Nations that love going to war with each other.

A sizable chunk of all wars that have occurred has been multiple showdowns between the same belligerents e.g. Dano-Swedish wars, Franco-British wars with 27 and 23 wars and battles between them respectively. So which other nations have been at war with each other consistently over the course of history.
 
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Greece and Turkey had 5 wars since 1821 and if you consider ERE as the predecessor of Greece the number skyrockets......
 
Palestine and Israel

Depends of the definition of "Palestine", "war" and "nation". Until the late eighties, most warfare involving Israel was against other (non-Palestinian) Arab states, and many violent actions between Israeli forces and Palestinans could be construed as "policing" rather than "warfare".
 
Germany and continent of Europe/whoever happens to have a misfortune of sharing border with them :p

Spain and France maybe?
 
To paraphrase the late Sir Pterry, Scotland also has a fairly extensive tradition of war with Scotland.:D

Groundskeeper Willie said:
It won't last. Brothers and sisters are natural enemies. Like Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!

:rolleyes::mad::(:eek:
 
The Chinese north and the Chinese south. Ever since the attempted Zhou conquest of Chu to the Taiping Rebellion. The south generally on the losing end.

China and Mongolia.

China and Vietnam.
 
Not war per se, but the US has a history of interfering in Latin America.

(Ancient) Greece and Persia

Rome and Germania went back and forth a few times.
 
Denmark and Sweden, of course. 15-21 wars, depending on which ones you count.
The Romans and the Persians had their little "special" [in the bad way] relationship.
The English and the French--100 Year War.
 
Ottomans and Russians (Wikipedia counts 12, including WWI)
Romans/Byzzies and Persians
Ottomans and Persians (Safavids, Qajars etc.)
Poles/Lithuanians and Russians (Muscovite-Lithuania wars in the late 15th/early 16th century, Polish campaigns during the time of troubles, Smolensk campaign in the 1630s, thirteen years war, Polish succession war, Polish risings against Russian rule, Polish-Soviet war, Soviet invasion of Poland- though Poland didn't have much resistance left at that point)
Also France and 'Germany' (whether it is the Habsburg-led HRE or the Prussians)
 
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Not war per se, but the US has a history of interfering in Latin America.

(Ancient) Greece and Persia

Rome and Germania went back and forth a few times.
Yeah, a lot of coups and civils wars were caused by certain country, under the slogan of the "democracy"
(Ancient) Egypt and Asiria
 
Korea was technically at war with China 22 times, although I've included some broad definitions, and some occurred before the dynasties were formally proclaimed:

Gojoseon: Yan (Warring States), Qin, Han
Buyeo: Former Yan
Goguryeo: Han, Gongsun clan, Cao Wei, Sima Jin, Former Yan, Later Yan, Sui, Tang
Baekje: Tang
Silla: Tang
Balhae: Tang, Liao
Goryeo: Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming
Joseon: Qing
ROK: PRC (Also indirectly between DPRK and ROC)

In particular, there were seven campaigns each between the Sui/Tang and Goguryeo (70 years), and between the Yuan and Goryeo (40+ years, including a second phase around a century later, when the Yuan began to fall apart). Also, no conflicts technically occurred between the Ming and Goryeo, although the latter sent 50,000 troops to the border.

But this is nothing compared to the fact that Korea was continuously at war with itself from ~300 BC to AD 936 (with a break from 668-98, while a Balhae remnant (938-86) fought the Liao but did not go to war with Goryeo). Korea is still technically in a state of civil war since 1950, with both entities "claiming" authority over the entire peninsula.

The Chinese north and the Chinese south. Ever since the attempted Zhou conquest of Chu to the Taiping Rebellion. The south generally on the losing end.

China and Mongolia.

China and Vietnam.

This too, although there were long breaks within China after the Yuan conquered the Song in 1279.
 
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