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War stories are not quite as convention-laden as The Western or commedia del'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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Settings:

• The American Civil War
• The American Revolution
• Bug War
• During The War - list, comparison, and series
• Feuding Families
• Hopeless War
• Robot War
• The War On Terror
• World War One
• World War II

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

• Ace Pilot
• The Brigadier
• The Captain
• Child Soldiers
• Chuck Yeager
• Cold Sniper
• Colonel Badass
• Colonel Makepeace
• Cunning Linguist
• Drill Sergeant Nasty
• General Ripper
• Good Looking Privates
• Glamorous Wartime Singer
• The Medic
• Military Maverick
• Modern Major General
• The Neidermeyer
• New Meat
• Officer And A Gentleman
• Sergeant Rock
• Shell Shocked Senior
• Southern Fried Private

Armies and units:

• Amazon Brigade
• Battle Couple
• The Evil Army
• Planet Looters
• Private Military Contractors
• Redshirt Army
• State Sec
• The Squad

The Laws And Customs Of War:

• Attack Pattern Alpha
• Custom Uniform
• Military Alphabet
• No One Gets Left Behind
• Reporting Names
• Sound Off
• The Spartan Way
• Standard Redshirt Procedure
• Strange Salute
• This Is Not A Drill

Tropes:

• Authority Equals Asskicking
• DEFCON Five
• Hollywood Tactics
• Hot Sub On Sub Action
• How To Survive A War Movie
• Hyperspace Arsenal
• I Surrender Suckers
• Join The Army They Said
• Mildly Military
• Military Mashup Machine
• A Nuclear Error
• One Sided Battle
• Playing Possum
• Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
• The War Room
• Wartime Cartoon
• We Have Reserves
• Zerg Rush

Regional particularities:

• The Chinese Military
• Gauls With Grenades (France)
  • The Ultimate Resistance (France nuclear weapons)
• Israelis With Infrared Missiles
• Nazis With Gnarly Weapons (Nazi Germany)
• Reds With Rockets (USSR)
• South Africans With Surface To Air Missiles
• Tricolours With Rusting Rockets (Russia)
  • Mnogo Nukes (Russia/USSR nuclear weapons)
• The UK Armed Forces
  • Ultimate Defence Of The Realm (UK nuclear weapons)
• We Are Not The Wehrmacht (modern Germany)
• Yanks With Tanks (USA)
  • Peace Through Superior Firepower (US nuclear weapons)

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