List of bloodless wars
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A bloodless war is generally a small conflict, crisis, or dispute between rival groups that is resolved without human death or injury, although the threat of violence usually seems very likely at the time. Intentional property damage, however, may still occur. Typically, these events are recorded in history as wars even though the term "war" generally implies violence. Therefore, the term "bloodless war" is somewhat of an oxymoron. Nevertheless, there have been many conflicts throughout history labeled as such.
Bloodless wars[]
The following is a list of bloodless wars:
Name | Location | Start | End | Belligerents | Notes | |
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McGowan's War | Yale, British Columbia | 1858 | Colony of British Columbia | American gold miners | ||
Kettle War | River Scheldt | 8 October 1784 | Habsburg Monarchy | Dutch Republic | ||
Aroostook War | Maine–New Brunswick border | 1838 | 1839 | Maine | New Brunswick | |
Dodge City War | Dodge City, Kansas, United States | June 1883 | Luke Short | Mayor Lawrence E. Deger | ||
Red River Bridge War | Texas–Oklahoma border | 1931 | Texas | Oklahoma | ||
Lobster War | Waters of Pernambuco, Brazil | 1961 | 1963 | Fourth Brazilian Republic | Fifth French Republic | |
Honey War | Iowa–Missouri border | 1839 | Iowa Territory | Missouri | ||
Anglo-Swedish War | N/A | 17 November 1810 | 18 July 1812 | United Kingdom | Sweden | |
Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War | N/A | 30 March 1651 | 17 April 1986 | Dutch Republic | Isles of Scilly | |
Huéscar-Danish War, as part of the Peninsular War | N/A | 11 November 1809 | 11 November 1981 | Huéscar municipality, Spain | Denmark | |
Pig War (1859) | San Juan Islands, United States | 15 June 1859 | October 1859 | Washington Territory | Colony of Vancouver Island | |
Sumdorong Chu standoff | Sumdorong Chu valley | 1986 | May 1987 | India | China | |
Turbot War | Grand Banks of Newfoundland; English Channel | 1994 | 1996 | Canada | Spain |
Ongoing conflicts[]
The following bloodless conflicts are still ongoing. This means they may be removed from this list in case their casualty status changes.
Name | Location | Start | Belligerents | Notes | |
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Whisky War | Hans Island | 17 December 1973 | Canada | Denmark |
Incorrectly categorized wars[]
The following wars are often labelled incorrectly as bloodless wars:
- Cold War: unknown number of killed
- Cod Wars: one man killed, one man wounded
- Toledo War: one man wounded
- Battle of Athens (1946): several wounded
- Conquest of New Netherland: three killed
- Invasion of the Gambia: initial invasion was bloodless, first casualties were reported during the occupation and stabilization period[1][2]
See also[]
- Non-violent revolution
- Frozen conflict
References[]
General[]
- Gray, Ezio Maria (1917). The Bloodless War. Hodder and Stoughton. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- Mandel, Robert (2004). Security, Strategy, and the Quest for Bloodless War. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 9781588262691. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- Powers, Thomas (2004). Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda. New York Review of Books. p. Chapter 8. ISBN 9781590170984. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- Krauthammer, Charles (1999). "The Short, Unhappy Life of Humanitarian War". The National Interest (57): 5–8. JSTOR 42897194.
Specific[]
- ^ "Gambia soldiers, regional forces clash outside Jammeh home". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21.
- ^ "Protest against ECOWAS forces in Jammeh's village claims one life". Africa News. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14.
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