Monday 11 May 2009

Strangest wars ever

1.
The Pig War:triggered by the shooting of a pig

The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between American and British authorities over the boundary between the United States and British North America. The specific area in dispute was the San Juan Islands, which lie between Vancouver Island and the North American mainland. The Pig War, so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig, is also called the Pig Episode, the Pig and Potato War, the San Juan Boundary Dispute or the Northwestern Boundary Dispute. The pig was the only "casualty" of the war, making the conflict essentially bloodless.

2.
Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War: lasted over 335 years with no casualties

The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War (1651–1986) was a war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly (located off the southwest coast of the United Kingdom). It is said to have been extended by the lack of a peace treaty for 335 years without a single shot being fired, which would make it one of the world's longest wars and the war with the fewest casualties. Despite the uncertain validity of the declaration of war, peace was finally declared in 1986.

3.
Moldovan-Transdniestrian War: where both sides’ officers would drink together during the nights and fight during the days

After the Soviet Union collapsed, two-thirds of Moldova wanted closer ties with Romania and neighbours to the west. But the area of the country to the east of the Dniestr river wanted to stay close to Ukraine and Russia. War broke out, and the east split to form Transdniestria, which remains unrecognised by the world.

When Moldova and Transdniestria started fighting, it was a weird war. The local military called it the Drunken War, as officers of the combatants met every night to have a drink together. They went away in the morning and opened fire on each other. At night, they got together again to drink for those they had met with the previous night and who they had killed.

4.
The Football War: started with a football game


The Football War ,was a five-day war fought by El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. It was caused by political conflicts between Hondurans and Salvadorans, namely issues concerning immigration from El Salvador to Honduras. These existing tensions between the two countries coincided with the inflamed rioting during the second North American qualifying round for the 1970 FIFA World Cup; on 14 July 1969, the Salvadoran army launched an attack against Honduras. The Organization of American States negotiated a cease-fire which took effect on 20 July, with the Salvadoran troops withdrawn in early August. El Salvador ended up going to the 1970 FIFA World Cup1970 FIFA World Cup, where they failed to advance from the Group Stage.

What do You think about those conflicts?
Maybe You can chose the favourite one;)?

8 comments:

  1. Well i'm not keen on history(except ancient times... but in those times there were only "normal" wars :) ) but i have heard about some of the wars you have mentioned.

    You can't really choose your "favourite" war... and I know that your question wasn't serious. It is good that Pig War and 355 years war had no casualties(except that poor pig).

    ReplyDelete
  2. Well, I think it's stupid to ask if you have your favorite war - it's not the subject we can laugh at... Ok, this wars were weird and without sense, but we don't really know what actually have happend, how many people have died... After World War II I don't think we can talk like this about wars. Even if some wars had no casualties...

    Sorry for being honest.

    ReplyDelete
  3. A totally agree with Adam that every war, even strange one, are bad. In my opinion the terrible one was Second World War. Maybe i think that becouse it was not so long ago.

    And from those four, strangest was the pig war in my opinion.

    ReplyDelete
  4. there's one more funny story connected to this topic: The Principality of Sealand.
    it's a small country established on an abandoned ocean platform near UK.
    it has a really great history including wars, coup d'état and many more..
    http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealandia

    ReplyDelete
  5. I have heard something about a great war… it’s called Trojan War. The cause of the war was a women – Helena – the most beautiful Greek woman (daughter of Zeus). This women was kidnapped by Parys, prince of Troja… ok, I think that everyone knows the final with Achilles and the wooden horse ;)

    In Polish Wikipedia there is an interesting table: in one column we have “hero” and in the second “his assassin” (like "bold and beauty" ;) )

    http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojna_trojańska

    ReplyDelete
  6. Every conflict is stupid. It only takes 2 politicians and a bad look to start flying missiles. It's stupidity. Every war is bad, so how can You really ask which war is our favourite? Wars shouldn't be declared, they shouldn't be.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Which war has any sense? What is the difference between war because of oil, god, money, football... Every reason is good to collect some benefits - authority, fame and every reason is stupid.

    ReplyDelete
  8. In my opinion every war is stupid and usually comes from pure human stupidity.
    Seriously..
    You cant win a war without doing any sacrifice. So in the end both sides have loses.
    As someone above have said its strange to say if one have its favourite war..

    ReplyDelete