The Great Emu War: When Australia’s Army Lost to a Flock of Birds
The Great Emu War of 1932 saw the Australian military deploy machine guns against emus — and somehow lose. Here’s the bizarre, untold story.
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The Great Emu War: When Australia’s Military Lost to Flightless Birds
The Great Emu War of 1932 saw Australian soldiers with machine guns defeated by 20,000 emus in one of history’s strangest military failures.