Some historians consider England’s Scilly conflict to be the longest war in known history, dragging on for a staggering 335 years. Yet one side was not a country in its own right, there were no casualties for the entire duration, and not a single shot was fired. Neither side even remembered they were still at war until someone checked the paperwork.
All of which begs the question: if war is declared but neither nation remembers, does it still count?
The Isles of Scilly are five inhabited islands and a multitude of other uninhabited rocks off the coast of Cornwall at the southwestern tip of England. With a population of roughly 2,000, the islands rely on fishing and tourism as…
Source: The World’s Longest War Only Ended in 1986 | Atlas Obscura
Perhaps we should give them to the Dutch after all? We could get nice pancakes when we visited, at the very least.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Ha!
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The town of Berwick had similar experiences I think being at war with Russia until Gorbachev
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I must investigate!
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