war [ wɔ:] n.战争；冲突，斗争
be at war 处于交战状态
go to war 开始作战
war [wɔ:] n. 战争 vi. 作战, 打仗
拔河(游戏) tug-of-war
参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine
海湾战争综合症 the complexities of the Gulf War
抗美援朝战争 War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
闪电战 blitz; lightning war
星球大战计划 Star Wars Program
细菌战 germ war
鸦片战争 Opium War
易爆发战争的地区 war-prone areas
战俘 prisoner of war (POW)
战俘营 prisoner-of-war (POW) camp
insurance against war risk 战争险
Air Transportation Cargo War Risk 航空运输战争险
overland Transportation Insurance War Risk 陆上运输战争险
wage a war on sth 对某事发动一场战争
the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without 不战而屈人之兵
tug-of-war---拔河
战争动员学 War Mobilization
price war 价格战
War is an aggressive action of man to man independent of his own will.
战争是人对人的侵略行为，不为其自身意志左右。
We must establish the respectability of peace and get rid of the false glamour surrounding war.
我们必须确立和平的崇高地位，除去萦绕着战争的欺骗性的魔力。
The beginning of all war may be discerned not only by the first act of hostility, but by the counsels and preparations foregoing.
一切战争的开端不仅可由首次敌对行动区分，也可由事前的策划和准备识别。
The news that war might break out alarmed the people.
战争可能爆发的消息使人们惊恐不安。
Everybody was alarmed at the news that a war might break out.
大家听到战争可能爆发的消息都很惊慌。
He thinks there is no risk of a war now.
他认为目前没有战争的风险。
Fears about the war plagued nearly half the population in the country.
这个国家有一半的人口害怕战争。
The fighting is threatening to turn into a war.
这场战斗有可能变成一场战争。
The Second World War underlined the importance of science and technology.
第二次世界大战突出了科学和技术的重要性。
Many victims of the war lost their families.
许多战争的受害者失去了他们的家庭。
He was at peace without and at war within.
他外表显得很安祥，可内心的斗争却十分激烈。
The state of tension, which at one time existed between the US and Russia, was called "the Cold War".
美俄之间一度存在的紧张状态称为"冷战"。
Trade between the two countries was interrupted by the war.
战争使两国间的贸易中断了。
Can you image a world without wars and fighting?
你能设想一个没有战争、没有冲突的世界吗？
Can you image a world without wars and fighting?
你能设想一个没有战争、没有冲突的世界吗？
It takes years to civilize a racial war area.
使一个有种族冲突的地区接受文明，需要多年的时间。
May there never be another world war!
但愿不会再有世界大战！
After many defeats, the war ended for us in ultimate victory.
吃了许多败仗后，最终还是我们打赢了战争。
The Vietnam War was an important issue in the United States for many years.
许多年中，越南战争在美国是一个重要话题。
A famine started which, together with the war, destroyed millions of lives.
饥荒发生了, 它与战争一道夺走了数百万人的性命。
The three companies waged a price war.
这三家公司展开了价格大战。
The country has gone through too many wars.
这个国家经历了太多的战争。
During the war we suffered many hardships.
在战争期间，我们遭受了许多艰难。
Domestic public opinion had turned against the war.
国内的公众舆论反对战争。
They were closely associated with each other during the war.
战争期间他们间的关系很密切。
The war drained the country of its resources.
战争使该国的资源枯竭了。
The country was crippled by war.
战争使那个国家元气大伤。
There has been a dramatic shift in public opinion. People used to support the war but now they are against it.
公众的舆论发生急剧变化，从支持作战转为反对作战。
There was a large crowd in the square, protesting against the war.
广场上聚集了一大群人，他们是在抗议那场战争。
There were many French exiles in England after the war.
战后有许多法国人被迫移居英国。
The war was followed by a long period of peace and prosperity.
战争结束之后，有一段很长时间的和平和繁荣。
This pillar is a monument to all those soldiers who died in the Second World War.
这个石柱是一座献给所有二战阵亡将士的纪念碑。
The new recruits were trained for six months and then sent to the war front.
新兵训练六个月后就被送上了前线。
The country is becoming increasingly fragmented by civil war.
这个国家正因内战而日趋分裂。
The Chinese people had crushed the Japanese aggressors in the Anti-Japanese War.
在抗日战争中，中国人民打垮了日本侵略者。
Supporters of the Star Wars defense system hope that this would not only protect a nation against an actual nuclear attack, but would be enough of a threat to keep a nuclear war from ever happening.
星球大战防御系统的支持者们希望它不仅能保护一个遭受核攻击的国家，也希望它能成为使核攻击永不发生的足够威胁。
No prudent person dared to act on the assumption that, when the continent was settled, one government could include the whole; and when the vast expense broke up, as seemed inevitable, into a collection of separate nations, only discord, antagonism, and wars could be expected.
没有一个谨慎的人能按如下的假设行事：当陆地确定以后，一个政府并不能包括全部；当这种巨大的开销终于分裂为几个民族时，这看起来是不可避免的，人们就只能等待着争论，敌对和战争了。
Britain declared war on Germany in 1914.
英国在1914年向德国宣战。
He lost his life in the war.
他在战争中丧生。
The United Kingdom was a mighty empire before World War I.
英联邦在第一次世界大战前曾是一个强大的帝国。
The necessary outcome of a war is a fall in production.
战争带来的必然结果就是生产力下降。
The war was on then.
