Imagine a war remembered by the name of a man's missing ear! 😳👂
In 1731, British sea captain Robert Jenkins reported that Spanish coast guards had cut off his ear during an encounter near Cuba.
Eight years later, Britain and Spain went to war in a conflict remembered as the War of Jenkins' Ear.
But the bizarre incident was only part of the story. Behind the conflict were disputes over trade, shipping, and colonial power.
Discover one of history's strangest-named wars and the extraordinary incident associated with it.
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