The war that last for one hour

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 Some words have lasted for decades, but at least one didn't even last a full hour. Zanzibar was once an island country off the coast of time. Can you and is today a part of of near zanzibar island? It's been under the control of the sultan's of a month since they kicked out the portuguese settlers and sixteen ninety eight and eighteen, fifty eight so to my she'd, been cited, declared the island, an independent nation.

 The united kingdom was quick to recognize it as such, leaving oman, not much say in the matter, but britain's backing was a very calculated move at the time just off the coast: late, german, east africa, a region of the continent under the control of the germans. 

This was at the height of europe's of land grab in africa, where major powers rushed in to install protect the ritz and create colonies to claim the lucrative riches of the continent since bars, location just off the coast of tonga. Nick, it gave the british an excellent staging point from which to control valuable trade routes along the african east coast in exchange for britain's protection sense of arcade. For the british, the right to veto the appointments and he sold them to rule over the nation. 

This allowed the british empire great control over zanzibar, and it's people something that many resist on the morning of the twenty fifth of august eighteen. Ninety six, the current salt and suddenly died. Many believe that he was actually murdered by his younger nephew. Khalifa fans are gosh, who suddenly and unexpectedly moved into the palace complex and assumed the role of salt and all without the british approval. 

This wasn't the first time the unsullied had tried to claim power, though, as a few years earlier after the death, death of self and ali, been so you'd, get tried to claim the throne for himself. The british, however, it did not approve of the young, would be salt in it had warned him that the use of military force would happen if he attempted to take power. The warning had worked once, and it was expected to similar warning would work again. 

This time, though, colleague ignored the warning, the young sultan gathered the palace bodyguard and his supporters in prayer operation of propelling a british attack. By the end of the day, twenty eight hundred men armed with rifles and muskets, along with several maxim machine guns, a single gatling gun, one seventeenth century bronze cannon to twelve pounders, had gathered at the palace rifles, cannons and machine guns aimed at the british ships just off shore. The british responded by lending a force of one hundred and fifty states. There's a marines as well as rallying a contingent of nine hundred center for a scar he's.

 The loyalty of the car was in question. Do they would later prove themselves reliable and loyal to the british just offshore the palace five royal navy ships had set up on station by the end of the day, all of them modern and capable of short term bar the next day dawned with yet another request for the british that could lead give up the throne, which, at eight thirty am, could lead, sent a messenger with the following reply with no intention of hauling down our flag, and we do not believe you would open fire on the british sent their own reply immediately. 

Would you not want to open fire putting less you do what you were told? We shall certainly do so at eight fifty five with no for the reply from the sultan be out of your class protected cruiser st george ross and pushed it up the signal to prepare for action all across the small fleet of five ships. 

Crews race to make their cannons ready at nine, am on the dot the british unleashed hell. The ships began firing a large high explosive and fragmentation shells into the mostly wooden pallets. The damage was immediate, with one of the first shots obliterating one of the defenders cannons and it's crew, the volley of fire.