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The shortest war in history lasted under an hour.

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The Anglo-Zanzibar War on 27 August 1896 lasted somewhere between 38 and 45 minutes before Zanzibar’s forces surrendered.

Source: Anglo-Zanzibar War (Wikipedia)

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