Navneord

• limited war — Navneord – Engelsk ～ a war whose objective is less than the unconditional defeat of the enemy
• price war — Navneord – Engelsk ～ intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business
• prisoner of war censorship — Navneord – Engelsk ～ military censorship of communication to and from prisoners of war and civilian internees held by the armed forces
• prisoner of war — Navneord – Engelsk ～ a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
• prisoner of war camp — Navneord – Engelsk ～ a camp for prisoners of war
• Portuguese man-of-war — Navneord – Engelsk ～ large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
• Mexican War — Navneord – Engelsk ～ after disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000
• Secretary of War — Navneord – Engelsk ～ head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947
• Macedonian War — Navneord – Engelsk ～ one the four wars between Macedonia and Rome in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, which ended in the defeat of Macedonia and its annexation as a Roman province
• man-of-war — Navneord – Engelsk ～ large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
• man-of-war bird — Navneord – Engelsk ～ long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail
• man-of-war — Navneord – Engelsk ～ a warship intended for combat
• Persian Gulf War — Navneord – Engelsk ～ a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
• Peloponnesian War — Navneord – Engelsk ～ a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC
• Six Day War — Navneord – Engelsk ～ tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East
• Six-Day War — Navneord – Engelsk ～ tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East
• Russo-Japanese War — Navneord – Engelsk ～ Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria
• sloop of war — Navneord – Engelsk ～ a sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck
• Iran-Iraq War — Navneord – Engelsk ～ a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution
• state of war — Navneord – Engelsk ～ a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"

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