country, 133 engagements
Battles in Tunisia
133 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Tunisia: 84 battles, 29 sieges, 14 naval actions and 6 campaigns between 309 BC and 1985. The wars with most engagements here: World War II (18), Ottoman–Spanish War (11), Moorish Wars (8), Mercenary War (7).
Engagements by century
Wars fought here 27 with pages
- World War II 18
- Ottoman–Spanish War 11
- Moorish Wars 8
- Mercenary War 7
- Third Punic War 6
- Spanish–Ottoman Wars 6
- Second Punic War 5
- Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya 5
- Jugurthine War 4
- Agathocles' expedition to Africa 3
- First Punic War 3
- Caesar's Civil War 3
- Vandalic War 3
- Muslim conquest of the Maghreb 3
- Tunisian-Algerian War of 1705 3
- Berber (Amazigh) Revolt 2
- Kutama campaigns against the Aghlabids 2
- Ottoman–Habsburg Wars 2
- Spanish–Barbary conflicts 2
- Sulla's Civil War 1
- Vandal conquest of Roman Africa 1
- Hammadid–Zirid War 1
- Almoravid–Almohad Wars 1
- Hafsid–Zayyanid Wars 1
- Marinid–Zayyanid Wars 1
- Algerian War 1
- Arab–Israeli conflict 1
Engagements by date
| Date | Engagement | Place | War |
|---|---|---|---|
| 309 BC | Battle of Tunis | Tunisia | Agathocles' expedition to Africa |
| 308 BC | Battle in the Zuphones' lands | Tunisia | Agathocles' expedition to Africa |
| 307 BC | Siege of Utica | Utica | Agathocles' expedition to Africa |
| 255 BC | Battle of Bagradas | Tunis | First Punic War |
| 255 BC | Battle of Adys | Uthina | First Punic War |
| 255 BC | Siege of Aspis | Kelibia | First Punic War |
| 240 BC | Battle of the Bagradas River | Medjerda River | Mercenary War |
| 240 BC | Battle of Utica | Utica | Mercenary War |
| 240 BC | Hamilcar's victory with Naravas | Tunisia | Mercenary War |
| 239 BC | Siege of Carthage | Carthage | Mercenary War |
| 238 BC | Battle of the Saw | Djebel Ressas | Mercenary War |
| 238 BC | Battle of Leptis Parva | Leptis Parva | Mercenary War |
| October 238 BC | Siege of Tunis | Tunis | Mercenary War |
| 204 BC | Siege of Utica | Utica | Second Punic War |
| 204 BC | Roman invasion of Africa | North Africa | Second Punic War |
| 203 BC | Battle of the Great Plains | Utica | Second Punic War |
| 203 BC | Battle of Utica | Utica | Second Punic War |
| 19 October 202 BC | Battle of Zama | Zama Regia | Second Punic War |
| 151 BC | Battle of Oroscopa | Tunisia | |
| 149 BC | Siege of Carthage | Carthage | Third Punic War |
| 149 BC | First Battle of Nepheris | Nepheris | Third Punic War |
| 149 BC | Battle of Lake Tunis | Lake of Tunis | Third Punic War |
| 27 July 149 BC | Battle of Lake Tunis | Lake of Tunis | Third Punic War |
| 147 BC | Battle of the Port of Carthage | Gulf of Tunis | Third Punic War |
| 147 BC | Second Battle of Nepheris | Nepheris | Third Punic War |
| 109 BC | Siege of Zama | Zama Regia | Jugurthine War |
| 109 BC | Battle of Zama | Zama Regia | Jugurthine War |
| 108 BC | Battle of the Muthul | Jugurthine War | |
| 108 BC | Siege of Thala | Thala | Jugurthine War |
| 81 BC | Battle of Utica | Utica | Sulla's Civil War |
| 49 BC | Battle of Utica | Utica | Caesar's Civil War |
| 4 January 46 BC | Battle of Ruspina | Ruspina | Caesar's Civil War |
| 6 April 46 BC | Battle of Thapsus | Thapsus | Caesar's Civil War |
| AD 439 | Capture of Carthage | Carthage | Vandal conquest of Roman Africa |
