Gadaffi's supporters (the government) and the rebels.
the union wanted to stop slavery and the confederates ddidn't
Union fought to free slaves, Confederate fought to stay slave states.
The two sides of the Irish Civil War were the "Republicans" and the "Free Staters".
Picture a box with four sides. Fighting on 1 side is one front. Fighting on two sides of the box is fighting on two fronts. Three sides of the box is 3 fronts, four sides of the box (surrounded) is fighting on four fronts. Two or more fronts is a multi front war.
The Civil War was a between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South) in the United States. No two countries were fighting against each other. That's why it was called a civil war because it was a war between two sides in one country.
A civil war is where the opposing sides belong to the same country or region, as opposed to fighting a foreign country. A war fought between people from the same country: e.g the English civil war
the two sides during the US civil war were the union (North) and the confederacy (south)
The Federalists and the Anti Federalists
Greeks versus Persians .
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The United States was fighting on two sides. On one side they were fighting Germany, and on the other side they were fighting Japan. It technically was the same war but they call it two seperate ones because they happened on opposite sides of the United States.
Cease fire is the asking of to stop fighting between two sides which are fighting