Category:Military and Warfare Tropes

""It is well that war is so terrible -- lest we should grow too fond of it.""

- Robert E. Lee

"“War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free.”"

- Heraclitus

War stories are not quite as convention-laden as The Western or Commedia Dell'Arte, but it is a near thing. And The Army is frequently featured in such stories for some reason... Here are some things you may rely on.