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Wappani The Wappani, also called Wappingers, were a group of Native Americans whose territory in the 17th century spread along the eastern side of the Hudson River from Dutchess County south to Manhattan and east into parts of Connecticut. Although the European understanding of "tribes" did not generally apply for most of the Wappingers' history, they were most closely related to the Lenape and Mahicans, all speaking the Algonquian languages.
Wapping Wapping is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is situated on the north bank of the River Thames between The City to the west and Shadwell to the east and north, and it faces Bermondsey and Rotherhithe on the south bank, separated from them by that section of the Thames known as the Lower Pool.
Wapping Autonomy Centre Wapping Autonomy Centre (also known as The Anarchist Centre) was a social centre set up in a rented former warehouse space in the Wapping area of London Docklands from late 1981 to 1982. The project was initially funded by money raised by the benefit single "Persons Unknown/Bloody Revolutions", as well as benefit gigs by Crass and The Poison Girls and other bands and events.
Wapping dispute The Wapping dispute started on 24 January 1986 when some 6,000 newspaper workers went on strike after months of protracted negotiation with their employers, News International (parent of Times Newspapers and News Group Newspapers, chaired by Rupert Murdoch). News International had built and equipped a new printing plant for all its titles at Wapping in secret and when the print unions announced a strike it activated this new plant with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EETPU) union workers.
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station The Wapping Hydraulic Power Station (built 1890) was originally run by the London Hydraulic Power Company in the East End of London at Wapping. Originally it operated using steam and later it was converted to use electricity.
Wapping Tunnel Wapping Tunnel is 2030 m long, and runs downhill from Edge Hill cutting, near the Crown Street Station goods yard, to Park Lane Goods Station, in Liverpool, England. It was constructed to enable goods services to operate between Liverpool docks and Manchester as part of the planned Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Wappo The Wappo are a group of Native Americans who traditionally lived in Northern California in the areas of Napa Valley, the south shore of Clear Lake, Alexander Valley, and Russian River in Northern California. When Mexicans arrived to colonize California, Wappo villages existed near the present-day towns of Yountville, St.
Wapsipinicon River The Wapsipinicon River (locally known as the Wapsi) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 225 mi (362 km) long, in northeastern Iowa in the United States. It drains a rural farming region of rolling hills and bluffs north of Waterloo and Cedar Rapids.
Wapta Icefield The Wapta Icefield is located on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies, in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The icefield is shared by Banff and Yoho National Parks and numerous outlet glaciers extend from the icefield, including the Vulture, Bow and Peyto Glaciers.
WapTV WapTV is an Interactive television technology platform comprising a microbrowser, a markup language, and a significant collection of associated software tools and services. Further information, training and support is available from the Sky Interactive Developers' Programme.
Waqar Ali Waqar Ali (Urdu: وقار علی) is a Pakistani musician and the brother of pop singer Sajjad Ali. He has produced many albums and singles, including songs from dramas and films for the Pakistan film industry.
Waqar Younis Waqar Younis (Urdu: وقار یونس) (born November 16, 1971 as Waqar Younis Maitla) is a Pakistani cricketer, a fast bowler, from Burewala, Punjab. At his peak, he received international acclaim for his ability to reverse swing the ball.
Waqf A waqf (Arabic: وقف, plural اوقاف, awqāf; Turkish: vakıf) is an inalienable religious endowment in Islam, typically devoting a building or plot of land for Muslim religious or charitable purposes. It is conceptually similar to the common law trust.
Waqo Gutu General Waqo Gutu (died February 3, 2006) was an Ethiopian rebel figure, leader of the United Liberation Forces of Oromia (ULFO) since the 1960s in the Bale Province in southern Ethiopia. The General had been elected chairman of ULFO in 2000.
War - Opposing Viewpoints War: Opposing Viewpoints is a book, in the Opposing Viewpoints Series, presenting selections of contrasting viewpoints on four central questions about war: what causes war; when war is justified; how war should be conducted; and, how war can be prevented? It was edited by Louise I.
