C

C-38, Douglas
Cabezon, battle of, 12 June 1808
Cabriels, action at the River, 21 June 1808
Cabrillas Defile, action at the, 24 June 1808
Cacabellos defile, action at the, 3 January 1809
Cadiz, French siege of, 1810-24 August 1812
Cadogan, William, first earl of (1675-1726)
Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd, d.632
Caesar, HMS
Calais, siege of, 4 September 1346-4 August 1347
Calais, siege of, 23-26 May 1940
Calatayud, siege of, 26 September-4 October 1811
Caledon class light cruisers
Calendar, French Republican
Caldiero, battle of, 12 November 1796
Calliano, battle of, 5 September 1796
Calliope class light cruisers
Calliope, HMS
Cambrai, battle of, 20 November- 7 December 1917
Cambrai-St. Quentin, battle of, 27 September-9 October 1918
Cambrian class light cruisers
Camden, battle of, 16 August 1780
Camel, Sopwith
Campania, HMS
Campbell's Station, battle of, 16 November 1863
Campo Mayor, combat of, 25 March 1811
Campo Mayor, siege of, 14-21 March 1811
Canada, HMS
Cannon, General John K., 1895-1955
Canopus class battleships
Canopus, HMS
Canstadt, combat of, 21 July 1796
Cantigny, battle of, 28 May 1918
Cape Ecnomus, battle of, 256 BC
Cape Hermaeum, battle of, 255 BC
Caporetto, battle of, 24 October-12 November 1917 (Italy)
Capua, battle and siege of, 343- BC
Caracola
Carbine, Napoleonic
Cardadeu, battle of 16 December 1808
Carentan, battle of, 8-13 June 1944
Carlos the Jackal (Ilich Ramirez Sanchez) 1949-
Carnifex Ferry, battle of, 10 September 1861
Carnot, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, 1753-1823
Caroline class light cruisers
Caroline, HMS
Carondelet, U.S.S.
Carpio, combat of, 25 September 1811
Carysfort, HMS
Casa de Salinas, combat of, 27 July 1809
Casal Novo, combat of, 14 March 1811
Casque (Helmet)
Cassander (358-297 BC)
Cassandra, HMS
Cassano, battle of, 27 April 1799
Castagnaro, battle of, 11 March 1387 (Italy)
Castaños, General Francisco Xavier, Duke of Baylen, 1756-1852
Castelnau, Édouard de, 1851-1944, French General
Castiglione, battle of, 5 August 1796
Castillejos, combat of, 25 January 1809
Castillon, battle of, 1453
Catalina, Consolidated PBY
Cativolcus, king of the Eburones, d.53 B.C.
Centaur class light cruisers
Cestrosphendone
Cavalry
Cecora, battle of, 18 September- 6 October 1620
Cedar Creek, battle of, 19 October 1864
Cedar Mountain, battle of 8, August 1862
Cell System, Terrorist
Cenabum, siege of, early 52 B.C.
Central Command, United States: CENTCOM - Shorter article
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Centurion Main Battle Tank (UK)
Century (Roman)
Ceret, combat of the Bridge of, 26 November 1793
Ceva, battle of, 16-17 April 1796
Chaeronea, battle of, 86 B.C.
Chakram
Chalcedon, battle of, 73 B.C.
