Civil war

A civil war is a conflict where all sides are of the same nationality. The following are civil wars that have occurred in the Halo universe.


 * The Insurrection - A civil conflict in which Insurrectionist factions began using terrorism to gain independence from the United Nations Space Command.
 * The War of Wills - An internal conflict between San'Shyuum Reformists and the Stoics over the Forerunner Dreadnought that crashed on Janjur Qom.
 * The Unggoy Rebellion - A brief conflict in which the Covenant Empire's Unggoy populous rebelled against unfair treatment.
 * At least sixteen minor rebellions involving the Unggoy were also fought.
 * The Struggle for Ideological Purity - Another civil war among the Covenant Empire. This time, the fighting was over the restoration of religion and the Covenant Ideology, and those who were enemies of it.
 * The Great Schism - The final civil war the Covenant would face, started when the High Prophet of Truth ordered the genocide of the Sangheili.
 * The Blooding Years - A series of conflicts between the Swords of Sanghelios, the Servants of the Abiding Truth, and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.