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:
“Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy for the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters—not to talk in armies and nations and numbers—but to track it home.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)