Least known conflict

[Bugfatty300]

What in your opinion is the least known war/military conflict that your country has fought?

For America I would say that the Korean Campaign of 1871 is probably least recognized. Some people might say that the U.S. Army's involvment in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Anybody know of any lesser known U.S. actions or conflicts let me know.

(Goodway to learn lesser known history)

 

[hsiehtm]

I've heard of the US involvement in the Russian Revolution, but I've never heard of the Korean Campaign of 1871 so that's probably more obscure. A quick search on Yahoo! turns up this list of military conflicts including a number of obscure ones.

http://www.army.mil/cmh/Moh1.htm

 

[pawpaw]

but I've never heard of the Korean Campaign of 1871 so that's probably more obscure.

i've heard of it but only because i saw a picture of marines unloading from ships in korea once, otherwise i would have no idea

 

[luiz]

Brazil was involved in numerous small civil wars that almost nobody outside the country has heard of.
How many of you have heard of the Sabinada? Or the Cabanagem? Or Balaiada? Or Confederação do Equador? or Revolução Farroupilha?

All of them were civil conflicts, and the last one I cited was a big one.

 

[The Yankee]

This site has some very little known conflicts, rebellions, and coup attempts and the like for the 19th and 20th centuries....including Brazil's Farroupilha Rebellion....which lasted a really long time

http://www.onwar.com/aced/index.htm

They're usually short summaries...but at least things are there, then you could probably do a search on something you might have an interest in.

 

[Bugfatty300]

This site has some very little known conflicts, rebellions, and coup attempts and the like for the 19th and 20th centuries....including Brazil's Farroupilha Rebellion....which lasted a really long time

It doesn't have the Korean Campaign!

I e-mailed them about it.

But its still an awesome site.

 

[luiz]

This site has some very little known conflicts, rebellions, and coup attempts and the like for the 19th and 20th centuries....including Brazil's Farroupilha Rebellion....which lasted a really long time

http://www.onwar.com/aced/index.htm

They're usually short summaries...but at least things are there, then you could probably do a search on something you might have an interest in.

That site has all the conflicts I mentioned and many others! I'm impressed, but I must humbly say that I already knew all brazilian conflicts

Great site

 

[Moss]

I had not known about the Korea in the 1800's or about the Brazilian civil wars.

Of course that being said, many people around the world probably don't know what happened in Rwanda over a decade ago. Or what is happening in Sudan right now.

 

[The Yankee]

It doesn't have the Korean Campaign!

I e-mailed them about it.

But its still an awesome site.

I don't know if it's updated or anything...it isn't my own site obviously. But it was a jewel I found trying to search for the War of the Triple Alliance.

 

[The Yankee]

That said, I wonder how many people heard of the Cape Frontier Wars, or Kaffir Wars.

http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/xor/xhosa/findex.htm

 

[Stefan Haertel]

Some strange war that was fought between 1939 and 1945. I doubt anybody here has ever heard of it.

 

[Stefan Haertel]

Seriously now, the site pointed to seems to be quite competent, why the **** does it have to be in American flag design? It really turns me off.

 

[Bugfatty300]

Alright it took hours of nagotiations but the webmaster has agreed to include the Korean Campaign.

I will now post a transcript of the nagotiations.

1st Email 10:34 PM May, 12th


Dear webmaster.

I have noticed that your site does not include the U.S. Korean Campaign of 1871. This is little known conflict but still deserves recognition considering the even lesser know incidents are recognized.

Fred M.

Reply. 1:08 PM May, 13th.

Thank you for your contribution. I have noted the event and I will add it as time permits.

Regards,
Administrator

Its been along road.....

 

[Smellincoffee]

Wow, dude, take a break. That must've been hard.

I've never actually heard of some of these.

 

[stormbind]

For UK: How about the war between the Anglo-Saxons and Norwegians from Norway in 1066?

For US: How about Chile and USA in 1977, or Hawaii and USA?

 

[MattII]

For the UK, how about the Berwick-upon-Tweed vs. Russia.

 

[DreadCthulhu]

American here, but bizarely enough I have heard about the Berwick-upon-Tweed vs Russia thing before - for those of you who don't know, in 1853 when Queen Victoria declared war against Russia, she did so in the name of "Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, Berwick-upon-Tweed and the British Dominions beyond the sea." But Berwick-upon-Tweed wasn't mentioned in the peace treaty made in 1856; techinically, they remained at war with Russia till 1966 when a Soviet official and the Mayor of Berwick-upon-Tweed signed a peace treaty. The Mayor Robert Knox reportably said, "Please tell the Russian people that they can sleep peacefully in their beds."

 

[stormbind]

Where is Berwick-upon-Tweed?

 

[DreadCthulhu]

Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town right on the border between England & Scotland.

 

[Adler17]

American here, but bizarely enough I have heard about the Berwick-upon-Tweed vs Russia thing before - for those of you who don't know, in 1853 when Queen Victoria declared war against Russia, she did so in the name of "Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, Berwick-upon-Tweed and the British Dominions beyond the sea." But Berwick-upon-Tweed wasn't mentioned in the peace treaty made in 1856; techinically, they remained at war with Russia till 1966 when a Soviet official and the Mayor of Berwick-upon-Tweed signed a peace treaty. The Mayor Robert Knox reportably said, "Please tell the Russian people that they can sleep peacefully in their beds."

This reminds me of a German joke about the peolpe of East Friesland, an area at the North sea of the German state Lower Saxony at the border to Holland. These people is considered not very intelligent. It is like the Irish jokes about the people from Kerry. But here is the Joke:
The East Frieseans are declaring war on Russia writing: We have 1000 men and 20 tanks. The Russian answer returns: Do you really want to declare war on us? We have 1.000.000 soldiers and 20.000 tanks. The East Friesean responding: We will not declare war on you. We don´t know where the PoW shall stay.
Yes, we Krauts have humor.

Adler