List of wars in fiction

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This is a list of notable fictional works based upon fictional wars. World War III in fiction has its own article and as does the Second American Civil War.

Wars in a modern setting

Name	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Work	Notes
Russo-American War	United States	Russia	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance, Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Salvation (TV series), Grand Theft Auto V (Invade and Persuade 2 minigame)
American-Iran War	United States	Iran	Battlefield 3, Seven Days in May, Robocop (2014), memes (2020)
American-Eurasian War	United States	The Eurasian States	Men Must Fight
American-European War	United States	European Confederated Army	The Fall of a Nation
American-Ruritania War	United States	Ruritania	Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
Sino-American War	United States	China	Battlefield 2, Battlefield 4, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Chain of Command, Stand on Zanzibar, The Unparalleled Invasion, Grand Theft Auto V (Invade and Persuade 2 minigame), Fallout series
North Korean-American War	North Korea	United States	Homefront, Homefront: The Revolution, Crysis, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	While technically North Korea is still in war with the United States, there is a de facto ceasefire. So this section is referring to a fictional full war between the two countries.
Australian-American War	Australia	United States	Grand Theft Auto series	A war fought between 1980 and 1984. The motives of the war are unknown. The Australians lost.
French-American War	France	United States	The Simpsons	War between US and France, caused by an insult of the Springfield Mayor towards the French, which resulted in a nuclear exchange.
Anglo-American War	United States	United Kingdom	L.A. 2017
Turkish-American War	United States	Turkey	Metal Fırtına	The United States invade Turkey for barox. It culminates in the occupation of Turkey with partition between Greece, Bulgaria and Armenia, and a nuclear retaliation by Turkish terrorists in Washington D.C..
American-Venezuela War	United States	Venezuela	Postal III	Hugo Chavez leads Venezuela on a invasion of the United States.
Seko Civil War	UFLL	APR	Far Cry 2	Devastating civil war between the socialist UFLL and Pan-African APR. It also involve mercenaries, PMCs and countries like Belgium, mostly because of greed and blood diamonds.
Kyrati Civil War	Golden Path rebels	Kyrat government	Far Cry 4	The war is fought by the Golden Path to thrown the regime of the dictator Pagan Min. Is unknown when it started but is over by 2014. Inspired by the Nepali Civil War.
United States-Federation War	United States	Federation of the Americas (coalition led by Venezuela)	Call of Duty: Ghosts	War fought between the United States and the fictional superstate of the "Federation of the Americas". The war started in 2015 and is ongoing as 2027.
Tel Aviv War	Israel United States	Iran Unknown Middle Eastern countries	Call of Duty: Ghosts	War fought in 2005. The war result in the destruction of oil, which allow the South American superstate of the "Federation of the Americas" to emerge.
Egypt-NRC War	Egypt supported by: United States	Nile River Coalition (coalition led by Ethiopia)	Call of Duty: Black Ops 3	War sparked after disputes for the Nile river.
Turkish-Iranian skirmish	Turkey	Iran	Eternity Wheeps Doctor Who
NATO-Warsaw Pact War	NATO	Warsaw Pact	Various	This war was a setting popular during the Cold War.
Cauldron War	United Kingdom United States Poland Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary	France Germany	The Cauldron	This war is fought between the UK, the US and a few former Warsaw Pact countries against France and Germany.
Anglo-French War	United Kingdom	France	Last and First Men, The Sky Pirate	The war occurred within a century after WW1, while the other before 1939.
Anglo-Russian War	United Kingdom	Russia	Invasion!	A Russia under fascism invades UK.
Anglo-Irish War	United Kingdom	Ireland	The Texas-Israeli War: 1999	A nationalist Ireland declares war on UK. Irish commandos put LSD in British water stocks.
The War in 2020	United States Soviet Union	Japan Union of South Africa Arab Islamic Republics	The War in 2020	The United States defends the Soviet Union from Japan and its allies.
Anglo-German War	United Kingdom	German Empire	The Invasion of 1910, The Battle of Dorking	Germany invades the UK in 1875 and 1910.
Vortex War	Namibia Angola Cuba United States Soviet Union	Union of South Africa	Vortex (Bond and Larkin novel)	After a pro-apartheid president seizes power in South Africa, invades the newly independent Namibia, which promptly make other nations react.
Cuban-American War	United States	Cuba	Cuba (Coonts novel)	The United States invades Cuba after it is discovered that Cuba is aiming missiles with biological weapons warheads towards US cities.
