List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity: Difference between revisions

|{{Flag|Costa Rica}} <br /> vs<br /> {{Flag|German Empire|name=Germany}}||[[World War I]] || 1918 || 1918 || 1945 || 1 || 28 || 27 ||align=left| Due to a dispute over the legitimacy of the government of [[Federico Tinoco Granados]], [[Costa Rica]] was not a party to the [[Treaty of Versailles]] and did not unilaterally end the state of war.<ref>{{cite book |author = United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations |title = Treaty of peace with Germany: Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, sixty-sixth Congress, first session on the Treaty of peace with Germany, signed at Versailles on June 28, 1919, and submitted to the Senate on July 10, 1919 |publisher = Government Printing Office |year = 1919 |pages = 206–209 |url = https://archive.org/details/treatyofpeacewit00unit |access-date = 9 February 2013 }}</ref> The technical state of war ended after World War II only after they were included in the [[Potsdam Agreement]]. Costa Rica did not issue a declaration of war against Germany in World War II.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://mentalfloss.com/article/30895/11-wars-lasted-way-longer-they-should-have |title = 11 Wars That Lasted Way Longer Than They Should Have |work = Mental Floss }}</ref>

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|[[Coalition of the Gulf War|UN Forces (led by United States)]] <br /> vs<br /> {{Flag|Iraq|1991}}||[[Gulf War]] || 1991 || 1991 || 2003 || 1 || 13 || 12 ||align=left| The [[UN]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 687|resolution]] which ended the first Gulf War only enacted a ceasefire. It did not end the state of war with Iraq.<ref>{{cite news |author-link = Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith |first = Peter |last = Goldsmith |url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/17/iraq2 |title = A case for war |work = The Guardian |location = London |date = 17 March 2003 |access-date = 1 November 2015 }}</ref> The [[Government of the United Kingdom|British Government]] would, 12 years later, use the ''de jure'' state of war with Iraq to provide the legal basis for the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/david-morrison/was-britains-military-action-in-iraq-legal |title = Was Britain's military action in Iraq legal? |date = 28 October 2015 |access-date = 1 November 2015 |first = David |last = Morrison }}</ref> [[Opposition to the Iraq War|Opponents of the Iraq War]] have criticised this interpretation, with one source labelling it as "legal gymnastics" (see [[Legality of the Iraq War]]).<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34658655 |title = Peter Oborne's unofficial Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq war |author-link = Peter Oborne |first = Peter |last = Oborne |date = 31 October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4377605.stm |title = Wilmshurst resignation letter |date = 24 March 2005 |author-link = Elizabeth Wilmshurst |first = Elizabeth |last = Wilmshurst |access-date = 1 November 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10715629 |date = 21 July 2010 |title = Clegg clarifies stance after saying Iraq war 'illegal' |access-date = 1 November 2015 }}</ref>