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November 6th, 2012, 03:01 PM
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#1 | | Historian
Joined: Oct 2012 From: Between a rock and a hard place Posts: 1,524 | Immediate causes of War
The Causes of most wars are best divided into immediate and underlying. the immediate causes are flashpoints that boil over into armed conflict,
This has to be the stupidest | | | 
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November 6th, 2012, 03:04 PM
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#2 | | Acting Corporal
Joined: May 2011 From: Navan, Ireland Posts: 5,158 | | | | |
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November 6th, 2012, 04:00 PM
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#3 | | Historian
Joined: Apr 2011 From: Georgia, USA Posts: 1,877 |
The War of Jenkins Ear  | | | |
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November 8th, 2012, 06:08 AM
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#4 | | Citizen
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 1 |
I'm not sure if this could be called a war. It's still a good read though. | | | |
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November 8th, 2012, 06:18 AM
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#5 | | Historian
Joined: Oct 2012 From: Between a rock and a hard place Posts: 1,524 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhyme  |
congratulations on your first post, good to see fellow newbies up and running.
A war ummmmm possibly not, i think the other side has to be armed with something slightly more dangerous than beaks. | | | |
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November 8th, 2012, 06:29 AM
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#6 | | Historian
Joined: Oct 2011 From: Lago Maggiore, Italy Posts: 5,312 |
What about the so called "Pig War" in 1859?
As for I remember, that war [with warships involved!] started because of a pig "migrating" from British territories to American territories ...
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November 8th, 2012, 07:18 AM
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#7 | | Historian
Joined: May 2012 From: Denmark Posts: 1,576 |
Although of course the role of the bucket is very likely a later mythical addition. Still, fits the genre.
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November 8th, 2012, 11:09 AM
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#8 | | Historian
Joined: Jan 2010 From: UK Posts: 3,796 | | | | |
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November 8th, 2012, 11:39 AM
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#9 | | Historian
Joined: Oct 2012 From: Between a rock and a hard place Posts: 1,524 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gudenrath | After reading about pigs and dogs im more than happy to believe that an oaken bucket became war booty.  | | | |
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November 8th, 2012, 11:43 AM
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#10 | | Historian
Joined: Oct 2012 From: Between a rock and a hard place Posts: 1,524 |
The pork and bean war, now come on this is meant to be a factual thread, im beginning to thing you guys are making this stuff up.
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