Strange Wars

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War between England and Spain named for a certain otic body part

A group of Australians with machine guns nearly lost to a bunch of birds

War fought in 1325 between Bologna and Modena over a single bucket being stolen

Napoleonic tendencies of Latin American president lead his nation to be nearly annihilated after needlessly declaring war on three far more powerful bordering countries

At a tense border crossing in Petrich, between Greece and Bulgaria, a Greek soldier chased his dog across the border, where he was subsequently shot down, his death inciting a small Greek invasion

A single pig was shot by British soldiers and a brief standoff followed

Sometimes referred to as "War of Pork and Beans" due to logistical supply mistake by United States; small border conflict between United States and Great Britain that had no actual fighting but still around 550 deaths from disease and accidental injury

Longest war in human history

War characterized by nighttime meet ups where soldiers gathered to drink and socialize in "no-man's land"

Four day war between Honduras and El Salvador that costed 3000 lives in 1969

Lasted 38 minutes

When Sir Frederick Hodgson demanded the Ashanti people hand over their culture's most sacred possession for the queen, he was subsequently attacked and lost over 1000 men

War started over a French-run Mexican bakery

Hone Heke, a New Zealand Chief succeeded in chopping down a Union Jack flagpole 3 times. The fourth time it was erected, he was thwarted, so naturally he raised a militia that indiscriminately maimed countless towns people and British soldiers, before he finally chopped down the final iron-clad flag pole

War fought because a message couldn't be properly delivered from Great Britain to the United States