During the Second World War, however, the Axis was limited by the great distances between the Axis powers; for the most part, Japan and Germany fought separate wars, and eventually surrendered separately.
During the 18th century the Royal Navy engaged in a long struggle with the French navy for maritime supremacy, leading Britain to victory over France in four separate wars between 1688 and 1763.
In the mosque's garden, headstones marked the graves of two of the war dead, representing untold numbers of other victims: locals say thousands were killed during the six separate wars in recent years that swept through Yemen's northern provinces.
January 23 , 1921New Bedford, Massachusetts October 12, 2008 Montreal, Canada Léo Major, (born January 23 , 1921 New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S. died October 12, 2008, Montréal, Quebec, Canada) decorated Canadian hero of World War II and the Korean War, known for being the only Canadian to win the Distinguished Conduct Medal in two separate wars.
Mr. Greenspan, 78, has already been Fed chairman for nearly 17 years and has navigated the economy through the boom of the 1990's as well as through two recessions, two stock market crashes, terrorist attacks and two separate wars in Iraq.
While both Russia and the United States say they share the goal of defeating the Islamic State group in Syria, they are waging parallel but separate wars against the militant group while simultaneously backing opposite sides in the conflict between Russia's ally, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, and his other opponents, including rebels backed by the United States.
The émigrés rifled through the garbage to find classified documents that could help Mr. Demjanjuk, who is currently standing trial in Munich on separate war crimes charges.
A separate war is playing out in the northeast, along the Iraq border, which has been occupied, since late 2013, by the Islamic State.
The old distinction between "stabilisation", done by NATO, and "counter-terrorism", done by America, is blurring.On the ground, though, each contingent is fighting its own separate war and promoting its separate vision of reconstruction.
But the price eight Guatemalan soldiers killed by the rebels may dampen the UN's new zeal.Elsewhere, in copper-rich Katanga, a separate war is raging between Congolese government soldiers and Mai Mai militiamen.
On Oct. 28, 1940, therefore, having given Hitler only the barest hints of his project, Mussolini launched seven Italian divisions (155,000 men) from Albania into a separate war of his own against Greece.
