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.
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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M
- Maccabean Revolt
- Macedonian Succession Wars
- Macross Missile Massacre
- Majorly Awesome
- Mary Tzu
- The Medic
- The Men First
- Men of Sherwood
- Mexican Revolution
- Mexican-American War
- Mildly Military
- Miles Gloriosus
- Military Academy
- Military Alphabet
- Military Brat
- Military Mashup Machine
- Military Maverick
- Military Moonshiner
- Military Salute
- Military School
- Military Superhero
- Million-Mook March
- Misfit Mobilization Moment
- Misguided Missile
- Modern Battlefield Weapons
- Modern Major-General
- More Dakka
- Mounted Combat
- The Musketeer
- The Mutiny
N
O
P
- Peeling Potatoes
- Peloponnesian War
- Pendulum War
- Pentagon Prices
- Perilous Old Fool
- Permission to Speak Freely?
- Phony Veteran
- Piggybacking on Hitler
- Pin-Pulling Teeth
- Plane Spotting
- Planet Looters
- Plucky Middie
- Plunder
- Polish-Soviet War
- The Poppy
- Possible War
- POW Camp
- Praetorian Guard
- Preparing for the Last War
- Pretext for War
- Private Military Contractors
- Privateer
- Proud Warrior Race Guy
- PS Magazine
- Punic Wars
- Punishment Detail
- Putting on the Reich
R
S
- Screw the War, We're Partying
- The Scrounger
- Sealed Orders
- Second Boer War
- Second Sino-Japanese War
- Semper Fi
- Sensor Suspense
- Sergeant Rock
- Seven Years' War
- Shell-Shocked Veteran
- Shocking Defeat Legacy
- Siege Engines
- Siege of Vienna
- The Siege
- Sink the Life Boats
- Sitting Duck
- Sniper Duel
- Sociopathic Soldier
- Soldiers at the Rear
- Sound Off
- Southern-Fried Private
- Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
- Space Marine
- Spanish Civil War
- Spanish–American War
- The Spartan Way
- Squad Nickname
- The Squadette
- Sri Lankan Civil War
- Staff of Authority
- Stand Your Ground
- Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure
- State Sec
- Storming the Castle
- Strange Salute
- The Strategist
- Straw Civilian
- Suicide Mission
- Super Soldier
- Surgery Under Fire
- Surprisingly Elite Cannon Fodder
- Surveillance Drone
- Suspiciously Small Army
T
- Tactical Withdrawal
- Tank Goodness
- Tanks for Nothing
- That's an Order
- Things Get Real
- Thirty Years' War
- The Thirty-Six Stratagems
- This Is Not a Drill
- This Trope is Obviously a Weapon
- To Win Without Fighting
- Tokyo Rose
- Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
- The Trojan War
- The Troubles
- Two-Keyed Lock
- Types of Naval Ships
W
- Walkie-Talkie Static
- Walking Armory
- War Arc
- War Elephants
- War for Fun and Profit
- War God
- War in Heaven
- War Is Glorious
- War Is Hell
- The War Nerd
- The War of 1812
- The War of Earthly Aggression
- War of the Austrian Succession
- War of the Confederation
- War of the Pacific
- War of the Spanish Succession
- War of the Triple Alliance
- The War on Terror
- The War Room
- The War to End All Wars
- War Was Beginning
- Warrior Monk
- Warrior Prince
- Wars of Italian Independence
- Wars of the Roses
- Wartime Cartoon
- Washington, D.C. Invasion
- We Have Reserves
- Weapon Tombstone
- Weekend Warrior
- Where's the Kaboom?
- With Due Respect
- Won the War, Lost the Peace