Silliest Reasons Countries Have Gone To War

[@kingpredator117]

A soldier grips his rifle, hands are sweaty knees weak scope is steady battle is being fought already, MRE spaghetti

[@kingpredator117]

0:05

[@johndolenc7658]

MRE spaghetti

[@Kvneki513]

Hahahaha 😂

[@ADM.II.]

😂

[@RobertTheGamer8]

“He’s nervous, but on the field he looks calm and ready to take arms but he keeps on forgetting what he shot down”

[@GarthDange]

Btw the most pathetic thing that happened in the Football War that a ceasefire was declared so both sides could watch the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier replay. Crazy.

[@kellychuang8373]

That's really something and for the above you can only what other things can trigger wars now and wonder about the world now.

[@BaxterAndLunala]

"Is he gone?" "I think so." "Good. Hunt, you're fired. Pickett, you're going back on the island." "Alright you psychopath, I've been waiting years for this! I hate you! I've always hated you!"

[@Alexander-wx2ie]

Heheheh. Nice reference

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

a man of culture i see

[@RyeBread96]

“You swine!” “No, the swine is the one I killed. I’m Lyman.”

[@exodus_20_15]

@@RyeBread96 “BAAAA!!!!! [sobs incessantly]”

[@screamingshitposter4912]

So many of these situations had years of tension underlying them- crazy how the smallest, most inconsequential thing can turn into all out war when you’re already pushed to the breaking point

[@corymorimacori1059]

Michael Jordan: Why don’t you dodge this battle like you did in Vietnam? Freddie Mercury: You think I haven’t heard of those things before? You’re just a bully who’s too scared to go to War. Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!

[@ChrisKane-]

What do a pig, a bucket, a dog, a bottle, a football, a pastry, and an ear all have in common? I sense a future Trivial Pursuit question!

[@MrWill9002]

Actually the war of the bucket was never started due to a bucket. At all. The bucket was just a prize of war

[@pyeitme508]

Ha 😂

[@Goc4ever]

This video was simply fantastic, splendidly done Simple History. It really intrigues me how some lesser-known wars took place because of petty things, it really gives war more depth.

[@RavenHusky14]

3:50 I'm the Emperor! You can't depose me, you're deposed! Aww... Wait a minute, I'm the Pope! You can't depose me, you're deposed!

[@foxgaming1084]

“Aww…Wait a minute. I’m the Emperor! You can’t depose me. YOUR DEPOSED!”

[@osvaldorangel833]

awww… WAIT, I’m the POPE! You can’t depose me, you’re deposed!

[@charlessaint7926]

*He shot my pig! DUDE, UNCOOL!*

[@badgamemaster]

Very Uncool

[@Shaosprojects]

Honorable mention is the Lobster War between France and Brazil

[@GrandMoffClubby]

French Lobsters vs Brazilian Lobsters

[@AutismTakesOn]

This was AMAZING! I know I suggested a video on the Pig War, but this was even BETTER! Though it also shows how selfish people can be sometimes, unfortunately. Imagine having the job of writing records and being forced to document a war that started over someone chasing after their dog, soldiers refusing to pay their debts or because someone lost a game of soccer. That would be embarrassing....

[@leehyun6513]

Haha, Muttley's laughing at the soldiers' pettiness in the cover killed me!

[@Onora619]

The War of the Pig reminds of a questline in World of Warcraft lol

[@andrewmcnamara6305]

According to TV Tropes this video would be an example of "Silly Reason for War."

[@butters1273]

French Royal Family: I don't like you. English Royal Family: I don't like you. En garde!!

[@ianfinrir8724]

Have at thee!

[@butters1273]

@ianfinrir8724 YES 🤣

[@stormfalcon4644]

3:33 its just a bucket People of Bologna: Get him out of here!😡😡😡

[@grt1769]

The Pig War itself could be a movie 🤣

[@MrWill9002]

In fact, it DID. I refer you to Oversimplified’s video about it

[@grt1769]

@@MrWill9002 That's not what i meant by a movie and you know it, unless that's what kids these days think one is...

[@MrWill9002]

@ Po-tay-to, po-tah-to

[@tannerwilson4843]

Didn’t the Nickelodeon Show Hey Arnold do a Pig War Parody?

