War is a state of widespread conflict between states, organisations, or relatively large groups of people, which is characterised by the use of lethal violence between combatants or upon civilians. Other terms for war, which often serve as euphemisms, include armed conflict, hostilities, and police action (note). War is contrasted with peace, which is usually defined as the absence of war. A common perception of war is a series of military campaigns between at least two opposing sides involving a dispute ov ...

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In democratic nations, a Declaration of War customarily has to be passed by the legislature. After the Second World War, it became convenient for many democratic governments, most notably that of the United States, to declare that their wars were not in fact wars, but something else, such as a "military action" or "armed response." In particular, not declaring war provided a way to circumvent constitutional safeguards against the executive declaring war, and also, in some cases, to avoid feeling bound by the established laws of ...

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By mid-April the Royal Air Force had set up an airbase at Wideawake on the mid-Atlantic island of Ascension, including a sizable force of Vulcan bombers, Victor refuelling aircraft, and F-4 Phantom fighters to protect them. Meanwhile the main British naval task force arrived at Ascension to prepare for war. However a small force had already been sent south to re-capture South Georgia. Falklands War ...

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There is great debate over why wars happen, even when most people do not want them to. Representatives of many different academic disciplines have attempted to explain war. War - Historical theories. Historians tend to be reluctant to look for sweeping explanations for all wars. A. J. P. Taylor famously described wars as being like traffic accidents. There are some conditions and situations that make them more likely but there can be no system for predicting where and when each one will occur. Social scien ...

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A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. Civil war is usually a high intensity stage in an unresolved political struggle for national control of state power. As in any war, the conflict may be over other matters such as religion, ethnicity, or distribution of wealth. Some civil wars are also categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency, whether successful or not, is likely to be classified as a civil war by some ...

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In the Star Wars saga, The Clone Wars, (also known as the Clone War) were a series of intragalactic battles in the Star Wars galaxy that took place from 22 BBY to 19 BBY. The Clone Wars were featured in the second and third episodes of the six-part movie series: Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, respectively. They were first mentioned in a message from Leia Organa to Obi-Wan Kenobi and in a brief conversation between Kenobi and Luke Skywalker in the fourth chapter of the saga, A New Hope. The Clone Wars were more thoroughly explored, however in the Expanded ...

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The term War of Independence is generally used to describe a war occurring over a territory that has declared independence. Once the state that previously held the territory sends in military forces to assert its sovereignty or the native population clashes with the former occupier, a separatist rebellion has begun. If a new state is successfully established, the conflict is subsequently known as a war of independence. Examples include: Algerian War of Independence American War of Independence Ang

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There have been two Anglo-Sikh wars: The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–1846) The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-1849) Other related archives1845, 1846, 1848, 1849, First Anglo-Sikh War, Second Anglo-Sikh War

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World War I (then known as The Great War) was at the time and in the years just after described as the "war to end all wars" (or, in the jargon of the French Poilus: "la der des der", i.e. "the last of the last"). The phrase was in part a reaction to the horrors of the conflict with many believing that with the full cost of modern war so evident no nation would fight one again. It was partially an outgrowth of the original reasons for going to war seeming insignificant as the conflict dragged on, and the notion was adopt ...

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A world war is a military conflict affecting the majority of the world's major nations. World wars usually span multiple continents, and are very bloody and destructive. The term has usually been used to apply to two conflicts of unprecedented scale and slaughter that occurred during the 20th century. They were the First World War, also known as the Great War (1914-19 ...

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In the Planescape campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Blood War is the eternal war fought between the Tanar'ri, the chaotic demons of The Abyss, and the Baatezu, the lawful devils of Baator. The war has raged on since before most worlds on the Prime Material Plane even existed. No one is certain of the causes of the war. What is certain is that the Baatezu and the Tanar'ri have the most extreme hate for each other. The conflict is massive, spanning entire planes, and hosting battles of ...

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. The Gurkha War (1814-1816), also known as the Anglo-Nepalese War, was fought between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Nepal. The war was declared by Nepalese prime minister and commander in chief Mukhtiyar General Bhimsen Thapa and British Governor Sir Warren Hastings. The prelude to the war was that Nepal had ...

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The Colony Wars trilogy is a video game series for the Playstation, published by Psygnosis. The three games in the series are Colony Wars (1997), Colony Wars: Vengeance (1998), and Colony Wars: Red Sun 2000. The style of gameplay is that of a 3D science fiction shooter in outer space, or occasionally within a planet's atmosphere. You take control of a spaceship fighter and must undertake missions such as protecting a larger battleship from other fighters, destroying an enemy's battleship, and the lik ...

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In finance a war baby is a firm whose share price rises during wartime, often a defense contractor A war baby usually refers to any child born during wartime, particularly during World War I or World War II. A particular connotation is often attached to the word — children born to civilian mothers but with foreign military fathers, especially soldiers. Even if this is the result of consensual sex, the casual nature of the relationship and lack of family planning means that this behaviour is usually condemned, es ...

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War horses are horses specially trained for use in battle or individual combat (see also: Jousting). A war horse's training would generally address its responsiveness to being controlled without reins, tolerance for the noises of battle, and its adaptability to weapons and armor the rider would be using. In addition, some war horses were trained to kick on command, thus becoming weapons in the extended arsenal of the warriors they carried. A common misconception is that a war horse is simply a horse in armor. In fact, much training was required to overcome the horse's natural aversion to the smell of blood, and ...

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For the tabletop games, see Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000. A war hammer is an archaic weapon of war intended for close combat, the design of which resembles the hammer. The war hammer consists of, like the tool it resembles, a handle and a head. The handle may be of different lengths, the longest being roughly equivalent to the halberd, and the shortest about the same as a mace. Long war hammers were pole weapons (polearms) meant for use against riders, whereas short ones were used in closer quarters and from ho ...

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A war profiteer is any person or organization that makes profits (rightly or wrongly) from warfare or by selling weapons and other goods to one or even both of the parties at war in their own or in foreign countries. War profiteer - Types of war profiteers. Different types of war profiteers can be distinguished ranging from single persons, to whole companies or trusts, and nations. During and after World War II enormous profits were made by persons selling rare goods like cigarettes, chocolat ...

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There were two Boer Wars: First Boer War, from December 16 1880 until March 23 1881 Second Boer War, from October 11 1899 until May 31 1902 Both were between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic), founded by settlers known as Voortrekkers who made the Great Trek from the Cape Colony and were primarily of Dutch, French and German origin. These settlers were often called Boers and were mainly the descendents

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In most democratic nations, a Declaration of War customarily has to be passed by the legislature. After the United Nations action in Korea, a number of democratic governments pursued usually limited warfare by characterizing them as something else, such as a "military action" or "armed response." This was most notably used by the United States in its more than decade-long involvement in Vietnam. Nations such as France, which had extensive colonies in which its military provided order, continued to intervene in their former colonies' affairs as police actions since ...

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Declaration of war, Declaration of war - Background, Declaration of war - The UN and war, Declaration of war - Non-war wars, Declaration of war - Authorized Use of Force, Declaration of war - Current declarations

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