War is a situation or a period of fighting between countries or groups of people. A war generally involves the use of weapons, a military organization...

World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) which involved fighting between the Allies and the...

World War I (WWI or WW1), also called the First World War, or the Great War, began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was a global...

Cold War (1947-1991) was the fighting between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies between the end of World War II and...

A prisoner of war (short form: POW) is a non-combatant who has been captured or surrendered by the forces of the enemy, during an armed conflict. In past...

The Vietnam War (also known as the Second Indochina War, Vietnamese-American War or the American War in Vietnam) is a war fought between North Vietnam...

The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁, Russian: Корейская Война, Chinese: 朝鲜战争) took place between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953. It was a civil war fought between...

A war crime is a crime that breaks international laws of war. These laws say what is allowed during war and what is not. Today, these international laws...

The American Revolutionary War was fought between Great Britain and the original Thirteen Colonies from 1775 to 1783. Most (but not all) of the fighting...

The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), or War on Terror, is a global military campaign that the United States started in 2001 in response to September 11...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war in the United States of America. It was fought when 11 Southern states left the United States and formed...

The Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and 42 other countries, led by the United States. It started with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990...

The Spanish–American War was a war fought between Spain and the United States in 1898, partly because many people in Cuba, one of the last parts of the...

The Mexican–American War took place between 1846 and 1848 between the United States and Mexico. When Mexico received independence from Spain in 1821,...

The Iraq War was an armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that toppled the government of Saddam...

The Hundred Years' War (French: Guerre de Cent Ans; 1337–1453) was a long conflict between the kingdoms of England and France. It started because of disagreements...

The Trojan War was one of the most important wars in the history of Ancient Greece. It happened between the Trojans and the Greeks. It is mostly known...

A civil war is a type of war that takes place between two or more groups in one country. While civil wars can take place for many reasons, there are two...

The Soviet–Afghan War, or the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, was a war that was initially fought between the forces of the communist government of Afghanistan...

The laws of war are some simple rules or international laws which most people accept about war, out of humanitarianism. Many people think that because...

The Thirty Years' War was fought from 1618 to 1648. It was fought primarily in Germany, but several other countries became involved in the conflict, including...

The Crimean War (1853–1856), also called the Eastern War (Russian: Восточная война), was fought between the Russian Empire against the French Empire, the...

The Iran–Iraq War was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from September 1980 to August 1988. It began when Iraq invaded Iran on 22...

The English Civil War happened in the mid-17th century. A civil war is a war in which the sides involved in the fighting are from the same country. At...

The Russo–Ukrainian war is a ongoing conflict currently taking place between Russia and Ukraine that began in February 2014.It started when Russia annexed...

The Spanish Civil War (18 July 1936 – 1 April 1939) was a civil war between Republicans and Nationalists. The war ended on 1 April 1939, when the last...

The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) was a war between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland Islands in 1982. The Falkland...

The Six-Day War took place from 5 June to 10 June 1967 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, led by Egypt. Israel won the war, which has had huge...

The Bosnian War is the generally accepted name for an international military conflict in the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which lasted from April 6th...

The Napoleonic Wars were fought during the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte over France. They started after the French Revolution ended, and Bonaparte became...

Bangladesh Liberation War (Bengali: মুক্তিযুদ্ধ Muktijuddho) was a revolutionary war for the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. The war was between East Pakistan...

The War in Afghanistan (Pashto: بِهِ افْغَانِسْتَانْ كَيْ جَكْرَهْ) was a war fought by the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, The Netherlands...

Balkan Wars were a series of wars fought in the Balkan Peninsula in 1912 (First Balkan War) and 1913 (Second Balkan War). The First Balkan War was fought...

Years' War was a worldwide military conflict that lasted from 1756 to 1763 and involved most of the great powers on the European peninsula The war was made...

World War 3 (WWIII or WW3), also known as the Third World War, is the name given to a possible future third global conflict occurring subsequent to World...

The Opium Wars were two wars between China and two Western countries during the Qing dynasty. The first was between the United Kingdom and China and lasted...

The Eighty Years' War, also called Dutch Revolt, was a war between the Netherlands and Spain. The former Burgundian Netherlands wanted to be Protestant...

The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called...

An anti-war movement (also antiwar) is a social movement, usually against to a nation's decision to start or continue a war. It does not matter whether...

fought against the Axis countries in World War II. They were successful in defeating the Axis nations. The war ended in 1945. The group of nations was later...

The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was a war between France and Prussia, which was helped by German allies of Prussia. The war was provoked by Prussian...

The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was a war that had happened since February 1988 until May 1994, over the small ethnic enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern...

The War Office was the name of the ministry which controlled the British Army. In 1963 the independent War Office, Admiralty and Air Ministry were joined...

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 was a war that took place between April 1965 and 23 September 1965 between Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Republic...

The war in Donbas, or the Donbas War, is an armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. In March 2014, after the...

The French and Indian War was fought between 1754 and 1763 in British North America and French North America. The land is now in the United States and...

the German Army invading Luxembourg and Belgium at the beginning of World War I in 1914 and gaining military control of many important industrial regions...

The War of 1812 was fought between the British Empire and the United States from 1812 to 1815 in North America and at sea. The British forces were helped...

War Horse is a 2011 war drama movie directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, adapted from English author...

The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) were a series of civil wars fought over the throne of England between supporters of the House of Lancaster, the Lancastrians...