那时正在打仗。
The war separated many families.
战争使许多家庭妻离子散。
The trade of the soldier is war.
士兵的职业是打仗。
We should take steps to prevent war.
我们应当采取措施制止战争。
We have had two world wars in this century.
本世纪我们已经经历了两次世界大战。
All is fair in war.
兵不厌诈。
All's fair in love and war.
爱情和战争是不择手段的。
Councils of war never fight.
主战者不打仗。
If you wish for peace, be prepared for war.
想要和平，必须备战。
I now know that wars do not end wars.
如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。
In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever.
选择妻子也象策画战争，一时之错将成终身之恨。
In time of peace prepare for war.
居安思危。
Money is the sinews of war.
无钱莫打仗。
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
维护和平最有效的办法之一是备战。
War is death's feast.
战争是死亡的筵席。
War is the business of barbarians.
战争是野蛮人干的事。
War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.
战争造成盗贼，和平把他们吊死。
When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.
龙争虎斗。
When war begins then hell opens.
战争一开始，地狱门敞开。
insurance against war risk 战争险
Air Transportation Cargo War Risk 航空运输战争险
overland Transportation Insurance War Risk 陆上运输战争险
Money is the sinews of love, as of war.
George Farquhar, Irish dramatist
金钱是爱情的支柱，犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。
爱尔兰剧作家法夸尔.G.
All dlays are dangerous in war.
John Drydon, British poet
在战争中，任何拖延都是危险的。
英国诗人德莱顿.J.
Force , and fraud , are in war the two cardinal virtues.
Thomas Hobbes, British philosopher
实力与计谋是战争的基本力量。
英国哲学家霍布斯.T.
In war, there is no second prize for the runner-up.
Omar Bradley, Aerican general
在战争中，第二名是没有奖的。
美国将军布拉德利O.
In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.
Nerille Chamberlain,British prime minister
战争中只有输家，没有赢家，尽管双方不论哪一方均可能自称为胜利者。
英国首相张伯伦，N。
Real peace doesn't mean absence of war.
George Bush, American president
真正的和平并不意味着没有战争。
美国总统布什，G。
The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.
Bradley Omar American General
赢得核战争的方法是确保它永远不会发生。
美国上将奥马尔，B.
There can be no war nowadays between civilized nations, nor any peace that is not hollow and delusive unless sustained and backed up by the sentiment of the people who are parties to it.
E. J. Phelps. American lawyer
现在文明国家，如果得不到本国人民真心的支持，就发动不起战争，和平也是空洞而渺茫的。
美国律师费尔普斯。E，J。
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell.
Willam Tecumsch sherman, American general
当今有不少年轻人把战争看作一种荣耀。可是孩子们，那可是实实在在的地狱。
美国将军舍曼W , T.
War is much too important to be left to the military.
George Cleenceall French statesan
战争太重要了，不能由军人决定。
法国政治家克列孟核.G
War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.
karl von Clausewitz. Drussian general
战争不过是政治的继续，外加一些别的手段。
普鲁士将军克劳塞威茨. K
War is the continuity of policies during peace time, and vice versa.
V. I. Lenin.Russian revolutionist
战争是和平时期政策的继续，和平是战争时期政策的继续。
俄国革命家列宁，V，L。
Wherever in the world a people knows desperate want, there must appear at least the spark of hope, the hope of progress--or there will surely rise at last the flames of conflict.
Dwight Eisenhower,Commander in chief of the Allied forces in the second World War
任何地方，一个民族只要知道自己迫切需要什么，那里就会出现希望的火花，出现进步的希望，换句话说，最后必定会燃起抗争的火焰。
第二次世界大战中盟军最高司令艾森豪威尔，D.
Make love not war!要爱情不要战争。（美国反越战时期的口号。）
We won't go to war.我们不希望诉诸于战争。
Men are brave enough to go to war, but they are not brave enough to get a bikini.
男人有足够的勇气走向战场,却没有足够的勇气穿比基尼泳装。
wage a war on sth 对某事发动一场战争
- for good 永远地
I hope war will disappear for good in the world.
