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244: Britain's 38 Minute War
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Lasting just 38 minutes, the Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896, is regarded as the shortest war in history.
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On the morning of 27 August 1896, the British Empire fought what is widely regarded as the shortest war in history.
In the space of just 38 minutes, a crisis in the island sultanate of Zanzibar escalated into a dramatic naval bombardment that destroyed the Sultan’s palace, sank the royal yacht, and forced a regime…
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