Above: Map of Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904/05 a victorious Japan forced Russia to give up its policy of expansion towards the Far East. Thus Japan became the first Asian country to humble a European country. Above: Japanese combat canon deployed at Port Arthur The seeds of the war originated from competition between the two countries to dominate Korea and Manchuria. In 1898 China had been forced to grant to Russia a lease for the strategically important ... Read More

• War of the Oranges • First Barbary War • First Kandyan War • Napoleonic Wars • War of the Third Coalition • War of the Fourth Coalition • Peninsular War • War of the Fifth Coalition • Second Anglo-Maratha War • Franco-Russian War • War of the Sixth Coalition • War of the Seventh Coalition also known as the Hundred Days War • Neapolitan War • Serbian Revolt in Ottoman Empire • Fulani War in Nigeria • Russo-Persian War, • Egyptian Revolution • Ashanti-Fante War • Russo-Turkish War, • The Finnish War between Russia and Sweden wherein Sweden cedes Finland ... Read More

Above: Map of Mexico (click map to enlarge) The war on land and sea stretched from 1812 to 1815 along the border with Canada near the Chesapeake Bay region and also along the Mexican Gulf. It ended with a peace treaty being signed in Europe. Above: Map showing the location of Great Lakes The American Revolutionary War of 1783 was over but Britain did not withdraw her forces from the Great Lakes. This was a bone of contention. Neither was Britain willing ... Read More