Shortest War in Human History
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🗓️ 12 February 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Fun facts, here we go. |
| 0:02.0 | The Anglo-Zanzibar War, which took place on August 27, 1896, |
| 0:08.0 | holds the record for the shortest war in history. |
| 0:11.0 | It lasted between 38 and 45 minutes. With the British Empire |
| 0:16.4 | defeating the sultanate of Zanzibar, the conflict arose from a |
| 0:21.8 | succession dispute following the death of the previous Sultan, Sultan. |
| 0:27.2 | British forces are armed with superior weaponry quickly overwhelmed the defending Zanzibar forces, |
| 0:33.3 | bringing the war to a swift conclusion. |
| 0:36.4 | A Taylor Swift conclusion. |
| 0:38.8 | One, so this happened right about one |
| 0:40.9 | of my pocket watch was made. |
| 0:43.0 | Hell yeah. |
| 0:44.3 | Two, you said Zanzibar? |
| 0:46.3 | Zanzibar. |
| 0:47.7 | What's the Black Jack song, or Jack Black, not Blackjack. |
| 0:52.3 | Jamblin' yeah, I get it. |
| 0:54.0 | Do you remember that? |
| 0:57.0 | No, I don't. |
| 0:59.0 | I never knew what... |
| 1:00.0 | Is that Pick of Destiny? |
| 1:01.0 | Yeah, something like that. Never knew what Zanzibar was till just now, so that is kind of a fun fact, |
| 1:08.0 | Jared. |
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