[@ianfinrir8724]

​@@tannerwilson4843 They did indeed!

[@Harikejn]

The Bottle Incident occurred like you have told in 1985, since Đorđe (it's reed George) Martinović was in Gnjilane's hospital. The officer of Yugoslav's People Army that did talk to Đorđe Martinović was colonel Novak Ivanović. Later, the Novak Ivanović was transferred to city of Zrenjanin (the same city which Germans made their airfields to defend the Romanian Oil Fields during the Allied bombing in WWII) The doctor's council (or team, doctors can correct if I made a mistake) in Belgrade did say that it's impossible that Đorđe Martinović has hurt himself while putting the bottle. So the patient was sent to London, where he had two to five operations, so that the bottle will be removed. The Bottle Affair lasted till 1990, in one trial where Đorđe Martinović sued the Country (Yugoslavia I mean), and the Country has been found guilty and had to do give the reparation to George Martinović. Also, the collapse of Yugoslavia wasn't because of the mentioned incident. It was because of something else. But some people don't want to be talked here (or perhaps generally they don't want to be talked anywhere), cause nobody likes revision of history and war conflicts (similar to revision of history of Civil war in USA), and also nobody is willing to argue about that. I can say that Đorđe Martinović passed away in 2000. He has his descendants, that are alive. His descendants are three sons, a daughter and ten grandchildren. For more details see them on internet, if you are interested.

[@time_warriors]

Hard to believe something as trivial as a pig could spark a war! History never fails to surprise. 🐖⚔

[@carlosferreira6420]

15:09 Strike!

[@eifelitorn]

The War of The Stray Dog is one of the few times the League Of Nations actually did something useful

[@sco0100]

Italian civil war over a bucket

[@goddosyourself7970]

13:10 funniest part of the video lol

[@lifeforever69]

Its always the last straw the people finally snap.

[@Shockeyfish]

Thank you something that the fans actually want

[@theravingtimes9582]

If you think the Football War was incredibly pointless, it gets worse. Most historians aren't aware that El Salvador didn't qualify for the 1970 World Cup after defeating Honduras and waging a war with them, but rather the final round against Haiti. El Salvador would win in a 3rd and decisive match against Haiti in Kingston, Jamaica on October 8th to officially qualify for the 1970 World Cup which is best known for being the edition where Pele would win his 3rd and final World Cup. As for the two Central American nations, they would both qualify for the 1982 World Cup after Honduras tied Mexico in the final game of the qualifiers in 1981, despite the fact that intentionally losing to Mexico by any margin lower than 7 goals would've eliminated El Salvador.

[@811brian]

Does anyone else know the feeling when you already have a lot of stress on your mind, but you don’t lose your cool until something stupid happens such as a part of your clothing getting snagged on the door?

[@sgonzo5572]

If this war happened this would have been known as the war of bacon

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Man, this makes the wars at home seem small.

[@HEILIGERRomer]

"Hey!, you can't have my chips >:(" "YES I can, what are ya gonna do about it?" "I DECLARE WAR!!!"

[@saladbruh2625]

The serbian bottle thing was just a drop in the bucket when it came to abuse of serbians by albanians and vice versa on kosovo , it all came crumbling down during the late 90s

[@tannerbruns3069]

If only Mittensquad was still alive to hear the awesome tale of the war of the bucket. Rip

[@craigore2011]

There's a restaurant in Friday Harbor that offers a drink inspired by the pig war, it comes with your own commemorative little piggy.

[@Adam-nv9zo]

00:05 knees weak, arms are heavy.

[@MrWill9002]

Well the British did try to offer a compromise by offering to cut the islands by using the channel between the islands and both sides did get along great during the joint occupation. Also the War of the Bucket never started with a stolen bucket. In fact the war was more to do with the city states just hating each other because of the investor controversy.

[@jankusthegreat9233]

Atleast the dog is ok

[@kylemackinnon5696]

*everyone liked that*

[@Skythaiandv2]

Yeah some people are pretty weird

[@FreddieDowds-dx3ju]

0:28 Is this Manchuria August 1945?

