Football War

Date

July 14-18, 1969

Location

El Salvador and Honduras

Causes

Territorial aggregations during a football (soccer) game.

Result

Status Quo from cease-fire ordered by

OASball.

Belligerents
El Salvadorball	Hondurasball

Strength
Almost arrived to Tegucigalpaball by invasion.	Defense and counterattack with the Nicaraguan's help.

Casualties
900 Salvadorans	2,100 Hondurans

Football War, also called the 100 Hours War since that was how long it lasted, was a Centroamerican War, fought between

Hondurasball and

El Salvadorball. The reason why the war has it's name is because the war started during a football (soccer) game between the two countries.

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