Second Russian Civil War	Russia support: United Kingdom	Ultranationalist support: Saudi Arabia	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	War fought between Loyalist and Ultranationalist parties. Began in 2011, by 2016, the Ultranationalists win.
US-Saudi War	United States	Saudi Arabia	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	The leader of a Pan-Arabist group, Khaled Al-Asad starts the war after a coup and invades neighboring countries, like Oman.
Saudi-Russian War	Saudi Arabia	Russia	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized	Russia invades Saudi Arabia. After that the country's leader, Prince Fahad prepares a counterattack and start an insurgency against the invaders.
Urzikstan conflict	Urzikstan Liberation Front supported by: United Kingdom United States	Al-Qatala Russia	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019 video game)	Russia invades the fictional Urzikstan in 1999, which both ULF and Al-Qatala fight. Inspired by the Syrian Civil War.
Anglo-Chinese War	United Kingdom	China	Tomorrow Never Dies	War instigated by a false flag operation.
Australian-Indonesian War	Australia	Indonesia	Tomorrow series	War fought after Indonesia invaded Australia.
Australian-Asia War	Australia	"Mongolians"	Australia Calls (1913 film)
Invasion of the US (1984)	Soviet Union Cuba Nicaragua	United States	Red Dawn	The United States is invaded by a Coalition between the Soviet Union, Cuba and Nicaragua through a Soviet-friendly Mexico. Later an insurgent group called the "Wolverines" starts to fight to free their country.
Invasion of the US (2012)	North Korea Russia China	United States	Red Dawn (2012 film)	After an EMP attack, the US is invaded by a coalition of North Korea, Russia and China which partition the USA. Later an insurgent group called the "Wolverines" starts to fight to free their country.
US-KPR War	United States	North Korea Pakistan Russia	Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation	North Korea, Pakistan and Russia form an alliance to invade the US in 2028.
War Economy	Various PMCs	Various insurgent groups Philanthropy NGO supported by: United States	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	A major war composed in reality by proxy wars across the globe, focusing on the Middle East, Colombia, Czech Republic and Alaska. A system made the battlefield "safer" and under control.
Invasion of Panau	United States China Russia Japan	Panau	Just Cause 2	A coalition of countries invade Panau to take the oil reserves of Panau, while the country is destabilized.
Indian Civil War	India	Asav's Insurgents Shoreline	Uncharted: The Lost Legacy	War instigated by a man called Asav, which rallied insurgents to his side by using implied socialist and populist ideals, while for Asav in reality is about social and ethnic cleansing.
Siberian War of Independence	Siberia	Russia Mongolia	Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts	After a war with Russia, Siberia becomes independent, but ruled under the dictator Nergui Kurchachov.
Malay-Cambodian War	Malaysia Firehawk LLC PMC	Cambodia Sandrigham Partners LTD	H.A.W.X. (novel)
2007 Bosnian Crisis	Bosnia United States Germany Japan United Kingdom France Greece Romania NATO	Republika Srpska Serbia Russia	Tom Clancy's Net Force: The Ultimate Escape	War caused by tensions between Bosnia and Republika Srpska, Dayton Accords and refusal to give NATO membership to Russia. War fought without ground forces, only with air forces.
War of South Africa	United States United Nations	Rebels	Tom Clancy's Net Force: The Ultimate Escape
American-Indian War	India	United States Sri Lanka Tamil Elam	Tom Clancy's Carrier (novel)	After the Indo-Pakistan conflict concluded with a nuclear exchange in 2016, India attempt to invade Sri Lanka because of rare earth deposit. The United States win the conflict, using a Lockheed Martin F-35B equipped with nuclear bombs on an Indian government's bunker.
Second Vietnam War	Vietnam	South Vietnam United States France	Tom Clancy's Combat Wings	War caused by a secession of South Vietnam in 2000. The US-led Coalition win, and new elections are granted.
Sino-Taiwanese War	China	Taiwan	Splinter Cell: Barracuda (novel)	War caused by an invasion of a rogue PLA general. It last some hours with a Taiwanese victory because reinforcements from Chinese Mainland don't come. For deterring American intervention, a nuclear bomb is hidden in the Pacific Sea towards Los Angeles.
Operation Doorstep	United States	Kyrgyzstan	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell :Polonium 210 (novel)	The United States invade Kirghistan to stop an Uyghur islamic extremist, which gained control of the country after a civil war, to destroy the world's oil reserve.
