Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Shortest wars in history


  • American invasion of Panama: 44 days
  • 2003 Invasion of Iraq: 43 days
  • Falklands war: 42 days
  • Polish-Lithuanian war: 37 days
  • 2006 Lebanon war: 35 days
  • Sino-Indian war: 33 days
  • Invasion of Czechoslovakia: 33 days
  • Second Balkan war: 32 days
  • Greco-Turkish war (1897): 30 days
  • Anglo-Iraqi war: 30 days
  • Sonderbund war: 28 days
  • Ecuadorian-Peruvian war: 28 days
  • Sino-Vietnamese war: 27 days
  • Togoland Campaign: 27 days
  • Georgian-Armenian war: 24 days
  • 2008 Gaza war: 24 days
  • Invasion of Grenada: 22 days
  • Turkish invasion of Cyprus: 21 days
  • Yom Kippur war: 21 days
  • Hungarian Revolution of 1956: 19 days
  • Agacher Strip war: 18 days
  • Serbo-Bulgarian war: 14 days
  • Indo-Pakistani war (1971): 13 days
  • War of the Stray Dog: 10 days
  • 10 days war: 10 days
  • 1978 Lebanon invasion: 9 days
  • Polish-Czechoslovakian war: 9 days
  • Slovak-Hungarian war: 9 days
  • Italian invasion of Albania; 7 days
  • 6 days war: 6 days
  • Russo-Georgian war: 6 days
  • Bangladeshi-Indian border conflict: 6 days
  • Libyan-Egyptian war: 5 days
  • Indian annexion of Hyderabad: 5 days
  • Football war: 4 days and 4 hours
  • Cenepa war: 3 days
  • Invasion of Kuwait: 3 days
  • Indian annexion of Goa: 3 days
  • 2008 Invasion of Anjouan: 2 days
  • Anglo-Zanzibar war: 38 minutes

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