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The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Georgia, [note 3] was a war waged against Georgia by the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The fighting took place in the strategically important South Caucasus region. It is regarded as the first European war of ...
A volunteer soldier from Georgia who participated in the removal recounted: I fought through the civil war and have seen men shot to pieces and slaughtered by thousands, but the Cherokee removal was the cruelest work I ever knew. [100] A Trail of Tears map of Southern Illinois from the USDA – U.S. Forest Service
Russo-Georgian War Georgia Russia: Defeat 2008 Occupation of Gori: Gori, Shida Kartli, Georgia: Russo-Georgian War Georgia Russia: Defeat 2008 Occupation of Poti: Poti, Mingrelia, Georgia: Russo-Georgian War Georgia Russia: Defeat 2010–2011 Battle of Sangin: Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan: War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ISAF ...
t. e. The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be ...
7–20 million [10] 1369–1405 Timurid Empire vs. various states in Asia Central Asia, West Asia, and South Asia Russian Civil War: 7–12 million [20] 1917–1922 Multiple sides; Bolsheviks, Anti-Bolshevik left, White Movement, Allied and Central Intervention, as well as various separatists: Russia Thirty Years' War: 4–12 million [21] 1618 ...
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict began on 2 April 1982, when Argentina invaded ...
Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes against Al-Qaeda and the ...