on a war footing
11footing — noun (U) / fUtIN / 1 the conditions or arrangements under which something exists or operates : on a legal/scientific/official etc footing: The article attempts to put their work on a more scientific footing. | on a sound/firm/solid footing: new… …
12war — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ impending, ongoing ▪ bloody ▪ all out, full scale, total …
13war time — war|time «WR TYM», noun, adjective. –n. a time of war. –adj. of or having to do with a time of war; taking place during a time of war: »What the senators want is expert opinion as to whether…production and missile development should be placed on… …
14war|time — «WR TYM», noun, adjective. –n. a time of war. –adj. of or having to do with a time of war; taking place during a time of war: »What the senators want is expert opinion as to whether…production and missile development should be placed on a wartime …
15WAR CRIMES TRIALS — Crystallization of the Principles of International Criminal Law Immediately after the outbreak of World War II, when the first Nazi violations of the laws and customs of war as defined by the Hague and Geneva Conventions were revealed (and in… …
16War on Poverty — The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national… …
17War of the Whiskers — The War of the Whiskers (c. 1152 1453) is a jocular term for the long conflict between medieval France and England, referring to the refusal of Louis VII of France to shave his newly acquired taste for a beard (i.e. whiskers ) he had grown while… …
18Origins of World War I — The origins of World War I included many factors, including the conflicts and antagonisms of the four decades leading up to the war. The immediate origins of the war lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July crisis of… …
19Britain in the American Civil War — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was officially neutral in the American Civil War. Confederate strategy depended on British and French intervention and that never happened; intervention would have meant war with the U.S. Although… …
20Vietnam War — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam. [1960 65] * * * (1955–75) Protracted effort… …
