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The War That Lasted 38 Minutes
The shortest war in history ended before most people finished their morning tea.
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The shortest war in history ended before most people finished their morning tea.
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The shortest war in history was over in thirty-eight minutes - before most soldiers even knew it started. A new sultan seized power without asking permission, so the British navy anchored outside his palace and gave him one hour to surrender. He refused, raised his flag, and fired back with one old wooden ship - the British sank it in minutes and shelled the palace to rubble. The sultan fled, about five hundred people were killed or hurt, and the British then sent his side a bill for the cost of the shells they had fired.