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Leo Tolstoy
   wrote   
War and Peace
Arts & Literature > Books


Mars
   is the Roman God of   
War
History & Mythology > Roman Gods


World War I
   occurred during   
1914-1918
History & Mythology > Wars


World War II
   occurred during   
1939-1945
History & Mythology > Wars


Gulf War
   occurred during   
1990-1991
History & Mythology > Wars


Florence Nightingale
   was   
An English Nurse During the Crimean War
History & Mythology > Women in History


Joan of Arc
   was   
A Saint & the Woman Who Rallied the French in the 100 Year War
AKA "Maid of Orleans". Born at Domremy in Champagne, France, c 1412. Died at Rouen, France, 30 May 1431.

History & Mythology > Women in History


Pvt. Harry Frigg
   was played by Newman in   
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
Movies > Films - Paul Newman


H. G. Wells
   wrote   
War of the Worlds
Arts & Literature > Books


Auckland War Memorial Museum
   is situated in   
Auckland, New Zealand
World I –II memorials

Arts & Literature > Museums of the World


War
   in Italian is   
Guerra
Language > English - Italian


Estar En Guerra
   is translated as   
Be at War
Language > English - Spanish


War
   in Portuguese is   
Guerra
Language > English - Portuguese


Douglas MacArthur
   said   
"It is Fatal to Enter Any War Without the Will to Win It"
US WWII general & war hero

Language > Quotations


Every Rose Has Its Thorn, This Too Shall Pass, All is Fair in Love and War
   are all   
Cliches
Misc > Common Threads 1


Balance of Terror, Mutually Assured Destruction, Deterrence
   are all   
Cold War Terms
Misc > Common Threads 1


Thailand
   is the location of   
Khun Pha War National Park
Geography > National Parks of the World


The War of the Roses (1989)
   starred   
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito
Movies > Movies of the 1980s


Unlawful Combatant
   means   
Prisoner of War
Language > Euphemistic Nouns


H. G. Wells
   wrote the book adapted for the film   
War of the Worlds (2005)
Based on the 1898 book

Movies > Films Based On Books


Peace
   is an antonym of   
War
Language > Antonyms


How I Won the War (1967)
   has the tagline   
If You Think Richard Lester's "How I Won the War" Is Just Another War Film, Forget It....
Movies > Movie Taglines


War Remnants Museum
   is situated in   
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Formerly the Museum of American War Crimes. A harrowing exhibition covering topics such as the My Lai massacre and birth-defects due to the use of Agent Orange.

Arts & Literature > Museums of the World


Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
   has the tagline   
L.A.'s Deadliest Street Gang Just Declared War on the Cops
Movies > Movie Taglines


Henry Kissinger
   said   
"You Can't Make War in the Middle East Without Egypt and You Can't Make Peace Without Syria."
Language > Quotations


"Hitler Knows That He Will Have to Break Us in This Island or Lose the War"
   is an extract from the   
Words at War (Finest Hour) Speech (1940)
Winston Churchill

History & Mythology > Famous Speeches


But Last Night the Plans of a Future War Was All I Saw
      
On Channel Four
"Shoplifters of the World Unite" by The Smiths

Music > Finish the Lyric


The Great Escape (1963)
   Is classed as a   
War
Starred Steve McQueen, James Garner. Directed by John Sturges

Movies > Movie Genres


Schindler's List (1993)
   Is classed as a   
War
Starred Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes. Directed by Steven Spielberg.

Movies > Movie Genres


Doctor Zhivago (1965)
   features   
Russian Civil War of 1918-1920
20th century novel by Boris Pasternak. Most famous film adaption is the 1965 movie by David Lean featuring Omar Sharif as Zhivago.

Movies > Match the Film to the War


Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes
   means   
The War of All Against All
Thomas Hobbes

Language > Latin Phrases


Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
   was written by   
Carl Sandburg
1940

Arts & Literature > Pulitzer Prize for History


Holy Modal Rounders
   released the album   
Indian War Whoop (1967)
Music > Albums of the 1960s


War Games (1983)
      
Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy and Dabney Coleman
The only winning move is not to play.

Movies > Films - Science Fiction


The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses
   is   
The War of the Roses, 1455-1487
By Robert Louis Stevenson, 1888

Arts & Literature > Match the Book to the War


Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major
   relates to the   
Second World War
“. . . be a mother to me”

Music > Songs of War


Hitler Has Only Got One Ball
   relates to the   
Second World War
“And Goebbels has no balls at all”

Music > Songs of War


Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
   relates to the   
Second World War
A Johnny Mercer song

Music > Songs of War


Remember Pearl Harbor
   relates to the   
Second World War
Sammy Kaye (1942)

Music > Songs of War


Give Peace a Chance
   relates to the   
Vietnam War
By John and Yoko

Music > Songs of War


Katy Cruel
   relates to the   
American Revolutionary War
Popular marching song of the war

Music > Songs of War


Yankee Doodle
   relates to the   
American Revolutionary War
There are some 190 verses to this song

Music > Songs of War


Ballad of the Green Beret
   relates to the   
Vietnam War
Written by Staff Sgt Barry Sadler

Music > Songs of War


Draft Dodger Rag
   relates to the   
Vietnam War
Phil Ochs

Music > Songs of War


Imagine
   relates to the   
Vietnam War
John Lennon

Music > Songs of War


Jaza’iranaa
   relates to the   
Algerian War of Independence
“Hail, Oh Hail, Mountains of the Land”

Music > Songs of War


On Songhua River
   relates to the   
2nd Sino-Japanese War
“When can I go back to my homeland?”

Music > Songs of War


Bo’dak Habibi
   relates to the   
Lebanon-Israeli War
(2006) Written by Rida Al Abdallah

Music > Songs of War


When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
   relates to the   
American Civil War
Written by Irish-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore and published under the pseudonym 'Louis Lambert, 1863

Music > Songs of War








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