刀兵 war; weapons
布尔战争 boer war
拔河 [bá hé] /tug-of-war/
百家争鸣 [bǎi jiā zhēng míng] /(saying) "let a hundred schools of thought strive"; refers to the rise of philosophies during the Warring States Period/
备战 [bèi zhàn] /prepare for war/be prepared against war/
边币 [biān bì] /Border Region currency (consisting of the currency notes issued by the Border Region governments during the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation)/
兵部 [bīng bù] /the Ministry of War in feudal China/
兵不厌诈 [bīng bù yàn zhà] /there can never be too much deception in war/in war nothing is too deceitful/all's fair in war/
兵船 [bīng chuán] /man-of-war/naval vessel/warship/
兵法 [bīng fǎ] /art of war/military strategy and tactics/
兵戈 [bīng gē] /weapons/arms/fighting/war/
兵贵神速 [bīng guì shén sù] /speed is precious in war/
兵荒马乱 [bīng huāng mǎ luàn] /turmoil and chaos of war/
兵连祸结 [bīng lián huò jié] /ravaged by successive wars/war-torn/war-ridden/
兵书 [bīng shū] /a book on the art of war/
不宣而战 [bù xuān ér zhàn] /open hostilities without declaring war/start an undeclared war/
不战不和 [bù zhàn bù hé] /no war/no peace/
朝鲜战争 [cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng] /Korean war/Korean conflict/
陈纳德 [chén nà dé] /(Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II/
第二次世界大战 [dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn] /World War 2 /
二次大战 [èr cì dà zhàn] /World War Two/
二战 [èr zhàn] /second world war/WWII/
飞虎队 [fēi hǔ duì] /Flying Tigers (US airmen in China during World War Two)/
俘 [fú] /prisoner of war/
国内战争 [guó nèi zhàn zhēng] /civil war/internal struggle/
海湾战争 [hǎi wān zhàn zhēng] /(Persian) Gulf War/
开战 [kāi zhàn] /start a war/
抗日战争 [kàng rì zhàn zhēng] /(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)/
抗战 [kàng zhàn] /war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)/
空战 [kōng zhàn] /air war/air warfare/
口角战 [kǒu jiǎo zhàn] /war of words/
冷战 [lěng zhàn] /(the) Cold War/
冷战以后 [lěng zhàn yǐ hòu] /post-Cold War/
贸易战 [mào yì zhàn] /trade war/
艨 [méng] /war-boat/
内战 [nèi zhàn] /civil war/
越南战争 [yuè nán zhàn zhēng] /Vietnam war/Vietnam conflict/
越战 [yuè zhàn] /Vietnam War/
战 [zhàn] /to fight/fight/war/battle/
战车 [zhàn chē] /war chariot/
战犯 [zhàn fàn] /war criminal/
战俘 [zhàn fú] /prisoner of war/
战区 [zhàn qū] /war zone/(military) theater of operations/
战争 [zhàn zhēng] /war/conflict/
争斗 [zhēng dòu] /struggle/war/
总动员 [zǒng dòng yuán] /general mobilization (for war, etc)/
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet.
比尔·多诺汶肯定会喜欢网络。
The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information.
这位美国间谍大王对情报着迷，他曾经在第二次世界大战时建立了战略事务办公室，后来又为中央情报局的成立打下了基础。
A history of long and effortless success can be a dreadful handicap, but, if properly handled, it may become a driving force.
一段长时间并且不费力而成功的历史可能成为一种可怕的不利因素，但若处理得当，这种不利因素也有可能转化为一种积极的推动力。
When the United States entered just such a glowing period after the end of the Second World War, it had a market eight times larger than any competitor, giving its industries unparalleled economies of scale. Its scientists were the world's best, its workers the most skilled.
二战结束后，美国恰好进入了这样的一个辉煌时期，当时，它拥有比任何竞争者大8倍的市场，这使其工业经济具有前所未有的规模经济。美国的科学家是世上最优秀的，它的工人是最富于技术的。
America and Americans were prosperous beyond the dreams of the Europeans and Asians whose economies the war had destroyed.
美国的国富民强是那些经济遭到战争破坏的欧亚诸国做梦也无法达不到的。
Amid the outcry, many conservative leaders are seeking a return to the prewar emphasis on moral education.
在一片抗议声中，许多保守党领导人正在力图回复到战前，强调道德教育；
Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War Ⅱ had weakened the "Japanese morality of respect for parents".
去年，当时任教育大臣的Mitsuo Setoyama就提出责难，他申辩说二战后美国占领当局引进的自由改革削弱了“日本人尊敬父母的道德观”。
Americans have been migrating south and west in larger numbers since World War II, and the pattern still prevails.
第二次世界大战以来，美国人大量向南部和西部迁移，而且这种趋势如今仍很盛行。
In addition to this, there is the growing mobility of people since World War Ⅱ.
除此之外，二战以来，人口流动性日益增大。
{adj: Allied} of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I
"an allied offensive"
"the Allied powers"
{adj: Allied} of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II
"an Allied victory"
"the Allied armies"
{adj: Angolan} of or relating to or characteristic of Angola or its people
"the Angolan Civil War"
{adj: Carthaginian, Punic} of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
"the Punic Wars"
"Carthaginian peace"
{adj: Confederate} of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
"Confederate soldiers"
{adj: Eritrean} of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people
"Eritrean civil war"
{adj: Gallic} of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls
"Ancient Gallic dialects"
"Gallic migrations"
"the Gallic Wars"
{adj: Napoleonic} of or relating to or like Napoleon Bonaparte
"Napoleonic Wars"
{adj: Peloponnesian} of or relating to Peloponnesus
"Peloponnesian War"
{adj: Union, Federal} being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
"Union soldiers"
"Federal forces"
"a Federal infantryman"
{adj: air} relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air
"air war"
"air safety"
"air travel"
<-> land, sea
{adj: all-out, full-scale} using all available resources
"all-out war"
"a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants"
{adj: antebellum} belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
{adj: archipelagic} relating to or part of an archipelago
"an archipelagic war"
{adj: ascendant, ascendent, dominating} most powerful or important or influential
"the economically ascendant class"
"D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
{adj: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly} provoking horror
"an atrocious automobile accident"
"a frightful crime of decapitation"
"an alarming, even horrifying, picture"
"war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
"an ugly wound"
{adj: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical} characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
"an authoritarian regime"
"autocratic government"
"despotic rulers"
"a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"
"a tyrannical government"
{adj: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible} causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
"dire news"
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
"the dread presence of the headmaster"
"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
"a dreadful storm"
"a fearful howling"
"horrendous explosions shook the city"
"a terrible curse"
{adj: belligerent, fighting, militant, war-ridden, warring} engaged in war
"belligerent (or warring) nations"
"a fighting war"
{adj: bizonal} relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones
"Bizonal currency was used in occupied Germany after World War II"
{adj: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful} (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
"the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
"a calamitous defeat"
"the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
"such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
"it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
"a fateful error"
{adj: blasting, ruinous} causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
"the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"
"the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"
"a ruinous war"
{adj: blue, dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary} causing dejection
"a blue day"
"the dark days of the war"
"a week of rainy depressing weather"
"a disconsolate winter landscape"
"the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
"a dark gloomy day"
"grim rainy weather"
{adj: blue} used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
"a ragged blue line"
{adj: brainwashed} subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones
"brainwashed prisoners of war"
"captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers"
<-> unbrainwashed
{adj: brutal, cruel} (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain
"brutal instruments of torture"
"cruel weapons of war"
{adj: cataclysmal, cataclysmic} severely destructive
"cataclysmic nuclear war"
"a cataclysmic earthquake"
{adj: causeless, reasonless} having no justifying cause or reason
"a senseless, causeless murder"
"a causeless war that never had an aim"
"an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change"
{adj: centrifugal} tending away from centralization, as of authority
"the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress"
{adj: changed} made or become different in nature or form
"changed attitudes"
"changed styles of dress"
"a greatly changed country after the war"
<-> unchanged
{adj: consecrated, consecrate, dedicated} solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
"a life consecrated to science"
"the consecrated chapel"
"a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"
<-> desecrated
{adj: consistent} (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable
"testimony consistent with the known facts"
"I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR
<-> inconsistent
