civil war
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A civil war is a conflict between organized groups fighting each other within the same country. It matters because civil wars can cause widespread destruction, loss of life, and fundamental changes to a nation's government and society.
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The destruction wrought on Granollers after a raid by German aircraft on 31 May 1938 during the Spanish Civil War
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. The term is a calque of Latin bellum civile which was used to refer to the various civil wars of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. Civil here means "of/related to citizens", a civil war being a war between the citizenry, rather than with an outsider.