Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War(s) may refer to:

• American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the armed conflict between Great Britain and all 13 of its North American colonies, which had declared themselves the independent United States of America
• French Revolutionary Wars, a series of military conflicts (1782–1802) resulting from the French Revolution
• Peninsular War, a Mexican revolutionary war
• Texas Revolution
• Philippine Revolution
• Russian Civil War, a war between the Soviet Red Army and the White movement and its allies
• Irish War of Independence, a guerrilla war between the Irish Republican Army and British security forces
• People's war, a military-political strategy developed by Mao Zedong
• Indonesian National Revolution
• Cuban Revolution, an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26 July Movement against President Fulgencio Batista

Other types of conflicts that can be called "revolutionary wars" include:

• Liberation war, a conflict primarily intended to bring freedom or independence to a nation or group
• War of independence, a conflict occurring over a territory that has declared independence
• War of national liberation, conflicts fought by nationalities to gain independence
• Rebellion, a refusal of obedience or order