{adj: continental} of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War
"the Continental Army"
"the Continental Congress"
{adj: continued} without stop or interruption
"to insure the continued success of the war"
"the continued existence of nationalism"
"the continued popularity of Westerns"
<-> discontinued
{adj: countywide} occurring or extending throughout a county
"a countywide war on drugs"
"countywide elections"
{adj: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular} beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
"a curious hybrid accent"
"her speech has a funny twang"
"they have some funny ideas about war"
"had an odd name"
"the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"
"something definitely queer about this town"
"what a rum fellow"
"singular behavior"
{adj: de facto, actual, factual} existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not
"de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law"
"a de facto state of war"
<-> de jure
{adj: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy} extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
"something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"
"fires lit up a diabolic scene"
"diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"
"a fiendish despot"
"hellish torture"
"infernal instruments of war"
"satanic cruelty"
"unholy grimaces"
{adj: depopulated} having lost inhabitants as by war or disease
"the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated"
{adj: described} represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
"the vividly described wars"
{adj: desperate, heroic} showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
"made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"
"the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall
"they took heroic measures to save his life"
{adj: destroyed} spoiled or ruined or demolished
"war left many cities destroyed"
"Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
<-> preserved
{adj: divisible} capable of being or liable to be divided or separated
"even numbers are divisible by two"
"the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible"
<-> indivisible
{adj: dragging} marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner
"it was a strange dragging approach"
"years of dragging war"
{adj: fateful, fatal} having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
"that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev
"the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
{adj: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial} (informal) small and of little importance
"a fiddling sum of money"
"a footling gesture"
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
"a little (or small) matter"
"a dispute over niggling details"
"limited to petty enterprises"
"piffling efforts"
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
{adj: free} not held in servitude
"after the Civil War he was a free man"
<-> slave
{adj: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick} shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
"ghastly wounds"
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"
"the grim task of burying the victims"
"a grisly murder"
"gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
"macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
"macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
{adj: global, planetary, world, worldwide, world-wide} involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
"global war"
"global monetary policy"
"neither national nor continental but planetary"
"a world crisis"
"of worldwide significance"
{adj: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly} accompanied by bloodshed
"this bitter and sanguinary war"
{adj: grey, gray} used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
"a stalwart grey figure"
{adj: handless} without a hand or hands
"a handless war veteran"
<-> handed
{adj: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched} deserving or inciting pity
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"
{adj: imperative} requiring attention or action
"as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"
"requests that grew more and more imperative"
<-> beseeching
{adj: imperialistic, imperialist} of or relating to imperialism
"imperialistic wars"
{adj: incursive, invading, invasive} involving invasion or aggressive attack
"invasive war"
{adj: indecisive} not definitely settling something
"a long and indecisive war"
<-> decisive
{adj: internecine, mutually ruinous} characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides
"internecine war"
{adj: limited} small in range or scope
"limited war"
"a limited success"
"a limited circle of friends"
<-> unlimited
{adj: long-run, long-term, semipermanent} relating to or extending over a relatively long time
"the long-run significance of the elections"
"the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war"
"a long-term investment"
{adj: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, trying} extremely irritating to the nerves
"nerve-racking noise"
"the stressful days before a war"
"a trying day at the office"
{adj: neutral} not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
{adj: nonbelligerent} not directly at war
"nonbelligerent nations"
{adj: noncombatant} used of civilians in time of war
{adj: nuclear, atomic} (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
"nuclear war"
"nuclear weapons"
"atomic bombs"
<-> conventional
{adj: obscure, unknown, unsung} not famous or acclaimed
"an obscure family"
"unsung heroes of the war"
{adj: outstanding} distinguished from others in excellence
"did outstanding work in human relations"
"an outstanding war record"
{adj: pacifist, pacifistic, dovish} opposed to war
{adj: pandemic} existing everywhere
"pandemic fear of nuclear war"
{adj: peaceful} not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
"a peaceful nation"
"peaceful times"
"a far from peaceful Christmas"
"peaceful sleep"
<-> unpeaceful
{adj: postwar} belonging to the period after a war
"postwar resettlement"
"postwar inflation"
<-> prewar
{adj: prevailing, prevalent, rife} encountered generally especially at the present time
"the prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be averted"
"the most prevalent religion in our area"
"speculation concerning the books author was rife"
{adj: prewar} existing or belonging to a time before a war
"prewar levels of industrial production"
<-> postwar
{adj: pyrrhic} of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece
"pyrrhic dance movements"
{adj: real} no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
"the real reason"
"real war"
"a real friend"
"a real woman"
"meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"
"it's time he had a real job"
"it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"
<-> unreal
{adj: red-coated, lobster-backed} used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats
{adj: revolutionary} relating to or having the nature of a revolution
"revolutionary wars"
"the Revolutionary era"
{adj: rousing, stirring} capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
"a rousing sermon"
"stirring events such as wars and rescues"
{adj: scarce} not enough; hard to find
"meat was scarce during the war"
{adj: servile} relating to or involving slaves
"Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"
"the servile wars of Sicily"
{adj: strategic} highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war
"a strategic chess move"
"strategic withdrawal"
"strategic bombing missions"
{adj: sui generis} constituting a class of its own; unique
"a history book sui generis"
"sui generis works like Mary Chestnut's Civil War diary"
{adj: supernormal} exceeding the normal or average
"years of supernormal employment during the war"
"a phase of supernormal excitability"
{adj: terminative} coming to an end
"a contract terminative with the end of the war"
{adj: undeclared} not announced or openly acknowledged
"fighting an undeclared war"
<-> declared
{adj: unpopular} regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval
"unpopular ideas"
"an unpopular war"
<-> popular
{adj: ununderstood} not understood
"should not tamely submit to the unpredictable and ununderstood cycles of wars"- Psychiatry
<-> understood
{adj: used} employed in accomplishing something
"the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker
<-> misused
{adj: vigorous} characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
"a vigorous hiker"
"gave her skirt a vigorous shake"
"a vigorous campaign"
"a vigorous foreign policy"
"vigorous opposition to the war"
{adj: war-torn, war-worn} laid waste by war
{adj: warlike, martial} suggesting war or military life
{adj: wasteful} laying waste
"when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare
{adj: widespread} widely circulated or diffused
"a widespread doctrine"
"widespread fear of nuclear war"
{adv: actively} in an active manner
"he participated actively in the war"
<-> passively
{adv: humanely} in a humane manner
