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Military conflict
A military conflict infobox (sometimes referred to as a warbox) may be used to summarize information about a particular military conflict (a battle, campaign, war, or group of related wars) in a standard manner.

A warbox is not compulsory! Some conflicts do not lend themselves to its use; it is better to omit it than to grossly over-simplify the conflict merely for the benefit of having it. In addition, many parameters can be ommitted if desired; the choice of which parameters are appropriate for a particular conflict is left to the discretion of the article editors.

The infobox should be added using the Infobox Military Conflict template, as shown below:


 * conflict – required – the name of the conflict (e.g. "Battle of Lützen" or "World War I").
 * partof – the larger conflict containing the episode described in the article. For battles or campaigns, this should be the war during which the event takes place.  For wars, the parameter may be used to link to a group of wars (e.g. the Italian War of 1521 to the Italian Wars).  Note that for proper grammatical form, it may be necessary to insert "the" before the name of the war when using this parameter.
 * image – an image for the warbox. Note: the image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]] .  In particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
 * caption – text to be placed below the image.
 * date – required – the date(s) of the conflict described. This may be as specific as desired; convention is to give the actual date for battles and the years for wars, but this does not always apply.
 * place – required – the location of the conflict. For conflicts covering a wide area, a general description (e.g. "France", or "Europe", or "Worldwide") may be used.
 * casus – a formal casus belli for the conflict; the parameter should not be used for an extended discussion of underlying causes for a war, which would be more appropriate directly in the article.
 * territory – changes in territorial control as a result of the conflict; as above, it should not be used for extended descriptions of the peace settlement.
 * result – required – the outcome of the conflict (e.g. "French victory"). Modifiers such as "inconclusive" or "decisive" may be used as necessary.
 * combatant1/combatant2 – the parties participating in the conflict. Convention is to use the names of countries, rather than those of specific units, in this field.  Listing allied nations that do not directly participate is not generally useful, but may sometimes be appropriate.
 * commander1/commander2 – the commanders of the military forces involved. For battles, this should include, at a minimum, the commanders of armies, and may include others if necessary.  For wars, an exhaustive listing of every military leader is inappropriate; only prominent or notable ones should be included here.  Ranks and titles should be ommitted, and only the names of the commanders should be listed&mdash;in other words, "Napoleon", not "Emperor Napoleon".
 * strength1/strength2 – the numerical strength of the units involved. It is generally not useful to provide unit names without giving an indication of numbers.
 * casualties1/casualties2 – casualties suffered, including dead, wounded, missing, captured, and civilian deaths. Use terms such as "dead", "wounded", or "captured" in place of abbreviations such as "KIA" or "POW".
 * notes – optional field for further notes; this should only be used in exceptional circumstances.