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No Armor Plate. So They Built a Tank of Tin.

New Zealand built a tank from a farm tractor and corrugated metal. Bob Semple's 1940 tank used a Caterpillar D8 chassis and six Bren guns, and only three were ever made. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

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They Invaded on Bicycles. Rims Sounded Like Tanks.

Japan rode bicycles through Malaya, and bare rims sounded like tanks. Japanese troops used bicycles taken after landing to move fast toward Singapore, which surrendered in February 1942. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

hace 9 horas

Lincolns Guard Left His Post. For a Drink.

The man guarding Lincoln's box at Ford's Theatre had left for a tavern. Officer John Parker abandoned his post on April 14, 1865; a neglect of duty charge was dismissed, and he was fired in 1868. Source: Military History Talks...

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On D Day, They Dropped Dolls From the Sky.

Fake paratroopers fooled the Germans on the night before D Day. Operation Titanic dropped dummy figures with noisemakers and a few SAS men, pulling German troops away from Omaha and Gold beaches. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

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He Was Shot in the Chest. Then Gave His Speech.

A folded speech and an eyeglass case helped stop the bullet aimed at Teddy Roosevelt. Shot in Milwaukee on October 14, 1912, he spoke for about 50 minutes before getting treatment and carried the bullet for life. Source: Military History...

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He Called the Bombs Bread. Finns Sent a Drink.

The Molotov cocktail was named as a joke at Molotov's expense. During the 1939 Winter War, Finns mocked his claim that Soviet bombs were food drops, and Alko made 542,104 of the bottles. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

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Three Steel Beams. A Tank Couldnt Cross Them.

Three loose steel beams could leave a tank stuck and helpless. The Czech hedgehog came from 1930s Czechoslovak border defenses, guarded the Normandy beaches and returned in Ukraine in 2022. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

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The War Ended in 1945. He Quit in 1974.

Hiroo Onoda kept fighting World War Two until 1974. He held out on Lubang Island for 29 years until his former commander, Major Taniguchi, formally relieved him in March 1974. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

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He Brought a Sword and Bagpipes. To WW2.

Mad Jack Churchill went to war with a broadsword, a longbow and bagpipes. He played the pipes on the 1941 Vagsoy raid and took 42 prisoners near Salerno in 1943. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

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Every GI Got a Coke. For a Nickel. Anywhere.

Coca Cola promised every American in uniform a Coke for five cents. Eisenhower's headquarters asked for ten bottling plants in 1943, and 64 plants were shipped overseas during the war. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

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Both Pistols Misfired. He Grabbed His Cane.

Both guns misfired, and Andrew Jackson attacked the gunman with his cane. On January 30, 1835, Richard Lawrence tried to shoot Jackson outside the Capitol, and Davy Crockett helped restrain him. Source: (failed_assassin) Military History Talks #shorts

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An Army Weapon. Named After a Comedy Horn.

The bazooka was named after a radio comedian's homemade horn. At a May 1942 Aberdeen trial, General Gladeon Barnes said the new rocket launcher looked like Bob Burns' bazooka. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

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Americans and Germans Fought Side by Side.

In May 1945, American and German soldiers fought together against the SS. At Castle Itter in Austria, Lt. Jack Lee and Maj. Josef Gangl defended French prisoners until relief arrived on May 5, 1945. Source: Military History Talks #shorts ...

hace 9 horas

Everyone Blamed Her Cow. The Reporter Made It Up.

Mrs. O'Leary's cow did not start the Chicago Fire. A reporter invented it. Michael Ahern admitted the story was made up in 1893, and the Chicago City Council exonerated O'Leary in 1997. Source: Military History Talks #shorts

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The President Had Surgery on a Yacht. In Secret.

Grover Cleveland had part of his jaw removed in secret on a yacht. The July 1893 operation on the Oneida was hidden during the Panic of 1893, and surgeon W. W. Keen confirmed it in 1917. Source: Military History Talks...