The novel Murder at the War ( Knightfall in paperback edition ) is a detective story concerning a murder that takes place at the SCA's largest annual event, Pennsic War.

* Pennsic War

The Pennsic War occurs each summer north of Portersville.

Field Battle at Pennsic War XXXII

The Pennsic War is an annual American medieval camping event held by the Society for Creative Anachronism — a " war " between two large regional SCA groups: the Kingdom of the East and the Middle Kingdom.

The name Pennsic War is a combination of Pennsylvania and Punic War.

The Pennsic War uses numbers to identify each war rather than the year it was held, so the 2011 event was known as " Pennsic War 40 "— there having been 39 previous events.

The Pennsic War takes place in late July / early August.

This is celebrated in song by performer, Duke Moonwulf Starkadderson in " Pennsic War IV ".

* Pennsic has inspired a mystery novel, Murder at the War ( Knightfall in paperback ), by Mary Monica Pulver.

* There have been video documentaries made of Pennsic and the battles thereof, the most well known of which is Duckball Home Video's The Pennsic War: A Video Documentary, produced in 1991 at the 20th Pennsic War

* The Official Pennsic War web site

* A site with collected images, videos, and stories of the Pennsic War

* The Pennsic War: A Video Documentary

* The fourth, often called " Pennsic Pour " or " Pennsic Puddle ", was held at Spencer Farm on Aquilla Road near Chardon, Ohio and was marred by massive flooding and mudslides.

The first Starwood was held July 24 – 26, 1981 at Coopers Lake Campground, the same site as the Society for Creative Anachronism's Pennsic War, in Slippery Rock, PA. From 1982 through 1985 it was held at Devil's Den Park in New Philadelphia, OH, a former state park run by Whispering Winds Nudist Camp.

At some large events, such as Pennsic and Estrella Wars, EMS personnel stand by on site for the duration of the event.

Pennsic is held in late summer and lasts for 17 days ( begins on a Friday, ends two Sundays later ).

The challenge for the Pennsic war was initially issued by King Irial and Queen Morna of the Middle, with the stated causes being both the ownership of the new group forming in Pittsburgh, the Debatable Lands, and an earnest desire to have fun and “ engage in chivalric combat of the highest ”.

Thus, the Debatable Lands were assigned to the East Kingdom prior to Pennsic being fought, which rendered moot the initial reason for the war.

Pennsic is, however, an SCA event ; members of other groups are welcome, but are generally expected to follow SCA rules — especially in regards to armor, weapons and behavior on the battlefield for the various fighting scenarios.

According to the Pennsic Independent, a privately-published newspaper published on-site, the final count for 2009 was 10, 947.

The story takes place entirely at Pennsic.

Prior to 2007, Pennsic took place during the first two weeks of August, and some of the earliest Pennsics were held during September.

* With over 10, 000 people, Pennsic becomes the 4th largest populated place in Butler County, PA ( after Cranberry and Butler Townships, and the City of Butler ).

* The first Pennsic was held in 1972, at Newton's Campground ( now Shorehaven Campground ) in Waterford, Pennsylvania.

Since Pennsic XXV in 1996 the event has gathered over 10, 000 participants each year.

The winners of the battles and other activities receive war points, and the Kingdom with the most war points wins that Pennsic.

Contrary to popular myth, the Pennsic wars were not caused by Cariadoc challenging himself to a war and losing.

The board of directors ruled a few weeks before Pennsic I that since Pittsburgh was in the same state as an existing group, in Philadelphia, that it had to belong to the same kingdom.

Since the stated purpose of the war was to determine which kingdom got Pittsburgh and the Midrealm decisively won Pennsic I, it became popular mythology that " the loser got Pittsburgh.

* Pennsic University: a framework of classes where attendees learn period skills, trades, and performing arts.

* Pennsic Choir.

War, under these circumstances, cannot be one massive exchange of nuclear devastation.

* 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.

While in the first five years following World War II, massive emigration from these states to the West occurred, restrictions implemented thereafter stopped most East-West migration, except that under limited bilateral and other agreements.

During the Second Sudanese Civil War ( 1983 – 2005 ), there was a massive uncontrolled crossing of the Sudan-C. A. R.

Aided by a massive buildup of Soviet advisors, military personnel, and advanced weaponry during the Cold War, Cuba became a staunch ally of the USSR during Castro's rule, modeling its political structure after that of the CPSU.

* 1941 – World War II: In the Battle of Moscow Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army, with the biggest offensive launched against Army Group Centre.

German bombing during the Second World War caused massive damage to the docks with 380, 000 tons of timber destroyed in the Surrey Docks in a single night.

In the 1990s, a series of International Monetary Fund arrangements, coupled with massive external debt relief resulting from Egypt's participation in the Gulf War coalition, helped Egypt improve its macroeconomic performance.

* 1945 – World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.

That aggressive strategy worked as Germany pulled out of the League of Nations ( 1933 ), rejected the Versailles Treaty and began to re-arm ( 1935 ), won back the Saar ( 1935 ), remilitarized the Rhineland ( 1936 ), formed an alliance (" axis ") with Mussolini's Italy ( 1936 ), sent massive military aid to Franco in the Spanish Civil War ( 1936 – 39 ), seized Austria ( 1938 ), took over Czechoslovakia after the British and French appeasement of the Munich Agreement of 1938, formed a peace pact with Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union in August 1939, and finally invaded Poland in September 1939.

But the Allies did not launch massive assaults and kept a defensive stance: this was called the Phoney War in Britain or Drôle de guerre – the funny sort of war – in France.

In the decades after the Second World War, a massive restructuring plan drove Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, a phenomenon known as the Japanese post-war economic miracle.

The International Refugee Organization ( IRO ) was founded on April 20, 1946 to deal with the massive refugee problem created by World War II.

* 1993 – Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call Seven-Day War.

* 1943 – World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk.

* 1996 – First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.

The onset of World War II caused a massive upheaval in people's lives as military mobilization engaged millions of men.

Based on Beria's own statements, other leaders suspected that in the wake of the uprising, he might be willing to trade the reunification of Germany and the end of the Cold War for massive aid from the United States, as had been received in World War II.

* 1864 – American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment " Attack-in-depth " assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12.

* 1940 – World War II: Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.

North and South both suffered from the massive destruction caused during the Korean War.

* 1972 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.

* 1950 – Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces ( Battle of the Ch ' ongch ' on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir ), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.