War (band) War was a multiracial, multicultural American funk band of the 1970s from Southern California, known for the hit song "Low Rider". Formed in 1969, War was the first and most successful musical crossover, fusing elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin music, R&B, and even reggae.
War (song) "War" is a soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969. Whitfield produced the song, a blatant anti-Vietnam War protest, with The Temptations as the original vocalists.
War against Gallus The War against Gallus (351–352) was a Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire directed against the rule of Constantius Gallus, brother-in-law of Emperor Constantius II and Caesar of the East. The revolt was subdued by Gallus' general Ursicinus.
War among the people War among the people is the term used by General Sir Rupert Smith, former Chief of General Staff (UK), whose career roles include acting as the UN commander during the Bosnia conflict, as the commander of the UK forces during the first gulf war, and a number of years commanding UK forces in Northern Ireland.
War and Beauty War and Beauty (金枝慾孽) was a 30-episode TV series broadcast in Hong Kong in 2004 by TVB Jade starring Charmaine Sheh, Gigi Lai, Maggie Cheung Ho Yee, Sheren Tang, Rebecca Chan, Bowie Lam, and Moses Chan.
War and environmental law War has enormous impacts on the environment. Protective measures during a time of war are dependent on the warring countries adhering to international laws relating to environmental protection, along with some more general legal obligations.
War and Peace War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy's two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world's greatest novels.
War and Peace (Prokofiev) War and Peace (Op. 91) (Война и мир in Russian, Voyna i mir in transliteration) is an opera in two parts (an Epigraph and thirteen scenes), sometimes arranged as five acts, by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, based on the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.
War and Remembrance War and Remembrance is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in 1978, which is the sequel to The Winds of War. It continues the story of the extended Henry family and the Jastrow family starting on December 15, 1941 and ending on August 6, 1945.
War artist A war artist, also known as a combat artist, captures the experience of war in an artistic manner whilst based in the battlefield. Unlike war poets, a war artist is almost always acting in an official capacity.
War as metaphor The use of war as metaphor is a literary trope of long-standing. Its currently liveliest metaphoric applications are circulated in the international effort of the "War on Terrorism" and in local efforts, such as the "War on Drugs" or the Culture War in the United States.
War Admiral War Admiral (1934-1959), was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, the offspring of the great thoroughbred Man O' War and the mare Brushup. He did not resemble his famous father physically, being much smaller, but did inherit his fiery temperament and talent.
War Against the Bandits The Escambray Revolt (called the War Against the Bandits by the Castro regime) was a rebellion against the Communist government of Fidel Castro, mainly by peasants and small farmers in the central provinces of Cuba and the Escambray Mountains.
War between Armenia/Rome and Iberia/Parthia War between Armenia/Rome and Iberia/Parthia (AD 62-AD 65) Parthian king Vologeses, heard of Corbulo's achievements and of a foreign prince, Tigranes, having been set over Armenia, at the same time to avenge the majesty of the Arsacids, insulted by the expulsion of his brother Tiridates, drawn to different thoughts as he reflected on the greatness of Rome, and felt reverence for a unbroken treaty. Naturally irresolute, he was now hampered by a revolt of the Hyrcanians, a powerful tribe, and by several wars arising out of it.
War bonnet Feathered War Bonnets (also called headdresses) were a military decoration developed by the Plains Indians. The eagle was considered by the Indian as the greatest and most powerful of all birds and thus, the finest bonnets were made out of its feathers.
War Boy War Boy is the first novel by Kief Hillsbery, published in 2000 by Rob Weisbach Books. It chronicles the adventures of Radboy, a fourteen-year-old deaf skateboarder, who leaves his abusive home for San Francisco and becomes involved in (most notably) environmental politics and the underground club scene.
War communism War communism or wartime communism (1918 - 1921) was the economic policy adopted by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War with the aim of keeping towns and the Red Army supplied with weapons and food, in conditions when all normal economic mechanisms and relations were being destroyed by the war. "War communism", which began in June 1918, was enforced by the Supreme Economic Council, known as the Vesenkha.
