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The Netherlands and a Tiny Island Group Were Technically at War for 335 Years
historyThe Isles of Scilly — five small islands off Cornwall — and the Netherlands were technically at war from 1651 until 1986, a conflict lasting 335 years with…
French Cavalry Once Captured a Fleet of Naval Ships Frozen in Ice
historyIn January 1795, French hussars rode across a frozen strait in the Netherlands and accepted the surrender of 14 Dutch warships trapped in ice — the only known…
