Has there ever been a truly multi-sided war?

A truly multi-sided war is like a big group game where more than two teams are fighting at the same time.

Imagine you're playing tag with your friends in the park, but instead of just you and one friend, there are five different groups chasing each other. That's kind of what a multi-sided war feels like. Everyone is trying to win, but no one is working together, it’s all chaos!

In most wars, two big teams fight, think of it like a tug-of-war between two classes in school. But sometimes, there are more than two sides fighting at once. For example, imagine three different groups of kids playing tag: some are chasing you, others are trying to catch the person who caught you, and another group is just having fun on their own. That’s like a three-sided war.

Sometimes even more groups join in, like four or five teams all fighting at once. It gets wild! No one knows who will win because everyone is fighting for themselves.

So yes, there have been truly multi-sided wars, they're just like that big, messy game of tag with lots of friends.