WARS

War is an armed conflict between two nations.Each of these nations may be helped by other nations.Thus,tow or mere countries are involved in a war.Sometimes,there is a war between two groups of people in a country.This is called a civil war .A war may last a few days or may extend over a number of years.

There are may causes of war .Sometimes, a country wants to conquer another country and declares war.Again,there may be a war when a country violates the treaty made with another country .There may be a war if a great man of a country is killed or a ship is sunk,or an aeroplane is shot down by another country.Sometimes , there is a war over the demarcation of boundaries between tow countries .Sometimes ,we have an ideological war .Whatever may be the apparent cause of a war, the main cause is the greed of a country which tries to subdue another country.

A war may be fought on the land , on the sea or in the air.There are different weapons of war in ancient times, they used bows and arrows ,axes,lances and spears .In ancient times,people fought face ot face, and there were not many casualties .Modern wars are very terrible .There are many deadly weapons of war like bombs,missiles and torpedoes.An atom bomb can kill thousands of people at once.Poison gas is also used.

War is associated with many evils.Millions of people are killed or wounded .It is generally the young people who are killed.Cities are bombed ,buildings are ruined , and thousands of people become homeless,Fields and factories are destroyed .There is scarcity of food and other materials .Roads,railways,ports and airports are destroyed , and communication withe the outside world is cut off.People live in daily fear of being killed and suffer a lot of hardship.Valuable works are destroyed and there is a great loss of life and property.It takes a long time for a country to rebuild itself after the devastating effects of a war.

Man knows the evils of war, but has not able to stop wars.There have been wars since times immemorial.Nations made agreements and treaties to avoid wars,but violated them again and again .This is due to the greed and selfishness of nations .The First World War (1914-18) brought the League of Nations into existence .But the League failed to stop wars because there was no agreement among its members .The Second World War (1939-44) created the United Nations Organisation ,but this organisation also has not been able to stop wars.The United Nations Organisation is only a forum of wrangling and debating.