MilitaryConflict

Wars, battles and other historical conflicts.

Entity["MilitaryConflict",name] or

represents an entity of type "MilitaryConflict".

[prop]

gives the value of a specified property.

[{propi,}]

gives the value of a list of properties.

[prop,{qualivali,}]

gives the value of a specified property modified by qualifier rules quali->vali.

[Dated[prop,date]]

gives the value of a property associated with a particular date specification.

EntityClass["MilitaryConflict",{propispeci,}]

represents a class of entities with values of propi defined by speci.

Sample Entities

Properties

  • AllActorsall actors
    AllSubconflictsall subconflicts
    Battlesbattle
    CasualtiesCivilianPrisonerscivilian prisoners
    CasualtiesCiviliansKilledcivilians killed
    CasualtiesCiviliansWoundedcivilians wounded
    CasualtiesKilledmilitary killed
    CasualtiesMissingInActionmissing in action
    CasualtiesPrisonersOfWarprisoners of war
    CasualtiesWoundedmilitary wounded
    CivilianCasualtiescivilian casualties
    Commanderscommanders
    Coordinatescoordinates
    EndDateend date
    EntityClassesentity classes
    EntityTypeListentity type list
    ForcesAircraftaircraft
    ForcesArtilleryartillery
    ForcesCavalrycavalry
    ForcesCivilianForcescivilian forces
    ForcesFortificationsfortifications
    ForcesInfantryinfantry
    ForcesMilitaryForcesmilitary forces
    ForcesShipsships
    ForcesTankstanks
    ForcesTroopstroops
    ForcesVehiclesvehicles
    ForcesWarElephantswar elephants
    Locationlocation
    LossesAircraftCapturedaircraft captured
    LossesAircraftDamagedaircraft damaged
    LossesAircraftDestroyedaircraft destroyed
    LossesArtilleryCapturedartillery captured
    LossesArtilleryDamagedartillery damaged
    LossesArtilleryDestroyedartillery destroyed
    LossesBuildingsCapturedbuildings captured
    LossesBuildingsDamagedbuildings damaged
    LossesBuildingsDestroyedbuildings destroyed
    LossesShipsCapturedships captured
    LossesShipsDamagedships damaged
    LossesShipsDestroyedships destroyed
    LossesTanksAndVehiclesCapturedtanks and vehicles captured
    LossesTanksAndVehiclesDamagedtanks and vehicles damaged
    LossesTanksAndVehiclesDestroyedtanks and vehicles destroyed
    MainActorsmain actors
    MilitaryCasualtiesmilitary casualties
    Namename
    OutcomeNotesoutcome notes
    ParentConflictparent conflict
    Positionposition
    StartDatestart date
    Subconflictssubconflicts

Details

  • "MilitaryConflict" entities include major wars, battles, military operations, campaigns, theatres of war and other conflicts.
  • Some properties in "MilitaryConflict" (such as "Casualties" or "Commanders") return a list of values that correspond to the list of combatants returned by the property "MainActors". In cases where no information is available, the result is a list of Missing values equal to the number of participants in the conflict. The property "Subconflicts" returns conflicts considered to be direct subparts of the specified entity. The property "AllSubconflicts" lists the subconflicts at all levels below the specified entity. The property "Battles" includes only members of "AllSubconflicts" that have no subconflicts themselves.
  • Some properties are available for the "MilitaryConflict" entity type as a whole and can be given using the form EntityValue["MilitaryConflict",property]. Such properties include:
  • "Properties"the list of available properties
    "PropertyCanonicalNames"the standard names of available properties
    "SampleEntities"a sample list of available entities (typically of length 10)
    "SampleEntityClasses"a sample list of available entity classes (typically of length 10)
    "EntityCount"number of entities available
    "Entities"the list of available entities
    "EntityCanonicalNames"the standard names of available entities
    "EntityClasses"the list of available entity classes
    "EntityClassCanonicalNames"the standard names of available entity classes
    "PropertyClasses"the list of available property classes
    "PropertyClassCanonicalNames"the standard names of available property classes
    "PropertyCount"number of properties available
  • The following annotations can be used in the third argument of EntityValue["MilitaryConflict",property,annotation]:
  • "Source"source information for the property
    "Date"the date associated with the entity-property value (if any)
    "EntityAssociation"an association of entities and entity-property values
    "PropertyAssociation"an association of properties and entity-property values
    "EntityPropertyAssociation"an association in which the specified entities are keys, and values are a nested association of properties and entity-property values
    "PropertyEntityAssociation"an association in which the specified properties are keys, and values are a nested association of entities and entity-property values
    "Dataset"a dataset in which the specified entities are keys, and values are an association of property names and entity-property values
  • The following annotations can be used in the second argument of EntityValue[property,annotation]:
  • "Qualifiers"the list of possible qualifiers for the property
    "QualifierValues"the list of possible values that can be given to each qualifier
    "DefaultQualifierValues"the list of default values for the property's qualifiers
    "Description"a brief textual description of the property
    "Definition"a detailed textual definition of the property
    "PhysicalQuantity"the physical quantity associated with the entity-property value
    "Unit"the unit associated with the entity-property value
  • A qualifier value of Automatic indicates that an applicable format of values can be used; e.g. for the "Date" qualifier, this includes a proper date or date span.

Examples

Basic Examples  (4)

Use for entity discovery:

Find a property value for an entity:

Retrieve a dataset of all available properties for an entity:

Find all conflicts that were a part of the New Guinea Campaign in World War II: