Wars We Have Never Heard Of...

[Big Insect]

Not quite as obscure as it sounds ... The War of Jenkin's Ear : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

The Turbot War
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbot_War

[steve_holmes_11]

The Lobster War
No casualties, a perfect war?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_War

South American wars have the best names:

War of the Pacific.
Football War.
Guano War.

and my personal favourite, the Ragamuffin War.

[FierceKitty]

South American wars have the best names:

War of the Pacific.
Football War.
Guano War.

and my personal favourite, the Ragamuffin War.

You'll have to give us the stories that go with the titles now.

[steve_holmes_11]

You'll have to give us the stories that go with the titles now.

OK...

Saltpetre War - War of the Pacific: 1879 - 84

Chile Vs Peru + Bolivia
Chile grabbed a nitrate rich portion of the Atacama Desert.

Chincha Islands War - Guano War 1864-66

Spain Vs Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia.
A Spanish Naval force fails to annex the bird-poop rich Chincha Islands


Football War -Soccer War for those North of the Rio Grande: 1969
El Salvador Vs Honduras.
Tensions that date back to the Banana Wars erupt after an ill tempered World Cup Qualifying game.
Scenes that make Luton Vs Millwall fixtures look like a Vicar's tea party.
Also known as the 100 hours war.

Ragamuffin War 1835-45

Republican uprising of 2 "Gaucho" states in Brazil.
Ragamuffin (Which I through was a Jamaican word) refers to the fringed leather capes worn by the Gaucho/Vaquero rebels.
Rebel leaders included Guiseppe Garibaldi.

[Westmarcher]

Isn't it ironic that we've all heard of The Secret War?

[Dr Dave]

If the snowflakes get their way then you can add WW2. It's just too upsetting.   

[toxicpixie]

Football War -Soccer War for those North of the Rio Grande: 1969
El Salvador Vs Honduras.
Tensions that date back to the Banana Wars erupt after an ill tempered World Cup Qualifying game.
Scenes that make Luton Vs Millwall fixtures look like a Vicar's tea party.
Also known as the 100 hours war.

That's the one see's Mustangs fighting Corsairs, isn't it?

The joy of the Monroe Doctrine and keeping the Americas safe for United Fruit's profit margin is you get to see a lot of interesting american kit fighting other interesting American kit!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Yes, I have them from Tumbling Dice, you also get the opportunity to try bombing an oil refinery by throwing a crate of dynamite out the side door of a DC3!!!

[steve_holmes_11]

Yes, I have them from Tumbling Dice, you also get the opportunity to try bombing an oil refinery by throwing a crate of dynamite out the side door of a DC3!!!

Don't try that at home kids.

[mollinary]

Don't try that at home kids.

No indeed. Always use a DC7!