War of independence
The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire
A war of independence is a conflict 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. If a new state is successfully established, the conflict is usually known as a ¨War of Independence¨.
Examples
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Ethem the Circassian, during Turkish War of Independence against Allies (1920)
Hungarian war of independence of 1848–1849
Main article: List of wars of independence
Examples of war of independence include:
- Algerian War of Independence
- American Civil War (sometimes called the War for Southern Independence)
- American Revolutionary War
- Argentine War of Independence
- Bangladesh War of Independence
- Dominican War of Independence
- Dominican Restoration War
- Dutch War of Independence
- Eritrean War of Independence
- Estonian War of Independence
- Greek War of Independence
- Haitian Revolution
- Hungarian War of Independence
- Indian War of Independence
- Indochina Wars
- Indonesian National Revolution
- Irish War of Independence
- Israeli War of Independence
- Wars of Italian Independence
- Latvian War of Independence
- Lithuanian Wars of Independence
- Malagasy Uprising
- Maccabean Revolt
- Mau Mau Uprising
- Namibian War of Independence
- Norwegian War of Independence
- Philippine Revolution (sometimes called the Philippine War of Independence)
- Philippine–American War
- Portuguese Colonial War
- Red Turban Rebellion
- Romanian War of Independence
- Wars of Scottish Independence
- Serbian Revolution
- Latin American wars of independence
- Spanish War of Independence
- Swedish War of Independence
- Texas Revolution
- Turkish War of Independence
- Ukrainian War of Independence
- Breakup of Yugoslavia
See also
- First War of Independence (disambiguation)
- Second War of Independence (disambiguation)
- Breakaway states
- Wars of national liberation
- 1948 Arab–Israeli War
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.