00:00In 1896, the British Empire fought a war that lasted only 38 minutes.
00:06It began when the Sultan of Zanzibar refused to step down after Britain's orders.
00:12At 9 a.m., his palace stood defiant.
00:15At 9.02, British warships opened fire.
00:18Shells ripped through walls, smoke filled the harbor, and chaos consumed the island.
00:23By 9.40, the palace was gone.
00:25The Sultan fled.
00:27Five hundred Zanzibaris were dead.
00:29Britain lost one man, a war that began and ended before most people even finished breakfast,
00:35the shortest war in human history, the Forgotten War of Zanzibar.
