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War stories are not quite as convention-laden as The Western or commedia dell'arte, but it is a near thing. And The Army is frequently featured in such stories for some reason... Here are some things you may rely on.

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Historical Wars

• The Crusades
• The Wars Of The Roses (1455-1487)
• English Civil War (1642-1649)
• The American Revolution (1775-1783)
• The American Civil War (1861-1865)
• World War One (1914-1919)
• Chinese Civil War (Encirclement campaigns 1927-1936, intermittent fighting 1941-1945, full scale war 1946-1950. War declared over by Republic of China in 1991)
• Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945. Sometimes counted as part of World War II)
• World War II (1939-1945)
• The Cold War: (1945-1991)
  • The Korean War (1950-)
  • The Vietnam War (1959-1975)
  • Bay Of Pigs Invasion (April 17-April 19 1961)
  • Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan (1979-1989)
• The Kashmir Question (1947-)
• Arab Israeli Conflict (1948-)
• The Troubles (1968-1998)
• Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
• The Falklands War (or Malvinas War, to some) (2 April-20 June 1982)
• First Gulf War (1990-1991)
• The War On Terror (2001-, includes Afghanistan and Iraq wars)

General

• Apocalypse How
• Apocalypse Wow
• Boot Camp Episode
• Bug War
• During The War - list, comparison, and series
• Earth Is A Battlefield
• Feuding Families
• Forever War
• Hopeless War
• I Will Fight Some More Forever
• Robot War
• The War Of Earthly Aggression
• Wooden Ships And Iron Men
• World War III

Individual characters (please, do not put entire military units here):

• Ace Pilot
• Arms Dealer
• The Brigadier
• Blood Knight
• Bring Your Halter To The Slaughter
• The Captain
• Child Soldiers
• Chuck Yeager
• Cold Sniper
• Colonel Badass
• Colonel Makepeace
• Cunning Linguist
• Cultured Warrior
• Ensign Newbie
• Four Star Badass
• Drill Sergeant Nasty
• A Father To His Men
• General Failure
• General Ripper
• The Generals Daughter
• Glory Hound
• Good Looking Privates
• Glamorous Wartime Singer
• Guy In Back
• The Medic
• Miles Gloriosus
• Military Brat
• Military Maverick
• Military Moonshiner
• Modern Major General
• The Neidermeyer
• New Meat
• One Man Army
• Officer And A Gentleman
• Plucky Middie
• Sergeant Rock
• Shell Shocked Veteran
• Sociopathic Soldier
• Southern Fried Private
• Warrior Monk
• Wingman

Armies and units:

• Amazon Brigade
• Attack Drone
• Badass Army
• Battle Couple
• Cannon Fodder
• Church Militant
• Elites Are More Glamorous
• Evil Army
• Legion Of Lost Souls
• Million Mook March
• Planet Looters
• Private Military Contractors
• Proud Warrior Race
• Redshirt Army
• The Remnant
• Semper Fi
• State Sec
• The Squad
  • Squad Nickname

The Laws And Customs Of War:

• Attack Pattern Alpha
• Bling Of War
• Common Ranks
• Custom Uniform
• Insignia Rip Off Ritual
• The Men First
• Military Alphabet
• No One Gets Left Behind
• Reporting Names
• Sound Off
• The Spartan Way
• Standard Redshirt Procedure
• Strange Salute
• Straw Civilian
• The Thirty Six Stratagems
• This Is Not A Drill

Tropes:

• Armchair Military
• Arms Fair
• Authority Equals Asskicking
• Booby Trap
• Civil War
• Conscription
• Coming In Hot
• DEFCON Five
• Defensive Feint Trap
• Delaying Action
• Do A Barrel Roll
• Doomsday Device
• Feed The Mole
• Field Promotion
• Fighting For A Homeland
• Friend Or Foe
• Greater Need Than Mine
• Gundamjack
• Hello Sailor
• Hollywood Tactics
• Hot Sub On Sub Action
• How To Survive A War Movie
• Hyperspace Arsenal
• I Am Not A Gun
• Insert Grenade Here
• Interservice Rivalry
• I Surrender Suckers
• Its Raining Men
• Join The Army They Said
• Kill Sat
• Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better
• Last Stand
• Leave No Survivors
  • Sink The Life Boats
• Mildly Military
• Military Academy
• Military Mashup Machine
  • The Battlestar
• Military School
• Misguided Missile
• More Dakka
• No Blood For Phlebotinum
• A Nuclear Error
• Obligatory War Crime Scene
• One Sided Battle
• Orchestral Bombing
• Peeling Potatoes
• Playing Possum
• Reading The Enemy's Mail
• Reassigned To Antarctica
• Remilitarized Zone
• Screaming Warrior
• Shot At Dawn
• Storming The Castle
• Tactical Withdrawal
• Tank Goodness
• There Is No Kill Like Overkill
• Unfriendly Fire
• The Uriah Gambit
• Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
• The War Room
• Two Keyed Lock
• Walkie Talkie Static
• Wartime Cartoon
• War Is Hell
• Weapon Of Mass Destruction
• We Have Reserves
• With Due Respect
• You Are In Command Now
• You Shall Not Pass
• Zerg Rush

Regional particularities:

• Brits With Battleships
  • Ultimate Defence Of The Realm (UK nuclear weapons)
• Chinese With Chopper Support (China)
• Gauls With Grenades (France)
  • The Ultimate Resistance (France nuclear weapons)
• Indians With Iglas (India)
• Israelis With Infrared Missiles
• Kaiju Defense Force (Modern Japan)
• Nazis With Gnarly Weapons (Nazi Germany)
• Reds With Rockets (USSR)
• Russians With Rusting Rockets (Russia)
  • Mnogo Nukes (Russia/USSR nuclear weapons)
• South Africans With Surface To Air Missiles
• We Are Not The Wehrmacht (modern Germany)
• Yanks With Tanks (USA)
  • Peace Through Superior Firepower (US nuclear weapons)

Other:

• Naval Gazing
  • Types Of Naval Ships
  • History Of Naval Warfare
• Plane Spotting

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