[@haiderameen2963]

Yes

[@mikelet6017]

Gràcies per la pista d'àudio !!!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Itzz_Milkyy]

0:03 knees are week arms are heavy

[@Lapeno456]

oh no no no you did *NOT* talk about the *Serbian Bottle Incident*

[@jamescook5487]

This is neat to me because i live near where picketts charge happened. Just for fun i charged the same area and it wasn't easy, the charge was up a rather steep hill and i couldnt imagine doing it under gunfire.

[@micahistory]

I knew about all of these except the Pastry War, that one truly was insane

[@DrLelek]

Kinda misread the title at first

[@moustaphaarre5434]

1:55 LYMAN Cutler!!!

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

The football war sounds like there were actually a lot of other factors in play

[@ianfinrir8724]

There absolutely were, the football match was just the last straw.

[@P4Tri0t420]

11:09 You switched the flags and its even more complicated lol

[@fitz12ify]

The Jenkins' ear war was not a small affair. The english assembled a formidable force, similar or even bigger than the "Grande y Felicisima Armada" (Spanish Armada). The english were so sure of victory that their king George II ordered to coin a commemorative coin celebrating the triumphal victory and seize of Cartagena de Indias, said coin had Blas de Lezo (a prolific and feared pirate and privateer hunter and Commander of the spanish Navy) kneeled before Vernon and handing him the keys of the city. The english even composed the "Rule Britania, Britania rule the waves" in preparation of the victory and the subsequent acquitision of the atlantic (they wanted to make the atlantic what the romans made with the mediteranean sea). Cartagena de Indias was not a unimportant enclave, it was a big naval fort and the city itself was the port that connected the spanish interoceanic trade (a route that started in the Philipines, crossed América and ended in Spain). Cartagena was coveted by the french, dutchs and english for centuries; their lust for this city made them attack and besiege it on multiple occations. Had Britain managed to take Cartagena de Indias they would have truly been the masters of the seas. The force had up to 30 ship of the line, two dozen frigates and close to 150 cargo ships. The land force was not only composed of the fearsome red jackets and other veterand and elite troops, but also with jamaican macheteers, and militias from the 13 colonies (and no small number either) on top of all the sailors. Meanwhile Blas de Lezo had a couple hundred spanish veteran troops, some local militia and the help of indian allies (that fought with bow and arrow) as the land troops defense totalling 4000 troops. He also had the help of 6 ships of the line and the cannos that were present in the fortification (the number of cannons was not even a match in comparison to what the british had in ther ships). As a side note: Blas de Lezo was a hardened commander experienced in fighting turks and barbary corsairs. He then was placed in the caribbean and the Mexican Gulf to disrupt piracy (mainly under the control of the english crown). Through his countles battles, as he was courageus and always fougth on the front line, he acquired several injuries he had no left arm, injuries on his leg, and shrapnel in his eye that made him partially blind. Mockingly the english called him the "half man". The big british navy force started the caribbean campaing almost unopposed as the surprise attack took the spanish crown by surprise and in a moment of weakness with almost no auxiliary force to send to the region. The british navy attacked the islands and Portobelo in Panama, but the critical objective was taking the priced Cartagena de Indias which the british knew would deliver a decisive blow to the spanish crown. Knowing the british movements Blas de Lezo prepared the city for a siege, he made some plans and layed some traps, but because the attack was so surprising he could not get but a handful of reinforcements, metioned above. Vernon was so sure of his victory that he sent capitulation proposals to Blas de Lezo, each of which was refused by the spanish commander. And also messages to the english king telling him of his victorious campaing (thats why they made those coins, the song and were ready to celebrate). The siege started in march and ended in may. To synthesize: the british blockaded the city, they shot day and night at the city and the naval defenses. They then started a process of taking the surrounding fortress one by one, which slowly and at great cost they started to accomplish. Then only the San Felipe de Barajas castle was standing between the attackers and the city. The various attemps at seizing and assaulting this fortress was repelled by the defenders. This gave time for the climate to get warmer and more wet. Thus tropical diseases like malaria tormented the invader forces. Vernon made one last big assault attempt and he threw everything he had at that fort. Luckily for Blaz de Lezo all his siege preparations turned to be adequate (like making deep pits around the walls so no ladder could reach the top). Under the heavy spanish fire the invading force was dwindled and a last bayonette charge destroyed what remained of that assaulting force. Before his retreat Vernon cursed Blaz saying "God damn you, Lezo" to which Blas replied: "to come to Cartagena the english king needs to build a bigger fleet, for this one is only useful now to carry coal from Ireland to London". Needles to say the english crown made a big concealment operation of what had happended in that ill fated campaing. They destroyed all the memorabilia they had made in advance to celebrate, they forbid to speak or writte historic record and in general to avoid the topic all together. Still George II condecorated general Vernor, for it was promised in advance. And Vernon died a hero, he even has a hill in New York with his name. Meanwhile Blas de Lezo died from injuries he sustained during the battle and was forgotten by the spanish crown, the spanish people and then his memory desecrated by the own citizens of Cartagena, ignorantly ashamed of ther hispanic past. Blas de Lezo was a badass. Forgotten by history. If he was english or from the USA he would already have tons of books, stories, comics and movies dedicated to his exploits. Sadly thats not the case so I made this humble tribute in his memory.

