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War between Larsa and Isin
The war between Larsa and Isin was a roughly two-century rivalry between southern Mesopotamian kingdoms, ending when Rim-Sin of Larsa conquered Isin around 1792 BC.
War between Masinissa and Carthage (152-151 BC)
The war between Masinissa and Carthage of 152-151 BC was the final Numidian-Carthaginian conflict, fought over the Emporia district, and gave Rome its pretext for the Third Punic War.
War bond
War bonds: government securities sold to citizens in wartime, known as Liberty Bonds (WWI), Series E War Bonds (WWII), and viiskovi OVDP (Ukraine since 2022); patriotic campaigns raised $17B (WWI) and about $150B (WWII).
War bonnet
War bonnet (warbonnet, Cheyenne mȧmaa > ėstse): a Plains Indian ceremonial headdress of golden eagle feathers earned through brave deeds, not a generic Native costume; two main forms, eagle-feathered and split-horned, with NAGPRA repatriation issues.
War bride
War bride: foreign women who married deployed or occupying soldiers and migrated to their husbands' countries, chiefly after WWI and WWII. Regulated from 1919 (Pershing Bulletin No. 26); the US War Brides Act of 1945 admitted nearly 300,000 spouses and dependents; a 1947 amendment lifted racial bars.
War Communism
War Communism (Военный коммунизм) was the Soviet economic policy during the Russian Civil War, from 1918 until its replacement by the New Economic Policy in March 1921.
War correspondent
War correspondent: a journalist stationed in conflict zones providing first-hand accounts of military conflict, originating with British newspapers and William Howard Russell in the Crimean War; shaped by telegraph, radio, TV, satellite, and the embed system.
War crime
A war crime is a serious violation of international humanitarian law that incurs individual criminal responsibility under international law and invariably occurs in connection with an armed conflict.
War crimes in the Korean War
War crimes in the Korean War (1950-53): mass civilian killings by South Korean, U.S., and North Korean forces, POW abductions, and later truth-commission investigations, including No Gun Ri and the TRCK's 16,106 honored victims.
War crimes in the Kosovo War
War crimes in the Kosovo War (1998–1999): killings, expulsions and body concealment by Yugoslav/Serbian forces, KLA abuses, ICTY indictments of Milošević and others, and prosecutions by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and domestic courts.
War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine are violations of the laws of war documented by UN and OSCE bodies, Ukrainian prosecutors, and journalists since 2022.
War crimes in the Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
War crimes in the Sudanese civil war (2023–present): atrocities by the SAF and RSF documented by the UN Fact-Finding Mission, including attacks on civilians, starvation, sexual violence, ethnic killings, and El Fasher atrocities.
War crimes in the Syrian civil war
War crimes in the Syrian civil war, committed since March 2011, include chemical weapons attacks, torture, and enforced disappearance, documented by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry.
War crimes of the Wehrmacht
War crimes of the Wehrmacht: crimes by Nazi Germany's regular armed forces, including the 1941 Criminal Orders, Soviet POW mass death, Einsatzgruppen complicity, and the debunked "Clean Wehrmacht" myth.
War Doctor
The War Doctor is a Doctor Who incarnation played by John Hurt, born from the Eighth Doctor's choice on Karn during the Time War; he renounced the name Doctor, ended the war by freezing Gallifrey, and regenerated into the Ninth Doctor.
War Dogs (2016 film)
War Dogs (2016), originally titled Arms and the Dudes, is Todd Phillips's comedy-drama starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller as real Miami arms dealers Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who won a $300 million Pentagon Afghan ammunition contract; scored 62% on Rotten Tomatoes and 57 on Metacritic.
War elephant
A war elephant is an elephant trained and deployed for military purposes, a practice that originated in India and spread through Persia and the Hellenistic world.
War Eternal
War Eternal is Arch Enemy's tenth studio album, melodic death metal, released June 2014 on Century Media, the first with vocalist Alissa White-Gluz replacing Angela Gossow and without Christopher Amott; highest US and German chart positions to date.
War film
War film: a film genre depicting war, also called the combat film when combat is dramatically central. Spans early actualities of the Spanish-American and Boer Wars, WWII combat cycles, Vietnam and post-9/11 films, realism versus indirection styles, and anti-war debate.
War flag
War flag: a flag of a state's armed forces, in strict vexillology the military version of the national flag alongside civil and state flags, also covering regimental colors and war ensigns flown by warships.
War for the Planet of the Apes
War for the Planet of the Apes is a 2017 American science fiction action drama directed by Matt Reeves, the third film in the rebooted Planet of the Apes trilogy.
War for the Vladimir succession (1174–1177)
The War for the Vladimir succession (Борьба за владимирский стол) was a 1174–1177 Kievan Rus' succession war, fought after Andrey Bogolyubsky's assassination and won by Vsevolod Yurievich.
War guilt question
War guilt question (Kriegsschuldfrage): dispute over responsibility for causing World War I, from Versailles Article 231 through the 1960s Fischer controversy to centenary debates on Germany's role.
War hammer
A war hammer, also called Martel de Fer, is a medieval and Renaissance hand weapon with a hammerhead and opposing spike, designed to defeat plate armor.
War hawk
War hawk: American political term for a figure favoring military force over diplomacy, opposite of "dove." Dates to 1792; classic bearers were the 12th Congress pro-war faction led by Henry Clay before the War of 1812.
War Horse (film)
War Horse is a 2011 war drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, adapted from Michael Morpurgo's novel about a horse sold to the cavalry in World War I.
War Horse (novel)
War Horse is Michael Morpurgo's 1982 children's novel, narrated by a horse named Joey sold to the British Army in World War I; adapted into the National Theatre puppet play and Spielberg's 2011 film.
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
The War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) was a US and NATO conflict begun after the September 11 attacks to remove the Taliban, the longest war in US history.
War in ants
War in ants: organized colony-versus-colony combat over territory, food, and brood, analyzed with Lanchester's laws, self-organized force assessment, dear enemy versus nasty neighbor strategies, and slave raids.
War in Darfur (حرب دارفور)
War in Darfur (حرب دارفور): armed conflict in western Sudan begun February 2003 by the SLM/A and JEM rebels; government and Janjaweed, now the RSF, waged scorched-earth campaigns; ICC referral 2005; continues in the 2023 civil war.