What was the longest war in history?

What was the longest war in history?

Arthur Soares Peixoto,

Itaperuna, RJ

The Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) is considered by many historians to be the longest war of all time. From the Middle Ages, no other dispute between two peoples lasted as long as this one. In Antiquity it is more complicated to establish dates due to the lack of documents – mainly about events in the East. But it was difficult for the people of the time to have material conditions and enough armies to sustain a war as long as the Hundred Years. The conflict began in 1337, when the French King Philip VI invaded a region in present-day southern France that at the time belonged to England. The response of the British monarch, Edward III, was the invasion of the rival country, starting the almost endless dispute. The two monarchies wanted to expand their area of ​​influence over feuds that until then had good autonomy. In other words, behind the war was the process of centralization of power in the hands of the kings and the very formation of the two countries. This influenced the long duration of the dispute, as very long wars are only possible with well-organized states. But it is worth remembering that the combats had some intervals with truce, periods that the two sides used only to reorganize their armies for the following battles. Although the British had the upper hand in the first decades of the war, they ended up losing the territories they controlled in present-day France. The Battle of Castillon, won by the French in the south of the country in 1453, is considered the historic landmark of the end of the Hundred Years’ War.