How 20,000 birds defeated an army with machine guns.

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It sounds like a tall tale, but the Great Emu War remains one of the most bizarre chapters in military history. Facing an economic crisis, Australian farmers found their crops devastated by a massive migration of emus. The government response was swift and heavy-handed: soldiers armed with Lewis guns were deployed against an enemy that simply refused to behave like a traditional military force. The ensuing conflict highlighted the futility of using conventional warfare against nature, as the flightless, surprisingly resilient birds turned the tactical situation into a humiliating stalemate for the professional army.
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