Military leaders don’t actually like wars. Wars disrupt training and no one can truly predict an outcome. But when war does come the leaders all hope for a quick and decisive victory. None was quicker ...

A war fought between the Great Britain and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27 August 1896, which lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, making it the shortest recorded war in history. The cause of the war was ...

The phrase 'world's smallest war' might sound a bit amusing, but history often surprises us with tales that defy expectations. Here's a war story which is one of them. We are talking about a war that ...

Usually, when people talk about wars, they often picture long and exhausting battles that stretch on for years, like the First and Second World Wars, or even legendary conflicts such as the ...

Should it even be called a war? Maybe a scuffle, an argument, or a brief act of defiance. When we think of wars, we often picture drawn-out battles and prolonged conflicts that stretch on for weeks, ...

Wars can drag on forever. History tells of the Hundred Years’ War, the Eighty Years’ War and the Thirty Years’ War. The 2001-2014 Afghanistan War is considered America’s longest conflict. Yet ...