CRUSADE (DISAMBIGUATION)

'The Crusades' were a series of wars and campaigns that took place during the 11th through 18th centuries. They were often, but not always, from Roman Catholic Europe against Muslim polities in the Middle East.
'Crusade' or 'crusader' may also refer to:
In 'military history' and 'religion':

★ Northern Crusades, the Catholic Western European military expeditions along the shores of the Baltic Sea to convert pagans and Orthodox Christians

★ In English, any type of campaign that is conducted with an emphasis on zeal and persistence; see also Muslim "jihad"

★ Crusader states, the states set up by the Europeans in the Middle East during The Crusades

★ Tenth Crusade, a name applied to the "War on Terror"

★ ''The New Crusade'', a book on U.S. policy post-9/11

★ XM2001 Crusader, an American self propelled artillery project

★ Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II

★ Operation Crusader, a British attack in North African campaign in World War II

★ F-8 Crusader, a U.S. Navy fighter jet

★ F8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8 and compete with the F-4 Phantom II

★ VMFA-122 ''Crusaders'', a United States Marine Corps fixed wing fighter-attack squadron 122

★ Crusaders Christian Youth Movement, youth group founded by a missionary Albert Kestin

★ Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational Christian mission organization.

★ A revival meeting, among certain evangelists (notable among these are Billy Graham and Benny Hinn)
In 'popular culture':

★ ''Crusade'' (TV series), a 1999 American science fiction television show that took place in the same setting as ''Babylon 5''

★ ''Crusade in Jeans'', a novel set in the Children's Crusade by Dutch author Thea Beckman

★ ''Crusader'' (game series), an action-oriented computer game series

★ ''Crusader Kings'' (computer game), a strategy computer game revolving around historical Crusader age personages

★ Crusader (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' expansion

★ The Caped Crusader, a nickname of the comic book character Batman

★ The Crusade (Doctor Who), a serial from the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''

★ ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'', a 1989 Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery

★ The Crusader (train), a five-car stainless-steel streamlined train of the Reading Railroad built by the Budd Company which operated between Philadelphia and Jersey City, NJ from 1937-1960.

★ ''The Crusades'' (film), a 1935 movie directed by Cecil B. DeMille

★ ''The Crusades'' (comics), a 2001 DC Comics series by Stephen T. Seagle and Kelley Jones

★ Crusaders (comics), two fictional superhero teams in comics

★ "Crusade" (Stargate SG-1), a ''Stargate SG-1'' Season 9 episode

★ ''Crusader'' (film), a 2004 motion picture

★ Crusader (Marvel Comics), a fictional character created by Marvel Comics and enemy to Thor; later, an unrelated Skrull superhero of the same name

★ '', a 2001 computer strategy game

★ The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S.
In 'music':

★ Crusade (band), a Rock Against Communism Oi band from Great Britain

★ ''Crusade'' (album), a 1967 blues album by John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers

★ ''Crusader'' (album), the debut album by New Zealand rapper Scribe

★ ''Crusader'' (Saxon album), an album by Saxon

★ ''The Crusade'' (album), an album by Trivium

★ The Crusaders, a jazz and R&B group popular in the 1970s

★ Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps International division I marching band
In 'sports':

★ Crusaders (rugby) (formerly the Canterbury Crusaders), a rugby union team from New Zealand

★ Celtic Crusaders, a rugby league team from Wales

★ Western Crusaders, a rugby union team from Fiji

★ Crusaders F.C., a football team from Northern Ireland

★ Valparaiso Crusaders, the sports teams of Valparaiso University

★ Crusader Speedboat, a jet speedboat in which John Cobb crashed fatally