wars of independence
Freedom through armed conflict
Wars of independence are armed conflicts in which a people or territory fights to break free from colonial rule or foreign domination.
The American Revolutionary War and various 19th-century Latin American uprisings are classic examples.
Such wars typically involve an asymmetry of power, with the independence-seeking side relying on guerrilla tactics, foreign alliances, or sheer persistence against a larger imperial force.
Many African nations gained sovereignty through wars of independence in the mid-20th century.
- DecolonizationEnding foreign imperial rule
- colonial ruleForeign power's territorial dominion
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- founding fathersMale originators of institutions
- blood and soilNationalist ideology linking ethnicity to territory
armed struggle · Haitian Revolution · freedom fighters · rebel forces · liberation movements · national heroes · Simón Bolívar · national sovereignty · partisans · revolutionaries · anti-colonial · anti-colonial
wars of independencewars of conquest
Military campaigns for territory
colonial wars · invasions · wars of aggression · occupations · colonization
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