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Trump’s invasion of Greenland would be ‘the shortest war in the world’
(www.politico.eu)
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Just so everybody knows, the shortest war in world history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War, which lasted approximately 38 minutes. So if the US invasion of Greenland takes fewer than 37 minutes before Denmark surrenders, it will officially be the new shortest war in world history.
If the US actually sent an invading force I imagine they would capitulate before boots are even on the ground. What the fuck are the Danes gonna do against the US war machine lol?
They don't even have nuclear power plants let alone weapons.
They could pull a Three Hundred and Thirty Five Year's War esque situation where they just declare war and never sign a peace treaty, without ever actually mobilizing their army or trying to fight back.
They could pull NATO Article 5.
The Politico article actually goes into that possibility, and says that it's unclear whether article 5 actually can be invoked against another NATO member.
All the yanks would need to do would be to send a mid-sized naval ship and a polite letter and the Danes would surrender.