World War (7981 bytes)
1: ...ting the majority of the world's countries. World wars usually span multiple [[continent]]s, and are ve...
3: ...ally through the [[colonialism|colonial empires]] of [[British Empire|Britain]], [[France]], [[Germany...
5: ...]] ([[1792]]–[[1802]]) and the [[Napoleonic Wars]] ([[1803]]–[[1815]]).
7: ...r I, and collapsed with the outbreak of World War II, after which the [[United Nations]] was formed.
9: ==Classification as a world war==

The World at War (3532 bytes)
1: ...on]] [[documentary]] series on the [[Second World War]], the events that led up to it, and those that f...
3: ...at the time of its production many aspects of the war remained secret, such as the code-breaking activi...
5: ...ted for by industry professionals, ''The World at War'' was placed 19th.
11: ...on in [[The Netherlands]], and the [[Nazi]]s' use of [[genocide]].
16: # Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)

World War II (36314 bytes)
1: ...d.jpg|thumb|250px|German soldiers at the [[Battle of Stalingrad]]]]
2: ...eral major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives.
4: ...gasaki]] and the subsequent [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japanese surrender]] on [[September 2]]...
6: ...les with millions of combatants in the first half of the [[1940s]].
8: ...n the [[Pacific]], in [[Oceania]] and across much of [[East Asia]] and [[South East Asia]].

World War I (60269 bytes)
1: ...tle of Passchendaele]]. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood]]
2: ... the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell after the war.
4: ...technology]], and would involve non-combatants in war as never before.
6: ...d War as merely the first phase of a 30-year-long war spanning the period [[1914]]–[[1945]].
8: ...cause of tight defenses. This was especially true of the Western Front. Over 9 million men would die o...

Causes of World War II (12701 bytes)
1: <i>Main Article: [[World War II]]</i>
3: ...reader have a basic knowledge of World War II and of dates pertaining to it.
5: ==Underlying Causes of World War II==
6: ...any Italians. In Japan, nationalism, in the sense of duty and honor, especially to the emperor, had be...
7: ...is fact was the traditional militant [[attitude]] of both these nations <i>(see below)</i>.

Causes of World War I (10670 bytes)
1: ''Main article: [[World War I]]''
4: ... rise to power was, in turn, a direct consequence of the [[1789]] [[French Revolution]], which overthr...
6: == Napoleon Bonaparte and the Rise of Nationalist Sentiment ==
7: ...roken economy and society became the [[Napoleonic Wars]], a continent-wide struggle for power.
9: ...d from it. Following the [[Napoleonic Wars]], all of Europe was sharing these ideas.

World at War (1409 bytes)
1: ...ts of the [[Second World War]] see [[The World at War]]''
4: ...uadrons and naval units are groups of ships. Some of the items and features in the game include:
6: *Different types of resources (food, fuel, hmetal, lmetal, credits an...
7: *10 types of land units (HQ Arm Mech Inf Par Mar Stc AT Art AA...
8: ... (Ftr LB FB Bmbr ATrn). Air units have to fly out of airbases to do a mission and return to base after...

World War IV (2297 bytes)
1: ...ar on Terrorism]] (World War III being the [[Cold War]]). However, it is not a widely used term by poli...
3: == Arguments over World War IV ==
4: ...rld War IV is a war against terrorism, but also a war for democracy and freedom against three distinct ...
6: ...hi'a]] Islamic fundamentalists (the "Mullahcracy" of [[Iran]] as well as [[Hizbollah]]); <br>
7: ...l nationalists (such as the former [[Ba'ath]]ists of [[Saddam Hussein]]'s [[Iraq]])<br>

The Netherlands in World War II (12913 bytes)
1: ===Preamble to the War===
2: ...] after the [[Black Thursday|Stock market crash]] of [[1929]].
4: ... minister [[Hendrikus Colijn]] pursued the policy of a strong [[guilder]]. This led to a strong curren...
6: ...aused by the [[Great Depression]] helped the rise of [[Nazism]] in the Netherlands. [[Anton Mussert]] ...
8: ...shed at the former Ministry of War (now: Ministry of Defense).

