Wars

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Wars

Where can I find out all about a war? Who started World War I? What were the causes of the Civil War? What happened during the Holocaust in WWII? Who led the French Revolution? What were the Crusades? When did the Battle of Britain occur? What was the Thirty Years War? When did World War II end?

• You will find good descriptions of many major wars and battles in our encyclopedia and almanacs. You can find them by typing the name or location of the war or battle into the search box at the top of the page. See the Search Tips page for more help.
• See for example, the entries on the following wars:

in the United States

• the American Revolution, this Revolutionary War timeline, the French and Indian Wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War and this Civil War timeline, the Spanish-American War, and the cold war.
• See also U.S. Casualties in the Major Wars and links below to World Wars I and II (Europe), the Vietnam War (Asia), and the Persian Gulf War (Middle East).

in Europe

• the Seven Years War, the Thirty Years War, the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars, the Russian Revolution, World War I and World War I timeline, World War II and World War II timeline.
• See also these charts of Casualties in World War I and Casualties in World War II, the link below for the Crusades (Middle East), and the link above for the cold war (United States).
• You can also read more about the Holocaust during World War II and see this Holocaust timeline.

in Asia

• the Sino-Japanese War, the Korean War and this Korean War timeline, the Vietnam War and this Vietnam War timeline.
• See also the link above to World War II (Europe).

in the Middle East

• the Crusades, the Arab-Israeli Wars, the Iran-Iraq War, the Persian Gulf War, the Persian Gulf War timeline, and the Iraq Timeline.

General War & History

• You can also look up histories of lots of individual battles such as: the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Britain.
• The Timeline Archive has details about ongoing conflicts in Chechnya, Lebanon, and Iraq, among others.
• And the Feature Archive has information on the Russian Revolution, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese Internment in WWII, Pearl Harbor Remembered, the Mai Lai Incident in Vietnam, and a Northern Ireland Primer.

For More on This Topic

• U.S. Civil War
• WWI, WWII, and the Holocaust
• Vietnam War
• The Crusades
• Other Related Sites

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