View Great Modern Battles
* 1950 Battle of Inchon September 14 - UN retakes South Korea, reaches Seoul in 12 days
* 1951 Battle of Heartbreak Ridge September 23 - After 37 days, heights fall to UN
* 1968 Tet Offensive January 30 - North Vietnam loses militarily but turns the tide of US opinion against the war
* 1969 Football War July 14 - Between El Salvador and Honduras
* 1973 Yom Kippur War October 6 - Deadlock between Israel and Egypt (loss of the east bank of the Suez, and loss of the Barlev defense line, the best in known history) and defeat of Syria in Golan.
* 1991 Operation Desert Storm February - Coalition forces eject Iraq from Kuwait