Category:Military and Warfare Tropes
“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
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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.
For pages that discuss the armed forces of individual nations (past or present), see Category:Useful Notes/Military and Forces With Firepower. This list is for things that apply to All The Troops.
Subcategories
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Pages in category "Military and Warfare Tropes"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 410 total.
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- Abwehr
- Ace Pilot
- Aggressive Negotiations
- Air-Launched Weapons
- Airstrike Impossible
- Alien Invasion
- Always on Duty
- Amazon Brigade
- The American Civil War
- The American Revolution
- Anglo-Dutch Wars
- Anglo-Zulu War
- Ant War
- Anti-Air
- Anti-Cavalry
- Anti-Mutiny
- Apocalypse Wow
- Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Armchair Military
- Armed Farces
- Armies Are Evil
- Arms Dealer
- Arms Fair
- Army of the Ages
- Army of the Dead
- Army of Thieves and Whores
- Artistic License Military
- Attack Drone
- Attack Pattern Alpha
- Austro-Prussian War
- Authority Equals Asskicking
- Awesome Personnel Carrier
B
C
- Cadre of Foreign Bodyguards
- Call That a Formation
- Camp Follower
- Cannon Fodder
- Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough
- The Captain
- Cavalry Officer
- Chaco War
- Child Soldiers
- Chincha Islands War
- Church Militant
- Civil War
- Cold Sniper
- Cold War
- Colonel Badass
- Colonel Kilgore
- Coming in Hot
- Command Roster
- A Commander Is You
- Commanding Coolness
- Common Military Units
- Common Ranks
- Communications Officer
- Congo Wars
- Conscription
- Consummate Professional
- Corporal Punishment
- Crimean War
- The Crusades
- Cultured Warrior
- Cunning Linguist
- Curb Stomp Battle
- Custom Uniform
D
- Dad the Veteran
- Danger Deadpan
- Dangerous Deserter
- Dawn Attack
- "Dear John" Letter
- Death From Above
- Death Notification
- Decisive Battle
- Defensive Feint Trap
- Delaying Action
- Deployable Cover
- Desk Jockey
- Do a Barrel Roll
- Do-Anything Soldier
- Doom Troops
- Doomsday Device
- Draft Dodging
- Dress-Coded for Your Convenience
- Drill Sergeant Nasty
- Drop Pod
- During the War
- Dutch-Portuguese War
E
F
- The Falklands War
- Fall of Constantinople
- Fantastic Armed Forces
- Fantastic Rank System
- Fast Roping
- Father Neptune
- A Father to His Men
- Feed the Mole
- Feuding Families
- Field Promotion
- Fielding Old Men and Boys
- Fighting For a Homeland
- First Sino-Japanese War
- Flaunting Your Fleets
- The Football War
- Forever War
- Four-Star Badass
- Franco-Prussian War
- Friend or Foe?
- Friendly Sniper
G
- Gender Is No Object
- General Failure
- General Ripper
- The General's Daughter
- Geo Effects
- Gideon Ploy
- Glamorous Wartime Singer
- Glory Hound
- Glory Seeker
- Going Down with the Ship
- Good-Looking Privates
- Got Volunteered
- Government in Exile
- Great Northern War
- Great Offscreen War
- Great Wall
- Greater Need Than Mine
- Greco-Persian Wars
- Guilt-Free Extermination War
- Gulf War
- Gunboat Diplomacy
- Gundamjack
- Gung-Holier Than Thou
- Guy in Back