War crimes of the Wehrmacht War crimes of the Wehrmacht are those crimes carried out by traditional German armed forces during World War II. While the principal perpetrators of the Holocaust amongst German armed forces were the Nazi German political armies (the Waffen-SS and particularly the Einsatzgruppen), the traditional armed forces represented by the Wehrmacht committed war crimes of their own, particularly on the Eastern Front in the war against the Soviet Union.
War cycles The theory of war cycles holds that wars happen in cycles. The original meaning of a cycle (from Greek κυκλος meaning circle) is used here not in the physical sense, but in a temporal sense as the recurrence of social events which happen with far less regularity than natural events (as e.
War Canoe Trophy The War Canoe Trophy was hand carved by Seminole Indians from a 200 year old cypress tree that was struck by lightning. Donated on the behalf of Hollywood, Florida in 1950, it has been an award given to the winner of college football games between the University of Florida and the University of Miami.
War Crimes (comics) War Crimes story arc in the Batman comic book series, which is a sequel to another Batman story arc Batman: War Games. In the wake of Gotham's recent brutal gang war, Batman is being blamed by the city's recent chaos and criticized of child endangerment following the death of Stephanie Brown.
War Crimes Act 1991 The War Crimes Act is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1991. It confers jurisdiction on courts in the United Kingdom to try people for war crimes committed in Nazi Germany or Nazi-occupied territory during the Second World War by people who were not British citizens at the time.
War debt War debt often refers to war reparations, or monetary compensation intended to cover damage or injury during a war, generally paid by the losing side to the victor as part of the terms of a peace treaty. It can also refer more generally to debts incurred by either side while fighting a war.
War dialing War dialing or wardialing is a method of automatically scanning telephone numbers using a modem, usually dialing every telephone number in a local area to find out where computers or fax machines are available, then attempting to access them by guessing passwords.
War Democrats War Democrats were those who broke with the majority of the Democratic Party and supported the military policies of President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War of 1861-1865. To accommodate them the Republicans used the name "Union Party" in the 1864 elections.
War Department (UK) The War Department was the United Kingdom government department responsible for the supply of equipment to the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the pursuance of military activity. In 1857 it became the War Office.
War economy War economy is the term used to describe the contingencies undertaken by the modern state to mobilize its economy for war production. Philippe Le Billon describes a war economy as a "system of producing, mobilising and allocating resources to sustain the violence".
War effort In politics and military planning, a war effort refers to a coordinated social mobilization of industrial and human resources towards the support of a military force. Depending on the militarization of the culture, the relative size of the armed forces and the society supporting them, the style of government, and the popular support for the military objectives, such war effort can range from a small industry to complete command of society.
War elephant War elephants were important, although not widespread, weapons in ancient military history. Their main use was in charges, to trample the enemy and/or break their ranks, they were also used by the Diadochi to protect against cavalry attack.
War emergency power "War Emergency" power (WEP) is an American term for the throttle setting on some World War II military aircraft engines. For use in emergency situations, it produced more than 100% of the engine's total rated power for a limited amount of time, often about five minutes.
War Eagle Field War Eagle Field was an airport and training center located outside of Lancaster, California. Polaris Flight Academy, which opened on the field's grounds on July 15, 1941, trained cadets for the Royal Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force.
War film The war film is a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. Sometimes they focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles.
War finance The term war finance, a branch of defense economics, denotes a number of measures including fiscal and monetary initiatives, to fund the expenditure of a war. Such measures, broadly classified in three categories, are levy of taxes, raising of debts, and creation of fresh money supply.
War for the Oaks A fantasy novel by Emma Bull, War for the Oaks (1987) is the story of Eddi McCandry, a rock musician who finds herself unwillingly pulled into the supernatural faerie conflict between good and evil. War for the Oaks is a pioneering work in the subgenre of urban fantasy: although it involves supernatural characters, the setting (Minneapolis) is decidedly real-world.
War Finance Corporation The War Finance Corporation was created by a Congressional act of April 5, 1918, to give financial support to industries essential to the World War I war efforts and to banking institutions that aided such industries. U.
