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-->''Through The Barricades'', SpandauBallet

-> "And we made our love on wasteland,
-> And through the barricades..."
--> ''Through The Barricades'', SpandauBallet

* Susanna and Marc in [[Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo 1634: The Bavarian Crisis]]. Susanna was Catholic, and Marc a Calvinist, which was a pretty big deal during the 17th century, particularly during the ThirtyYearsWar.

* A staple in the various ''{{Gundam}}'' series, as part of its traditional LoveHurts aesop.

Compare EthicalSlut. If LoveAcrossBattlelines is combined with TroubledSympatheticBigot, also compare SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny as well as LoveRedeems. If the lover is an antagonist rather than a citizen/relative/whatever of the enemy nation/family/whatever, see instead DatingCatwoman if she remain a villain and DefectingForLove if she makes a HeelFaceTurn / HighHeelFaceTurn. Note that a Love Across Battlelines plot often doesn't have this division into a good side and a villainous side - it is common that BothSidesHaveAPoint and that the protagonists view the conflict as a senseless GoodVersusGood.

* In ''[[Literature/TheCenturyTrilogy Fall of Giants]]'', there are Walter von Ulrich and Lady Maud Fitzherbert, who are from Germany and Great Britain respectively. Since they are both of noble birth, their families would have no problem with their relationship - if it weren't for the fact that they happened to fall in love shortly before WordWarOne.

Compare EthicalSlut. If LoveAcrossBattlelines is combined with TroubledSympatheticBigot, also compare SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny as well as LoveRedeems. If the lover is an antagonist rather than a citizen/relative/whatever of the enemy nation/family/whatever, see instead DatingCatwoman if she remain a villain and CapuletCounterpart if she makes a HeelFaceTurn / HighHeelFaceTurn. Note that a Love Across Battlelines plot often doesn't have this division into a good side and a villainous side - it is common that BothSidesHaveAPoint and that the protagonists view the conflict as a senseless GoodVersusGood.

* In ColdWar rock opera ''{{Chess}}'', Florence, a Hungarian refugee whose father was captured and possibly killed by Soviet troops during the Budapest Revolution, falls in love with the Russian grandmaster who is representing the USSR in a InternationalShowdownByProxy chess match.

* Susanna and Marc in [[SixteenThirtyTwo 1634: The Bavarian Crisis]]. Susanna was Catholic, and Marc a Calvinist, which was a pretty big deal during the 17th century.

* Aldran's parents in ''Webcomic/{{anti-HEROES}}'', also an celestial and a fiend.

AliceAndBob are in love with each other. However, they belong (or [[StrawAffiliation are considered to belong]]) to different factions that are locked in some kind of war with each other. This may be nations or civilizations in a regular war, the factions of a civil war, FeudingFamilies, or whatever.

While the love is usually sexual and monogamous, [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous]] and [[TrueCompanions non]]-[[HeterosexualLifePartners sexual]] love may also be included as long as it's portrayed as love.

Compare EthicalSlut. If LoveAcrossBattlelines is combined with TroubledSympatheticBigot, also compare SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny as well as LoveRedeems. If the lover is an antagonist rather than a citizen/relative/whatever of the enemy nation/family/whatever, see instead DatingCatwoman if she remain a villain and CapuletCounterpart if she makes a HeelFaceTurn / HighHeelFaceTurn. Note that a Love Across Battlelines plot often doesn't have this division into a good side and a villainous side - it is common that BothSidesHaveAPoint and that the protagonists view the conflict as a senseless GoodVersusGood.

* A staple in the various ''{{Gundam}}'' series, as part of its traditional LoveHurts aesop.

* In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', the protagonist is a human soldier falling in love with a warrior of the tribe he's hired to defend the evil megacorporation against.

** Orry's LoveInterest Madelaine is trapped in an ArrangedMarriage with an evil southerner who is in another political camp in the South's internal power struggle.
** George's wife is Catholic, making some of George's relatives consider her an enemy in the religious war between Protestantism and Catholicism.

** In the DatingSim game, he's a Dolphan mercenary, she's [[spoiler: one of the Eight Generals of Valpha-Valaharian]], who will be, especially at the end of the game [[spoiler: where she'll want to avenge her fallen leader and father by the hands of the protagonist]], be torn between her duty and her love;

* For a time in ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', Therkla the female orc ninja was in love with the bard Elan. He was at the time a close ally of the paladin-king Lord Hinjo, while she was TheDragon of an evil aristocrat trying to overthrow him. He had feelings for her as well, [[spoiler:although he remained devoted to Haley]].

* Kieri the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]] and Buwaro the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] in ''SlightlyDamned''.
* Aldran's parents in ''Webcomic/{{antiHEROES}}'', also an celestial and a fiend.
* For a time in ''OrderOfTheStick'', Therkla the female orc ninja was in love with the bard Elan. He was at the time a close ally of the paladin-king Lord Hinjo, while she was TheDragon of an evil aristocrat trying to overthrow him. He had feelings for her as well, [[spoiler:although he remained devoted to Haley]].

* In the ''MitsumeteKnight'' franchise, this is one of the possible pairings, between the main male protagonist and [[spoiler: Raizze Haimer]]:

* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Sonja]] and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lucian]] in ''{{Underworld}}: Rise of the Lycans''. The [[FurAgainstFang never-ending feud]] between vampires and werewolves becomes a full-out war because of their relationship.

* For a time in ''OrderOfTheStick'', Therkla the female orc ninja was in love with the bard Elan. He was at the time a close ally of the paladin-king Lord Hinjo, while she was TheDragon of an evil aristocrat trying to overthrow him. He had feelings for her as well, [[spoiler:although he remained devoted to Haley]].

* Oichi and Nagamasa in some scenarios of ''SamuraiWarriors''.

* ''TeamFortress2'': According to "Meet the Spy", the RED Spy is romancing the BLU Scout's mother. According to in-game voice responses, the there may be something going on between the BLU Spy and the RED Scout's mother as well, but it's less clear whether that's love or just very creative intelligence gathering.

* TeamFortress2: According to "Meet the Spy", the RED Spy is romancing the BLU Scout's mother. According to in-game voice responses, the there may be something going on between the BLU Spy and the RED Scout's mother as well, but it's less clear whether that's love or just very creative intelligence gathering.

* ''NorthAndSouthUS'' is made of this, having it as oe of the main themes of the show. Pretty much everyone experience this kind of heartache as the nation is torn apart. The main storyline is of the love between the northern family Hazard and the southern family Main.

* Gawyn and Egwene ends up on opposite sides in the schism in the White Tower in TheWheelOfTime.

* In OrderOfTheStick, a female orc ninja was in love with the bard Elan. He was at the time a close ally of the paladin-king Lord Hinjo, while she was TheDragon of an evil aristocrat trying to overthrow him. He had feelings for her as well, [[spoiler:although he remained devoted to Haley]].