Mali-Mauritania conflict	Mali	Mauritania	Splinter Cell: Fisher's Game (novel)	A conflict before the 2000's, fueled by a French arms dealer.
Second Iraqi invasion of Kuwait	Iraq	Kuwait	Deterrence	A Ba'athist Iraq under Uday Hussein invades Kuwait in 2008.
Graznavia Civil War	Graznavia	Vyseni Militia	This War of Mine	War caused by ethnic tensions. Inspired by the Siege of Sarajevo.
Russian invasion of the Baltics	Russia	Lithuania Latvia Estonia United States NATO	Ghost Recon	Russia invades the Baltics, attempting to rebuild the Soviet Union
Ethiopian-Eritrean War	Ethiopia	Eritrea	Ghost Recon	After a coup, Ethiopia invades Eritrea in attempt to gain sea access.
Russo-Chinese War	Russia	China	Arc Light	Russia and China fight over Eastern Siberia in 1999.
Russo-Georgian War	Russia South Ossetia	Georgia United States United Kingdom	Ghost Recon (2001)	War fought by Russia and Georgia in 2008. Coincidentally in 2008 a real Russo-Georgian War happened.
Cuban Civil War	Cuba loyalist FARC	democratist United States	Ghost Recon	After the death of Fidel Castro, democracy was imminent in Cuba. The US sent troops (Ghosts, an elite unit in the US Armed Forces) to monitor the situation, that quickly escalated in a conflict. Later, loyalist remnants moved to Colombia with the help of the FARC.
Russo-Ukrainian War	Russia	Ukraine supported by: United States	Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, Tom Clancy's Command Authority	Russia invades Ukraine because of a territorial dispute in both cases. The former in 2014 and the latter by 2020.
Georgian invasion of Azerbaijan	Georgia	Azerbaijan	Splinter Cell	After a coup, Georgia invades Azerbaijan in an attempt to gain oil fields.
Three Blocks War	North Korea	South Korea United States	Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Ghost Recon 2	War caused by a rogue JSDF General by launching a North Korean anti-ship missile towards a US Navy ship.
Russo-Estonian War	Russia	Estonia supported by: United States	Tom Clancy's Command Authority	Russia invades Estonia with T-90 tanks, but is repelled by US Army Kiowa Warrior and AH-64 Apache helicopters. Later justified to be an "operation against terrorism" by the Russian government.
Russian hybrid invasion of Lithuania	Russia volunteers only : Serbia	Lithuania United States Poland Sweden	Tom Clancy's Supreme Commander	Russia invades Lithuania with Little Green Men and later tanks. NATO refuses to intervene except for Poland.
Saudi-Iran War	Saudi Arabia	Iran	Tom Clancy's EndWar, Homefront (video game)	War that destroyed the oil fields of the Middle East. In the former nuclear weapons were used.
Russo-American War/Hawaiian Conflict	Soviet Union	United States	Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number	War fought in Hawaii. Resulted in a nuclear bombing of San Francisco, consequently ending the war.
Australian Civil War	Australia	Insurgents PMC	Deus Ex series	War fought in the 2020's over resources.
Algerian-Moroccan War	Algeria	Morocco	SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs	After a coup, Algeria invades Morocco.
Japanese-American War	Japan	United States	The Great Pacific War, Debt of Honor	The former was written 16 years before and set 8 years before the US involvement in WW2, while Debt of Honor is a post-Cold War iteration of the conflict.
Texas-American War	Texas	United States	Bushwick	After a successful secession Texas tries to invade the rest of the United States.
Texas-Israeli War	Texas	Israel	Texas-Israeli War:1999	After secession, Texas declares war on Israel in 1999.
Moldovan War	United States of America Moldova	Insurgent	Spectral	After a dictatorship in Moldova falls, former regime collaborators and military personnel began an insurgency.
Ukrainian Civil War	Ukraine United States	Insurgent supported by: Russia	Outside the Wire	War fought in 2036 between Ukraine and Russian-backed insurgents called "Krasny" ("Reds"), which aim to reunite Ukraine to Russia.
Swedish-Russian War	Sweden	Russia	Unthinkable	A hybrid war fought by Russia using Little Green Men for sabotaging. It's implied that it is organized by the Russian president Vladimir Putin to sabotage the Nordstream.
Russo-Norwegian War	Norway	Russia	Occupied	Russia invades Norway, helped by the non-intervention by NATO and European Union. The series focuses on the occupation.
