 | French | English  | |
 | mil. occup. poilu {m} [fam.] | [French soldier in World War I] | |
| hist. mil. harki {m} | Harki [generic term for native Muslim Algerians who served as auxiliaries in the French Army during the Algerian War of Independence from 1954 to 1962] | |
| hist. mil. Sturmtruppen {f.pl} [unités d'élites, des troupes d'assaut, de l'armée impériale allemande durant la Première Guerre mondiale] | stormtroopers [specialist German infantry soldiers in World War 1] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| être fini | to be over [war] | |
| exploser [colère, joie] | to break out [epidemic, fire, war, illness, etc.] | |
| éclater [guerre, épidémie] | to break out [war, epidemic, fire, illness, etc.] | |
| mil. s'intensifier [guerre] | to hot up [idiom] [war] | |
| traverser qc. [guerre] | to live through sth. [e.g. a war] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} d'Algérie [1954 - 1962] [aussi : événements d'Algérie, révolution algérienne, guerre d'indépendance algérienne ou guerre de libération nationale] | Algerian War [1954 - 1962] [also: Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence] | |
| hist. mil. pol. révolte {f} de Bohême [1618 - 1620] | Bohemian Revolt [1618 - 1620] [uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburgs that began the Thirty Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Cévennes [1702-1710] [aussi : guerre des Camisards] | Cévennes War [1702-1710] [also: War of the Camisards] [uprising of Protestant peasants during the reign of Louis XIV] | |
| hist. mil. relig. guerre {f} de Cologne [1583 - 1588] | Cologne War [1583 - 1588] [a conflict between Protestant and Catholic factions in the Electorate of Cologne] [also: Seneschal's War or Seneschal Upheaval] | |
| hist. mil. pol. accords {m.pl} de Dayton [1995] | Dayton Agreement [1995] [signed in Paris] [ending the Bosnian War] | |
| mil. pol. guerre {f} étrangère | foreign war [war abroad] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XV [1710-1774] [aussi : Louis le Bien-Aimé] | Louis XV [1710-1774] [also: Louis the Beloved] [ King of France 1715 until his death in 1774. His reign included the 7 Years' War when France ceded New France to Britain] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} américano-mexicaine [1846-1848] | Mexican–American War [1846-1848] [also: Mexican War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Commune {f} de Paris [1871] | Paris Commune [1871] [after the Franco-Prussion War, soldiers of the National Guard seized control of the city and attempted to establish an independent government] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} d'indépendance des États-Unis [1775 - 1783] | Revolutionary War [the American Revolutionary War] | |
| hist. mil. campagne {f} de Russie [1812] [guerre patriotique de 1812] | Russian Campaign [1812] [also: French invasion of Russia, Second Polish Campaign or Patriotic War of 1812] | |
| hist. mil. Sturmtruppen {f.pl} [unités d'élites, des troupes d'assaut, de l'armée impériale allemande durant la Première Guerre mondiale] | storm troopers [specialist German infantry soldiers in World War 1] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Torstenson [1643 - 1645] [aussi : controverse d'Hannibal ou guerre d'Hannibal] | Torstenson War [1643 - 1645] [between Sweden and Denmark–Norway, during the 30 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} d'Hiver [1939-1940] [aussi : guerre soviéto-finlandaise ou guerre russo-finlandaise] | Winter War [1939-1940] [also: First Soviet-Finnish War] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1796] | Treaty of Paris [1796] [between French Republic and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia during the War of the First Coalition] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. première guerre {f} de l'opium [1839-1842] | (First) Opium War [1839-1842] [also: Anglo-Sino War ] | |
| hist. mil. guerre {f} anglo-népalaise [1814-1816] [aussi : guerre des Gurkhas] | Anglo-Nepalese War [1814-1816] [also: Gorkha War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} anglo-écossaise de 1650-1652 [aussi : troisième guerre civile] | Anglo-Scottish war [1650-1652] [also: Third Civil War] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Azincourt [1415] | Battle of Agincourt [in 1415 English forces under King Henry V defeated numerically superior French forces in this important battle in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Alcántara [1580] | Battle of Alcântara [1580] [Habsburg victory in war of Portuguese succession] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Austerlitz [1805] | Battle of Austerlitz [1805] [also: Battle of the Three Emperors] [Napoleon defeated the larger combined Russian/Austrian Armies, bringing the War of the 3rd Coalition to an end] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Balaklava [1854] | Battle of Balaclava [1854] [part of the Crimean War, with the Allies successfully but not decisively defeating the Russians] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Hochstett [1704] [aussi : bataille de Blenheim ou deuxième bataille de Höchstädt] | Battle of Blenheim [1704] [major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession when the overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army] | |
| hist. mil. Bataille {f} de Bouvines [1214] | Battle of Bouvines [the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214.A French army under King Philip Augustus defeated an Allied army under Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de La Corogne [1809] | Battle of Corunna [also: Battle of Elviña] [early in the Peninsular War, the French Army humiliated the British Army and forced it to evacuate by sea] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Crécy [1346] | Battle of Crécy [1346, important battle in 100 years' war. French army commanded by King Philip VI was defeated by an English army led by King Edward III ] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Saint-Privat [1870] [aussi : bataille de Gravelotte] | Battle of Gravelotte [1870] [also: Battle of Gravelotte–St. Privat] [Prussian victory in largest and decisive battle of the Franco-Prussian War] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Malakoff [1855] | Battle of Malakoff [1855] [French victory against the Russian forces resulted in the fall of Sevastopol, and subsequent end to the Crimean War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Marignan [1515] | Battle of Marignano [1515] [Francis I, King of France defeated the Old Swiss Confederacy ending the War of the League of Cambrai] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Audenarde [1708] | Battle of Oudenarde [1708] [also: Battle of Oudenaarde] [great victory for the Grand Alliance over France in the War of the Spanish Succession] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Patay [1429] | Battle of Patay [in 1429, the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the 100 Years' War, when the French cavalry inflicted a severe defeat on the English.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Peterwardein [1716] [auusi : bataille de Petrovaradin] | Battle of Petrovaradin [1716] [also: Battle of Peterwardein] [major victory of Habsburgs over the Ottomans during the Austro-Turkish War] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Poitiers [1356] | Battle of Poitiers [in 1356 was the 2nd major success, after Crécy, by England under Edward, the Black Prince, against France, under King John II, in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Poltava [1709] [aussi : bataille de Pultawa] | Battle of Poltava [1709] [decisive battle of the Great Northern War ; Russian army defeated Swedish army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille de Ramillies {noun} [1706] | Battle of Ramillies [1706] [in War of the Spanish Succession, the Grand Alliance defeated France] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Rossbach [1757] | Battle of Rossbach [1757] [decisive battle in 7 Years' War in which the Frederick the Great's Prussian Army defeated a much larger combined French & Austrian Army] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Sablat [1619] | Battle of Sablat [1619] [one of first battles in 30 Years' War; Protestant defeat] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Sinope [1853] | Battle of Sinope [1853] [ naval battle won decisively by Imperial Russia against the Ottoman Empire, during the opening phase of the Crimean War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Forbach-Spicheren [1870] [aussi : bataille de Spicheren ou bataille de Forbach] | Battle of Spicheren [1870] [also: Battle of Forbach] [2nd of 3 critical French defeats in the Franco-Prussian War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Stadtlohn [1623] | Battle of Stadtlohn [1623] [resounding Catholic victory marking end of 1st phase of 30 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Talavera [1809] | Battle of Talavera [1809] [major battle in the Peninsular War where British & Spanish forces defeated the Napoleonic Army outside Madrid] | |
