Cities by Conflict A-Z

A

Where English longbowmen unexpectedly defeated a larger French force, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War

B

Chinese city where student-led demonstrations were violently suppressed by military force

C

Ancient city-state destroyed by Rome in the Punic Wars

D

Vietnamese city where the Việt Minh besieged and defeated French forces, eventually leading to France's withdrawal from Indochina

E

Ugandan city where Israeli forces conducted a raid to rescue nearly a hundred Jewish hostages from an airport

F

Iraqi city and Ba'ath stronghold besieged by an American-led coalition and devastated by intense urban warfare

G

Spanish city whose devastation by aerial bombing in the Spanish Civil War is depicted in a Picasso painting

H

English city where William the Conqueror decisively defeated Anglo-Saxon forces

I

Ancient Anatolian town where Alexander the Great defeated Darius III, marking the beginning of the fall of the Achaemenid Empire

J

Holy city whose conquest was the goal of the mostly unsuccessful Crusades

K

Soviet site of the largest tank battle in history

L

American city where a weather balloon was mistaken for an attacking Japanese aircraft, prompting an hour-long anti-aircraft artillery barrage; 3 people were killed in car crashes and 2 suffered fatal heart attacks in the ensuing chaos

M

African city where two American Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in a botched raid operation

N

Site of the last major battle of the War of 1812, which was fought after the war had formally ended and resulted in a major British defeat

O

Polish village with a fortress where Russian soldiers, resembling zombies due to the effects of German gas attacks, routed the advancing Germans in the so-called "Attack of the Dead Men" in WWI

P

The Mexican victory over the Second French Empire in this city is celebrated every 5th of May

Q

South American city which was liberated from Spanish forces in the Battle of Pichincha

R

Pakistani city where Muslim mobs raped and killed thousands of Hindus and Sikhs months before the partition of India

S

City where Salvador Allende was violently deposed in a CIA-backed coup

T

Aztec capital besieged and captured by Hernan Cortés

U

Texas town where 21 were killed in a school shooting

V

French site of the longest battle of WWI, which saw over 700,000 casualties

W

City where Napoleon faced his final defeat

X

Chinese city where Chiang Kai-shek was detained by his subordinates, causing a political crisis that ended with Chiang's agreement to ally with the Communists against Japan

Y

Where British general Cornwallis surrendered to American troops, ending the American Revolution

Z

Ukrainian city where Russian troops attacked and set fire to a nuclear power plant in 2022