William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-25-17

The longest war was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. It lasted 335 years.

The Isles of Scilly are English but were used as a base against the Dutch by the Royalists during the English Civil War. Rather than declaring war on all of England — which was in the hands of Cromwell’s Parliamentarians, who were their allies — the Netherlands declared war specifically on Scilly on March 30, 1651. The declaration became moot when Cromwell captured the isles.

In 1985, the chairman of the Isle of Scilly Council, wrote to the Dutch Embassy in London in attempt to dispel the legend that his community was at war with a nation of Europe. The Embassy, however, found that the legend to be true as no peace treaty was ever signed.

So on April 17, 1986, that was rectified.

The longest war was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. It lasted 335 years.  The Isles of Scilly are English

 

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-25-17 Longest War

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