| AD 468 | Battle of Cape Bon | Cap Bon | Vandal War (461-468) |
| AD 529 | Berber raid against Vandals | Byzacena | |
| 13 September AD 533 | Battle of Ad Decimum | Carthage | Vandalic War |
| 13 September AD 533 | Battle of Carthage | Carthage | Vandalic War |
| 15 December AD 533 | Battle of Tricamarum | Carthage | Vandalic War |
| AD 534 | Battle of Mammes | Aïn Djeloula | Moorish Wars |
| AD 536 | Siege of Carthage | Carthage | Moorish Wars |
| AD 537 | Battle of Scalas Veteres | Carthage | Moorish Wars |
| AD 540 | Battle of Sbeitla | Sufetula | Moorish Wars |
| AD 544 | Battle of Cillium | Kasserine | Moorish Wars |
| AD 545 | Battle of Thacia | Thacia | Moorish Wars |
| AD 547 | Battle of Marta | Mareth | Moorish Wars |
| AD 548 | Battle of the Fields of Cato | Tunisia | Moorish Wars |
| AD 647 | Battle of Sufetula | Sufetula | Muslim conquest of the Maghreb |
| AD 698 | Battle of Carthage | Carthage | Muslim conquest of the Maghreb |
| AD 700 | Battle of Tabarka | Tabarka | Muslim conquest of the Maghreb |
| AD 741 | Siege of Gafsa | Gabès | Berber (Amazigh) Revolt |
| AD 742 | Battle of Baja | Béja | Berber (Amazigh) Revolt |
| AD 908 | Battle of Tabrashq | Thala | Kutama campaigns against the Aghlabids |
| 21 March AD 909 | fall of Kairouan | Kairouan | Kutama campaigns against the Aghlabids |
| 1003 | Siege of Gabès | Gabès | |
| May 1015 | Hammadid capture of Béja (1015) | Béja | Hammadid–Zirid War |
| 1052 | Battle of Yawm al-Nahr | Gabès Governorate | Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya |
| 1052 | Battle of Haydaran | Gabès Governorate | Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya |
| 1052 | Battle of al-Musalla | Kairouan | Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya |
| 1053 | Battle of Kairouan | Kairouan | Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya |
| 1053 | Siege of Sousse | Sousse | Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya |
| 1116 | Siege of Djerba | Djerba | |
| 1148 | Siege of Kelibia | Kelibia | |
| 1148 | Zirid raid on Gabès | Gabès | |
| 1159 | Siege of Mahdia | Mahdia | Almohad conquest of Norman Africa |
| 1160 | Battle of Al-Qarn | Kairouan | |
| 1187 | Battle of Oumra | Chott el Djerid | Almoravid–Almohad Wars |
| 1270 | Eighth Crusade | Tunis | Barbary Crusades |
| 1270 | Siege of Tunis | Tunis | Eighth Crusade |
| 1318 | Battle of Fajj al-Naam | Kairouan | |
| 1329 | Capture of Tunis | Tunis | Hafsid–Zayyanid Wars |
| 1344 | Siege of Gafsa | Gafsa | Banu Yamlul revolt |
| 1347 | Capture of Tunis | Tunis | Marinid–Hafsid Wars |
| 1348 | Battle of Kairouan | Kairouan | Marinid–Zayyanid Wars |
| 1357 | Capture of Tunis | Tunis | Marinid–Hafsid Wars |
| 1387 | Battle of Gabès | Gabès | |
| 15 August 1432 | Siege of Djerba | Djerba | |
| 1441 | Siege of Nefta | Nafta | |
| 1534 | Conquest of Tunis | Tunis | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 16 June 1535 | Conquest of Tunis | Tunis | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 1537 | Attack on Sousse | Sousse | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 1540 | Battle of Monastir | Ouerdanin | Ottoman–Habsburg Wars |
