Here is a breakdown of all the four Great Ninja Wars in Naruto, with context about when did it happen, who fought it, and how it connected with the wider Naruto story. The ultimate battle against Obito and Madara Uchiha was the only ninja war to happen during the events of Naruto, but there were three other ninja wars later revealed in the series, all of which changed the shinobi world in some way. The Fourth Great Ninja War was the last major arc of Naruto Shippuden, right before Naruto and Sasuke fought Kaguya and saved the world. Related: Naruto: Shippuden Filler List - Which Episodes To Skip

Kakashi sensei, for example, lost his two best friends fighting a war, not to mention villains like Obito and Nagato, who were molded by war. Their sensei and other seasoned ninjas, however, all lived through at least one Great Ninja War, which left many of them with traumatic memories. The scale of the fights were unnecessary ramped up to god tier level just to make out Naruto Uzumaki to be some god level ninja.

The Third Hokage Hiruzen Saturobi ran a prosperous village, and Naruto’s generation of ninjas never had a true sense of how much that peace cost. The fourth great ninja war was kind of a disappointment, mostly because Kishimoto basically discarded the idea that 'you make your own fate' and the writing went downhill since the war began. When audiences were introduced to the Hidden Leaf in Naruto, the shinobi world was going through an era of peace.

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