Off the top of my head, spring and summer have long been known as "war time." Due to the winter freezes, most armies in the ancient past didn't fight wars in the winter. If they fought, it was minor, regional skirmishes in the less frozen parts of the world. Then, as the ice and snow melted, the intensity of the fighting would heat up, culminating in all out war by summer, the hottest time of the year. Hostilities would normally start cooling off again come Fall, as the first snows came. It's only been during the last 250 yrs, or so, that wars started being fought in Winter with the same intensity as Spring/Summer, with the advent of warmer clothing and better food prep/storage, etc.
This USAF post only explains "war time" from a singular perspective.
Since we're about to leave this "Dark Winter," I expect we'll start seeing things "heat up" as the snow starts melting and we transition into warmer weather.
Off the top of my head, spring and summer have long been known as "war time." Due to the winter freezes, most armies in the ancient past didn't fight wars in the winter. If they fought, it was minor, regional skirmishes in the less frozen parts of the world. Then, as the ice and snow melted, the intensity of the fighting would heat up, culminating in all out war by summer, the hottest time of the year. Hostilities would normally start cooling off again come Fall, as the first snows came. It's only been during the last 250 yrs, or so, that wars started being fought in Winter with the same intensity as Spring/Summer, with the advent of warmer clothing and better food prep/storage, etc.
This USAF post only explains "war time" from a singular perspective.
Since we're about to leave this "Dark Winter," I expect we'll start seeing things "heat up" as the snow starts melting and we transition into warmer weather.