Weirdest Wars Where Nobody Was Killed

When we generally think of war, images of violence, devastation and debasement are what comes to our minds. Nonetheless, history in some cases provides us with the weirdest and magnificent examples of disputes that were settled without the loss of even a single drop of blood. These are the stories of wordless wars, where words such as diplomacy, comedy, and sheer absurdity ruled over violence. And everything from century-old disputes to the silliest misunderstandings can be found in the records of history, images that go against what we think war is.

• The Three Hundred and Thirty-Five Year War: Is it fact or fiction?

The Three-Hundred and Thirty-five Year War between the North Sea and the Isles of Scilly was a comedy of historical absurdities. Allegedly initiated by demands for reparations, this couples’ purported strife went on for centuries without a single shot being fired. Whether it was an ongoing real war or a fake one is a topic of discussion among historians still. Regardless of the fact that, finally the war ended in 1986 with peace having been agreed between the two sides which had been feuding since forever.

• The Kettle War: The Strange Collision of Empires

The Dutch found their self, as usual, involved in a rather peculiar struggle against the Holy Roman Empire over the control of the River Scheldt in 1784. Initially, the matter seemed to be a diplomatic dispute, but it escalated into what came to be known as Kettle War, a name that came after the destruction of a single kettle by a non-lethal bullet. Although the power imbalance was obvious, the action ended extremely quickly which shows the uncertainty of the war and the irrationality of aggressive behavior.

• The Huéscar-Danish War: Eight Men and How a Group of Citizens Assembly Together to Achieve Glory

In the year 1809 the city of Huéscar in Spain started the open hostilities with Denmark that it could not mean more than eight guards. The jocose exhibit of courage was not to be noticed for a century until just a mere incident changed it all to a lighthearted truce treaty in 1981. The final festivities between the Huéscarois and the Danes also highlighted their oddities given that it was the time they forgot about the ancient war.

The Honey War: Quarrel over Borders, Stinging in Words.

The human folly and fervor is best reflected by the Honey War of 1839 between Iowa and Missouri because the small reason is the only cause of bigger confrontations. The rivalry was ignited by territorial squabbles and procedural blunders, and soon it reached absurdity with the capture of a sheriff after a tax collector's trespassing resulted in the burning down of beehives. The vogue and boastfulness, yet in fact, the issues were done in by diplomacy instead of hostility.

• The Pig War: Pig got a thumb of bow the international conflict begins.

What started out in 1859 as a fatal grasping incident for a pig on San Juan Island ended up as a diplomatic crisis between the United States and the British Empire. The danger of a general conflict became to be the less of a problem with the aid from cooler minds and a joint military occupation. They had been arbitrated in the end. The term just sounded too ridiculous in the give situation, which ultimately betrayed the meaning of the serious geopolitical implications.

• The Lobster War: The Ecological Answer

While the Lobster War between France and Brazil, which took place during 1961-1963, may seem to be a crazy and pointless war, such a war is also a reminder that a state can take any measure to defend its interests no matter how unimportant. From fishing allegations in beginning the issue turned into three-year warships to decide its future. To the end, it was the international judges who decided the fate of country and showed us that even the simplest conflicts can lead to the most drastic of consequences.

The history of warfares actually is more complex as many incidents have occurred against the rule and prove the ridiculousness of war. Wars which last for centuries, illustrates that the best way to solve conflict most of the times is not through spears or guns, but there is a more effective way which is to use the peaceful approach even when odds are against you. Hopefully in review of these odd polemics of history, we should be able to pick up the virtues of diplomacy, wittiness and common sense to settle the most perspective forks in the road.