Patriotic War

Patriotic War is a term most commonly used in Russia. The term may refer to one of the following wars.

Wars between Russia and Western European powers

• Patriotic War of 1812, Napoleon's invasion of Russia
• Second Patriotic War, the war between the German Empire and its allies against Russia during World War I
• Great Patriotic War, the war between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II
  • Great Patriotic War (term)

Other wars

• The Croatian War of Independence, the war between the newly self-declared independent Croatia, on one side, and the self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina and Yugoslav People's Army forces, both of whi which were controlled by SR Serbia, on the other
• The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.