"let's treat the prisoners of war humanely"
<-> inhumanely
{adv: immeasurably} to an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement
"the war left him immeasurably fearful of what man can do to man"
<-> measurably
{adv: inhumanely} in an inhumane manner
"the prisoners of war were treated inhumanely"
<-> humanely
{adv: irreverently} in an irreverent manner
"in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used"
{adv: literally} (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
"our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"
{adv: probably, likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike} with considerable certainty; without much doubt
"He is probably out of the country"
"in all likelihood we are headed for war"
{adv: psychologically} with regard to psychology
"war that caught them in its toils either psychologically or physically"
"the event was very damaging to the child psychologically"
{adv: stirringly} in a stirring manner
"he talked stirringly about his days during the war"
{adv: sweepingly} in a sweeping manner
"he sweepingly condemned the entire population of the country for the war crimes"
{adv: tendentiously} in a tendentious manner
"the paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities"
{adv: unconcernedly} in an unconcerned manner
"war was breaking out in Europe, but she unconcernedly planned for a holiday"
{n: Aegates Isles, Aegadean Isles} islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC
{n: Aegospotami, Aegospotamos} a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
{n: Aegospotami, Aegospotamos} a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)
{n: Aeneas} a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid
{n: Aeneid} an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire
{n: Agamemnon} (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War
{n: Agent Orange} a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas
{n: Air National Guard, ANG} a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies
{n: Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL} a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
{n: Alcibiades} ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
{n: Alexander I, Czar Alexander I, Aleksandr Pavlovich} the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)
{n: Allies} in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers
{n: Allies} the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945
{n: American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States} civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
{n: American Legion} the largest organization of United States war veterans
{n: American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, War of American Independence, American War of Independence} the revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783
{n: Angola, Republic of Angola} a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990
{n: Antony, Anthony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius} Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
{n: Anzac} a soldier in the Australian and New Zealand army corps during World War I
{n: Anzio} a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II
{n: Arab-Israeli War, Six-Day War, Six Day War} tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East
{n: Arab-Israeli War, Yom Kippur War} Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt
{n: Ardennes} a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
{n: Ares} (Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars
{n: Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR} a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
{n: Armageddon} any catastrophically destructive battle
"they called the first World War an Armageddon"
{n: Arnhem} a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II
{n: Asgard} (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes
{n: Atlanta, capital of Georgia} state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
{n: Auschwitz} a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II
{n: Austria-Hungary} a geographical area in central and eastern Europe; broken into separate countries at the end of World War I
{n: Axis} in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
"the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"
{n: Balkan Wars} two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe
{n: Bataan, Corregidor} the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945
{n: Battle of Britain} the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
{n: Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes counteroffensive} a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise
{n: Battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Marne River} a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
{n: Belsen} a Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II
{n: Ben Gurion, David Ben Gurion, David Grun} Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973)
{n: Benedict XV, Giacomo della Chiesa} pope who founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war during World War I (1854-1922)
{n: Bevin, Ernest Bevin} British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951)
{n: Bismarck Sea, battle of the Bismarck Sea} a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943
{n: Blackshirt} a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
{n: Blenheim} the First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession
{n: Blucher, von Blucher, G. L. von Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher} Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819)
{n: Boer War} either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902)
{n: Bond, Julian Bond} United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)
{n: Bosworth Field} the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII
{n: Boyne, battle of Boyne} a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts
{n: Bradley, Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradley} United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)
{n: Brady, Mathew B. Brady} United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits; was the official Union photographer for the American Civil War (1823-1896)
{n: Bragg, Braxton Bragg} Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)
{n: Bren, Bren gun} a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II
{n: British Empire} formerly the United Kingdom and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I
"the sun never sets on the British Empire"
{n: Browning automatic rifle, BAR} a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
{n: Browning machine gun, Peacemaker} a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
{n: Buchenwald} a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany
{n: Buena Vista} a pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847; United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces under Santa Anna at a locality in northern Mexico
{n: Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run} either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
{n: Bull Run} a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
{n: Bunker Hill, battle of Bunker Hill} the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
{n: Burnside, A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside} United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
{n: Bush, Vannevar Bush} United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)
{n: Caporetto, battle of Caporetto} battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces
{n: Carson, Kit Carson, Christopher Carson} United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)
{n: Cassandra} (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed
{n: Cavalier, Royalist} a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
{n: Central Powers} in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies
{n: Chancellorsville} a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
{n: Chapultepec} a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)
{n: Charles, Charles VII} King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
{n: Chattanooga, battle of Chattanooga} in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg
{n: Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Chung-cheng} Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)
{n: Chickamauga, battle of Chickamauga} a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
{n: Chino-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War} a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur
{n: Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill} British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
{n: Clark, Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark} United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984)
{n: Clausewitz, Karl von Clausewitz} Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)
{n: Clytemnestra} (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War
