Which war took place between Rome and Carthage (Hannibal, elephants over the Alps)?
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Punic Wars
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In which war between England and France did Joan of Arc become a heroine?
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Hundred Years' War
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Which war, beginning in 1618, devastated the Holy Roman Empire as a religious war?
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Thirty Years' War
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Which war is seen as the first “world war” (Prussia under Frederick the Great against an overwhelming coalition)?
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Seven Years' War
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In which war did the 13 colonies under Washington defeat mother country England?
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American Revolutionary War
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In which wars did a French emperor sweep across Europe until failing at Waterloo?
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Napoleonic Wars
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Which war (1861 to 1865) settled the dispute over slavery in the USA?
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American Civil War
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After which war was Wilhelm I proclaimed emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles in 1871?
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Franco-Prussian War
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Which war (1914 to 1918) brought trenches and the Treaty of Versailles?
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First World War
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Which war (1939 to 1945) with the Holocaust and D-Day was the most devastating in history?
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Second World War
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In which war did UN troops under General MacArthur land at Incheon in 1950?
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Korean War
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Which guerrilla war in Southeast Asia could the USA not win despite superiority?
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Vietnam War
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What is the decades-long power struggle USA versus Soviet Union without direct war called?
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Cold War
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In which 1991 war did a US-led coalition liberate occupied Kuwait?
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Gulf War
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