Tripartite wars

**CiviC** · February 27, 2010, 12:37 PM

I wonder if there are examples of wars with three parties like A, B and C each fighting the other two : A fighting against B and C, B fighting A and C and C fighting A and B at the same time.

**bushbush** · February 27, 2010, 12:40 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms

**smithy17** · February 27, 2010, 12:57 PM

I presume that its mainly civil wars which happen like that.

**Poach** · February 27, 2010, 02:25 PM

Bushbush got it, China was like that for quite some time.

**Orko** · February 27, 2010, 02:28 PM

There are very few examples.
Part of the Yugoslav breakup wars was tri-partite, and the civil war in British Palestine might count as one.

**antaeus** · February 27, 2010, 04:09 PM

there's plenty of civil wars that end up like this... or in the case of africa... they end up as 15+ party wars... as in somalia or the congo.

often 3 way wars end up with two parties making peace and dealing with the third - as in bosnia.

**CiviC** · February 28, 2010, 02:46 AM

I think there was a situation like this after WWI between Polish, Soviets and Lithuanians, Poles and Soviets were at war and Lithuanians defended both against Soviets and Poles.