War of the Elves and Sauron

The War of the Elves and Sauron occurred in the mid-Second Age in Middle-earth, ending with Sauron's defeat and his expulsion from Eriador.
== History ==
The war began in SA 1693, almost a century after Sauron had deceived the Ñoldor of Eregion and forged the One Ring, claiming all the Rings of Power from Ost-in-Edhil except for the Three Rings of the Elves.
Messages of this betrayal were sent north to Lindon where the High King Gil-galad ruled, and he began amassing his forces, preparing for an invasion. He also called for help from Númenor.
In SA 1695 Sauron attacked, crossing the Fords of Isen and beginning the Siege of Eregion. Elrond was sent to Eregion by Gil-galad with reinforcements. However, in SA 1697 Eregion was laid waste, Celebrimbor, Lord of Eregion, was killed, with Elrond arriving too late his force was in danger of being overwhelmed. But the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm sortied, attacking the Morgul-host in the rear allowing Elrond to escape. He fled north with the survivors, founding Rivendell, the Dwarves retreated into Khazad-dûm and closed the gates.
By SA 1699 all of Eriador fell under Sauron's control, Imladris was besieged, as were the Grey Havens and Lindon was cut off from Rivendell and Khazad-dûm.
The next year a great army of Númenor arrived, sent by Tar-Minastir and commanded by Ciryatur, which landed in Lindon, at Tharbad on the Gwathló, and in the south near Pelargir. Sauron's forces were driven back from the Grey Havens, and retreating to the Gwathló found their way blocked by the second Númenórean army. Sauron's army was thus pinned between the two forces and mostly wiped out in the ensuing Battle of the Gwathló. The force that was besieging Rivendell was caught between Gil-galad and Elrond and destroyed. Sauron himself retreated south with the remnants of his force, but was attacked again in eastern Calenardhon and escaped to Mordor with only a small bodyguard. The war was therefore a decisive victory for the Elves and Númenóreans, but Eregion was gone, and most of Eriador laid waste.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Oorlog van die Elwe en Sauron
Albanian 	Lufta e Elves dhe Sauron
Amharic 	የኤልቭስ እና የሳውሮን ጦርነት
Arabic 	حرب من الجان وسورون
Armenian 	Էլֆերի և Սաուրոնի պատերազմը
Azerbaijani 	Elflər və Sauron müharibə
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вайна з Эльфаў і Саурона
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Войната на елфите и Саурон
Catalan 	Guerra dels Elfos i Sauron
Chinese (Hong Kong)	精靈與索倫之戰爭
Corsican 	Guerra di u inguantatisi e Sauron
Croatian 	Rat vilenjaka i Saurona
Czech 	Válka Elfů a Saurona
Danish 	Krigen mellem Elverne og Sauron
Dutch 	Oorlog van de Elfen en Sauron
Esperanto 	Milito de elfoj kaj Sauron
Estonian 	Vabadussõja Päkapikud ja Sauroni
Filipino 	Digmaan ng Elves at Sauron
Finnish 	Haltioiden ja Sauronin Sota
French 	Guerre des Elfes et de Sauron
Frisian 	Oarloch oan de Elves en Sauron (Western)
Galician 	Guerra do Elfos e Sauron
Georgian 	ომი საურონსა და ელფებს შორის
German 	Krieg der Elben und Sauron
Greek 	Πόλεμος του ξωτικών και Σαυρον
Gujarati 	ઝનુન અને સૌરનનું યુદ્ધ
Hebrew 	מלחמת בני הלילית בסאורון
Hindi 	वर ओफ़ थे एल्वेस अन्द ष्औरोन
Hmong 	Ua tsov ua rog ntawm cov Elves thiab Sauron
Hungarian 	Háború a tündék és Szauron
Icelandic 	Stríðið á álfum og Sauron
Indonesian 	Perang Elfs dan Sauron
Italian 	Guerra tra Sauron e gli Elfi
Irish Gaelic 	Cogadh ar an elves agus Sauron
Japanese 	エルフとサウロンの戦争
Kannada 	ಎಲ್ವೆಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಸೌರಾನ್ ಯುದ್ಧ
Kazakh 	Эльфтер және Саурон соғыс (Cyrillic) Élfter jäne Sawron soğıs (Latin)
Konkani 	एल्फ आनी सौरोन हांचें झूज
Korean 	사우론-요정 전쟁
Kurdish 	Şer yên Elves û Sauron (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эльфтер менен Саурондун согушу
Latin 	Bellum Dryades et Sauron
Latvian 	Elfi un Saurona karš
Lithuanian 	Elfai ir Saurono karas
Luxembourgish 	Krich vun der Alfen an Sauron
Macedonian Cyrillic	Војна од Џуџиња и Саурон
Malagasy 	Ady ny Elves sy Sauron
Malaysian 	Perang Bunian dan Sauron
Maltese 	Gwerra tal-Elves u Sauron
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Элф ба Сауроны дайн
Nepalese 	एल्व्स र सोरन को युद्ध
Norwegian 	Krigen av alver og Sauron
Pashto 	وار وف تهې ېلوېس اند صاورون
Persian 	نبرد الف‌ها و سائورون
Polish 	Wojna Elfów z Sauronem
Portuguese 	Guerra da Elfos e Sauron
Romanian 	Război de Elfi și Sauron
Russian 	Война эльфов и Саурона
Scottish Gaelic 	Cogadh na Elves agus Sauron
Serbian 	Рат Вилењака и Саурона (Cyrillic) Rat Vilenjaka i Saurona (Latin)
Sinhalese 	එල්ව්ස් සහ සොරෝන් යුද්ධය
Slovak 	Vojna Elfov sa Sauronom
Slovenian 	Vojna Vilini in Sauron
Somali 	Dagaal oo ka mid ah farta laatiinta iyo Sauron
Spanish 	Guerra de los Elfos y Sauron
Sundanese 	Perang tina Elves jeung Sauron
Swahili 	Vita ya Elves na Sauron
Swedish 	Kriga av alverna och Sauron
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҷанги Элфҳо ва Саурон
Tamil 	௰அர் ஒf த்ஹெ ஏல்வெஸ் அந்த் ஷ்ஔரொந்
Tatar 	Элвес һәм Саурон сугышы
Telugu 	దయ్యములు మరియు శౌరాన్ యుద్ధం
Turkish 	Sauron ve Elfler Savaşı
Turkmen 	Elwes we Sauron söweşi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Війна за ельфів і Саурона
Urdu 	ایوس اور سرون جنگ
Uzbek 	Елфлер ва Саурон уруши (Cyrillic) Elfler va Sauron urushi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Chiến thần tiên và Sauron
Welsh 	Rhyfel y Coblynnod a'r Sauron
Xhosa 	Imfazwe Elves kunye Sauron
Yiddish 	מלחמה פון די עלווז און סאַוראָן
== References ==
Category:Wars
Category:Second Age
fr:Guerre des Elfes contre Sauron
it:Guerra tra Sauron e gli Elfi
pl:Wojna elfów z Sauronem
ru:Война эльфов и Саурона