2007-04-14 05:52:33 · 10 answers · asked by Treblacram 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Shortest I can remember is the 6 day Arab/Israeli War in 1967. Most history books I have read call the Great Britain versus Zanzibar conflict a battle as it lacked the size of a war. The Arab/Israeli Six Day Way is considered a war in that it had several battles and was over more broad a spectrum than GB v. Zanzibar.
2007-04-14 05:57:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The World’s Shortest War
The Anglo-Zanzibar war, also known as the world’s shortest war, was over in under 45 minutes. The exact length of time is actually debatable - some had put it as short as 38 minutes - anyways, it was a very, very short war.
The whole thing started when the Sultan of Zanzibar, who had willingly cooperated with the British, died on August 25, 1896, and his nephew Khalid bin Bargash seized power in a coup. Thinking that another candidate would be easier to deal with, the British delivered an ultimatum to force the Bargash to abdicate.
Bargash refused the ultimatum and assembled a navy in form of the ex-Sultan’s yacht, the HHS Glasgow and fortified the palace. The British, on the other hand, assembled 5 modern warships in the harbor in front of the palace and landed two battalions of army. Bargash tried a last-ditch negotiation effort through the US Embassy, but time soon ran out.
At 9:02 AM on August 27, 1896, when the ultimatum ran out, the British navy sank the Sultan’s fleet (yes, that one yacht), shelled and destroyed the palace completely. About 500 people, mostly Bargash’s soliders, died. Bargash ran and hid at the German Embassy, where he was later granted asylum. Depending on who you ask, the world’s shortest war was over at 9:40 AM or so.
2007-04-14 13:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by rachel o 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
AUGUST 27th. On this day in history in 1896, took place the Anglo-Zanzibar War, the shortest war in history.
Also see this URL for the longest war!
2007-04-14 13:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by Retired 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great Britain Vs. Zanzibar lasted less than 1/2 and hour. Don't remember exactly when except it was in the 19th Century.
2007-04-14 13:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by travis_a_duncan 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
israel - arab war in 1967 was only fought for 6 days
2007-04-14 13:01:57 · answer #5 · answered by coolsid_61 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the cold war i guess coz it was a war that never happened but still called a war so that
2007-04-14 13:56:19 · answer #6 · answered by wee suzie 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The next world war. It will probably last about 30 minutes and there will be no survivors.
2007-04-14 12:59:14 · answer #7 · answered by dionysious6900 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
My woman and myself. It took me about one minute to wrestle her down and get her clothes off. And then the war was over and we negotiated terms of surrender.
2007-04-14 13:02:33 · answer #8 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
wasnt it the french...didnt they surrender once as soon as they heard on tv some country was thinking of declaring war on them?
2007-04-14 13:14:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Between my brother & me....it took 5 mins.
2007-04-14 14:16:19 · answer #10 · answered by Mahyar 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