{n: Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran} United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)
{n: Cold War} a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States
{n: Confederate Army, Army of the Confederacy} the southern army during the American Civil War
{n: Confederate soldier} a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
{n: Constitution, Old Ironsides} United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
{n: Cooke, Jay Cooke} United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)
{n: Coral Sea, battle of the Coral Sea} a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
{n: Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis} commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
{n: Coventry} an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
{n: Crecy, battle of Crecy} the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
{n: Crimean War} a war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia; 1853-1856
{n: Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides} English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
{n: Crusader} a warrior who engages in a holy war
"the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"
{n: Cynoscephalae, battle of Cynoscephalae} the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
{n: D-day, 6 June 1944} day of the allied landing in France, World War II
{n: Dar al-harb, House of War} areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted
{n: Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign} the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks
{n: Davis, Jefferson Davis} American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)
{n: Deep South} the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
{n: Dewey, George Dewey, Admiral Dewey} a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War
{n: Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix} United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
{n: Dunkirk, Dunkerque} a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
{n: Dunkirk, Dunkerque} an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
{n: Durga} goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi
"the inaccessible"
{n: Edward, Black Prince} son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)
{n: Edward, Edward III} son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)
{n: Eichmann, Adolf Eichmann, Karl Adolf Eichmann} Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962)
{n: El Alamein, Al Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein} a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
{n: English Civil War} civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648
{n: Eniwetok} World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold
{n: Eniwetok} an atoll in the Marshall islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs
{n: Eugene, Prince Eugene of Savoy} Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)
{n: European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe} an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
"he took Britain into Europe"
{n: Europe} the nations of the European continent collectively
"the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II"
{n: Farragut, David Glasgow Farragut} United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)
{n: Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier} a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
{n: Ferdinand III} Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War (1608-1657)
{n: Ferdinand II} Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637)
{n: Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL} a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
{n: Foster, Stephen Foster, Stephen Collins Foster} United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
{n: Four Horsemen} (New Testament) the four evils that will come at the end of the world: conquest rides a white horse; war a red horse; famine a black horse; plague a pale horse
{n: Francis Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand} archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914)
{n: Franco-Prussian War} a war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of the German empire; 1870-1871
{n: Frederick II, Frederick the Great} king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786)
{n: Frederick William III} king of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840)
{n: Frederick William II} king of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797)
{n: Frederick William, Great Elector} the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688)
{n: Fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg} an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union's army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee
{n: Free French, Fighting French} a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
{n: French and Indian War} a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760
{n: Garcia Lorca, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Lorca} Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936)
{n: Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen Genet} French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
{n: George, George V} King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936)
{n: Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA} a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
{n: Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland, FRG} a republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
{n: Gettysburg Address} a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863)
{n: Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg} a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate army was a major victory for the Union
{n: Girard, Stephen Girard} United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831)
{n: Gog and Magog} biblical names of the enemies of God's people who wage war against God at the end of the world
"in the Book of Ezekiel Gog is a ruler from the land of Magog but in the Book of Revelation Gog and Magog are nations under the rule of Satan"
{n: Gorbachev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev} Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)
{n: Goring, Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring} German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946)
{n: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant} 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
{n: Green Line} the border marking the boundaries of the land that Israel won in its 1948 war of independence
{n: Guadalcanal, Battle of Guadalcanal} a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
{n: Gulf War syndrome, Persian Gulf illness} a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders
{n: Gustavus, Gustavus II, Gustavus Adolphus} king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)
{n: Gustavus, Gustavus III} king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)
{n: Gustavus, Gustavus V} king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)
{n: Hachiman} a Shinto god of war
{n: Hampton Roads} a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac
{n: Hannibal} general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
{n: Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris} British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)
{n: Hector} (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
{n: Helen, Helen of Troy} (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
{n: Heller, Joseph Heller} United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999)
{n: Henry VII, Henry Tudor} first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)
{n: Henry V} son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422; reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at Agincourt (1387-1422)
{n: Herodotus} the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)
{n: Hirohito, Michinomiya Hirohito} emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989)
{n: Hitler, Adolf Hitler, Der Fuhrer} German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
{n: Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Tat Thanh} Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)
{n: Hohenlinden, battle of Hohenlinden} a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians
{n: Horatio Hornblower, Captain Horatio Hornblower} a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester
{n: Hull, Isaac Hull} United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
{n: Hundred Years' War} the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England; 1337-1453
{n: Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti} Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937)
{n: Inchon} a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon
{n: Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W.} a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
