The phrase "assumed the war" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express taking on responsibility or control over a conflict, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "After the previous leader stepped down, he assumed the war effort, rallying the troops for the upcoming battle."
Alternatives: "took charge of the war" or "took on the war effort".
When World War 1 began in the summer of 1914, most people assumed the war would be finished by Christmas.
The federal government assumed the war debts of the ex-colonies, issued new national bonds backed by direct taxes and minted its own currency.
His convenient timing makes for a tongue-in-cheek homage to the disappointed hopes of the previous year, when men on both sides had assumed the war could only last a few months.
But as the fight has unfolded, the battle here has assumed the war's seesawing and bloody rhythm, capturing many of the dynamics of a conflict exhausting its mismatched adversaries, and putting the nation on a path toward disintegration.
At the outset, both sides assumed the war would be brief -- the kind of "cakewalk" the Bush White House expected would follow after we invaded Iraq.
Assuming the war on terror will not end soon, the United States should take a number of steps to revitalize the coalition's mission and morale.
Falklands films and Vietnam movies are similar in that - unlike, say, most second-world-war films - they assume the war to have been futile and ruinous, and select heroes who have been damaged during the conflict and then ignored after it.
With a wife and baby son to protect and a father trading loudly loyal to the king, Abe assumes the war is almost over anyway, now that Gen. Washington has been driven from New York.
Labour had also assumed the Iraq war effect had subsided among Muslim voters, but found that in Bradford foreign policy issues were important, including Afghanistan and Syria.
While Germany surrendered a few weeks after Truman assumed the Presidency, the war with Japan was expected to last another year or more.
Grace was the main arms supplier to Peru before and during its unsuccessful war with Chile in 1879 83, and after the war he assumed the country's staggering war debt.
