Fourth Great Shinobi World War (TTF)

The beginning of the Fourth Great Shinobi World War (第四次忍界大戦, Daiyonji Ninkai Taisen) was declared by when the five Kage refused to give him the Eight-Tailed Giant Ox and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox for his. Madara has stated that he will use the seven tailed beasts already captured by the in combating the ninja world. The, the , the , the , and General have agreed to form a Shinobi Alliance, pooling their resources against Madara. The daimyo of the Five Great Shinobi Countries and the later join the alliance as well.

Prelude
Both sides began the war by gathering their strength and collecting information about the other side in preparation for the upcoming hostilities. continued to gather intelligence on Kumogakure's military strength and on traveling with him everywhere while hidden inside. The team of Anko Mitarashi tracked, which led them to Madara Uchiha's lair. Other Shinobi Alliance teams had fanned out to collect other information about Akatsuki and their hideouts.

Battle for the Rinnegan
What can be considered the first true battle of the war was vs Madara Uchiha over the location of  corpse. Konan had prepared for the battle, having integrated explosive tags into her body as well as placing 600 billion of them into her. Madara underestimated her prowess, losing an arm and part of his mask while she took advantage of his 5-minutes limited of intangibility with 10 full minutes of explosion. When Konan thought she had won, Madara surprised her with his to escape her technique, and he used a genjutsu to get the location of Nagato from her, then killing Konan and retrieving the.