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Law of land warfare (2311 bytes)
1: ...tates of America]], but generally describes the [[law]] as [[international]]ly understood.
3: == Purposes of the Law of War ==
5: ... inspired by the desire to diminish the [[evil]]s of war by:
7: ... hands of the [[enemy]], particularly [[prisoners of war]], the wounded and sick, and [[civilians]]; a...
8: *Facilitating the restoration of [[peace]].

Land der Berge, Land am Strome (2691 bytes)
1: ...ns, land on the river) is the [[national anthem]] of [[Austria]].
4: ...[October 22]], [[1946]] it was declared Austria's official national anthem.
7: Land der Berge, Land am Strome,
8: <br>Land der Äcker, Land der Dome,
9: <br>Land der Hämmer zukunftsreich!

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (728 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wario LandGB.PNG|thumb|Wario making a typically violent entr...
3: ... character. It also features the first appearance of Captain Syrup and her Brown Sugar Pirates. Despit...
5: ==Wario Land series==
6: * ''[[Wario Land 2]]''
7: * ''[[Wario Land 3]]''

Theater (warfare) (2687 bytes)
1: ...tiple theaters in a single conflict, at least one of the nations involved must be participating in mul...
3: ...ered by some military historians to be an adjunct of the the European Theater.
5: ==An American World War II theater of operations==
8: ...humb|Chart 12.- Typical organization of a theater of operations as envisaged by War Department Doctrin...
10: ...administrative command as the operational command of ground troops was (theoretically) through the [[B...

Ski warfare (2194 bytes)
1: '''Ski warfare''', the use of [[skiing|ski]] equipped troops in [[war]] is firs...
5: ...ar]] (1939), and from [[Germany]] during the [[Lapland War]] (1944 - 1945).
7: ...]], [[Norway]], being used by the Germans as part of their nuclear research programme. Also during WWI...
9: The sport of [[Biathlon]] was developed from military skiing p...
11: ...any nations now train troops in skiing and winter warfare, including:

Chemical warfare (47416 bytes)
2: ...d military operations) using the toxic properties of [[chemical]] substances to kill, injure or incapa...
4: ...rfare: their use is instead labelled [[biological warfare]].
6: ...s outlawed by the [[Chemical Weapons Convention]] of [[1993]].
8: == Chemical warfare technology ==
10: |+'''Chemical Warfare Technology Timeline'''

Amphibious warfare (1066 bytes)
1: [[Image:FS_Rapiere.jpg|thumb|Landing ship ''Rapière'']]
2: ...requires [[landing craft]] to transport troops to land from the ships which carry them to the area to be...
4: ...ft onto a shore held by the enemy &mdash; who are often at a tremendous advantage due to the open spac...
6: ...hon|Inchon Landing]], [[D-Day]], and the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]].
7: ...ults, during the [[Pacific_War|Pacific Campaign]] of [[World War II]], the [[United States Army|U.S. A...

Medieval warfare (24980 bytes)
1: {{History of war}}
2: ...[Sudan (region)|Sudan]] states like the [[Kingdom of Sennar]] and [[Fulani Empire]] employed Medieval ...
4: == Origins of medieval warfare ==
5: ...on and steel working, allowed for the development of far more powerful [[cavalry]]. Earlier empires, ...
7: ..., which helped to set the character that medieval warfare would maintain for the next several centuries.

Unconventional warfare (798 bytes)
1: ...rld War I]], the use of [[military aircraft]] was often seen as unconventional, and [[crime|criminal]]...
3: See also: [[asymmetric warfare]], [[low-intensity operations]], [[terrorism]], [...
5: [[Category:Warfare]]

Attrition warfare (1323 bytes)
1: ...war]], one's enemy must be worn down to the point of collapse by continuous losses in personnel and [[...
3: A well known example of this is during [[World War I]] on the [[western f...
5: ...account of the United States of the determination of [[North Vietnam]].
7: ...evenly matched or nearly so, the outcome of a War of Attrition may be a [[Pyrrhic victory]].
10: *[[Battle of attrition]]

Radiological warfare (4124 bytes)
1: '''Radiological warfare''' is any form of warfare involving deliberate [[radiation poisoning]], wit...
3: ...ery commonly equated with a [[radiological bomb]] often mis-called a "[[dirty bomb]]" (which refers to...
5: ...lly decay in the [[natural environment]]. Like [[land mine]]s, it can be an [[area-denial]] method.
7: ...ng the atomic bomb (although such was the subject of ''[[Deadline]]'', another such prophetic story by...
9: ...ikely that it would be an effective means of such warfare. In Heinlein's story, [[Uranium 235]] is used. ...

