Tag: History’s Shortest War
Over in 38 Minutes — Britain’s Brief Battle With Zanzibar is History’s Shortest War
Published Date: 4 September, 2015
“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…