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The 130 pages that link to Guerrilla warfare, each with the reason it gives.

• Napoleonic WarsRelated: Spanish resistance made occupation costly and challenged French control behind the front lines.

• Siege warfareCompared with: Its mobility contrasts with the fixed positions and sustained investment of a siege.

• Cuban RevolutionNarrower topic: Castro’s rebels relied on this strategy against Batista’s larger military.

• Nigerian Civil WarCompared with: Biafra’s defense increasingly faced the limits of conventional resistance against superior federal forces.

• TerrorismCompared with: Guerrilla attacks typically target military forces, although groups may also use terrorism against civilians.

• First Indochina WarNarrower topic: It describes the Việt Minh’s early approach against French military superiority.

• Attrition warfareCompared with: Guerrilla campaigns often use selective attacks and political endurance rather than continuous massed combat.

• MaoismRelated: It is a central military method in Maoist revolutionary strategy.

• Anti-imperialismRelated: Some liberation movements used it against imperial armies with superior conventional forces.

• InsurgencyRelated: Insurgents often use hit-and-run attacks to offset the state's military advantage.

• Urban warfareCompared with: Guerrilla methods can occur in cities, but describe a mode of fighting rather than an urban setting.

• FortificationCompared with: Mobile forces can avoid fixed defenses and attack elsewhere.

• Mongol military tacticsCompared with: Both exploit mobility, but Mongol tactics generally sought decisive field battles as well as raids.

• Second Boer WarNarrower topic: After losing major towns, Boer commandos shifted to mobile attacks on British forces and infrastructure.

• Philippine–American WarRelated: After conventional Filipino forces lost ground, guerrilla tactics prolonged resistance across the archipelago.

• Portuguese Colonial WarNarrower topic: Angolan, Guinean, and Mozambican movements used mobile tactics against Portugal’s larger conventional forces.

• Amílcar CabralNarrower topic: The PAIGC’s armed campaign was one instance of guerrilla warfare against a colonial power.

• Irish Civil WarNarrower topic: Anti-Treaty forces turned to this strategy after losing control of major towns.

• Total warCompared with: It shows that intense warfare can occur without mass industrial armies or state-wide mobilization.

• FRELIMONarrower topic: FRELIMO used guerrilla tactics to challenge Portugal’s military control across rural areas.

• Irish Republican ArmyNarrower topic: The IRA relied on guerrilla methods against British forces during the independence war.

• Sandinista National Liberation FrontNarrower topic: FSLN armed units used guerrilla tactics against the National Guard and Somoza government.

• T. E. LawrenceNarrower topic: Lawrence promoted raids and disruption instead of trying to defeat Ottoman armies in set battles.

• Che GuevaraNarrower topic: Guevara treated mobile rural insurgency as a way to challenge stronger state forces.

• January UprisingNarrower topic: The uprising relied on dispersed attacks rather than sustained conventional battles.

• Mozambican War of IndependenceNarrower topic: FRELIMO relied on mobile attacks rather than matching Portugal’s conventional forces.

• Maneuver warfareCompared with: Both exploit mobility, but guerrilla warfare typically relies on prolonged irregular struggle.

• FARCNarrower topic: FARC’s military strategy relied heavily on these methods.

• Michael CollinsNarrower topic: IRA operations under Collins relied on ambushes and evasion rather than conventional battles.

• November UprisingCompared with: The uprising relied heavily on conventional forces rather than making guerrilla warfare its central strategy.

• Tet OffensiveCompared with: Tet included guerrilla attacks but also large, coordinated assaults that exceeded typical guerrilla operations.

• Basmachi movementNarrower topic: Basmachi bands often used mobility and surprise against Soviet forces.

• RebellionRelated: Rebel groups may use guerrilla tactics when they cannot match government forces conventionally.

• Võ Nguyên GiápRelated: Guerrilla tactics helped Giáp’s forces survive and weaken French and South Vietnamese opponents.

• Fabian strategyRelated: Raids and ambushes can impose losses without risking a decisive engagement.

• Maji Maji RebellionRelated: Rebel forces used raids and dispersed resistance against German military positions.

• Umkhonto we SizweRelated: Umkhonto we Sizwe adopted guerrilla methods as its campaign developed.

• Conventional warfareCompared with: Its small-unit tactics contrast with conventional armies’ larger formations.

• Jonas SavimbiRelated: UNITA relied on mobile insurgent tactics against government forces.

• People's WarRelated: It is the characteristic military method during the early stages of many people's wars.

• Resistance movementRelated: Some movements use hit-and-run tactics when they cannot match an occupier's conventional forces.

• Agostinho NetoRelated: The MPLA used guerrilla tactics against Portuguese forces during the independence war.

• Ahmad Shah MassoudNarrower topic: Massoud’s commanders used dispersed attacks and knowledge of mountain terrain against larger forces.

• Asymmetric warfareRelated: Its hit-and-run tactics let weaker forces avoid the stronger side’s preferred battles.

• Partisan warfareRelated: Partisan operations commonly use guerrilla tactics, though partisan forces are defined especially by their political and territorial context.

• UNITARelated: UNITA used mobile insurgent tactics against the government’s larger conventional forces.

• Augusto César SandinoNarrower topic: Sandino’s army used mobility and surprise rather than matching U.S. forces in conventional battles.

• Carlist WarsRelated: Carlist forces used terrain and local networks to sustain campaigns against government armies.

• Force concentrationCompared with: Its forces often avoid the direct engagements where conventional concentration is strongest.

• MaroonsRelated: Maroon fighters used raids and evasive tactics against colonial forces.