Obscure Wars

[Zachary]

Does anyone know some fairly opscure wars that happened within the past two centuries? Were their any in the 1920s?
Regards,
Zachary

[sylvieK4]

There were some wars in Poland, in the 1920s, over their boundaries. These pit the Poles against the early Soviet Union. The Soviets wanted that territory, and the Poles put up a fierce fight.

By your name, you have Hungary as an identifier. In Hungary, in the 1920s, Admiral Horthy was consolidating his power, after ousting the Kun regime.

During the Kun regime, itself, (1919) Hungary arguably took away some of the sting of its defeat as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War, by taking the battlefield against border states, reclaiming Magyar territory for Budapest.

There were all sorts of conflicts during the past two centuries. It depends where on the globe you want to look for them: Europe, Africa, South America, Central America. Some U.S-Indian (Native American) wars might be called "obscure".

[Der Schwarze Ritter]

Don't forget the Greco-Turkish war (1920-1922).





-Daniel-

[AirborneAllTheWay]

Tell us more of the Greco-Turkish war?

[Der Schwarze Ritter]

After WWI the Greeks wanted to extend their territory beyond Thrace and Izmir, these lands had been given to them by the Treaty of Severes August 10, 1920. In January of 1921 the ill- equipped greek army launched an offensive in Anatolia against the Nationalist Turks who defied their government and would not recognize the treaty, they were led by Mustafa Kemal ''Ataturk''. The greeks were repulsed in April but they renewed their attack on July and advanced beyond Eskisehir railway line toward Ankara.The Turks defeated the Greek army at Sakarya River, August 24 - Sept. 16, 1921, one year later the Turks took control of Smyrna and drove the greeks out of Anatolia. The treaty of Lausanne stated, July 24 1923, obliged Greece to return eastern Thrace & the Islands of Imbros & Tenedos to Turkey and give up its claim to Smyrna.
The two nations also agreed to exchange their minority Turkish & Greek populations.


Greek losses 30,000
Turkish losses 20,000


-Daniel-

[sylvieK4]

There were many conflicts over the borders re-drawn by the victors of the First World War. Many of the post-war treaties failed to take individual nationalities into consideration when declaring the new boundaries, causing decades of antagonism between peoples. Even now, into the 21st Century, the Greeks and Turks still have a very tense relationship, in part over those old border issues/ mutual claims to the same territories.
This shows us that even obscure wars, and other conflicts, from even hundreds of years ago can have a lasting effect that impacts our world today.

[Luca]

During the Kun regime, itself, (1919) Hungary arguably took away some of the sting of its defeat as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War, by taking the battlefield against border states, reclaiming Magyar territory for Budapest.

Yes, interesting war.
The French legionaries return in new Czech state transit for Italia (Padova) and with Italian legionaries fight in the south border under the command of the italian Gen. Piccioni.Russies legionaries no arrive in utility time for fight for the south border(if i remember well).Around the same time Poland search to take some territory in north border.
The born of the first Czech Republic no was very easy.

[Zachary]

sylviek4 wrote

There were some wars in Poland, in the 1920s, over their boundaries.

I saw a map of the different borders of Poland. Their borders have changed so much! But please don't talk about Poland.
Regards,
Zachary

[Victor]

There was a while ago a debate about the Romanian-Hungarian conflict of 1919 in this section of the forum.

http://www.thirdreichforum.com/phpBB2/v ... .php?t=781

[The Desert Fox]

Do not forget the Russian Civil War which took place between 1919 and 1922. Lenin took quite some time to consilidate his power base in Russia after the overthrow of the Romanov Dynasty. His Red army fought the White army (Royalists?) for control of Russia.

[Phil V]

27 August 1886.

Zanzibar vs. England.

War lasted 45 minutes.

Guiness records the war as the shortest in history.

Now that's obscure.

[Reigo]

Do not forget the Russian Civil War which took place between 1919 and 1922. Lenin took quite some time to consilidate his power base in Russia after the overthrow of the Romanov Dynasty. His Red army fought the White army (Royalists?) for control of Russia.

The Russian Whites consisted besides royalists also democrats. The Bolsheviks themselves actually called everybody, who was anti-Soviet, as Whites. So there were White-Finns, White-Poles, White-Estonians and so on.

[Weyler]

does anybody know anything about the war between Poland an Cekoeslovensko? and between Hungary and CzechSlovakia?
If I know Well, after 1918, Hungary was in war in Roumania and Czech Slovakia and also the civil war. Too much war!

[Der Schwarze Ritter]

I think I saw it on this forum, a war between Germany & Poland after WWI, the Poles attacked Germany and their attack was repulsed by the Freikorps.


-Daniel-

[Lord Styphon]

There was the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay in 1933-35.

Also, just about any individual one of "Queen Victoria's Little Wars".