Battle of Santa Cruz

Battle of Santa Cruz may refer to:

  • Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657), during the Anglo-Spanish War in the Canary Islands, Spain
  • Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1706), during the War of the Spanish Succession in the Canary Islands, Spain
  • Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797), during the French Revolutionary Wars in the Canary Islands, Spain
  • Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales (1848), during the Mexican–American War in Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Battle of Santa Cruz (1899), during the Philippine–American War at Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines
  • Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (1942), during World War II between U.S. and Japanese forces in the Pacific theater
  • Battle of Santa Cruz (1945), during World War II between Filipino troops and Japanese forces at Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines

Famous quotes containing the words battle and/or santa:

    “I know no East or West, North or South, when it comes to my class fighting the battle for justice. If it is my fortune to live to see the industrial chain broken from every workingman’s child in America, and if then there is one black child in Africa in bondage, there shall I go.”
    —Mother Jones (1830–1930)

    “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.”
    —Johnny Mercer (1909–1976)