War generation of Russian poets War Generation is a name applied to the young Russian poets whose youth was spent fighting in the World War II and whose best poems reflect upon wartime experiences. Some of them actually died during the Great Patriotic War, others lived to an advanced age but, as Semyon Gudzenko predicted, died not from old age but from old wounds.
War Game (novel) War Game is a children's novel about World War I. Written by Michael Foreman in 1993, the story describes a group of four young men (Will, Freddie, Billy, and Lacey) who are eager to go for "the grand adventure".
War Hawk War Hawk is a term originally used to describe a member of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth Congress of the United States who advocated going to war against Great Britain in the War of 1812. The term has evolved into an informal Americanism used to describe a political stance of preparedness for aggression, by diplomatic and ultimately military means, against others to improve the standing of their own government, country, or organization.
War chest In business, a war chest is a stash of money set aside to deal with unexpected changes in the business environment. The term originates with the medieval practice of having a chest, literally, filled with money to open in time of war.
War children A war child refers to a child born to a native parent and a parent belonging to a foreign military force (usually an occupying force, but also soldiers stationed at military bases on foreign soil). It also refers to children of parents collaborating with an occupying force.
War Child (charity) War Child is a charity organisation founded by British filmmakers Bill Leeson and David Wilson in 1993, which particularly focusses on mental help for children in war situations. Shocked by the plight of children, they decided to use their film and entertainment background to raise money for aid agencies operating in former Yugoslavia.
War in Bosnia and Herzegovina The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly known as the Bosnian War, was an armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995. The war involved several ethnically defined factions within Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian Muslims/Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats as well as a smaller faction in Western Bosnia led by Fikret Abdić.
War in the Age of Intelligent Machines War in the Age of Intelligent Machines (1991) is a book by Manuel de Landa that traces the history of warfare and of technology. It is influenced in part by Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish (1978), and also reinterprets the concepts of war machines and the machinic phylum, introduced in Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus (1980).
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning is a 2002 nonfiction book by Chris Hedges. In the book, Hedges draws on classical literature and his experiences as a war correspondent to assert that war seduces entire societies, creating fictions that the public believes and relies on to continue to support conflicts.
War Is All We Know "War Is All We Know" is the second track in GWAR's 2006 album Beyond Hell and can be considered the first actual song in the album as the previous track was merely an introduction designed to build up tension for this track. This track puts emphasis on the thrash metal style GWAR had been developing for about 5 years previous to Beyond Hell and features fast paced riffing by Balsac the Jaws of Death and Flattus Maximus as well as barked vocals by Oderus Urungus.
War Machine War Machine is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero. War Machine's abilities came from an advanced suit of armor, designed using technology from Stark Industries, and later from an alien-built suit.
War Manpower Commission The War Manpower Commission was a World War II agency of the United States Government charged with planning to balance the labor needs of agriculture, industry and the armed forces. It was created by President Franklin D.
War Measures Act The War Measures Act (enacted in August 1914, replaced by the Emergencies Act in 1988) was a Canadian statute that allowed the government to assume sweeping emergency powers. It was patterned after the British Defence of the Realm Act enacted about the same time.
War Memorial (Seoul) Opened in 1994, the largely museum-like War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, South Korea offers visitors an educational, yet emotional experience of the many wars in which Korea was involved. Many documents and war memorabilia have been collected and are displayed.
War Memorial Athletic Ground The War Memorial Athletic Ground, often referred to as simply the War Memorial Ground, is a sports ground in the Amblecote region of Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It plays host to both cricket and football, being the home of Stourbridge Cricket Club and Stourbridge Football Club.
War Memorial Gymnasium The War Memorial Gymnasium in San Francisco, California is an athletic venue on the University of San Francisco campus. It currently serves as home for the USF men's and women's basketball teams as well as the women's volleyball team.
War Memorial Natatorium The War Memorial Natatorium is located on the beaches of Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii on the slopes of Diamond Head. Built in Hawaiian beaux arts architecture, it was completed in 1927 as a memorial to the local soldiers that had died in World War I for the various allied countries.
War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco) The War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California is located on the western side of Van Ness Avenue across from the back face of City Hall. It is part of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center.
