Over in 38 Minutes — Britain’s Brief Battle With Zanzibar is History’s Shortest War

“At 9 a.m. local time Aug. 27, 1896, Great Britain declared war on the East African island nation of Zanzibar. Thirty-eight minutes later it was all over.” THE SHORTEST WAR in history didn’t take long to…

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