Bloodless war

A bloodless war is generally a small conflict, crisis, or dispute between rival groups that is resolved without human death or injury, although the threat of violence usually seems very likely at the time. (Intentional property damage may still occur.) Typically, these events are recorded in history as wars even though the term "war" generally implies violence. Therefore, the term "bloodless war" is somewhat of an oxymoron. Nevertheless, there have been many conflicts throughout history labeled as such.

List of bloodless wars

The following is a list of bloodless wars:

  • McGowan's War
  • Aroostook War
  • Pig War
  • Dodge City War
  • Red River Bridge War
  • Honey War
  • Turbot War
  • Anglo-Swedish War (1810–12)
  • Anschluss (1938)
  • Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War
  • Huéscar
  • 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish
  • The following wars are often labelled incorrectly as bloodless wars:

  • Cold War: no direct conflict, but many proxy wars with millions of deaths
  • Cod Wars: three deaths
  • Toledo War: one man wounded
  • Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation: handful of deaths on either side
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    Omaha World-Herald 30 Mar 2025
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    COVETED CRIMEA: Kremlin and Kyiv battle over strategic Black Sea peninsula

    The Columbus Telegram 29 Mar 2025
    Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War ... .
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    Urdu Point 20 Mar 2025
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    IOC race goes neck and neck

    The Manila Times 20 Mar 2025
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    Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine

    The Buffalo News 19 Mar 2025
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    Crimea, a battleground and a playground: Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine

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    Race heats up to succeed Olympics chief Thomas Bach

    The Times of India 19 Mar 2025
    The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to be ...
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    Knoxville Daily Sun 19 Mar 2025
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    Samaranch, Coe, Coventry: Three giants, one spot

    Inside The Games 19 Mar 2025
    Just a few metres from the exclusive complex where the future of Olympism will be decided, lies the site of the 1827 naval battle, a key clash in the Greek War of Independence that marked the decline of the Ottoman Empire.
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    Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it’s coveted by both Russia and Ukraine

    The Associated Press 18 Mar 2025
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