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The Emu War
This Babylon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Tl;Dr The Australians fought emus and lost
#america
Keith:
first
#murka
This Babylon:
--- Quote ---The machine-gunners' dreams of point blank fire into serried masses of Emus were soon dissipated. The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month
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Im lost my shit lol.
His Lordship:
Yeah I remember reading about this lol.
So bloody embarrassing.
Happened in my state.
Mojo:
I originally thought Emu was some tribe when I read the topic.
But no, they got defeated by a flightless bird...