| 28 June 1550 | Capture of Mahdia | Mahdia | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 1551 | Djerba Incident | Djerba | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 1557 | Capture of Bizerte | Bizerte | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 9 May 1560 | Battle of Djerba | Djerba | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 1569 | Capture of Tunis | Tunis | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 1569 | Battle of Béja | Béja | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 1573 | Conquest of Tunis | Tunis | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 12 July 1574 | Conquest of Tunis | Tunis | Ottoman–Spanish War |
| 1603 | Attack on Monastir | Monastir | Ottoman–Habsburg Wars |
| 29 June 1609 | Action of 29 June 1609 | La Goulette | Spanish–Ottoman Wars |
| 1611 | Raid on the Kerkennah Islands | Kerkennah | Spanish–Ottoman Wars |
| May 1612 | Action of May 1612 | Spanish–Barbary conflicts | |
| 1612 | Raid on La Goulette | La Goulette | Spanish–Ottoman Wars |
| 1615 | Raid on La Goulette | La Goulette | Spanish–Barbary conflicts |
| 1617 | Raid on La Goulette | La Goulette | Spanish–Ottoman Wars |
| 1619 | Attack on Sousse | Sousse | Spanish–Ottoman Wars |
| 1624 | Battle of the Gulf of Tunis | Gulf of Tunis | Spanish–Ottoman Wars |
| 1655 | Action of 14 April 1655 | Ghar el-Melh | |
| 1694 | Battle of Kef | El Kef | Tunisian-Algerian War of 1694 |
| August 1694 | Siege of Tunis | Tunis | Tunisian-Algerian War of 1694 |
| 1705 | Battle of Majaz al-Bab | Majaz al Bab | Tunisian-Algerian War of 1705 |
| 8 July 1705 | Battle of Kef | El Kef | Tunisian-Algerian War of 1705 |
| October 1705 | Siege of Tunis | Tunis | Tunisian-Algerian War of 1705 |
| 1741 | Capture of Tabarka | Tabarka | |
| 1756 | Battle of Kef | El Kef | Tunisian-Algerian War of 1756 |
| 1756 | Siege of Tunis (1756) | Tunis | Tunisian-Algerian War of 1756 |
| 1784 | Venetian bombardments of the Beylik of Tunis | Tunis | |
| 13 December 1941 | Battle of Cape Bon | Mediterranean Sea | World War II |
| 1942 | Run for Tunis | World War II | |
| 1942 | Tunisia campaign | French protectorate of Tunisia | World War II |
| 1942 | Tunis Roundup | Tunis | Holocaust |
| 1943 | Battle of Kasserine Passe | Tunisia | World War II |
| 14 February 1943 | Battle of Sidi Bou Zid | Sidi Bouzid | World War II |
| 1943 | Operation Ochsenkopf | World War II | |
| 26 February 1943 | Battle of Sedjenane | Sejenane | World War II |
| 1943 | Battle of Medenine | Medenine | World War II |
| 10 March 1943 | Battle of Ksar Ghilane | Ksar Ghilane | World War II |
| 16 March 1943 | Battle of the Mareth Line | Mareth Line | World War II |
| 23 March 1943 | Battle of El Guettar | El Guettar | World War II |
| 6 April 1943 | Battle of Wadi Akarit | Wādī al ‘Akārīt | World War II |
| 1943 | Battle of Takrouna | Takrouna | World War II |
| 1943 | Battle of Enfidaville | Enfidha | World War II |
| 1943 | Operation Vulcan | World War II | |
| 22 April 1943 | Battle of Longstop Hill | Tunisia | World War II |
| 27 April 1943 | Battle of Hill 609 | Tunisia | World War II |
| 4 May 1943 | Battle of the Campobasso Convoy | Mediterranean Sea | World War II |
| 1958 | bombardment of Sakiet Sidi Youssef | Sakiet Sidi Youssef | Algerian War |
| 1958 | Battle of Remada | Remada | Bizerte crisis |
| 1961 | Battles of the French evacuation from Tunisia | Remada | Bizerte crisis |
| 1980 | 1980 Gafsa Uprising | Gafsa | |
| 1985 | Operation Wooden Leg | Hammam Chott | Arab–Israeli conflict |
Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.