12 Shortest War Ever

An episode of the The Weird History Podcast podcast, hosted by Joe Streckert, titled "12 Shortest War Ever" was published on January 9, 2015 and runs 16 minutes.

January 9, 2015 ·16m · The Weird History Podcast

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The Anglo-Zanzibar war comes up all the time on lists of curiosities, records, weird things, etc., as the shortest war in recorded history. It certainly is a historical curiosity, but it was still an actual, real war, with stakes and politics behind it. This week’s episode gets into a few details about the shortest war in history, and why (for Zanzibar at least) it was more than just a curiosity. The photograph below shows a part of the Sultan’s palace complex after the war which, depending on which source you read, lasted either 38, 40, or 45 minutes.   Related Links: The Anglo-Zanzibar War is a favorite for factoid sites like Neatorama and Mental Floss. Reporting on the war from the AP in 1896 (requires login). National Geographic on the SE African coast.

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