(n) decisive battle of brief duration
(n) tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons
sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe
(n) Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
(n) Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
(n) (sens) Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) (may imply Chinese aggression)
(n) battle of revenge
(n) Korean War (1950-1953)
(n) competitive lobbying
rivalry in campaigning (for and against)
(n) conventional war
(n) conventional (military) forces
(n) cease-fire deal
(n) cease-fire agreement
(v5u) to fight one's enemy
(n) do-or-die resistance
resistance to the bitter end
(n) blitzkrieg tactics
(n) united front
(n) Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
(n) American Revolutionary War
War of Independence
(n) (obsc) (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(n) (obsc) (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(n) (US) Civil War
(n) (obsc) Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
(n) First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
(n) (col) First Sino-Japanese war (1894-5)
(n) Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
(n) Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
(n) (sens) Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
(n) Peasants' War (Germany: 1524-1525)
(n) losing pitcher
(n) Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War, 1868-1869)