The Grindelwald Revolution was a period of history conflict that turned Europe upside down, with foundations being laid decades before hostilities broke out. It was initiated by the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who aimed to unite Magical Europe under a single government, tear down the International Statute of Secrecy and reform the International Confederation of Wizards into a hierarchical new world order that would subjugate Muggles under the wise and powerful rule of Wizardkind.