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This category includes historical battles in which Anglo-Saxons (5th century–11th century) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Subcategories
Media in category "Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. VBTiger.jpg 410 × 242; 35 KB
The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...
The Battle of Buttington was fought in 893 [a] between a Viking army and an alliance of Anglo-Saxons and Welsh. The annals for 893 reported that a large Viking army had landed in the Lympne Estuary , Kent and a smaller force had landed in the Thames estuary under the command of Danish king Hastein.
The battle thus ended Æthelwold's Revolt. [4] Kentish losses included Sigehelm, father of Edward the Elder's third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. [6] The West Saxon chronicler who gave the fullest account of the battle was at pains to explain why Edward and the rest of the English were not present, as if this had been a subject of criticism. [3]
For major battles and operations see Category:Naval battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom. Pages in category "Naval battles of World War ...
A modern recreation of a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon warrior. The period of Anglo-Saxon warfare spans the 5th century AD to the 11th in Anglo-Saxon England.Its technology and tactics resemble those of other European cultural areas of the Early Medieval Period, although the Anglo-Saxons, unlike the Continental Germanic tribes such as the Franks and the Goths, do not appear to have regularly fought ...
This is a chronological list of the battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland, as well as battles involving Scotland in support of France as part of the "Auld Alliance" . The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the Scottish allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend: