Shortest Wars in History

The 11 shortest wars in recorded history, from the 38-minute Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 to the 10-week Falklands War of 1982. Britain's naval bombardment of Zanzibar remains the shortest conflict ever recorded.

Data

#	War	Year	Duration
1	Anglo-Zanzibar War	1896	38 minutes
2	Football War	1969	~100 hours (4 days)
3	Six-Day War	1967	6 days
4	Indo-Pakistani War	1971	14 days
5	Serbo-Bulgarian War	1885	15 days
6	Georgian-Armenian War	1918	25 days
7	Sino-Vietnamese War	1979	27 days
8	Greco-Turkish War	1897	34 days
9	Polish-Lithuanian War	1920	37 days
10	Second Balkan War	1913	43 days
11	Falklands War	1982	10 weeks (70 days)