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Russo-Finnish War
(Encyclopedia) Russo-Finnish War, 1939–40: see Finnish-Russian War.Russo-Japanese War
(Encyclopedia) Russo-Japanese War, 1904–5, imperialistic conflict that grew out of the rival designs of Russia and Japan on Manchuria and Korea. Russian failure to withdraw from Manchuria and Russian…South African War
(Encyclopedia) South African War or Boer War, 1899–1902, war of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State against Great Britain. The Boers accepted British sovereignty in…Spanish-American War
(Encyclopedia) Spanish-American War, 1898, brief conflict between Spain and the United States arising out of Spanish policies in Cuba. It was, to a large degree, brought about by the efforts of U.S.…Spanish civil war
(Encyclopedia) Spanish civil war, 1936–39, conflict in which the conservative and traditionalist forces in Spain rose against and finally overthrew the second Spanish republic. For Germany and…Seven Weeks War
(Encyclopedia) Seven Weeks War: see Austro-Prussian War.Seven Years War
(Encyclopedia) Seven Years War, 1756–63, worldwide war fought in Europe, North America, and India between France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia,…Six-Day War
(Encyclopedia) Six-Day War: see Arab-Israeli Wars.Queen Anne's War
(Encyclopedia) Queen Anne's War: see French and Indian Wars.Secession, War of
(Encyclopedia) Secession, War of: see Civil War.Trending
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