This is an alphabetical index of articles related to war. It serves as a navigational guide to topics covering the theory, history, conduct, organisation, technology, and consequences of warfare.

The index includes entries on types of war, forms of warfare, military strategies and doctrines, weapons and military systems, stages of conflict, and related political, legal, and social concepts. It is intended to assist readers in locating articles within the broader subject area and to provide an overview of the scope of war-related content.

A ablative armour - able seaman - absolute war - Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - acoustic mine - acquisition and cross-servicing agreement - Active Denial System - active duty - active protection system - adjutant - advance guard - administrative detention - admiral - admiralty court - aerial reconnaissance - aerial refuelling - aerial warfare - aerodrome - Aerospace Defence Center - after-action report - agent handling - aggression - agitprop - AirLand Battle - air assault - air base - airborne forces - air defence - air force - air interdiction - airstrike - air supremacy - aircraft carrier - airlift - airman - allied-occupied Austria - allied-occupied Germany - alliance - all-source intelligence - amphibious assault - amphibious warfare - ammunition - ammunition dump - American Indian Wars - amnesty - anarchist terrorism - anti-access/area denial - anti-aircraft warfare - anti-ballistic missile - anti-personnel mine - anti-submarine warfare - anti-tank warfare - anti-terrorism - appeasement - archery - Archimedes' heat ray - area bombardment - area denial - armistice - articles of War - armoured car - armoured bus - armoured fighting vehicle - armoured warfare - armour - army - army corps - army group - armed conflict - armed forces - armed neutrality - armed uprising - armoured personnel carrier - arms control - arms industry - arms race - arms trafficking - army aviation - arsenal - artillery - artillery battery - artillery observer - assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - assassination - assassination market - assault rifle - asymmetric warfare - atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - atomic warfare - attack aircraft - attack dog - attack submarine - attrition warfare - auxiliary force - axis powers - axis of resistance - auxiliary cruiser - auxiliary ship - autonomous weapons - auxiliary police

B backblast area - ballistic missile - ballistic trajectory - bamboo curtain - barracks - barrage - barrage balloon - battle - battle axe - battle buddy - battle cry - battle damage assessment - battle drill - battle honour - battle rifle - battle tank - battlefield - battlefield medicine - battlefront - battleship - bayonet - beachhead - beheading - belligerent - bellum se ipsum alet - belt armour - Berlin blockade - Berlin Wall - berserker - besieged city - big stick ideology - billet - binary chemical weapon - biological hazard - biological warfare - black operation - black propaganda - black site - blackwater mercenaries - blast injury - The Blitz - blitzkrieg - blockade - blockade runner - blunderbuss - body armour - body count - bomb - bomb disposal - Bombardier (rank) - bombardier (aircrew) - bombardment - booby trap - boomerang attack - boot camp - boot knife - border conflict - border guard - bounty hunter - bounty system - bow and arrow - Boxer Rebellion - branch of service - bridgehead - brigade - brigade combat team - Brigade of Gurkhas - brigadier - brinkmanship - broadside - brown-water navy - buffer state - buffer zone - bugle call - bullet - bulletproof vest - bunker - bunker buster - burn pit - burning of Washington - burst transmission - Byzantine army - Byzantine–Arab wars - Byzantine–Ottoman wars

C

camouflage - camouflet - campaign - campaign hat - campaign history of the Roman military - campaign streamer - cannon - cannonade - cantonment - carpet bombing - carrier battle group - carrier strike group - casualty - casualty evacuation - casualty movement - cavalry - ceasefire - centurion tank - chain of command - chariot warfare - chemical warfare - cheval de frise - chief of defence - chief of staff - Chinese Army - choke point - cipher - civil defence - civil war - civilian casualty ratio - civilian control of the military - civilian internee - civilian internee - clandestine operation - claymore mine - close air support - close combat - coastal artillery - cold war - collateral damage - combat - combat engineer - combat fatigue - combat information center - combat medic - combat readiness - combat search and rescue - combat service support - combat stress reaction - combat support - combatant - combatant status review tribunal - combined arms - command and control - command hierarchy - command post - command responsibility - commander-in-chief - commando - commissar - communications intelligence - company (military unit) - compartmentalization (intelligence) - composite armour - compulsory military service - concentration camp - concertina wire - confidence-building measures - conflict escalation - conflict de-escalation - conflict resolution - conquest - conscientious objector - conscription - constitutional crisis - contact mine - containment - Continental Army - conventional warfare - convoy - cordon and search - corps - corpsman - counter-attack - counterbattery fire - counterforce - counter-insurgency - counterintelligence - counter-terrorism - countervalue - coup de main - coup d'état - court-martial - covering fire - covert action - covert operation - crater - crimes against humanity - crisis management - critical infrastructure protection - crossfire - cruise missile - cruise missile submarine - cryptography - cyberattack - cyberwarfare

