London, Stonehenge, Bath, Oxford, and more—The best places to visit in Great Britain
An interactive map of England showing all the places covered by this online travel guide
Stonehenge, Avebury, and other ancient sites carpet Wiltshire around, Salisbury with its glorious Gothic cathedral
On August 27, 1896, Britain declared war on its protectorate Zanzibar, where a pretender to the Sultanate had just siezed power.
At 9:02am, British ships in the habor began shelling the would-be Sultan's palace.
By 9:40, the shelling had stopped, the palace was on fire, and the pretender's flag had been cut down.
At 38 minutes, the Anglo-Zanzibar War remains the shortest war on record.
Some 500 Zanzibaris were killed.
One British Petty Officer was wounded.