War Merit Cross The War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz) was a decoration of Nazi Germany during the Second World War, which could be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel. It was reissued in 1957 by the Bundeswehr in a De-Nazified version for veterans.
War novel A war novel is a novel in which the primary action takes place in a field of armed combat, or in a domestic setting (or home front) where the characters are preoccupied with the preparations for, or recovery from, war.
War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America, on one side, and Great Britain, the British North American colonies, Upper and Lower Canada, and Nova Scotia on the other. The war was fought from 1812 to 1815 and involved both land and naval engagements.
War of aggression The crime of a war of aggression is listed in Article 5.1 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (RSICC) as one of the four most serious crimes of concern to the international community, and that it falls within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
War of attrition (game) In game theory the War of attrition is a model of aggression in which two contestants compete for a resource of value V by persisting while accumulating costs at a constant rate c. The model was originally formulated by John Maynard Smith (1974).
War of Ages War of Ages, formerly known as Point Zero, is a Christian metalcore band formed during the summer of 2002 in Erie, Pennsylvania. They have since released their self-titled debut album War of Ages in July of 2005 on Strike First Records.
War of Attrition The War of Attrition ()() was a limited war fought between Israel]i military, and the forces of [[Egypt and the Palestinian Liberation Organization and from 1968 to 1970. It was initiated by Egypt as a way to recapture the Sinai from Israel, which had controlled it since the Six-Day War.
War of Barbastro The War of Barbastro was an international expedition, sanctioned by Pope Alexander II, to take the Spanish city of Barbastro from the Moors. A large army composed of elements from all over Western Europe took part in the successful siege of the city (1063).
War of Canudos The War of Canudos was a conflict between the state of Brazil and a group of some 30,000 settlers who had founded their own community in the northeastern state of Bahia, named Canudos. After a number of unsuccessful attempts at military suppression, it came to a brutal end in October 1897, when a large Brazilian army force overran the village and killed most of the inhabitants.
War of Conquest War of Conquest (abbreviated WoC) is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy (MMORTS) game created by Rhode Island based IronZog in April of 2002. The current version, Beta Version 3, has been online since October 23rd, 2002.
War of Currents In the "War of Currents" era in the late 1880s, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison's promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over the alternating current (AC) advocated by Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla.
War of Ferrara The War of Ferrara ending with the Peace of Bagnolo, was fought in 1482-84 between Ercole I d'Este and the papal forces mustered by Ercole's personal nemesis, Pope Sixtus IV and his Venetian allies. With the Treaty of Bagnolo, signed August 7, 1484, hostilities came to a conclusion.
War of Genesis The War of Genesis (Korean: 창세기전) is a SRPG series developed by Softmax, a South Korean game developing company. The series follows the history of Antaria, a fictional universe where the story is taking place.
War of Independence The term War of Independence is generally used to describe a war occurring over a territory that has declared independence. Once the state that previously held the territory sends in military forces to assert its sovereignty or the native population clashes with the former occupier, a separatist rebellion has begun.
War of Jennifer's Ear The War of Jennifer's Ear is the humorous name given to a 1992 skirmish in United Kingdom politics, between the opposition Labour Party and the incumbent Conservative Party. The name is an allusion to the War of Jenkins' Ear, an actual armed conflict of the 18th century.
War of liberation A War of liberation is a conflict which is primarily intended to bring freedom or independence to a nation or group. Examples might include a war to overthrow a colonial power, or to remove a dictator from power.
War of Movement War of Movement is a military term that refers warfare taking place in open country, whereby military operations are not restricted by extensive defensive obstacles, for example trenches that are fortified by barbed wire fencing and machine guns.
War of Saint Sabas The war of Saint Sabas (1257) was fought between the Genoan under Philippe of Monfort and the Knights Hospitaller against the Venetians whose ruler was count Jaffa together with the Knights Templar. It was a conflict that took place inside the italian trading towns around the Mediterranean Sea.
War of Souls The War of Souls is a fictional war in the Dragonlance fictional universe. It is recounted in three books written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Dragons of a Fallen Sun, Dragons of a Lost Star, and Dragons of a Vanished Moon.
