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What was the shortest war ever

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The shortest war was the Anglo-Zanzibar, which lasted a total of 38 minutes.
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a military conflict fought between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, marking it as the shortest recorded war in history.
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