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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, however, may still occur. Typically, these events are recorded in history as
war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
s 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.


Bloodless wars

The following is a list of bloodless wars:


Incorrectly categorized wars

The following wars are often labelled incorrectly as bloodless wars: * Cold War: unknown number of killed *
Cod Wars The Cod Wars ( is, Þorskastríðin; also known as , ; german: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century confrontations between the United Kingdom (with aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of ...
: one man killed, one man wounded *
Toledo War The Toledo War (1835–36), also known as the Michigan–Ohio War or the Ohio–Michigan War, was an almost bloodless boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan over what is now known as the Toledo ...
: one man wounded * Battle of Athens (1946): several wounded * Conquest of New Netherland: three killed *
Invasion of the Gambia The ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia or the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia ( abbreviated ECOMIG) – code-named Operation Restore Democracy – is an ongoing military intervention in The Gambia by several member states of the Economic C ...
: initial invasion was bloodless, first casualties were reported during the occupation and stabilization period


See also

* Non-violent revolution *
Frozen conflict In international relations, a frozen conflict is a situation in which active armed conflict has been brought to an end, but no peace treaty or other political framework resolves the conflict to the satisfaction of the combatants. Therefore, lega ...


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* * * * {{cite journal, last1=Krauthammer, first1=Charles, title=The Short, Unhappy Life of Humanitarian War, jstor=42897194, journal=The National Interest, pages=5–8, date=1999, issue=57 Wars by type *