The strangest wars that happened for trivial reasons

1- Lijar war :

Lijar is one of the small villages located in southern Spain, and in 1833 AD its residents were angry because they heard reports indicating that the Spanish king was insulted during his visit to Paris by some mobs there, which prompted a mayor for Lijar to declare war on France, and it was a census. Citizens for Lijar of no more than 300 people.

This war did not result in any casualties or injuries on both sides, and after some time had passed since this matter, the King of Spain traveled on another trip to Paris, but this time he was treated with great reverence by the French citizens, which prompted the Lajar Town Council to authorize a halt The war between Lager and France was the result of the good attitude of the French towards the King of Spain.

2- Pie War:

It is a war that broke out between France and Mexico in 1886 AD, and its cause was the attack by Mexican soldiers against the owner of a French pastry bakery who was located in the Mexican capital, and this attack resulted in a lot of losses in the bakery, which prompted the owner of the bakery to send a complaint to the king France Louis Philippe.

The king ordered directly to hold negotiations with the Mexican government in order to compensate the baker, but France was very strict in its demands as it wanted from Mexico a huge compensation, which led to the failure of these negotiations, so France declared war and invaded Mexico, but Mexico could not hold out for a while Long and in the end paid the compensation requested by France.

3- The Stray Dog War:

This war occurred between Greece and Bulgaria when there were many tensions between them that escalated in 1952 AD as a result of a Greek soldier chasing his dog that crossed the border to Bulgaria, and this matter led to the shooting of the soldier and killing him by the guard patrol located on Bulgarian border.

Greece invaded and occupied the city of Petrich on the borders of Bulgaria during the next day, and as a result of this behavior the League of Nations imposed several sanctions on it and demanded it to retreat and pay compensation to Bulgaria, and after ten days Greece carried out the orders of the League of Nations, but this war resulted. Fall of nearly 52 dead.

4- Woodcutting war:

This war broke out in Astrok County in the state of Maine in the United States of America in 1838 AD, and most of the eastern region of this state belonged to Britain at that time, but a number of American loggers gathered and went to that region to cut down some trees, which led to a provocation The British badly.

This simple act led to the declaration of war on the United States of America, but the war was interrupted for some time due to problems in supplies, so an opportunity was created to conclude a diplomatic agreement between Britain and the eastern side of the US state of Maine, and this agreement stipulated that this becomes Demilitarized Zone.

5- Aquarius war:

This war arose in 1325 AD between two cities in Italy, Modena and Bologna, and the reason was the theft of a large wooden bucket from the second city by the residents of the first city, and this led to an outbreak of anger among the people of the city of Bologna, as they considered this matter as Insulting to them.

The inhabitants of the city of Bologna insisted that they retrieve the bucket from the thieves in the city of Modena, which led to the outbreak of the war between the two cities, and this war continued for about 12 years, which did not succeed in retrieving this stolen wooden bucket, and the bucket was kept in the city tower of Modin .

6- Emo war:

It is considered one of the strangest wars that have ever happened, as it was fought between humans and birds, when the numbers of emu birds were very large in 1932 AD, which prompted Australian forces to fight them and try to get rid of their numbers, which increased significantly and significantly.

The strange thing in this matter is that the war ended with the failure of Australian forces to eliminate these birds, as the birds had a tremendous ability to fly at a speed of 30 miles per hour, which led to the withdrawal of Australian forces by order of the Australian Ministry of Defense, declaring their failure to accomplish this mission.

7- War of the Pig: (or the Battle of San Juan Island)

The beginning of this war goes back to the year 1859 AD in one of the regions of Oregon province that was owned by Britain, when an American farmer found a huge black pig eating plants in his garden, which angered the man and killed him immediately, and it became clear after that. The pig was owned by its Irish neighbor.

The state of Oregon was divided between Britain and America as a result of the Oregon Treaty, so the pig killing incident led to the outbreak of wars and disputes that arose between Britain and the United States of America, but it only lasted for a short period of four months and did not result in any losses, and in In the end, the British apologized to the American forces, and it was over.

8-. Bassus war

One of the most famous wars in our Arab history is the Al-Bassous war, which was fought for a camel. Two tribes from Najd in the Arabian Peninsula before the Islamic era clashed relentlessly over the course of four decades in a fierce war, in which a person fought his cousin, plundered lands, plundered property and hundreds died, the cause of the conflict? .. a camel.

What began as a petty family conflict spiraled out of control, and the Bassus War soon became one of the totally meaningless, and perhaps most absurd, conflict in human history.

And unlike many wars, which are of complex origins to say the least, there is no doubt about the source and the primary cause of this war, which began when an elderly woman belonging to the Bakr tribe called Al-Basous went to visit a young woman named Jalila bint Marah, who is her niece, and with her. The son of her sister Jassas bin Murrah, and her neighbor Saad bin Shams al-Jarmi al-Qudai, who had a camel called “Sarab”. As for Jalila, she was married to Kulaib, the leader of the tribe of Bani Tagleb, and as is customary, the visitors arrived on the back of a camel, so the old lady allowed the camel to graze after they landed.

But Klipp was a master of the Maad tribes and a proud king over them claiming to protect his lands and properties, so upon seeing an unknown camel among his camels, he immediately carried his bow and killed it. Al-Bassous soon learned of this and was not happy with what had happened at all. Rather, she summoned her nephew, Jassas, and asked him to preserve her honor.