[@samadams2203]

Thank you for that bottle splitting an orange.

[@betsyjohnson9699]

The football war makes me think of the “Blood in the Water” water polo match at the 1956 Olympics, though that match took place after an attempted revolution and served as a microcosm of the already underway conflict, as opposed to the catalyst for it

[@Emanon...]

Pigs and buckets. But usually it's money and resources.

[@Aedar]

I actually went to see the bucket in modena last year. Didn't really look like in the animation, not many toursits there, maybe 1 or 2 other people in the whole "museum" which was just converted old town hall rooms so not some super modern museum... Still really cool though :)

[@MaximilianoAedo]

I would love to see an Age of Empires II scenario mission revolving around the War of the Bucket.

[@SarcasticHole]

2:28 Bro aboutta drop a platinum!

[@JeveGreen]

"But the president was saved..." "And yet American blood was spilled!" "By Americans! Besides, a few dozen soldiers is tragic, but nothing to start a war over!" "That's just the spark son! The excuse we've been waiting for! America's wanted this war for years!"

[@ryleeculla5570]

Now that’s a Napoleonic wars uniform just without the nap sack 13:17

[@exocet1]

The soccer war had the last combat between propeller driven aircraft, F4u corsairs against P-51s

[@badgamemaster]

Dog Lover: War over a dog? Yes.

[@FilipinoDaveDigital]

I know there's more to it, but Duke Robert, eldest son of William the conqueror, got a chamberpot dumped over his head by his brothers and went into open rebellion against his father because he either didn't do enough to punish them or also found it funny. Duke Robert in general is a very colorful figure.

[@Chernobyl-water-man]

ok

[@syncsummit]

My dad was right, most people are just stupid.

[@nicholasdigaetano]

4:12 fun fact: the conflict in Romeo and juliet may have been inspired by this conflict. Though which family supported which side is hard to find out in reality Verona switched sides a lot in the war

[@aleksandarvil5718]

3:55 Henry IV: *Hey! Guess what, sucker. You're deposed!* Pope: (dejected) _Awwwww._ (in realisation) *_Wait a minute! I'm the pope! You can't depose me, you're deposed!_* Henry IV: (dejected) *Awwwww.* (in realisation) *Wait a minute! I'm the emperor! You can't depose me, you're deposed!* Pope: (dejected) _Awwwww._ (in realisation) *_Wait a minute!_*

[@timothyteo4602]

@SimpleHistory you left one war out, the Watermelon War

[@veteranpg3d156]

The moment I saw it, I proudly knew that Bulgaria would be there

[@ngashjr]

For me the dumbest reason is when African countries fight over imaginary lines we inherited from our colonizers

[@enchanted7076]

The dog wanted to see the world burn 😅

[@pyeitme508]

Ya 👍

[@KINGSNADDY]

I'm surprised the Great Emu War of Australia missed a mention 😂, when our military lost against emus.

[@GrayD_Fox]

That was the real Bay of Pigs

[@RoundShades]

There's a pirate metal song by Alestorm about Cartagena and the War of Jenkins' Ear.

[@GrayD_Fox]

One guy experimenting almost caused a war.

