Revolutionary War (disambiguation)

Revolutionary War or Revolutionary Wars may refer to:

American Revolutionary War, the armed conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its North American colonies, which had declared themselves the independent United States of America
French Revolutionary Wars, a series of military conflicts (1792–1802) resulting from the French Revolution
Spanish Revolutionary War
Texas Revolutionary War
Philippine Revolutionary War
Russian Civil War, a war fought from November 1917 to June 1923 as a result of the Bolshevik seizure of power in the Russian Revolution of 1917 between the Soviet Red Army and the White movement and its allies
Irish War of Independence, a guerrilla war fought from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and the British security forces in Ireland
Revolutionary People's War, a military-political strategy developed by the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong
Indonesian Revolutionary War
Cuban Revolutionary War, an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the U.S.-backed authoritarian government of Cuban 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

See also