Anglo-Hanseatic War


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The Anglo-Hanseatic War lasted from 1470-1474 between England and the Hanseatic League led by the cities of Danzig (Gdańsk) and Lübeck. Causes of the war include increasing English pressure against the trade of the Hanseatic cities on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.

The war was fought mainly by the use of the naval strategy of commerce raiding in the North Sea and the English Channel. One of the most successful Man of war ships was the Peter von Danzig under Paul Beneke. Cologne opposed the war and was temporarily excluded from the Hansa for this. The war concluded with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1474 which granted the Hanseatic League ownership of the Steelyard of London.It virtually halted the English trade with Germany and the Baltic region.[1]

Originally Posted by TheIronDuke

And a sense of humour.

"As a final act, Britain demanded payment from the Zanzibar government to pay for the shells fired on the country."

I think that the MoD should carry on doing this - the one thing worse for morale than an incoming Hellfire is an incoming Hellfire with a 6 figure bill attached.

Originally Posted by sandmanfez

The Russia V Berwick-upon-Tweed war?



Berwick-upon-Tweed was officially at war with Russia for 110 years as the border town frequently changed hands between England and Scotland over the centuries it was usually referred to as a separate entity in all State documents. At the outbreak of the Crimean War, Britain declared war on Russia in the name of Britain, Ireland, Berwick-upon-Tweed and all British Dominions. But when the war ended two years later in 1856, the Paris Peace Treaty omitted Berwick. So Berwick was technically at war with Russia until 1966 when a Soviet official, made aware of the situation, visited the town to declare peace.

On a similar vein, wasn't Andorra at war with Germany from 1914 to 1940 because they were left out of the treaty at the end of WWI? They only realised when the Krauts turned up on their doorstep, and quickly arranged an end to 'hostilities'.

Originally Posted by Cyclic

I bet this one shook the drivers fillings out , must be a 20mm?

The ZU-23/2 is, well, a twin-barrelled 23mm AA gun...

tac

The War of Golden Jubilee. So obscure, no-one remembers fighting it, even though a shedload of medals were awarded.

Any war involving the French taking the lead would be pretty obscure in my book.

Originally Posted by UORMan

Any war involving the French taking the lead would be pretty obscure in my book.

Indochina? They got raped though. Vietnamese are hard little bastards.

Hussite Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hussite Wars

Anglo-Irish Trade War.

Anglo-Irish Trade War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cod War..Iceland won we lost....

In the 9th century Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Bald had a dust up with King Louis the German somewhere in France. Charles the Bald was a big fan of Lord of the Rings, naming a son Pippin. Pippin didn't do as well as his other sons King Louis the Stammerer or King Charles the Child.