European wars
Battles across the continent
Wars fought on European soil or between European powers.
The phrase often appears in historical discussions spanning from ancient conflicts through the World Wars: The twentieth century's European wars reshaped global boundaries.
It may also refer to Europe's long tradition of interstate conflict before the European Union era brought relative peace to the continent.
- FranceWestern European republic
- territorial disputesConflicts over land ownership
- balance of powerEqual distribution of influence
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- peace treatyFormal end to hostilities
religious conflicts · World War I · no man's land · Eastern Front · Thirty Years' War · Hundred Years' War · war poetry · Great Northern War · Austria-Hungary · propaganda art · iron curtain · border changes · Franco-Prussian War · Germany · Britain · economic competition · Seven Years' War · Crimean War
- French WarfareFranco-Prussian War, French infantry, French Foreign Legion, Imperial Guard, marshals
European warscivil wars
Domestic armed conflicts
internal conflicts · internal strife · revolutions · insurrections · rebellions
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