war of independence
Fight for sovereignty
A war of independence is an armed conflict in which a territory or people fight to break free from a controlling power and establish self-governance.
The term applies to colonial rebellions, secessionist movements, and national liberation struggles.
Algeria's war of independence lasted eight years.
In American usage, the War of Independence typically refers to the American Revolution.
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- armed struggleViolent political conflict
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- liberationRelease from constraint
conflict · emancipation · self-determination · founding fathers · indigenous resistance · foreign rule · colonial resistance · autonomy · sovereignty · anticolonialism · rebellion · national identity · freedom fighters · military campaigns · counterinsurgency · colonial rule · Treaty of Paris · Haitian Revolution
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- Latin American WarsFalklands War, Mexican Revolution, Cuban Revolution, Haitian Revolution, civil wars
- Peninsular WarWellington, Duke of Wellington, guerrillas, Portugal, Spain
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Domestic armed conflict
war of conquest · civil conflict · internal conflict · war of aggression · colonial war
war of independencediplomatic solution
Conflict resolved through envoys
war of independencewar of conquest
Military seizure of territory
annexation · colonization · conquest · subjugation · imperial expansion
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