A war fought to gain independence for a country or to free it from oppression.
veterans of the 1970s liberation war
Example sentencesExamples
We would not have been in the state we are now if there were no liberation wars.
We have forgotten those great names who led us to victory in our liberation war.
The president gave a eulogy at the funeral of a liberation war veteran.
Davidson also wrote extensively about the complex roots of the anticolonial struggles and liberation wars in Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique.
Their proposal to put up a memorial plaque to Turkish soldiers who died during the Russian-Turkish liberation war (1877-1878) caused a monumental controversy.