Challenger class second class cruisers
Challenger, HMS
Challenger Main Battle Tank (UK)
Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank (UK)
Champagne, Second Battle of, 25 September-6 November 1915
Champagne-Marne Offensive, 15-18 July 1918
Champion, HMS
Champion’s Hill, battle of, 16 May 1863
Chancellorsville, battle of, 2-5 May 1863
Chance Vought F4U Corsair
Chantilly, battle of, 1 September 1862
Char B1-B1 bis. Tank (1929-1942)
Charge of the Light Brigade (25 October 1854)
Charleroi, sieges of, 30 May-25 June 1794
Charles I, 1600-1649, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625-1649)
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1742-45) (Charles Albert, Prince of Bavaria)
Charles Albert, Prince of Bavaria, Emperor Charles VII (1742-1745)
Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender (1720-1788)
Charles of Lorraine (d.1780)
Charleston, siege of, 1 April-12 May 1780
Chateauguay River, battle of, 26 October 1813
Château Thierry, battle of, 1-4 June 1918
Chatham class light cruisers
Chatham, HMS
Chattanooga and Chickamauga Campaign, 1863 (American Civil War)
Chaves, combat of, 10-11 March 1809
Chaves, siege of, 20-25 March 1809
Cheat Mountain, 10-15 September 1861
Cherasco, Armistice of, 28 April 1796
Cherbourg, battle of, 22-29 June 1944
Chernyakhovskii, Ivan
Chester, battle of, 613-616
Chester, HMS
Chickamauga, battle of, 19-20 September 1863
Chickasaw Bluffs, battle of, 29 December 1862
Chieftain Main Battle Tank (UK)
Chios, battle of, of 201 B.C.
Chippawa, battle of, 5 July 1814
Chitose class aircraft carriers
Chmielnik, battle of, March 1241 (Poland)
Chocim, battle of, September to 9 October 1621 (NS)
Chokoji Castle, siege of, 1570
Chotusitz, battle of, 17 May 1742
Chremonidean War, c.266-262 B.C., (Greece)
Christian of Brunswick, administrator of Halberstadt (1598-1626)
Churchill, Sir Winston (1874-1965)
Churchill Ark (Assault Ramp Carrier)
Churchill AVRE (Assault Vehicle, Royal Engineers)
Churchill AVRE with 'Goat' Explosive Device
Churchill 'Jumbo' Bridging Tank
Churchill with 'Carrot' Explosive Device
Churchill with 'Onion' Explosive Device
Cicero's Camp, siege of, late 54 B.C.
Cinquedea
Circular Error Probability
Ciudad Real, battle of, 26 March 1809
Ciudad Rodrigo, siege of, 5 June-10 July 1810
Ciudad Rodrigo, siege of, 8-19 January 1812
Civilian
Cleitus, d.318, Macedonian Admiral
Cleopatra, HMS
Clerfayt, Franz Sebastian de Croix, Graf von, 1733-98
Cleveland, USS (CL-55)
Clive, Robert, baron, 'Clive of India', 1725-1774
Clontarf, battle of, 1014
Clouds, battle of the, 16 September 1777
Clowes, Cyril A., 1892-1968
Coa, combat of the, 24 July 1810
Coat, Operation, 15-20 November 1940
COBRA
Cobra, ACEC, APC (Belgium)
Colby Moor, battle of, 1 August 1645
Cold Harbor, battle of, 31 May-3 June 1864
Colenso, battle of 15 December 1899
Collar, Operation, 24-30 November 1940
Colli-Marchini, Michael Freiherr von, 1738-1808
Colt weapon company
Collins, J. Lawton, 1896-1987 (Lighting Joe)
Collioure, combat of, 21 December 1793
Collioure, Saint-Elme and Port-Ventres, siege of, 6-29 May 1794
Collingwood, Cuthbert, first baron Collingwood (1750-1810)
Colossus class battleships
Columbia, USS (CL-56)
Comint
Comius, defeat of, late 51 B.C.
