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| accepting |
having become able to regard something unwanted as unavoidable and not to be fought against; resigned. [1/2 definitions] |
| Achaea |
in Greek mythology, the people or government that fought against Troy. [1/2 definitions] |
| Allies |
in World War II, the nations that fought against the Axis, esp. Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States. [1/2 definitions] |
| Armageddon |
according to the New Testament, the place where the final, decisive conflict between good and evil will be fought. [1/2 definitions] |
| French and Indian War |
a war between France and England fought in North America from 1754 to 1760, which was part of the Seven Years' War. |
| giant |
(often cap.) in Greek mythology, any of a race of huge manlike beings who fought with, and were defeated by, the gods. [1/5 definitions] |
| gladiator |
a man in ancient Rome who fought, often to the death and usu. under compulsion, for the amusement of an audience. [1/3 definitions] |
| Hundred Years' War |
the series of wars fought between England and France from about the middle of the fourteenth century to the middle of the fifteenth century, which cost England most of its holdings in France. |
| Spanish-American War |
the war fought in 1898 between the United States and Spain. |
| Spanish Civil War |
a civil war fought in Spain between 1936 and 1939. |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909), who had earlier fought in the Spanish American War in a cavalry regiment of his own formation called the Rough Riders. As president, Roosevelt worked to reform big business, show America's power to the world, create the Panama Canal, and to protect much of America's wilderness (b.1858--d.1919). |
| VC |
abbreviation of "Vietcong," a nationalistic, communist guerrilla force in Vietnam that fought to overthrow the South Vietnamese government with the help and support of North Vietnam during 1954-75. |
| Vietcong |
a nationalistic, communist guerrilla force in Vietnam that fought to overthrow the South Vietnamese government with the help and support of North Vietnam during 1954-75. [1/2 definitions] |
| wartime |
the period during which a war is fought. |
| World War I |
a major four-year war fought primarily in Europe between the Allies, including France, Great Britain, and the United States, and the Central Powers, including Germany and Austria-Hungary, that ended in 1918 with the collapse of the Central Powers; Great War. |
| World War II |
the major war of 1939-45, fought between Germany, Italy, and Japan on one side, and Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union on the other. It ended with the collapse of Germany and the surrender of Japan. |
| WWI |
abbreviation of "World War I," a major four-year war fought primarily in Europe between the Allies, including France, Great Britain, and the United States, and the Central Powers, including Germany and Austria-Hungary, that ended in 1918 with the collapse of the Central Powers; the Great War. |
| WWII |
abbreviation of "World War II," the major war of 1939-45, fought between Germany, Italy, and Japan on one side, and Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union on the other. It ended with the collapse of Germany and the surrender of Japan. |
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