->''It is well that war is so terrible -- lest we should grow too fond of it.''\\
--'''Robert E. Lee'''

War stories are not quite as convention-laden as TheWestern or ''[[CommediaDellArte commedia dell'arte]]'', but it is a near thing. And TheArmy is frequently featured in such stories for some reason... Here are some things you may rely on.
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See also:
+CombatTropes
+EspionageTropes
+GunsAndGunplayTropes
+ForcesWithFirepower
+MilitaryScienceFiction
+PoliticsTropes
]

!!Settings:

'''Historical Wars'''
* PeloponnesianWar (431-404 BCE)
* PunicWar (264-146 BCE)
* GallicWars of JuliusCaesar (58-50 BCE)
* BattleOfMonsBadonicus (c. 500)
* SpanishReconquista (718-1492)
* TheCrusades (1095-1291)
* HundredYearsWar (1337-1453)
* TheWarsOfTheRoses (1455-1487)
* AmericanIndianWars (1622-1898)
* Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)
* EnglishCivilWar (1642-1649), a part of the Three Kingdoms Wars (1639-1653)
* WarOfTheSpanishSuccession (1701-1714)
* TheAmericanRevolution (1775-1783)
* NapoleonicWars (1789-1815)
** Warof1812 (1812-1815)
* CrimeanWar (1853-56)
* TheAmericanCivilWar (1861-1865)
* FrancoPrussianWar (1870-1871)
* AngloZuluWar (January-July 1879)
* SpanishAmericanWar (April-August 1898)
* PhilippineAmericanWar (1899-1902)
* SecondBoerWar (1899-1902)
* WorldWarOne (1914-1919)
** ThePoppy
* [[RedOctober Russian Civil War]] (1917-1922)
* ChineseCivilWar (Encirclement campaigns 1927-1936, intermittent fighting 1941-1945, full scale war 1946-1950. War declared over by [[UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} Republic of China]] in 1991)
* SpanishCivilWar (1936-1939)
* {{Second Sino-Japanese War}} (1937-1945. Sometimes counted as part of WorldWarII)
* WorldWarII (1939-1945)
* The ColdWar: (c.1945-c.1991. Historians disagree on the precise date it started)
** TheKoreanWar (1950-1953 for the main fighting, although technically still ongoing and best described as a high tension ColdWar in East Asia)
** TheVietnamWar (1959-1975)
** BayOfPigsInvasion (April 17-April 19 1961)
** OperationUrgentFury (October-December 1983)
** SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan (1979-1989)
* TheKashmirQuestion (1947-)
* ArabIsraeliConflict (1948-)
* TheFootballWar (1965)
* TheTroubles (1968-1998)
* {{Iran-Iraq War}} (1980-1988) also known as the Gulf War
* TheFalklandsWar (or Malvinas War, to some) (2 April-20 June 1982)
* First GulfWar (1990-1991) also known as the Second Gulf War
* TheYugoslavWars (1991-2001)
* TheWarOnTerror (2001-, includes Afghanistan and Iraq wars)

'''General'''
* AlienInvasion
* ApocalypseWow
* BootCampEpisode
* BugWar
* DuringTheWar - list, comparison, and series
* EarthIsABattlefield
* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion
* FeudingFamilies
* ForeverWar
* HopelessWar
* IWillFightSomeMoreForever
* KeystoneArmy
* PossibleWar
* RobotWar
* UrbanWarfare
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression
* WoodenShipsAndIronMen
* WorldWarIII

!!Individual characters (please, do not put entire military units here):
* AcePilot
* ArmsDealer
* BloodKnight
** ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* TheBrigadier
* BringYourHalterToTheSlaughter
* TheCaptain
* ChildSoldiers
* ChuckYeager
* ColdSniper
* ColonelBadass
* CulturedWarrior
* CunningLinguist
* DeskJockey
* DrillSergeantNasty
* EnsignNewbie
* FatherNeptune
* AFatherToHisMen
* FourStarBadass
* FriendlySniper
* GeneralFailure
* GeneralRipper
* TheGeneralsDaughter
* GlamorousWartimeSinger
* GloryHound
* GoodLookingPrivates
* GuyInBack
* HeroOfAnotherStory
* TheMedic
* MilesGloriosus
* MilitaryBrat
* MilitaryMaverick
* MilitaryMoonshiner
* ModernMajorGeneral
* TheNeidermeyer
* NewMeat
* OfficerAndAGentleman
* OldSoldier
* OneManArmy
* PluckyMiddie
* RebelLeader
* RebelliousRebel
* SergeantRock
* ShellShockedVeteran
* SociopathicSoldier
* SouthernFriedPrivate
* SuperSoldier
* WarriorMonk
* {{Wingman}}