Certainly, Jassas responded to his aunt's instructions and, without hesitation, killed Klipp, who killed the camel. This triggered a series of violent attacks between the rival tribes, without the blood kinship having any kindness to make peace.

Even the mediation of strangers was not able to reach a peaceful solution to this conflict, but on the contrary, the story says that an ally of the Bakr tribe sent his son to reach an understanding with the tribe of Tazzalab, where sacrifices were supposed to be offered in line with local customs at that time to stop the bloodshed. But what happened had a completely opposite effect, as the Banu Tazzabell killed the ambassador of peace, which brought a third tribe into the war, and its leader pledged to discomfort until the demise of the Bani defeated those on the ground. Perhaps this thirst for revenge put an end to this meaningless war. . After a long time the three parties lost large numbers of their people and were all tired of fighting, and perhaps they forgot in the first place why they were fighting and for what.

Since there was no real winner, but only losers, the conflict did not enter the list of major wars, but the war of Bassous remains with a flawed history as it is the embodiment of a futile battle, and it is a moral lesson that shows the dangers of seeking blind revenge, and always resorting to diplomatic solutions.

9 - Flagstaff war

Although the Flagstaff (or as the Hun Hickey Mutiny) is not a war without meaning - especially for Native New Zealanders - it is a true example of conflicts that could have been easily avoided with some rationality and a touch of diplomacy, and with a little cautious calm perhaps The small town of Kororica could spare it the bloody fighting that befell it in the 1840s, save up to 200 people and improve relations between the British and Maori who challenged the authority of the colonialists.

Certainly the indigenous Māori people who live in the Bay of Islands region of New Zealand have certainly had reason to feel upset. After some of their leaders, including the well-known tribal leader (Hon Hickey), initially agreed to the British presence in the Bay of Islands, they would become significantly less satisfied after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. This agreement had a tremendous impact on the local economy by keeping fishing boats in mind. Whales are far from Corurica and the Bay of Islands in general. The acute tensions between the British and Maori reached their peak in 1844, and in July of that year he decided to send a clear signal of local sentiment by lowering the British flag on the city from its mast.

Instead of accepting the matter and making it pass peacefully to prevent bloodshed, British forces launched an assault on the town that included some acts of sabotage and quickly raised a new flag. (Hon Heiki) returned to the city and took down this flag as well, so a third flag was raised and it was lowered in turn. Then he put up a fourth flag but this time fortified with iron, and on orders from London, the British (Hon Hickey) and his supporters warned that any further acts of sabotage would not go unpunished. Words like these were difficult for the Maori and a wonderful failure of democracy, so instead of calming tensions it made worse, and on March 11, 1845, what began as a minor side quarrel became something much more dangerous.

As a reaction that may not be calculated, (Hon Hiki) set out with his tribe to the city and killed its innocent inhabitants, as the British garrison was attacked and soon overrun, in total an estimated 164 Maori fighters were killed along with 94 British, so what was directly caused by the launching of some flags He sparked a war of ten difficult months, and the British might have felt at the time that imposing the prestige of the empire on the inhabitants of a small island was worth it, suppressing the rebellion and thwarting any similar future actions. However the British never raised their flag again at the town of Kororica, as they presented it as a symbolic victory to the Maori people.

10-The Golden Seat War

Real diplomats are supposed to show dexterity and good sense at all times, but unfortunately they are often ordinary people in the wrong place, and history books are full of examples of ambassadors and other dignitaries who have made stupid and offensive nonjudgmental mistakes. But it can be said that no diplomats acted as gross stupidity as that of Sir (Frederick Mitchell Hodgson) in March 1900. This massive weakness in diplomacy led to what is now known as the War of the Golden Seat, which by its end caused nearly 3,000 casualties. And yes, the incident that started the war did involve a gold seat.

But not any golden seat, for the Ashanti Empire in West Africa (present-day Ghana) the seat represented their peoples, but rather, it mediated their flag. Although their king, (Privy I), was exiled with the advent of the British, the imposing seat not only embodied his permanent authority, but also the power and power of the rulers who came before him and those who would join him. In short, there was nothing sacred to the Ashanti people more than the golden seat, and any reasonable diplomat would have known this detail, but unfortunately not Sir (Frederick).

After British forces succeeded in putting down the uprisings and small skirmishes with the African Ashanti people, Sir (Frederick) was tasked with leading a small delegation of soldiers and dignitaries to visit the city of Kumasi. At first the visit seemed to be going well, so local children sang the British national anthem of Sir and his wife, and Ashanti leaders gathered to hear what the representative of the empire would recite. But then, things went completely wrong. Not only did Sir (Frederick) ask that he be given the golden seat to sit on that day, but he also asked that he be transferred to Queen Victoria in London.

Within minutes of the ambassador uttering these words, the crowd gathered and began to revolt after a local leader hurried to his home and gathered a group of men willing to fight the British. The British retreated to their fortress, and, being unable to confront the British at the military level, they tried to starve their opponents. The plan succeeded when the British began succumbing to hunger and disease, at which point Al-Seer realized that survival means annihilation, so he and his wife and about 100 people tried to flee, to find the way and be able to get help.

The British chose to take revenge. Many of the rebels were persecuted and the city of Kumasi was already annexed by the British and became part of the empire, but they did not mistreat its inhabitants, the Ashanti people enjoyed much more freedom than most other countries under British imperial rule, and most importantly, the British did not put their hands. On the golden seat, which means that the Ashanti people lost the battle, but they preserved their dignity and deserved the moral victory with losses estimated at two thousand of their people and a thousand British soldiers.