Biological warfare (13632 bytes)
2: ...sm) or [[toxin]] found in nature, as a [[weapon]] of [[war]]. It is meant to incapacitate or kill an a...
4: ...[bioterrorism]], biological warfare is militarily of little use.
6: ...nlike a [[nuclear warfare|nuclear]] or [[chemical warfare|chemical]] attack would not immediately stop an a...
7: ...either allies or to the attacker and a biological warfare attack invites immediate massive retaliation.
11: ... not new, but before the 20th century, biological warfare took three main forms:

Surface warfare (3247 bytes)
1: ...and [[submarine warfare]]. Each area is comprised of specialized platforms and strategies used to expl...
3: ... operating successfully, for example: the mission of the allied navies in the Atlantic during World Wa...
7: ...aft, and many others. An important facet of naval warfare are the support ships: freighters, oilers, hospit...
11: ...d to attack other ships underway until the advent of artillery and naval guns.
13: ...he next 300 years, was devoted to the development of better guns.

Jungle warfare (545 bytes)
1: ...y military strategists, and was an important part of the planning for both sides in many conflicts, in...
6: ...ese and the Australian Army: learning the lessons of New Guinea]

Aerial warfare (8032 bytes)
1: {{History of war}}
2: ... observation balloons in the 18th century, aerial warfare has become a [[Technology|high-technology]] affai...
4: ==Balloon warfare==
6: ...itary aviation did not play a significant part in warfare until [[World War I]].
9: The armies of many countries evaluated the use of aircraft for observation purposes. Naval aviation...

History of warfare (2464 bytes)
2: {{History of war}}
3: ... development over time. The study of the history of war is known as [[military history]].
6: ...Europe]]an history, such as the era of [[Medieval warfare]], may have little relevance in [[East Asia]].
8: ...istoric warfare]], warfare before the development of centralized states.
9: *[[Ancient warfare]], primarily infantry warfare in the era before the [[stirrup]]

Naval warfare (19319 bytes)
1: {{History of war}}
2: '''Naval warfare''' is combat in and on seas and oceans. Mankind h...
4: ...Japan]]ese warships that sank during the [[Battle of Midway]].
7: ...t combat between ships at sea rather than the use of ships to transport [[army|armies]] or military su...
9: ...ly called upon to singlehandedly decide the fates of their nations.

Urban warfare (6463 bytes)
2: '''Urban warfare''' is [[warfare]] conducted in populated urban areas such as [[to...
4: ...and cover for defenders and the ease of placement of [[booby trap]]s and [[sniper]]s.
6: ...re were used. The Russian army handled the issue of civilian casualities by warning that the city wou...
8: ... the weaker party in a war tries to enforce urban warfare on the attacking force. This is due to serveral r...
9: ...nd massive amounts of manpower to secure a myriad of structures without indescriminately bombing them....

Desert warfare (4409 bytes)
1: [[Desert]] warfare can be, like all [[war]], a most brutal place to ...
2: ...oments, [[Guerrilla warfare ]] and [[conventional warfare]]
3: ...er powers of the world must train for it because, of the threats in the middle east and north africs a...
4: ...ve named reigons have they're problems. So desert warfare like in the past will continue.
6: Great battles and Wars involving Desert warfare

Warfare incorporated (1111 bytes)
1: ... but it is actually a mixture of both. It was one of the first applications for PDA to feature [[Bluet...
5: ...logies, such as a machine that can create doubles of certain objects.

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