Most Forgotten or Over Looked Wars in History

[rbis4rbb]

The Chaco war.

 

[Riesstiu IV]

I think it is because it didn't really last that long and nothing really ever came out of it. Of course both sides claim that they won.

The Iran-Iraq war lasted lasted from September 22, 1980, until August 20, 1988. 8 years is a long time for a war to last.

 

[blackheart]

The Iran-Iraq war lasted lasted from September 22, 1980, until August 20, 1988. 8 years is a long time for a war to last.

What?.. I was talking about the Sino-Vietnamese war.

 

[Kafka2]

The Tripple Alliance War was not a turning point in history, but I think that its amazing brutality and fanatism make it worthy of more attention.
It was the war with the largest percentage of deaths in history, IIRC(in the paraguayan side, of course).

The Paraguayan Civil War of 1947-48 is even more obscure, but was a nasty one, apparently.

In case anyone's interested, I'm currently researching a new article about the "amateur Generals" of the War of the Triple Alliance.

 

[Riesstiu IV]

What?.. I was talking about the Sino-Vietnamese war.

Never mind, I misread the quote.

 

[Adso de Fimnu]

In my country, the War of 1812. So very few Americans know what happened during that war. Many of the things they have heard about it, they think occured during the American Revolution.

Eh... I think the Barbary Wars may be even more obscure for Americans. Interesting, though.

 

[Jawz II]

Iran-Iraq war seems to be forgotten and relatively ignored. Two nations using WWI trench warfare strategies, chemical weapons, and mass infantry charges that lasted for several years. Millions were killed and neither side made significant territorial gains. It set back the economic growth of Iran and Iraq to a great extent.

i agree with TLC on this, also, it should be mentioned that iranians were the only ones to use the soviet style, human wave assault, and the iraqis were the ones that used chemichal weapons (because of all the infantry on the iranian side)

also, i dont agree about the sino-vietnamese war, i had heard alot about that one, i cant say the same about any other war mentioned here

 

[JohnRM]

Eh... I think the Barbary Wars may be even more obscure for Americans. Interesting, though.

I forgot about them...lol jk

 

[luiz]

In case anyone's interested, I'm currently researching a new article about the "amateur Generals" of the War of the Triple Alliance.

I'm definately interested, please let me know when you finish it

 

[bombshoo]

This is what you get when you go to google and type WWI....It's not exactly overlooked, but definatly shows how much attention it gets compared to WWII..

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=WWI&btnG=Google+Search

 

[Leonel]

Soviet-Polish War of 1920-21.

Woah wait there was a war between Russia and Poland?! I'm so out of the loop.

But I think perhaps one of the most forgotten wars was the Crimean War that secured Russia a naval port to the Black Sea and ultimately to the Atlantic Ocean.

 

[Reno]

The War of Finland 1808-1809, The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 and the Crimean War.

 

[Adler17]

The war with China, aka Boxer rebellion 1900- 1902. The First German Danish war 1848- 51. The War of the Bavarian Succession 1778. The German Polish engagements in Silesia 1920-23. Finnish Winter War 1939- 40. The war against slavery in East Africa between Germans and Brits on one side and Arabics and some chiefs on the other 1884- 1886. The Venezuela crise between Germany and Britain on one side and Venezuela on the other 1902.
There are many more.
To the Herero uprising: In the battle of Waterberg German troops encircled the Hereros. Trotha´s plan was to have a second Sedan. He wanted to capture the Hereros. But the Hereros broke through the German lines and escaped into the desert. Trotha feared about his job that he was´nt able to encircle them and force them to surrender. So he told it was his plan to act so. Nevertheless this was too much: Trotha was reordered back home. He never got a big command again, although he was never punished. The Reichstag stopped the hostilities in the colony and peace ruled again.

Adler

 

[Dann]

Probably not the most forgotten or overlooked one, but the one whose obscurity surprises me the most is the Sino-Vietnamese War. So recent, and involving so well-known countries, yet even among people here who were adults when it happened so many cannot recall having heard of it.

I think it is because it didn't really last that long and nothing really ever came out of it. Of course both sides claim that they won.

Agreed. A most absurd and pointless war.

The war with China, aka Boxer rebellion 1900- 1902.

Ah but we remember that. Only we call it "The Invasion of the 8 Powers" (Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, US, Austria, Italy?). And we're still angry becaused you burned down the Summer Gardens.

J/k

 

[DexterJ]

the 1977-1979 war between Vietnam and Cambodia (Democratic Kampuchea) which led to the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge?

 

[Xen]

wel, I'd say that most of the crusades as individual wars are rather overlooked; of the 7 of them, presumabley 7 crusades total, and not all of those directed at the middle east, I can think of 5 that I have heard any mention of; the others just warrent no attention; of course, if that 7 referes strictlly to crusades launched to "reclaim" the "holy land", then only two are worth mentioning, the first and the third.

 

[Dreadnought]

The Thrity Years War, fought between Protestants and Catholics in the 1500s

 

[silver 2039]

1st, 2nd 3rd Indo Pak Wars, Kargil War. 1962 Sino-Indian War.

1979 Sino-Vietnamese War
The Gurkha War 17 somethings Gurkhas vs Britihs.
Russo-Japanese War
Russo Polish War

 

[Gladi]

Bright day
Dreadnought- you are joking, right ?
The whole topic is paradoxial, if some war is forgotten nobody would remember to post it here. As for my country the more obscure wars are Czech-Polish War and War of Soviet Hungary (I do not know english name).

 

[Richard Cribb]

The Thrity Years War, fought between Protestants and Catholics in the 1500s

Is that supposed to be a joke?
The Thirty Year's War (1618-1648),a major conflict which involved virtually every state in Europe and was far more than just a war between protestants and catholics (even if that initially was an inportant reason), is I think, very well known by most people.
Edit: Gladi beat me to it.