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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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
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- 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
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- 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