Categories of children born of war as suggested by Mochmann 2007 and 2009:

This category includes children of enemy soldiers and children of sodiers from allied forces. As these two categories are very often difficult to separate clearly they are incorporated into one.Children of enemy soldiers are fathered by foreign soldiers who are located in the country or region and clearly defined as enemies such as German soldiers in were often in Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, France, and Russia during WWII or Bosnian Serb Army in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the war in former Yugoslavia in the 1990s and US soldiers in Vietnam.

In the case of children of soldiers from allied forces the soldiers can be seen as enemies or allied, depending on the view of the local population. The allied forces occupying Germany in the post WWII years were for example in the population by some conceived as saviours and by others as enemies. In the case of Canadian troops in Great Britain or the Netherlands or US troops on Iceland, these were allied troops. Nevertheless, a liaison between local women and participants of the allied forces was often not accepted in the community and both mothers and children were stigmatised

In recent years, the topic of children born by child soldiers has reached the public agenda. An estimated 25.000 children, of whom 7.500 are girls have been abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda since the start of the conflict. Among these, some 1000 are ”child mothers” who conceived while in captivity (UN News Centre, 2006).  Considering that girls are involved in many other wars and conflicts around the world such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone and Indonesia, it becomes clear that this is not a marginal problem, particularly when also taking into account that the number may be assumed to be even higher.

Children of peacekeeping forces

Children fathered by members of peackeeping forces. For example in December 2007 the UN General Assembly implemented the "United Nation Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations Staff and Related Personel". The United Nations commits to providing assistance and support to three different categories of persons: (a) “complainants”; (b) “victims”; and (c) children born as a result of sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations staff or related personnel. This commitment, however, in no way diminishes or replaces the responsibility of the individual perpetrators of acts of sexual exploitation and abuse” (A/RES/62/214).  This document and guidlines may serve as best practise for all military (and other staff) involved in peacekeeping operations.