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Battle Type

This dimension sorts battles by their basic type, a siege, a naval battle or a pitched land battle. Wikipedia notes that a battle is "a series of military engagements that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment," definitions that vary by the kind of battle being fought. Browsing by battle type keeps battles of a similar kind grouped together.

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Comparison

Earliest Era Represented

Ancient 1

Battle Type

Ambush and massacre

Amphibious and airborne invasion (D-Day landings)

Amphibious assault

Amphibious assault and prolonged land battle

Amphibious campaign and siege (failed invasion)

battle

Defensive engagement (fortified outpost defence)

Defensive wagon-laager battle

Large-scale offensive and defensive battle

Naval battle (carrier-based air action)

Naval battle (fleet action)

Naval battle (galley fleet action)

Naval battle on a river (fireship engagement)

Naval fleet battle

Naval fleet battle (dreadnought battleship action)

Naval fleet battle (line of battle action)

Offensive battle (desert warfare)

Pitched battle (ambush of a marching column)

Pitched cavalry engagement

Pitched field battle

Pitched field battle (early gunpowder engagement)

Pitched field battle (longbow-dominated infantry action)

Pitched field battle decided chiefly by defection

Pitched land battle at a mountain pass

Prolonged offensive and defensive battle (attrition warfare)

Prolonged offensive battle (trench warfare)

Prolonged pitched battle (multi-day engagement)

Prolonged siege and blockade

Raid and pitched engagement

Siege

Siege (land and naval blockade ending in a final assault)

Siege (prolonged urban siege and assault)

Siege and land campaign culminating in surrender

Siege of a fortified capital city

Siege of a fortified valley position

Siege, with a pitched battle against a relieving army

Sustained aerial campaign

Urban battle (final assault on the enemy capital)