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Humans throughout history had been at war with each other for nearly our whole existence
with untold horrors and destruction left in its wake but
some wars lack this or casualties period due to fighting these conflicts are referred to as Bloodless Wars and
Today we will be looking into detail about some of these conflicts
The first one that we will look at is the Aroostook war which was between the US and the UK in
1838 the conflict between the two arose from a border dispute between the states of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick
the issue stemmed from the Treaty of Paris in 1783
that ended the American Revolutionary War
The treaty did not clearly determine the boundary between British North America and the United States
so the commonwealth of massachusetts
Began, issuing land grants in present-day Maine which is owned at the time the war of 1812 saw the British occupy
most of eastern Maine as they intended to annex the areas of iechyd patien to some degree the Treaty of Ghent that followed reaffirmed the
boundary line as of the
1783 Treaty and while a commission determined who owned the island pass can mock with eBay. It didn't define the land boundary
Which again was in question between the two when Maine was separated into its own state in?
1820 the boundary question was a massive concern for the new state and it was also still a concern from
Massachusetts who owned upwards of half of all the public land in Maine including large sections of the disputed territory the British saw the
Extension of territory so hindering between the inland and coastal regions that had made communication
and travel much more
difficult if
they had control over the northern half of the clam land it would cut travel time between the Quebec and Halifax in nearly half the
Region was also a major source of lumber which was vital to both Maine and New Brunswick's economy
Losing the region would pretty much cripple the economy of either province
this proved to be a greater incentive to the British when thousands of acres of New Brunswick were destroyed in the great mariachi fire of
1825 a series of arrests and mild skirmishes eventually led to Maine's governor claiming that the British were invading
raising
$800,000 to raise the militia and established for vacations with the federal government passing a bill
They allow the president to spend ten million to raise the army
if I'd interrupted Maine militia occupied points all on the air struck territory raising upwards of
11,000 men the other nation wanted a war that would have greatly
Interfered with the two nations trade and the compromise was finally reached in the webster-ashburton treaty
In 1842 this tree settling disputes along the Maine, Michigan
Minnesota and New Hampshire border with British North America
The ruse retained the northern area of the disputed territory in Maine which include the Halifax Road, which was the key to year-round
Overland communications between Quebec and Nova Scotia the US government agreed to pay the states of mean in, Massachusetts
150 thousand dollars each
for the loss of the lands and for the expense and keeping the Maine militia braced for two years if you'd like to learn a
little bit more about this conflict
I have a slightly more in-depth video on this already uploaded on the channel link here
Continue with conflict between these two was the pig war of 1857
again
arising from a border dispute between British North America and the United States the Oregon treaty of 1846 said the border between
Oregon County and British Columbia
The treaty also set the boundary between Vancouver Island
And what is now Washington state staying that it would be split in the middle straight between Vancouver Island and the mainland?
the dispute arose as two different streets could be determined as the middle which had the San Juan Islands as a land in dispute a
Commission was set to fix the dispute, but neither side agreed and the speed over the islands continued because of this ambiguity
Both the United States and Britain claimed sovereignty over the San Juan Islands
During this period of dispute Britain's Hudson Bay Company established operations on San Juan and turned the island to a sheep ranch
Meanwhile by mid 1859 around 25 American settlers had arrived San Juan held significance not for its size
But as a military strategic point while the British held Fort Victoria and Vancouver
Island to the west
The nation that held the San Juan Islands would be able to dominate all the streets connecting the Strait of Juan de Fuca
With the Strait of Georgia the spew came to the head when a pig was shot and killed by an American
Settler as he was eating the potatoes
the owner of the pay came to the man to a heavy son for the pig and the argument between the two reads to the
point were British authorities threatened to arrest the American who in turn called for protection from local US units a
Few dozen men under George Edward picket land on San Juan Island with the goal of preventing the British from landing
The British saw this as a potential attempt to take over the islands by occupation and the spatula number of warships to the area
Within the following month over 400 Americans supplemented with 15 cannons were opposed by five warships in 2100 British
the governor of Vancouver Island James Douglas
Ordered the ranking Admiral to remove the Americans, but he refused sian. Then a war over a pig was absolutely foolish and he was right
The two governments eventually agreed to a joint occupation of the ions until the matter could be settled
arbitration by German king of elam the 1st and 1871
Avenger gave the islands to the Americans and in the last major land dispute between these two nations
Operation Restore democracy was launched on January the 19th of 2017
It pitted forces loyal of Gambian president
Yaja Galman against a coalition of forces from the Economic Community of West African states
after llaman refused to step down following his defeat in the 2016 presidential election - Adama Barrow the
Coalition gave an ultimatum
To step down in which he refused a Muslim general the 19th
7,000 men nearly all single E's invaded the Gambia
small skirmishes took place along the border region
But no casualties on either side were reported within a few hours of Sangha
Lee's halted their advance and once again called for Yan to step down which he again refused
Shortly before the invasion continued Gambia's army chief General sama bhaji pledged loyalty
- Adama borrow and refused to fight the coalition forces
45,000 people fled into Senegal following this invasion
Another 1000 to Guinea Bissau and a few thousand troops stayed with in Gambia for stability reasons
Some of which were still based one year
While the original invasion didn't cost casualties to DES and a few doesn't want to have occurred from clashes with the troops so far