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They are of course Honduras and El Salvador

One thing these two countries have in common is being fanatic about Football

Or if you're a freedom-loving patriot , Soccer

But do they love it so much, they would go to war over it?

You bet they would

And that is NO BUENO

If you look at these two countries you might notice one major difference, and that is that this one is a lot bigger than this one

However, this one had a larger population than this one, made up mostly of farmers

And there wasn't enough land for them to live and work on, so they started moving from El Salvador to Honduras in search of land

And by the 1960s a huge number of illegal immigrants had crossed over the border from El Salvador

Meanwhile in Honduras, it's 1963 and this guy has just staged a military coup to prevent the rise of Communism

And is now the military leader of the country

He immediately began harassing the peasants' unions and other left-wing groups

But he's a little insecure about the legitimacy of his leadership, so he holds an election and wins

But then the opposing party says, "Hey man, that election was clearly corrupt and fraudulent

And also you've been bribed by the rich American banana companies who are taking all of our bananas tax-free

And now our economy is in ruins"

And everyone started to get mad at him

Now if you ever find yourself the barely

legitimate military leader of a corrupt Central American country and you start getting into hot water

Here's a bit of advice that has been tried and tested throughout the centuries

Blame something else

So he blamed the Salvadoran immigrants for stealing all the land and all the jobs and ruining Honduras

The immigrants found themselves under attack by the hostile locals

Egged on by the rich American banana companies who wanted all the bananas to themselves

The Honduran government began evicting Salvadoran immigrants

Who had been living on the land for generations

And started sending them back to El Salvador

The Salvadoran elite were furious and protested, citing moral reasons

But in reality, they were just getting a little too crowded

So tensions were about as high as they could be, but then

FOOOOTBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL

It's the 1970 World Cup qualifiers and both countries finished top of their qualifying tables

So it's now time for them to play against each other in a series of matches

The first match took place in Honduras

The night before the game, Hondurans gathered outside the Salvadoran team's hotel making noise and taunting them

The next day, Honduras defeated the exhausted Salvadorans with a late 90th minute goal

After the match, a young Salvadoran fan, unable to bear her country's defeat, shot herself

Disturbingly, the Salvadoran government glorified the incident and made her into a national hero

And at the next game, fans brought pictures of her to the stadium

Emotions were running high as the next match took place in El Salvador and this time the tables were turned

The Hondurans had to endure a sleepless night in their hotel

And the next day, before the match started, instead of the Honduran flag, the Salvadorans raised a dirty rag

So great job at reducing tensions

El Salvador won decisively over the exhausted Hondurans

While spectators battled in the stands, team Honduras fled home in a bulletproof bus with rocks being thrown at them

And the Honduran coach reportedly told his players that they were lucky they lost

In response to the defeat

Hondurans began terrorising the Salvadoran settlers even more

In some cases reportedly throwing them off their land and burning down their homes

And the immigrants began fleeing back to El Salvador

The final game in Mexico would decide who went to the World Cup

It was close

But El Salvador came out victorious, knocking Honduras out of the tournament

The atmosphere was riotous, literally

And back in Honduras attacks on the Salvadoran immigrants further increased

This was too much for El Salvador to bear, with its people under attack

And an unmanageable refugee crisis on its hands

El Salvador severed all diplomatic ties with Honduras and declared WAR

The Football War is also known as the 100 Hours War because that's how long it lasted

Making it one of the shortest wars in history

El Salvador started by carrying out air raids in strat egic locations within Honduras

Including Toncontin International Airport

Which prevented the Honduran Air Force from getting into the sky

Then, with their superior army, they began an invasion along two major roads complete with light tanks and infantry

Their advance was rapid and they were quickly approaching the Honduran capital

Then the Organization of American States met in a bit of a panic

And unanimously agreed that war between El Salvador and Honduras

Was a bad thing and probably shouldn't continue

So they went to El Salvador and said, "can you please stop invading?"

And El Salvador declared, "NOT UNTIL THEY STOP BEING JERKS!!!!"

And so the war went on

The Honduran Air Force finally got into the sky

And with aid from neighboring Nicaragua

They successfully carried out air raids in Salvadoran air bases and oil facilities

Crippling the Salvadoran supply line and stopping their advance dead

Caught in a bit of a stalemate, the situation was no longer advantageous to El Salvador

So when the Organization of American States once again asked them to stop and agreed to ensure the safety of the Salvadoran immigrants

El Salvador relented and a ceasefire was organized on the 18th of July

Then the OAS said, "can you now please withdraw your troops from Honduras?"

"No"

- "Please" - "No"

- "Please" - "No"

- "Please" - "No"

"Do it or we'll sanction you"

"You know what?"

"Just for you"

"I'll do it"

So El Salvador pulled its troops out of Honduras on the 2nd of August and with casualties in the thousands,

The war was over

The economies of both nations were damaged by the war

And El Salvador didn't have the capability to take care of all the returning immigrants

A crisis that eventually helped cause a civil war

The war left behind land and border disputes

Some of which are still a cause of tension to this day

El Salvador went on to play in the World Cup, but lost every match they played

And didn't make it past the group stage

So in the end nobody achieved anything and there were no winners

Except for this guy