Forgotten war
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"The Forgotten War" typically refers to:
The term forgotten war is also sometimes, though much less commonly and less specifically, used to refer to:
When used as a descriptive term (a forgotten war), the term has broader use. The term "forgotten war" is occasionally applied by historians to other wars and conflicts. Historiographically speaking, the term typically implies that the public recognition of said war is considered to be disproportionately low in relation to the perceived historical significance of the conflict in the eyes of the historians in question. Thus, numerous other wars in history are sometimes called "forgotten wars", sometimes as a dramatic mechanism to garner attention to a particular book, article, or documentary on the subject. Used in this way, the term can be used with only local or regional context, or can be used as a general adjective. National, regional, and global histories may differ as to using the term. There is thus no definitive definition of the criteria that a war or conflict must have in order to be classified as "forgotten", and thus it is a subjective historical term.
- The Korean WarKorean WarThe Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
(in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) - The Ifni WarIfni WarThe Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain , was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents and Sahrawi rebels that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi Ifni.The war, which may be seen as part of the general movement...
(in SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) - The resistance in Baltic countries, see Forest BrothersForest BrothersThe Forest Brothers were Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged a guerrilla war against Soviet rule during the Soviet invasion and occupation of the three Baltic states during, and after, World War II...
The term forgotten war is also sometimes, though much less commonly and less specifically, used to refer to:
- The Southern theater of the American Revolutionary WarSouthern theater of the American Revolutionary WarThe Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War was the central area of operations in North America in the second half of the American Revolutionary War. During the first three years of the conflict, the primary military encounters had been in the north, focused on campaigns around the...
- The Philippine–American War
- The Barbary WarsBarbary WarsThe Barbary Wars were a series of wars between the United States of America and the Barbary States of North Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At issue was the Barbary pirates' demand of tribute from American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. If ships failed to pay, pirates...
When used as a descriptive term (a forgotten war), the term has broader use. The term "forgotten war" is occasionally applied by historians to other wars and conflicts. Historiographically speaking, the term typically implies that the public recognition of said war is considered to be disproportionately low in relation to the perceived historical significance of the conflict in the eyes of the historians in question. Thus, numerous other wars in history are sometimes called "forgotten wars", sometimes as a dramatic mechanism to garner attention to a particular book, article, or documentary on the subject. Used in this way, the term can be used with only local or regional context, or can be used as a general adjective. National, regional, and global histories may differ as to using the term. There is thus no definitive definition of the criteria that a war or conflict must have in order to be classified as "forgotten", and thus it is a subjective historical term.