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Also the closest I believe we've come to having two democracies openingly fighting each other (USA v. Finland)
by comrh 12y ago
Also the closest I believe we've come to having two democracies openingly fighting each other (USA v. Finland)
- kiiski 12y agoUK (and Canada, Australia, etc.) did declare war on Finland, and attacked a Finnish harbour[1]. While USA didn't declare war, I doubt anything would have changed if they did, since Finland was out of their reach anyway. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kirkenes_and_Petsamo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kirkenes_and_Petsamo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War#Finland_and_the_Western_allies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War#Finland_and_th...
- chrisdevereux 12y agoDepending on how you define 'Democracy', you could count the war of 1812 (USA vs UK) as two democracies openly fighting. Both had elected legislatures & executives at the time (although both with a heavily restricted franchise)