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Shortest Wars

This list features the reputedly shortest wars in history.

RANK

WAR

YEAR

LENGTH

1

British-Zanzibar

1896

38 minutes

2

Six Day War

1967

6 days

3

Indo-Pakistani War

1971

14 days

4

Serbo-Bulgarian

1885

15 days

5

Georgian-Armenian

1918

25 days

6

Sino-Vietnamese

1979

27 days

7

Greco-Turkish

1897

34 days

8

Polish-Lithuanian War

1920

37 days

9

Second Balkan

1913

43 days

10

Falklands War

1982

74 days


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References

World Atlas. (n.d.). Shortest wars in human history. Available at: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/shortest-wars-in-human-history.html [Accessed 1 December 2025]. British Legion. (n.d.). The Falklands War. Available at: https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/stories/the-falklands-war [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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