MoonHunterDancer t1_iu0ohtb wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:05 PM

Reply to comment by quondam47 in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

Does that mean that in 1916, the UK was still at war with Denmark? Do the British ever clear that up?

quondam47 t1_iu0pr98 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:13 PM

I wouldn’t think so. It was the Kingdom of Ireland from 1542 to 1801 which was a client state of the English crown so it would have been an Irish law but introduced to follow England into hostilities against Denmark-Norway in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

brazzy42 t1_iu3f2c7 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:19 AM

No. You don't need a peace treaty or any kind of official document to end a war, just like you don't need a declaration of war to start one.

There really isn't such a thing as countries being "officially at war without knowing it".