[@dogaseven6084]

5:50 map is imcorrect some of greece map is turkish territory

[@johnalexander5789]

Get a life bro

[@dogaseven6084]

@johnalexander5789 bro i have a life just making some corrections

[@emrealn3786]

​@@johnalexander5789​grecophiles should get a life instead of making these fake a$$ maps which includes Turkish territories as greek. This isn't the first time people come across this in the internet. There's a f*king evil philhelenic agenda out there.

[@emrealn3786]

​@@johnalexander5789You'll never stop teasing Turkish people with these provocative maps won't you? greeks will always be greeks.

[@xSavedSoulx]

8:09 1 Man 1 Jar?

[@GrandMoffClubby]

we humans fight over the dumbest things

[@aleksandarvil5718]

3:13 General Winfield Scott: *_"You're An Idiot"_* ( 6× )

[@Burt0351]

He didn't deserve compensation for his pig

[@VaporeImp]

That was our precious pig😂😂😂😂

[@natheriver8910]

Very funny 😂😂😂

[@ma40ar]

7:40 the original one man one jar 💀

[@AuroraWolf655]

America also had a part of sparking the flames of war in the football war

[@jonathonmitchell9684]

What about the war of the horses in Uk

[@mati99ish]

This is a bucket

[@shotgunguy1993]

15:09 the animation is so sloppy it’s hilarious, mf just does a frontflip onto the ground after getting hit

[@tk-6967]

The War of the Pig was the fault of the American farmer because he built his vegetable patch in the middle of the pre-existing British animal run and only built 3 fences instead of building 4 and a gate, leaving his crops exposed to the British farm animals.

[@MrWill9002]

Well it’s actually the fault of the idiots who first wrote the treaty as they didn’t specify which channel they were talking about

[@tk-6967]

@@MrWill9002 True, but the actual conflict started because of the US.

[@MrWill9002]

@ Well you’re not that far off. If we wanted to get technical, we can say it’s due to the Americans who went into Canada during a gold rush up there were too lazy to return home so they settled in the San Juan Islands

[@tk-6967]

@MrWill9002 yup. And if we want to get even more technical, it is America's fault for expanding Westward and genociding Natives, and it is Napoleon fault for selling them Louisiana, and it Britain's fault for not fully winning the war of 1812, and it is America's fault for the war of 1812, etc. etc.

[@MrWill9002]

@ Dude now you’re just stretching it. Besides Napoleon willingly sold that land as he needed the funds to invade Russia

[@Mexican00b]

every single war has started for petty reasons (and most, if not all, is based on rich people just wanting a reason to get more money)

[@febrieldivo9420]

also Turkey

[@ghoulbuster1]

*War* War without reason

[@dantetre]

Where is the Cod, Lobster and Emu War?! :D

[@chrisidoo]

Any reason for a war is a silly reason.

[@jiyuhong5853]

what about the kettle war?

[@David0110666]

Why does the doggo crossed the border? BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

[@cornedbeef19ch]

LAZERPIG

[@kylemartin9215]

Imagine starting a war over the most boring sport, soccer

[@SeanDahle]

Marco polo bridge incident comes to mind

[@cmcfly6722]

10:20, you know, it's not just the U.S. that calls football soccer. Is canada. Ireland. Southern parts of africa. Japan. Papua new guinea. Australia and New zealand.

[@ianfinrir8724]

It's called Soccer in the U.S because Soccer is the shortened version of Association Football and Soccer was the (at the time) British slang for the game. That's the way it was explained to me.

[@Mrgunsngear]

🇺🇸

[@Pogosticker1000MCRBLX]

That PIG who started a war might be Technoblade's ancestor (Not true)

[@jonathonmitchell9684]

Hey Where is the new British history on simple history like the Churchill tank, the Cornwell tank valentine tank whippet tank ww1 Se5a Bristol f2b fighter ww1 British gun of ww1 spitfire mk vb ww2 dh mosquito ww2 spitfire mk ix ww2 hawker typhoon ww2 British airborne tank ww2 and British guns of ww2 ww1 British submarine ww2 submarines 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And don’t forget about German history like that bf109 ww2 ju87 ww2 German bomber ww2 panzer iv ww2 German half track and German gun of ww2

[@potterelmago1674]

imagine die for a bucket