Canadian-American War	Canada	United States	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Canadian Bacon, Grand Theft Auto V (Invade and Persuade 2 minigame)

Wars in a pre-modern setting

Name	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Work	Notes
Hoysala-Persian Wars	Hoysala	Persian Empire	Uncharted: Lost Legacy	The Persian Empire attempted to invade the Hoysala Empire in Western Ghats at least three times but all of them unsuccessfully.

Wars in a fantasy setting

Name	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Work	Setting	Notes
Animal Revolution	Animals of Animal Farm	Farmer Jones	Animal Farm	Manor/Animal Farm
Assassin-Templar War	Assassins	Templars	Assassin's Creed series	All of Human History	A unique war composed by proxy wars between the two factions, that included WW2 and the Cold War. Fought over the control of humankind.
Skyrim Civil War	Stormcloacks	Imperial	Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Skyrim	The war is fought for the control of the Imperial province of Skyrim. The fate of the war is decided by the player.
Nilfgaard-Northern Kingdoms War	Nilfgaard	Redania, Temeria, Kaedven, Skellige Islands	Witcher series	Witcher World, The Continent	Nilfgaard attempt to invade the Northern Kingdoms multiple times for increasing the size of the Nilfgaard Empire.
Galactic Civil War	The Empire	Rebel Alliance	Star Wars	Scarif, Death Star, Hoth, Forest Moon of Endor, others	Ends with the deaths of Darth Vader and Darth Sidious, and the collapse of the Empire.
The Clone Wars	Galactic Republic/Clone Army	Separatists/Droid Army		Geonosis, Coruscant, others	Ends with Order 66 and the genocide of the Jedi Knights, the self-imposed exiles of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Ahsoka Tano, Kanan Jarrus, and Cal Kestis, and the births of Luke and Leia Skywalker.
Great Sith War	Galactic Republic/Jedi Order	Exar Kun's Sith Empire/Brotherhood of the Sith/Mecrosa Order/Mandalorians/Krath	Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi	Foerost, Coruscant, Ossus, Toprawa, Yavin IV, others
War of the Ring	Free peoples of Middle-earth	Forces of Sauron	The Lord of the Rings	Middle-earth	Ends with the destruction of Sauron, his armies and all of Mordor, which in turn was caused by the destruction of the One Ring by Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, and Gollum
Great War	Aldmeri Dominion, Anequina, Pelletine	Third Empire	The Elder Scrolls Universe, Tamriel	Cyrodill, Hammerfell	Military stalemate, Strategic Third Aldmeri Dominion victory, Main Dominion army in Cyrodiil completely destroyed, Imperial army greatly weakened, White-Gold Concordat signed, Hammerfell expelled from the Empire, Imperial City sacked, Talos worship outlawed, Blades disbanded
First Wizarding War	Order of the Phoenix	Death Eaters	Harry Potter	The Wizarding World	Ends with Voldemort's assumed death.
Second Wizarding War				The Wizarding World, Hogwarts	Ends with Voldemort's final death, the destruction of the Deathly Hallows, the appointment of Kingsley Shacklebolt to Minister for Magic, and the mass arrest of the Death Eaters.
The Last Great Time War	Time Lords	Daleks	Doctor Who	Gallifrey, Skaro	A war fought across all time for the sake of all creation. The First, Fourth, Seventh, Eighth, War, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors were involved at some point in their lives. Ends with Gallifrey being sent to the end of the universe, and the Dalek Empire being crippled to just 6 survivors. Foreshadowed in Genesis of the Daleks, Resurrection of the Daleks, and Remembrance of the Daleks. Aftermath seen in Dalek, The Parting of the Ways, The Time of the Doctor, and Hell Bent
Thousand Year War	Kaleds/Daleks	Thals		Skaro	Leads to the creation of the Daleks, and ends with Skaro becoming contaminated with radiation and its population either mutating or dying out. Aftermath seen in The Daleks and Planet of the Daleks.
The War Games	The War Lords	Humans from various eras		War Lords' planet	Ends with the Time Lords erasing the War Lords from existence, returning all the humans to their eras, and executing the Second Doctor. Aftermath seen in Timewyrm: Exodus.
Thousand Day War	Ice Warriors	Earth		Olympus Mons	Ends with the Ice Warriors evacuating Olympus Mons and colonising New Mars.
