Patriotic War

Patriotic War may refer to one of the following wars.

  • Patriotic War of 1812, Napoleon's invasion of Russia
  • Great Patriotic War, the war between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II
  • Croatian War of Independence, armed conflict between newly independent Croatia and Republic of Serbian Krajina forces supported by Yugoslav People's Army; this term is used only in Croatia

Famous quotes containing the words patriotic and/or war:

    “Anti-Nebraska, Know-Nothings, and general disgust with the powers that be, have carried this county [Hamilton County, Ohio] by between seven and eight thousand majority! How people do hate Catholics, and what a happiness it was to show it in what seemed a lawful and patriotic manner.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

    “The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbours, causeth a war to follow between Princes.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)