A doubtful long warSourced
A 335-year war may not have been a war at all
A story holds that the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly remained at war for 335 years without a peace treaty. A peace ceremony followed in 1986. Whether the original declaration created a valid state of war is uncertain.
The impressive duration rests on a disputed starting point.
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