{n: Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War} a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution
{n: Ishtar, Mylitta} Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte
{n: Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson} general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
{n: James, James IV} a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
{n: Joffre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre} French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931)
{n: Johnston, J. E. Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Johnston} Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891)
{n: Jutland, battle of Jutland} an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark
{n: K ration} a small package of emergency rations; issued to United States troops in World War II
{n: Kennesaw Mountain} battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
{n: Kentucky, Bluegrass State, KY} a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
{n: Key, Francis Scott Key} United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
{n: Kilroy} a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II
"Kilroy was here"
{n: Korean War} a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953
{n: Krupp, Alfred Krupp} German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordinance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887)
{n: Kwajalein} an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base
{n: Kwajalein} an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
{n: Kwangju} city in southwestern South Korea; an important military base during the Korean War
{n: Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte} French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)
{n: Lake Champlain, Champlain} a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812
{n: Laskar Jihad, Holy War Warriors} a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam
{n: Le Duc Tho} Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990)
{n: Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee} American general who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
{n: Leyte, Leyte Island, Leyte invasion} a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese
{n: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement} a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel
"the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war"
{n: Liberty ship} a slow cargo ship built during World War II
{n: Lin, Maya Lin} United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
{n: Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln} 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
{n: Livy, Titus Livius} Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17)
{n: Louis VII} king of France who led the unsuccessful Second Crusade and fought frequent wars with Henry II of England (1120-1180)
{n: Louis XV} grandson of Louis XIV and king of France from 1715 to 1774 who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1710-1774)
{n: Louisiana, Pelican State, LA} a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
{n: Lule Burgas, battle of Lule Burgas} the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
{n: Lutzen, battle of Lutzen} a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed
{n: Lysander} Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
{n: MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur} United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
{n: Macedonian War} one the four wars between Macedonia and Rome in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, which ended in the defeat of Macedonia and its annexation as a Roman province
{n: Maginot Line} a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable it was easily overrun by the Germans in 1940
{n: Manhattan Project} a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II
{n: Manhattan Project} code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
{n: Manila Bay} a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet
{n: Maquis, Maquisard} a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
{n: Maquis} the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II
{n: Mars} (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares
{n: Mason-Dixon line, Mason and Dixon line, Mason and Dixon's line} the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War
{n: Mata Hari, Margarete Gertrud Zelle} Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917)
{n: Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim} English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
{n: Memorial Day, Decoration Day} legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
{n: Menelaus} (Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen
{n: Metaurus River} a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy
{n: Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation} an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
{n: Mexican War} after disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000
{n: Midway, Battle of Midway} naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
{n: Minden, battle of Minden} a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French
{n: Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS} a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
{n: Missouri, Show Me State, MO} a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
{n: Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell} United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)
{n: Moloch} a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice
"the great Moloch of war"
"duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas
{n: Montgomery, Bernard Law Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein} English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)
{n: Morrigan, Morrigu} Celtic war goddess
{n: Murmansk} a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
{n: Murrow, Edward R. Murrow, Edward Roscoe Murrow} United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965)
{n: Namur} a city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
{n: Nansen, Fridtjof Nansen} Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930)
{n: Napoleonic Wars} a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815
{n: Naseby, Battle of Naseby} a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists
{n: National Academy of Sciences} an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War
{n: Navarino, battle of Navarino} a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships
{n: Navy Department} a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1798 and combined with the War Department in 1947
{n: Ney, Michel Ney, Duc d'Elchingen} French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)
{n: Nicholas I, Czar Nicholas I} czar of Russia from 1825 to 1855 who led Russia into the Crimean War (1796-1855)
{n: Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp} English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
{n: Nimitz, Chester Nimitz, Chester William Nimitz, Admiral Nimitz} United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)
{n: Ningirsu} Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture
{n: Ninurta, Ninib} a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod
{n: North Vietnam} a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War
{n: Nuremberg, Nurnberg} a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)
{n: Odin} (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan
{n: Okinawa, Okinawa campaign} a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans
{n: Old South} the South of the United States before the American Civil War
{n: Operation Desert Storm} the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)
{n: Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire} a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
{n: Ottoman, Ottoman dynasty} the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I
{n: Paris} (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War
{n: Patroclus} (Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon
{n: Peace of Westphalia} the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648
{n: Peking man} fossils found near Beijing, China; they were lost during World War II
{n: Peloponnesian War} a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC
{n: Penelope} (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them
{n: Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, Commodore Perry} United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
{n: Pershing, John Joseph Pershing, Black Jack Pershing} United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948)
{n: Persian Gulf War, Gulf War} a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
{n: Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign} the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
{n: Petersburg} a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War
{n: Philip II, Philip Augustus} son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223)
