battlefronts
Where armies clash
Battlefronts is the plural of battlefront—the line or region where opposing military forces engage in combat.
The term extends to any arena of active conflict or struggle: the battlefronts of the culture wars, fighting on multiple battlefronts.
Each battlefront represents a distinct zone where a contest is being waged.
Elongated ground excavations
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- infantryGround combat troops
offensive · defensive · skirmish · warfare · casualties · advance · retreat · fortifications
Difficult prolonged efforts
- causesBrings into being
- activismDirect effort for reform
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- reformImprove by correcting faults
justice · equality · rights · movements · campaigns · fighting · resistance · opposition
Venues for live performance
- campaignsOrganized efforts toward goals
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- conflictsSerious disagreements or fights
- territorialDefensive about owned space
borders · zones · regions · Pacific · strategic · global · occupied · disputed
State-sponsored digital attacks
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- satellitesBodies circling larger ones
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
radar · communications · encryption · jamming · reconnaissance · weapons systems · logistics · command
trenches
Elongated ground excavations
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
infantry · offensive · defensive · skirmish · warfare · casualties · advance · retreat · fortifications · no-man's-land
struggles
Difficult prolonged efforts
reform · justice · equality · rights · movements · campaigns · fighting · resistance · opposition · progress
theaters
Venues for live performance
- campaignsOrganized efforts toward goals
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- conflictsSerious disagreements or fights
territorial · borders · zones · regions · Pacific · strategic · global · occupied · disputed · liberation
cyberwarfare
State-sponsored digital attacks
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- satellitesBodies circling larger ones
intelligence · radar · communications · encryption · jamming · reconnaissance · weapons systems · logistics · command · coordination
- Western Fronttrenches, Ypres, Somme, Verdun, Flanders Fields
- WWII Mapsmilitary maps, war maps, invasion routes, naval charts, terrain maps
battlefrontshome front
Civilian sector during war
home fronts · rear · rear echelon · hinterland · demilitarized zones
battlefrontsdemilitarized zones
Areas banning armed forces
neutral zones · peacetime · ceasefire lines · buffer zones · sanctuaries