War of the Austrian Succession The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) became inevitable after Maria Theresa of Austria had succeeded her father Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor in his Habsburg dominions in 1740, namely becoming Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, and Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla. For a woman to inherit such vast territories involved many complications, which were perceived long before, and Emperor Charles VI had long anticipated them, getting all the other powers to agree to the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713.
War of the Bavarian Succession The War of the Bavarian Succession was a war that occurred in 1778 and 1779. The fight is known as the Potato War (Kartoffelkrieg) because of the extended time the Prussian and Austrian troops spent in manoeuvres in Bohemia to obtain or deny food-supplies to the enemy.
War of the Buttons (1962 film) La Guerre des boutons or War of the Buttons is a 1962 French film directed by Yves Robert, about two rival kid gangs whose playful combats escalate into violence. The title derives from the buttons that are cut-off from the rival team's clothes as combat trophies.
War of the Buttons (1994 film) War of the Buttons is a 1994 film directed by John Roberts, about two rival kid gangs in Ireland, the Ballys (poor), and the Carricks (rich). The film is based on a novel by Louis Pergaud and was originally brought to the screen in 1962 in the French film La Guerre des boutons.
War of the Castilian Succession The War of the Castilian Succession (or the Second Castilian Civil War) was fought from 1475 to 1479 between the two claimaints to succeed Henry IV on the Castilian throne: Juana la Beltraneja, supported by Alfonso V of Portugal and Louis XI of France, and Isabella, supported by Ferdinand the Catholic and the "Isabelline Party" among the nobility.
War of the Colossal Beast War of the Colossal Beast is a 1958 black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Carmel Productions and distributed by American International Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1957 movie The Amazing Colossal Man.
War of the Confederation The War of the Confederation (also known in Peru as the Chilean-Confederation war) (1836 - 1839), was a conflict between the Peru-Bolivian Confederation on one side and Chile and Argentina, fought mostly in the actual territory of Peru and which ended with a Confederate defeat and the dissolution of the Confederacy.
War of the Eight Princes The War of the Eight Princes or Rebellion of the Eight Kings or Rebellion of the Eight Princes () was a civil war for power among princes or kings (wang ch. 王) of the Chinese Jin Dynasty from AD 291 to AD 306. It was fought mostly in northern China and devastated the country, later triggering the Wu Hu ravaging. The term stems from biographies of eight princes collected in chapter 59 of the "History of Jin Dynasty" (Jinshu).
War of the Fifth Coalition The War of the Fifth Coalition was a military conflict in 1809 between an alliance of the Austrian Empire and the United Kingdom against Napoleon's French Empire and Bavaria. Major engagements between France and Austria, the main participants, unfolded over much of Central Europe from April to July, producing horrific casualty rates.
War of the First Council War of the First Council is an event in the Elder Scrolls series of video games. It occurred during the First Era and pitted Dunmer Houses Indoril, Redoran, Dres, Hlaalu, and Telvanni against Dunmer Houses Dwemer and Dagoth in an epic religious war.
War of the Gargantuas is a 1966 daikaiju eiga (giant-monster movie), and a semisequel to Frankenstein Conquers the World. It introduces two giant, hairy humanoids called Gargantuas, which spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster from the previous film and are described as brothers.
War of the Gods (comics) War of the Gods is a crossover and 4-part miniseries storyline published in 1991 by DC Comics. Primarily centered on the character Wonder Woman to celebrate that character's 50th anniversary, it was written by that title's then writer George PĂ©rez.
War of the Golden Stool The War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Third Ashanti Expedition, the Ashanti Uprising or variations thereof, was the final war in a series of conflicts between the British Imperial government of the Gold Coast (later Ghana) and the Ashanti Kingdom, a powerful semi-autonomous African state which fractiously co-existed with the British and their vassal coastal tribes. The war began in 1900 due to a poorly-advised attempt by the then governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson to assert his authority over the Ashanti, whose capital Kumasi had been annexed by the British in 1895, and subsequently grew to become a significant West African colonial conflict which saw the Ashanti powerbase destroyed and several thousand soldiers on both sides killed.

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