Nobody needs any further clarification to the meaning of war, everyone knows what war is. It is a physical conflict between two or more countries. World War 1, World War 2, The Vietnam War and The Gulf War, each of these are historical wars, they bring about widespread famine, misery, destruction and death, just like any other war would. When a war sweeps through a continent or country, nothing is left intact in its wake. If war brings about such negative effects then, why do countries still go to war? Since the beginning of time, Man has learnt to solve their problems and conflicts by the use of violence - cavemen using clubs and stones fighting against each other for possession of women, food and territory is an everyday affair. .

             Countries use war as a last resort when all else fails, it seems that by the use of military might, they hope to be able to suppress the weaker countries and make them conform. Some countries go to war when they do not like each other, when one country gets in the way of the other in territorial or economical conquest, it is time for someone to be obliterated. No one seems to be willing to give way or to accept resolutions as offered by third party nations. The phrase "Action speaks louder than words" does have its place here. What better way to solve a problem other than solving it yourself? Perhaps that is why the League of Nations or the now United Nations never seems to be able to stop all wars. War seems like a likely solution to inter-country conflicts.

             When we talk about war, the two greatest wars that ever happened in history that will immediately come to one"s mind are World War One (1914 – 1918) and World War Two (1935-1949). World War One was a war without parallel - its scale of destruction eclipsed all previous wars ever known to mankind, at least that was the case before World War Two. Austria-Hungary was not happy the way Serbia dealt with the murder of its Arch-duke and decided to take military action.