1939.
5 battles
1933-1936
Actions in Inner Mongolia
The Inner Mongolian campaign in the period from 1933 to 1936 were part of the ongoing invasion of northern China by the Empire of Japan prior to the official start of hostilities…
1 battle
1934
Austrian Civil War
The Austrian Civil War of 12–15 February 1934, also known as the February Uprising or the February Fights, was a series of clashes in the First Austrian Republic between the…
0 battles
1934
Saudi–Yemeni War
The Saudi–Yemeni war was a war between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Yemen in 1934.
0 battles
1935-1937
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to…
7 battles
1936-1939
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans were loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the…
28 battles · Republicans: 110,000; Nationalists: 90,000
1937-1945
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War, known in China as the War of Resistance Against Japan, was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan and its puppet states…
31 battles · China: 1,319,958; Japan: 455,700–700,000
1939
Slovak–Hungarian War
The Slovak–Hungarian War, or Little War, was a war fought from 23 March to 31 March 1939 between the First Slovak Republic and Hungary in eastern Slovakia.
0 battles
1939-1940
Winter War
The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II,…
8 battles · Finland: 25,904; Soviet Union: 126,875–167,976
1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)
World War II
The United States fought a global coalition war across oceans, economies, and industrial systems.
168 battles · Over 405,000 U.S. military deaths.
1939-1944
World War II in Albania
In Albania, World War II began with its invasion by Italy in April 1939. Fascist Italy set up Albania as its protectorate or puppet state. The resistance was largely carried out…
1 battle
1940-1941
Franco-Thai War
The Franco-Thai War was fought between Thailand and Vichy France over certain areas of French Indochina.
1 battle
1940-1941
Greco-Italian War
The Greco-Italian War, also called the Italo-Greek War, took place between Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. This conflict began the Balkans campaign of…
5 battles
1941
Anglo-Iraqi War
The Anglo-Iraqi War was a British-led Allied military campaign during the Second World War against the Kingdom of Iraq, then ruled by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani who had seized power…
0 battles
1941-1944
Continuation War
The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet–Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. It began with a…
13 battles
1941-1945
Eastern Front
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War, or the German–Soviet War, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including…
85 battles
1941-1942
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
The Second Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, usually called simply the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, and known locally as the War of '41, was a South American border war fought between 5–31…
1 battle
1941-1944
Seven Enemy Offensives
The Seven Enemy Offensives is a group name used in Yugoslav historiography to refer to seven major Axis military operations undertaken during World War II in Yugoslavia against…
1 battle
1941-1944
World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia
World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia started with the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Under the pressure of the Yugoslav Partisan movement, part of the Macedonian…
0 battles
1943-1945
Italian Civil War
The Italian Civil War was a civil war in the Kingdom of Italy fought during the Italian campaign of World War II between Italian fascists and Italian partisans and, to a lesser…
0 battles
1944-1945
Lapland War
During World War II, the Lapland War saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland.…
4 battles
1945-1991
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western…
9 battles
1945-1949
Indonesian National Revolution
The Indonesian National Revolution, also known as the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the…
5 battles
1945
Soviet–Japanese War
The Soviet–Japanese War was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August…
3 battles
1945-1946
War in southern Vietnam
The 1945–1946 War in Southern Vietnam, codenamed Operation Masterdom by the British, and also known as the Southern Resistance War by the Vietnamese, was an armed conflict in…
0 battles
Famous commanders of the World War era
12 shown
Xue Yue
Strategicgeneral1896–1998
China
12 battles ledΣ807 int
Bai Chongxi
Strategicgeneral1893–1966
China
9 battles ledΣ706 int
Li Zongren
Strategicgeneral1890–1969
China
8 battles ledΣ490 int
Vicente Rojo Lluch
Strategiclieutenant general1894–1966
Spanish Republic
9 battles ledΣ462 int
Ivan Konev
20 battles ledΣ1377 int
Georgy Zhukov
19 battles ledΣ1374 int
Rodion Malinovsky
18 battles ledΣ1345 int
Erich von Manstein
16 battles ledΣ1045 int
Ewald von Kleist
14 battles ledΣ1017 int
Konstantin Rokossovsky
13 battles ledΣ981 int
Fyodor Tolbukhin
12 battles ledΣ957 int
Fedor von Bock
13 battles ledΣ936 int
Ranked by Σ battle intensity across battles led in scope. Strategic leaders (chiefs of state / supreme commanders) pinned to the top.