Word info

war effort

Noun

Meaning

war effort (countable and uncountable, plural war efforts)

A coordinated mobilisation of a country's resources, both industrial and human, in support of its military forces during a war.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

"It [referring to calling a Minister "Idiot"] was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win. Stephen Harper

The certain way to victory...lies in making everything on Imperial soil contribute to the war effort...combining the total material and spiritual strength of the nation... Yoshijirō Umezu

Most American fascists are enthusiastically supporting the war effort. They are doing this even in those cases where they hope to have profitable connections with German chemical firms after the war ends. Henry A. Wallace

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. Herodotus

My aim was to safeguard justice, without doing harm to our war effort. Hans Frank

We support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win. Stephen Harper

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