Throughout history there have been many causes for wars, surprise attacks, broken marriages, unpaid debts, and of course good old greed.

However, an 18th century war between Great Britain and Spain had perhaps the oddest genesis of all, a severed ear.

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Great Britain has been in a lot of wars.

Of the 193 countries in the United Nations,

they have controlled, fought in, or against 171 of the countries.

And that's just since 1707.

By the same token, Spain has also been in a lot of wars, not quite as many as the UK, but still a lot.

So it shouldn't come as any surprise that the two countries fought against each other, several

times in fact.

The particular war in question took place in the 18th century. The backdrop was The

back drop in the 18th century. The backdrop was the economic and military competition between the two countries in the Caribbean.

In the 18th century, the Caribbean was big business.

Sugar, molasses, rum, indigo rice, and other crops

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