D

damage control (maritime) - damage control surgery - decapitation strike - declaration of war - decoy - deep battle - deep operation - defence attaché - defence industry - defence intelligence - defence mechanism - defence minister - defensive alliance - defensive fighting position - defilade - delayed-action bomb - demilitarised zone - demobilisation - denial and deception - depleted uranium - depth charge - defence-in-depth (Roman military) - desertion - destroyer - deterrence theory - direct action - directed-energy weapon - dirty bomb - dirty war - disarmament - Disarmed Enemy Forces - disaster response - disinformation - disinformation campaign - dispersal (military) - dive bomber - diversionary attack - division (military) - doctrine - dog tag - dogfight - domestic terrorism - domino theory - double agent - double envelopment - downing street memo - dragon's teeth (fortification) - dragoon - dreadnought - drill instructor - drone warfare - drop zone - dry dock - dual loyalty - dumdum bullet - duress code - duty officer - dynamic defence

E early warning system - echelon formation - economic sanctions - economic warfare - effects-based operations - electromagnetic pulse - electronic attack - electronic countermeasure - electronic intelligence - electronic support measures - electronic warfare - elite forces - embargo - emergency evacuation - emergency government - emergency management - emergency powers - emplacement - encirclement - enemy combatant - enfilade and defilade - enigma machine - enlisted personnel - enlisted rank - entrenchment - envelopment - environmental security - escape and evasion - escort carrier - escort fighter - escort mission - espionage - esprit de corps - ethnic cleansing - ethnic conflict - Ethnic conflict - Eurofighter Typhoon - European defence initiative - exclusive economic zone - execution by firing squad - exit strategy - exoneration - expeditionary warfare - explosive ordnance disposal - explosive weapon - extraction (military) - extrajudicial killing - eyes only

F Fabian strategy - failed state - Fallschirmjäger - false flag - fast attack craft - fatigue duty - feigned retreat - field army - field artillery - field fortification - field gun - field marshal - field officer - field ration - fighter aircraft - fighting retreat - fighting vehicle - final protective fire - fire and movement - fire control system - fire discipline - fire support - firebase - firebombing - firepower - firing squad - first lieutenant - first strike (nuclear strategy) - flame tank - flamethrower - flank attack - fleet - fleet admiral - fleet air arm - fleet in being - flight commander - floating armoury - flying ace - fog of war - force concentration - force majeure - force multiplier - force protection - foreign internal defence - foreign intervention - foreign military sales - foreign volunteers - formation (military) - fortification - fortress - forward air control - forward air controller - forward observer - forward operating base - fourth-generation warfare - foxhole - foxhole radio - fragmentation (weaponry) - fragmentation grenade - fratricide - free company - free fire zone - freedom fighter - French Foreign Legion - frigate - front line - frontline - fuel air explosive - full metal jacket bullet - full spectrum dominance - fusilier

G

garrison - gas mask - general officer - Geneva Conventions - Geneva Protocol - genocide - geographic combatant command - geopolitics - geospatial intelligence - German General Staff - German military rifles - ghost army - glide bomb - global conflict - global war on terror - government agency - government in exile - grand strategy - green-water navy - grenade - grey-zone conflict - grid reference - gross tonnage - ground attack aircraft - ground force - ground warfare - ground-controlled interception - Group army (military unit) - guard of honour - guard of honour - guarded command - guerrilla - guerrilla movement - guerrilla warfare - guided missile destroyer - guided-missile cruiser - gun carriage - gun emplacement - gun laying - gun politics - gun salute - gun turret - gunboat diplomacy - gunner (rank) - gunpowder warfare - gunship

H Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 - half-track - hand grenade - harbour master - hard power - hardened aircraft shelter - headquarters - headquarters and headquarters company - heavy bomber - heavy cruiser - heavy infantry - heavy machine gun - helicopter carrier - helicopter destroyer - hellenistic-era warships - helmet - helot revolt - high ground - high mobility artillery rocket system - high-value target - hijacking - hill fort - home guard - homeland defence - honour guard - horizontal escalation - horse artillery - hostage - hostage rescue - hulk (ship type) - hull classification symbol - human shield - humanitarian intervention - humanitarian law - hunter-killer group - hussar - hybrid warfare

I identification friend or foe - illegal combatant - imperialism - improvised explosive device - incapacitating agent - incendiary weapon - incident command system - indirect fire - indoctrination - industrial warfare - infantry - infantry fighting vehicle - infantry mobility vehicle - infiltration tactics - information operations - information warfare - infrared search and track - initial operational capability - inner German border - insurgency - insurgency - intelligence agency - intelligence analysis - intelligence assessment - intelligence cycle - intelligence officer - intercontinental ballistic missile - internal security - International Brigades - international criminal tribunal - International Freedom Battalion - international humanitarian law - International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine - international security - international waters - internet censorship - internment - interrogation - inter-service rivalry - intervention force - interventionism - invasion - invasion stripe - iron curtain - iron dome - ironclad warship - irregular military - irregular soldier - irregular warfare - island hopping - isolationism - Italian military internees

J

jackboot - Jäger (infantry) - Janissary - jeep - jet bomber - jet fighter - Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine - jihad - jingoism - joint base -