war coalition
Nations fighting together
A war coalition is a temporary alliance of nations or groups united to fight a common enemy.
The term typically describes formal military partnerships formed during major conflicts: The Allied powers formed a war coalition against Nazi Germany.
Coalition members may have divergent interests but set aside differences for the shared war aim.
- allianceFormal union of parties
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- allied forcesMilitaries united by agreement
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- unitedJoined as one
united front · forces · boots on the ground · military · treaty · bloc · joint · joint operations · combined · NATO · security council · axis · partnership · front · unified · common enemy · invasion · occupation
war coalitionunilateral action
unilateralism · going it alone · isolationism · non-alignment
war coalitionpeacekeeping force
Troops maintaining ceasefire compliance
diplomatic alliance · non-aggression pact · peace movement · peace treaty · ceasefire agreement
war coalitioninfighting
Rivalry within one organization
disunity · fragmentation · civil war · disarray · internal conflict
war, coalition, wars, warred, warring, warlike, warrior, warriors, warfare