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1 The Great Guano War
Guano is a pretty fancy word for... wait for it... bird droppings. So technically, this was a war fought for a mound of bird droppings. In the year 1879, three countries, Chile Bolivia and Peru fought for the control of large deposits of guano located at the Atacama desert. Apparently, guano was considered something of a rarity and due to its high mineral contents, was very useful in the production of explosives. In essence, he who controlled the poo, called the shots, literarily. After a prolonged war, lasting till 1883, the war was won by Chile, who quickly moved in to secure the countries poo mound.
2 The Falklands war
This war was fought between the nations of Argentina and Britain over the Falklands. Despite its sweet sounding name, the Falklands was an uninhabited Archipalego in the Pacific ocean that had no exploited national resource, but which belonged to Britain, who used it primarily as a military base. And it happened that in the year 1982, Argentinian forces interested in seizing control of the island for no clear purpose invaded the island and declared it Argentinian territory. Piqued by this, the British army engaged the Argentinian forces, and due to their superior naval force, sent them packing in less than two months, and regaining control of the precious Falklands.
3 The First Franco- Mexican War
This war is most famously known as the pastry war. Beginning from 1828, there was massive civil disorder in the new Mexican republic leading to a state of near anarchy and a considerable drop in the fortunes of the republic. Later in the year, due to the civil disorder, a French Chef; Remontel lost his shop to looting Mexican forces. He petitioned the French king Louise-Phillipe, who in turn petitioned the Mexican President Anastasio Bustamante to pay the Chef a compensation of 600,000 Pesos, a petition which was promptly ignored. Angered by this, as well as a huge backlog of national debt owed France by Mexico, King Phillipe ordered a military blockade of all Mexican ports beginning from 1838. It quickly escalated into an all out war that lasted till 9, March 1839, but only after Remontel had been fully compensated.
4 The Texas Archive War
This war is as bizarre as bizarre gets because it was primarily between a nation's military and its citizens. In 1839 the capital of the Nation of Texas was moved from Houston to Texas, as well as the national archives. Unhappy with that, President Sam Houston after whom Houston was named used the opportunity of the Mexican invasion of Texas moved back to Houston under the pretext that Austin was no longer safe from the invaders. Haven evacuated the congress to Washington on the Brazos, he sent an armed regiment to evacuate the national archives. However the people of Austin led by Angelina Eberly being aware of the presidents less than altruistic motive fired at the regiment with a lone cannon. Haven been given orders to retrieve the archives without bloodshed, the regiment did not retaliate, and were pursued by the cannon wielding town folk. The army was forced to surrender, defeating the presidents plan of relocating the capital.
Guano is a pretty fancy word for... wait for it... bird droppings. So technically, this was a war fought for a mound of bird droppings. In the year 1879, three countries, Chile Bolivia and Peru fought for the control of large deposits of guano located at the Atacama desert. Apparently, guano was considered something of a rarity and due to its high mineral contents, was very useful in the production of explosives. In essence, he who controlled the poo, called the shots, literarily. After a prolonged war, lasting till 1883, the war was won by Chile, who quickly moved in to secure the countries poo mound.
2 The Falklands war
This war was fought between the nations of Argentina and Britain over the Falklands. Despite its sweet sounding name, the Falklands was an uninhabited Archipalego in the Pacific ocean that had no exploited national resource, but which belonged to Britain, who used it primarily as a military base. And it happened that in the year 1982, Argentinian forces interested in seizing control of the island for no clear purpose invaded the island and declared it Argentinian territory. Piqued by this, the British army engaged the Argentinian forces, and due to their superior naval force, sent them packing in less than two months, and regaining control of the precious Falklands.
3 The First Franco- Mexican War
This war is most famously known as the pastry war. Beginning from 1828, there was massive civil disorder in the new Mexican republic leading to a state of near anarchy and a considerable drop in the fortunes of the republic. Later in the year, due to the civil disorder, a French Chef; Remontel lost his shop to looting Mexican forces. He petitioned the French king Louise-Phillipe, who in turn petitioned the Mexican President Anastasio Bustamante to pay the Chef a compensation of 600,000 Pesos, a petition which was promptly ignored. Angered by this, as well as a huge backlog of national debt owed France by Mexico, King Phillipe ordered a military blockade of all Mexican ports beginning from 1838. It quickly escalated into an all out war that lasted till 9, March 1839, but only after Remontel had been fully compensated.
4 The Texas Archive War
This war is as bizarre as bizarre gets because it was primarily between a nation's military and its citizens. In 1839 the capital of the Nation of Texas was moved from Houston to Texas, as well as the national archives. Unhappy with that, President Sam Houston after whom Houston was named used the opportunity of the Mexican invasion of Texas moved back to Houston under the pretext that Austin was no longer safe from the invaders. Haven evacuated the congress to Washington on the Brazos, he sent an armed regiment to evacuate the national archives. However the people of Austin led by Angelina Eberly being aware of the presidents less than altruistic motive fired at the regiment with a lone cannon. Haven been given orders to retrieve the archives without bloodshed, the regiment did not retaliate, and were pursued by the cannon wielding town folk. The army was forced to surrender, defeating the presidents plan of relocating the capital.
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