war
organized and prolonged violent conflict between states
First Sacred War
Ancient military conflict
Djiboutian Civil War
1991–1994 civil war in Djibouti
Indonesian National Revolution
armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire
Toledo War
almost bloodless boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan
Rogue River Wars
war in the Rogue River Valley in Oregon; part of the American Indian Wars
Kashmir conflict
conflict over the Kashmir region between India, Pakistan, and China
Great Frisian War
15th century war in Friesland
Iberian War
526–532 war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire over the eastern Georgian kingdom of Iberia
War of Ferrara
Military conflict
First Egyptian-Ottoman War
1831–1833 war between the Ottoman Empire and the Eyalet of Egypt
colonial war
a war involving colonial powers and their territories.
petrodollar warfare
US military offensives motivated by he desire to force the status of the United States dollar as the currency in which oil is priced
Moorish Wars
wars between the Byzantine Empire and the various Berber kingdoms which formed after the collapse of Roman rule over North Africa
Sino-Burmese War
1765 Qing-Konbaung conflict
War of Zara
1183–1203 part of the Croatian-Venetian Wars
Polish-Moldavian War
1497 war
short victorious war
political catchphrase
Capetian-Plantagenet rivalry
conflict between the dynasties of the Capetians and Plantagenets
First Honduran Civil War
war in Honduras
preemptive war
war that is initiated in an attempt to deal with an expected attack before that attack materializes
Libyan Civil War
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
Chinese expedition to Tibet
Mandchu Qing dynasty take power on Tibet from Oirats-Dzungars Mongols in 1720
Polish-German War
1007-1013 war
Seleucid-Pergamene War
230-216 BCE war
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
armed conflict in South Caucasus
Crimean-Circassian War
1539–1547 war
Spanish-Ottoman Wars
1515–1577 intermittent war between the Hispanic Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire
Dutch-Algerian War
1715–1726 war between the Dutch Republic and the Regency of Algiers
Cattle War
conflict between Danish India and the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom
Second Punic War
second war between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought between 218 and 201 BCE
civil war
war between organized groups within the same sovereign state or republic
Hundred Years' War
series of conflicts and wars between England and France between 1337 and 1453
Anglo-Turkish War
conflict in the Napoleonic Wars
Castille War
military conflict between Brunei and Spain
Peloponnesian War
war fought between Athens and Sparta (431–404 BCE)
Third Syrian War
246-241 BCE war between Ptolemaic Egypt and the Seleucid Empire
Falklands War
undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982
Wars of the Roses
dynastic civil war in England from 1455 to 1487
total war
unrestricted warfare in which belligerents engage with all available resources and/or civilians and civil infrastructure are considered legitimate targets