{n: Philip VI, Philip of Valois} king of France who founded the Valois dynasty; his dispute with Edward III over his succession led to the Hundred Years' War (1293-1350)
{n: Philippine Sea, battle of the Philippine Sea} a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte
{n: Physalia, genus Physalia} Portuguese man-of-war
{n: Pitt, William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Elder} English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)
{n: Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli} pope who maintained neutrality during World War II and was later criticized for not aiding the Jews who were persecuted by Hitler (1876-1958)
{n: Poland, Republic of Poland, Polska} a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II
{n: Polk, James Polk, James K. Polk, James Knox Polk, President Polk} 11th President of the United States; his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849)
{n: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PFLP} a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel
{n: Port Arthur} a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese
{n: Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish} large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
{n: Punic War} one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC
{n: Quakerism} the theological doctrine of the Society of Friends characterized by opposition to war and rejection of ritual and a formal creed and an ordained ministry
{n: Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback} `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
{n: Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period} the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
{n: Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Poppy Day} the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
{n: Rheims, Reims} a city in northeastern France east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II
{n: Richmond, capital of Virginia} capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
{n: Rickenbacker, Eddie Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon Rickenbacker} the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)
{n: Rock Island} a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the American Civil War
{n: Rockingham, Second Marquis of Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth} English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)
{n: Rocroi, Battle of Rocroi} a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
{n: Roman Republic} the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar
{n: Rommel, Erwin Rommel, Desert Fox} German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)
{n: Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, FDR} 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
{n: Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt} 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration
"Theodore Roosevelt said `Speak softly but carry a big stick'" (1858-1919)
{n: Rossbach, battle of Rossbach} a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria
{n: Rough Rider} a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)
{n: Roundhead} a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
{n: Rubicon} the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
{n: Rundstedt, von Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt} German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)
{n: Rupert, Prince Rupert} English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
{n: Russian Revolution, October Revolution} the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922
{n: Russo-Japanese War} Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria
{n: Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel, battle of St Mihiel} a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
{n: Saipan} US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
{n: Salerno} a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943
{n: Salomon, Haym Salomon} American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785)
{n: Santa Anna, Santa Ana, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana} Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
{n: Santiago, Santiago de Cuba} a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape
{n: Sarajevo} capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I
{n: Sarpedon} (Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by Patroclus
{n: Saxe, Hermann Maurice Saxe, comte de Saxe, Marshal Saxe} a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)
{n: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha} the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I
{n: Scipio, Scipio Africanus, Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio the Elder} Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
{n: Scott, Winfield Scott} United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
{n: Secession} the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
{n: Secretary of War, War Secretary} head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947
{n: Secretary of the Navy, Navy Secretary} head of a former executive department; combined with the War Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947
{n: Seeger, Alan Seeger} United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916)
{n: Seven Years' War} a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (1756-1763); Britain and Prussia got the better of it
{n: Shenandoah Valley} a large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia; site of numerous battles during the American Civil War
{n: Shiloh, battle of Shiloh, battle of Pittsburgh Landing} the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory
{n: Shirer, William Lawrence Shirer} United States broadcast journalist who was in Berlin at the outbreak of World War II (born in 1904)
{n: Shute, Nevil Shute, Nevil Shute Norway} English writer who settled in Norway after World War II (1899-1960)
{n: Skanda} god of war
{n: Smolensk} a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II
{n: Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames, battle of the Aisne} a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
{n: Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme} battle in World War I (1916)
{n: Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme} battle of World War II (1944)
{n: Spanish Civil War} civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939
{n: Spanish-American War, Spanish War} a war between the United States and Spain in 1898
{n: Spotsylvania} a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War
{n: Stilwell, Joseph Warren Stilwell, Vinegar Joe Stilwell, Uncle Joe} United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946)
{n: Tannenberg, battle of Tannenberg} a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians
{n: Tarawa, Makin, Tarawa-Makin} battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
{n: Tewkesbury, battle of Tewkesbury} the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
{n: The Star-Spangled Banner} a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States
{n: Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius} the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395)
{n: Thirty Years' War} a series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics staring in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain
{n: Thomas, Lowell Thomas, Lowell Jackson Thomas} a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981)
{n: Thucydides} ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
{n: Thule} a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there
{n: Tito, Marshal Tito, Josip Broz} Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)
{n: Tiu} god of war and sky; counterpart of Norse Tyr
{n: Tojo, Tojo Hideki, Tojo Eiki} Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II; he was subsequently tried and executed as a war criminal (1884-1948)
{n: Treaty of Versailles} the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
{n: Trojan Horse, Wooden Horse} a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
{n: Trojan War} (Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks (via the Trojan Horse) achieved final victory and burned Troy to the ground
"the story of the Trojan War is told in Homer's Iliad"
{n: Troy, Ilion, Ilium} an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War
{n: Tsushima} a naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait
{n: Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker} United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
{n: Turing, Alan Turing, Alan Mathison Turing} English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)
{n: Tyr, Tyrr} (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu
{n: Underground Railroad, Underground Railway} secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War
{n: Union Army} the northern army during the American Civil War
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