Commius of the Atrebates, fl.57-50 BC
Compass, Operation, part 1 (Desert War, December 1940-January 1941)
Compass, Operation, part 2 (Desert War, December 1940-January 1941)
Compass, Operation, part 3 (Desert War, December 1940-January 1941)
Compiegne, treaty of, 10 June 1624
Comus, HMS
Concord & Lexington, 19 April 1775
Condé or St. Amand, battle of, 8 May 1793
Condé, siege of, April-10 July 1793
Congreve Rockets
Conquest, HMS
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Consolidated P2Y
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
Constantino, skirmish 5 January 1809
Constantinople, siege and fall of, 2 April-29 May 1453
Constitution vs Guerrière
Constitution vs Java
Continental System
Contraband
Convair F-106 Delta Dart
Convention Army
Convoy HX237, attack on, 7-14 May 1943
Convoy HX239, attack on, 22-25 May 1943
Convoy ONS5, attack on, 28 April-6 May 1943
Convoy SC129, attack on, 12-14 May 1943
Convoy SC130, attack on, 18-25 May 1943
Conway, battle near, 22 January 1295
Copenhagen, battle of, 2 April 1801: Main Article
Copenhagen, battle of: The British Ships
Copenhagen, battle of: The Danish Ships
Copenhagen, battle of: Nelson's first letter to the Crown Prince
Copenhagen, battle of: Nelson's second letter to the Crown Prince
Copenhagen, peace of, 6 June 1660
Coral Sea, battle of the, 3-8 May 1942
Cordelia, HMS
Cordova, sack of, 7 June 1808
Cork and Orrery, William Boyle, 12th Earl of, 1873-1967
Corinth, battle of, 3-4 October 1862
Cornwallis, HMS
Coronel, battle of, 1 November 1914
Corrick’s Ford, battle of, 13 July 1861
Corsair, Chance Vought F4U
Corunna, battle of, 16 January 1809
Corvus
Corycus, battle of, 191 B.C.
Coote, Sir Eyrie (1726-1783)
Cos, battle of, 258 BC
Cossacks (First World War)
Cossacks, Napoleonic
Cotentin Peninsula, battle of the, 6 June-1 July 1944
Counter Rotary Engine
'County' Class Destroyer
Courtrai, 11 July 1302, battle of (Belgium)
Courtrai, battle of, 11 May 1794
Covert Operations
Covert Operations, Cold War and beyond
Cowpens, battle of, 17 January 1781
Cradock, Sir Christopher “Kit”, 1862-1914
Crampton’s Gap, 14 September 1862
Crannon, battle of, August 322 B.C.
Crater, battle of the, 30 June-3 April 1864
Crauford, Robert (1764-1812)
Crecy, battle of, 1346
Creek War, 1813-14, (U.S.A.)
Crefeld, battle of, 23 June 1758 (Germany)
Cressy Class first class armoured cruisers
Crete, German invasion of, Operation Mercury: 20 May-1 June 1941
Creterus (c.370-321 BC)
Crimean War, 1853-1856
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Lord Protector
Cross Keys, Battle of 8 June 1862
Cruiser Classes, British, First World War
Cruiser Classes, German, First World War
Crusade, First, 1096-1099
Crusade, Second, 1147-1149
Crusade, Third, 1189-1192
Crusade, Fourth, 1202-1204
Crusade, Fifth, 1218-1221
Crusade, Sixth, 1228-1229
Crusade, Seventh, 1248-1254
Crusade, Eighth, 1270
Crysler’s Farm, battle of, 11 November 1813
C.S.S. Alabama
Cuesta, Don Gregorio de la, 1740-1812
Culloden, battle of, 16 April 1746 (Scotland)
Cumberland, William Augustus, duke of (1721-1765)
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew, 1883 - 1963
Cunningham, Admiral Sir John, 1885-1962
Cuirassier, Napoleonic
Curtiss A-3
Curtiss A-8 Shrike
Curtiss A-12 Shrike
Curtiss A-18 Shrike
Curtiss A-25 Shrike
Curtiss SBC Helldiver
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
Curtiss P-40/ Hawk 81/ Hawk 87/ Tomahawk/ Kittyhawk/ Warhawk
Curtiss YA-10
Curtiss XA-4
Curtiss XA-14 Shrike
Curtiss XA-43
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
Custine, Adam-Philippe, comte de, 1740-1793
Cycle, Operation, the evacuation from Havre, 10-13 June 1940
Cynoscephalea, battle of, 197 B.C.
Cyprus, Antigonid Conquest of , 306 BC
Cyzicus, siege of, 73 B.C.