Literature of World War I (3388 bytes)
1: ...day by combatants and their relatives. After the war, many participants published their memoirs and di...
3: ...e only one still commercially available after the war) was the [[Wipers Times]].
5: ...shock]] and the huge social changes caused by the war.
7: ... of the [[20th century]] onwards, the First World War continued to be a popular subject for fiction, ma...
11: *[[Richard Aldington]]: ''[[Death of a Hero]]''

World civil war (4869 bytes)
1: ...re]], [[Third World]] conflicts during the [[Cold War]], and modern international relationships between...
3: ...Jr. associated world civil war with the promotion of numerous [[Marxism|Marxist]] anti-colonialist gro...
8: ...ti-war protests in the lead-up to the US invasion of the student government in Afghanistan as evidence...
11: ...flict between the US and Afghanistan on the issue of terrorism. It appears that it will develop into a...
14: ...gamben is a professor of philosophy at University of Verona, Italy.

Maquis (World War II) (2930 bytes)
1: ...''' were the dominantly rural [[guerrilla]] bands of [[Belgian Resistance|Belgian]] and [[French Resis...
3: ...''maquisards''. Eventually the term became a sort-of-a honorary term that meant armed resistance fight...
5: ... on some degree of sympathy and cooperation. Most of the Maquis cells - like the [[Vercors plateau|Ve...
7: ...left-wing Spanish veterans of the [[Spanish Civil War]].
9: ...nd [[Special Air Service]] soldiers. The [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) also began to send its...

Tricycle (World War II) (1108 bytes)
1: ...tems on their list was information about [[Battle of Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]].
5: ...ed in British naval intelligence during World War II and was detailed to trail the charismatic spy, wh...
12: *[[World War II]]

History of the Second World War (11091 bytes)
1: ...of other volumes that do not come under the aegis of the actual series, but were published by HMSO and...
3: ... last as recently as 1993, with a revised edition of another volume appearing in 2004.
5: ... to acknowledge the fact that military operations of the era were so joint and so interlinked that to ...
7: ...tional conventions on the anonymity of Government officials and ministers are also followed, leading t...
15: ** ''Volume II'', Sir James Butler, 1957

WCW World War 3 (1243 bytes)
1: ...he [[World Championship Wrestling]]'s answer to [[World Wrestling Federation]]'s [[Royal Rumble]].
7: The rules for the World War 3 match were the following:
10: ... the ring, and ''both'' feet must touch the floor of the arena in order to eliminate said opponent fro...
14: ...in the main event at WCW's final [[Pay-Per-View]] of the year, [[Starcade]].

Participants in World War II (17822 bytes)
1: ...d by any of the theatres or events of [[World War II]].
5: ...by the [[United Kingdom]] and, during the [[Phony War]], [[France]], was in 1941 enforced by the [[Sovi...
9: ...chnology or resources, and also little in the way of cooperative strategic planning between the major ...
11: ... side of the Axis, although for the most part the war effort was directed and powered by Germany and Ja...
13: ...ent states of the victorious Allies as the [[Cold War]] came about.

Participants in World War I (1000 bytes)
3: ...ce]], [[Russian Empire]], and the [[United States of America]] against [[Bulgaria]], the [[Ottoman Emp...
5: The war was fought in [[China]], the [[Pacific Ocean]], [...
9: [[Category:World War I]]

World War III (18775 bytes)
1: ... sometimes also used to describe the [[Cold War]] of the 20th Century.''
3: ...mb]]ing of [[Nagasaki]] at the end of [[World War II]].]]
5: ...n|extermination]] or technological impoverishment of [[human]]ity.
7: Such a globally destructive war with such pervasive weapons ranks with [[asteroid...
10: When asked what kind of weapons World War III would be fought with, [[Albert Einstein]] replied...

World War I casualties (2017 bytes)
1: ...a summary of deaths by nationality during [[World War I]].
4: Included in parentheses is the percent of the total forces mobilized by that country that w...
6: ...mage:Wwi-allied-casualties.png|frame|right|Number of Allied soldiers killed in each country]]
7: ...age:Wwi-central-casualties.png|frame|right|Number of Central Powers soldiers killed in each country]]
54: [[World War II casualties]]

World War I reparations (1047 bytes)
1: ...[World War I]], under Article 231 of the [[Treaty of Versailles]].
3: ...ed to be excessive. Reparations came in a variety of forms, including coal, steel and agricultural pro...
5: ... hardship, which was probably the principal cause of the [[UK General Strike 1926|1926 General Strike]...
7: :''See also :'' [[Aftermath of World War I]]

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