war of mutual annihilation theme

People wage war on each other and (often with the help of WMDs) wipe each other out in a mutual apocalypse.

26 total · 6 choice · 11 major · 9 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ent3x12 choice The Triannons had largely killed each other off over in a quarrel that rooted in whether it took 9 or 10 days for Makers to construct the spheres.
novel: Children of Time (2015) choice (old) mankind destroyed itself with war
tas1x14 choice Slaver empire destroyed in ancient war
tas1x16 choice point of episode was to avoid such a war
tos3x15 choice hate and racism led to ultimate war
tz1959e3x01 choice The story is set in a deserted city in the aftermath of an apocalyptic war between two unspecified nation states.
bbf4x22 major Earth civilization destroyed itself with wars
movie: Appleseed (2004) major The story is set sometime after humanity was brought to the brink of destruction by a cataclysmic global war. Much was made of the Olympus city-state society being specially engineered to ensure humans would never go to war again.
movie: High Treason (1929) major Dr. Seymour led the pacifist Peace League efforts to prevent the outbreak of a the world war between United States of Europe and the Empire of the Atlantic States
movie: Starship Troopers (1997) major The humans were in an all out war for survival against a hostile Arachnid aliens, and vice versa.