Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Top Ten Obscure Wars-- Part 2

5.  FIRST BARBARY WAR:  (1801-1805), U.S. versus Barbary States of Morocco, Algiers and Tunisia.

4.  INDIAN AND EUROPEAN FRONTS AMERICAN REVOLUTION:  (1778-1783)  France and Spain versus Britain.

3.  ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CAMPAIGN:  (1942-1943)  Alaska territory (U.S.) invaded by Japan.

2.  SOVIET-JAPANESE WAR:  (August 9-September 2, 1945), the Soviet Union invaded Manchuria.    

1.  ANGLO-ZANZIBAR WAR:  (August 27, 1896), lasted 38 minutes.  Zanzibar declared itself free of British rule.

--Cooter





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