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00:001. An unlikely conflict. Did you know that in 1932, Australia officially declared war?

00:07Not on another country, but on emus. That's right, the Australian military was deployed

00:13with machine guns against a flock of flightless birds. This isn't a joke, it's a forgotten piece

00:20of history. 2. The enemy's strategy. The Great Emu War began because thousands of emus,

00:26facing drought, invaded farmland in Western Australia, destroying crops. Farmers, many

00:33ex-soldiers, petitioned the government for help. The solution? Send in the military. They thought

00:40it would be an easy task. Oh, how wrong they were. 3. A surprising foe. Equipped with Lewis

00:47automatic machine guns, Major GPW, Meredith led the charge. But the emus proved to be surprisingly

00:55difficult targets. They were fast, erratic, and had an uncanny ability to disperse quickly.

01:02One official report even noted that the emu demonstrated machine gun evasive tactics.

01:084. The Shocking Outcome. After weeks of skirmishes, hundreds of rounds fired, and only a fraction

01:15of the emu population eliminated, the military was withdrawn in defeat. The emus effectively won the

01:22war. So, next time you think you're having a bad day, remember, an entire army once lost

01:28to a bunch of birds. What would you do if your country lost a war to animals?

01:325. The Shocking Out IX

01:36Might

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