!!Armies and units:
* ACommanderIsYou
* AmazonBrigade
* AttackDrone
** MagicCam
* BadassArmy
* BattleCouple
* CannonFodder
* ChurchMilitant
* EagleSquadron
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous
* EvilArmy
* LegionOfLostSouls
* MillionMookMarch
* PlanetLooters
* PrivateMilitaryContractors
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]]
* RedshirtArmy
* TheRemnant
* SemperFi
* StateSec
+ TheSquad
** SquadNickname

!!TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar:
* AttackPatternAlpha
* BlingOfWar
* CommonRanks
* CustomUniform
* InsigniaRipOffRitual
* TheMenFirst
* MilitaryAlphabet
* NoFirstUse
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind
* PuttingOnTheReich
* RadioSilence
* ReportingNames
* SoundOff
* TheSpartanWay
* StandardRedshirtProcedure
* StrangeSalute
* StrawCivilian
* TheThirtySixStratagems
* ThisIsNotADrill

!!Tropes:
* AirstrikeImpossible
* ArmchairMilitary
* ArmedFarces
* ArmsFair
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BoobyTrap
* CivilWar
* ComingInHot
* {{Conscription}}
* DEFCONFive
* DefensiveFeintTrap
* DelayingAction
* DoABarrelRoll
* DoomsdayDevice
* DressCodedForYourConvenience
* FastRoping
* FeedTheMole
* FieldPromotion
* FightingForAHomeland
* FriendOrFoe
* GreaterNeedThanMine
* GunboatDiplomacy
* {{Gundamjack}}
* HelloSailor
* HelmetMountedSight
* HighlyConspicuousUniform
* HollywoodTactics
* HotSubOnSubAction
* HowToSurviveAWarMovie
* HyperspaceArsenal
* IAmNotAGun
* InsertGrenadeHere
* InterserviceRivalry
* ISurrenderSuckers
* ItsRainingMen
* JoinTheArmyTheySaid
* KillSat
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter
* LastStand
* LeaveNoSurvivors
** SinkTheLifeBoats
* MacrossMissileMassacre
* McLarenSpecial
* MildlyMilitary
* MilitaryAcademy
* MilitaryMashupMachine
** TheBattlestar
* MilitarySchool
* MisfitMobilizationMoment
* MisguidedMissile
* MoreDakka
* TheMutiny
** AntiMutiny
* NoBloodForPhlebotinum
* ANuclearError
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene
* OneSidedBattle
* OrchestralBombing
* PeelingPotatoes
* PlayingPossum
* {{Plunder}}
* [=~Reading The Enemy's Mail~=]
* ReassignedToAntarctica
* RemilitarizedZone
* RockBeatsLaser
* ScreamingWarrior
* [[{{ptitlevov8e3hl}} Screw The War, We're Partying]]
* ShotAtDawn
* StormingTheCastle
* TacticalWithdrawal
* TankGoodness
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* UnfriendlyFire
* UnusualWeaponMounting
* TheUriahGambit
* TrappedBehindEnemyLines
* TheWarRoom
* TwoKeyedLock
* WalkieTalkieStatic
* WartimeCartoon
* WarIsGlorious
* WarIsHell
* WeaponOfMassDestruction
* WeHaveReserves
* [[{{ptitleo2c80k49}} Where's The Kaboom?]]
* WithDueRespect
* YouAreInCommandNow
* YouShallNotPass
* ZergRush

!!Other:
* ModernBattlefieldWeapons
* NavalGazing
** TypesOfNavalShips
** HistoryOfNavalWarfare
* PlaneSpotting
** AirLaunchedWeapons
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