EU: Paleis van sultan van Zanzibar na het Brits bombardement van 1896 (1896)

1896 Zanzibar (Stone Town), Tanzania

The exterior of the Sultan's palace in Zanzibar, photographed in 1896 showing damage from the British bombardment of that year. The bombardment, which took place on 27 August 1896, lasted under an hour and is often cited as the shortest war on record.

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