Cyber-Wars	Cybermen	Various Empires		Earth, Voga	Ends with the destruction of the Cyber-Empire. Aftermath seen in Revenge of the Cybermen, Silver Nemesis, and Ascension of the Cybermen.
The Eternal War	Time Lords	Great Vampires		Gallifrey	Part of a series of conflicts that made up the Pre-Rassilonian Time Wars
Racnoss War		Racnoss
The Black Sun War		Order of the Black Sun
Cybus Wars	Cybermen/Cybus Industries	The Preachers/The Torchwood Institute		Cybus Industries, Torchwood Institute	Fought across two universes. Ends with the Fall of Canary Wharf at the Battle of Torchwood, the walls between universes being sealed, and the Daleks and Cybermen being trapped in the Void. Aftermath seen in Cyberwoman, Daleks in Manhattan, The Next Doctor, and The Big Bang.
The Shadow War	A YouTube War started by 2 friends that had a very intense history.	Shadow Vs V4N5H	N/A	Winner: Shadow Army	June 30, 2021 - January 25, 2022
The Moonvasion	Moonlanders	Citizens of Duckburg
War of the Pride Lands	Simba, the Pride	Scar, the Hyenas	The Lion King	The Pride Lands	Ends with Scar being killed by the Hyenas and peace being restored to the Pride Lands.
Asgard-Jotunheim War	Asgardians, Odin	Frost Giants, Loki	Marvel Cinematic Universe	The Nine Realms	Ends with the destruction of the Bifrost and the assumed death of Loki.
Chitauri Invasion	The Avengers	Loki, Chitauri, Thanos		New York	Ends with Loki's return to Asgard.
Convergence	Thor, Loki	Malekith, Dark Elves		The Nine Realms, Svartalfheim, Greenwich	Ends with the assumed death of Loki, the disposal of Odin to Norway, the death of Frigga, and the death of Malekith on Svartalfheim.
Attack on the Sanctums	Doctor Strange, the Masters of the Mystic Arts	Dormammu, Kaecilius, the Zealots		London, New York, Hong Kong, the Dark Dimension	Ends with the Zealots being trapped in the Dark Dimension and Mordo leaving the Mystic Arts.
The Infinity War	The Avengers	Thanos		New York, Titan, Knowhere, Wakanda, Avengers Compound	Ends with the deaths of Iron Man and Thanos, the retirement of Captain America, Thor leaving Earth, and the appointment of Sam Wilson to become the new Captain America.
Kree-Skrull War	Skrulls, Captain Marvel	Kree		Hala, Skrullos, Earth
"Franco-Prussian War"	Bart Simpson	Nelson Muntz	The Simpsons	Springfield	Given its misnomer of a name out of convenience on Herman's part.
Mushroom Wars	Humans		Adventure Time	Ooo	Ends with the destruction of Earth, except for Ooo
War in Heaven	Time Lords	The Enemy	Faction Paradox	All of history	Ends with the first destruction of Gallifrey, Sutekh being imprisoned on Mars, and the near-eradication of the Faction Paradox. Aftermath is retroactively shown in The Pyramids of Mars, Image of the Fendahl, The Brain of Morbius, and The Talons of Weng Chiang.
Hundred Year War	Aang, Zuko, Hakoda, Water Tribe	Sozin, Azulon, Ozai, Azula, Fire Nation, Dai Li	Avatar: The Last Airbender	The Four Nations	Ends with Ozai being stripped of his powers, the liberation of Ba Sing Se, and Aang embracing the Avatar State.
Water Tribe Civil War	Korra, Southern Water Tribe, United Republic	Northern Water Tribe, Dark Spirits	Avatar: The Legend of Korra	Southern Water Tribe, Republic City	Ends with the destruction of the Avatar Cycle.
UNSA-SDF War	United Nations SATO	SDF	Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare	Solar System	After Mars is colonized, some of the colonizers secede from the Earth-controlled sistem and create a front. Later they claim a state on Earth and aim to commit a genocide of the inhabitants of the Earth.
Robot Riot	Phineas, Ferb, Perry the Platypus, Doofenshmirtz	2nd Dimension Doofenshmirtz	Phineas & Ferb	Danville	Ends with the 2nd Dimension Doofenshmirtz returning to his universe and getting imprisoned, and everyone except Perry, Monogram, and Carl having their memories of the war erased.
Weirdmaggeddon	Dipper Pines, Grunkle Stan	Bill Cipher	Gravity Falls	Gravity Falls	Ends with Bill Cipher's death.

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