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    The Great Emu War was a real military conflict in 1932 in which the Australian army unsuccessfully tried to stop emus from eating farmers' crops. Over 20,000 emus had arrived and the Minister of Defense deployed soldiers to deal with them. However, the emus outsmarted the army in their attacks, with the emus splitting into small groups to avoid the machine guns. After 45 days and thousands of rounds fired, the army was only able to kill a small number of emus and was recalled in defeat, showing that the emus were victorious over the Australian forces.

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    The Great Emu War was a real military conflict in 1932 in which the Australian army unsuccessfully tried to stop emus from eating farmers' crops. Over 20,000 emus had arrived and the Minister of Defense deployed soldiers to deal with them. However, the emus outsmarted the army in their attacks, with the emus splitting into small groups to avoid the machine guns. After 45 days and thousands of rounds fired, the army was only able to kill a small number of emus and was recalled in defeat, showing that the emus were victorious over the Australian forces.

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    The Great Emu War was a real military conflict in 1932 in which the Australian army unsuccessfully tried to stop emus from eating farmers' crops. Over 20,000 emus had arrived and the Minister of Defense deployed soldiers to deal with them. However, the emus outsmarted the army in their attacks, with the emus splitting into small groups to avoid the machine guns. After 45 days and thousands of rounds fired, the army was only able to kill a small number of emus and was recalled in defeat, showing that the emus were victorious over the Australian forces.

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    The Great Emu War was a real military conflict in 1932 in which the Australian army unsuccessfully tried to stop emus from eating farmers' crops. Over 20,000 emus had arrived and the Minister of Defense deployed soldiers to deal with them. However, the emus outsmarted the army in their attacks, with the emus splitting into small groups to avoid the machine guns. After 45 days and thousands of rounds fired, the army was only able to kill a small number of emus and was recalled in defeat, showing that the emus were victorious over the Australian forces.

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    The emus managed to outsmart and outmaneuver the Australian army during the Emu War of 1932 despite being flightless birds.

    The emus used guerilla tactics like splitting into small groups to evade the machine guns, which made gun use inefficient. They also moved too quickly for the army's trucks.

    The emus evaded the Australians by splitting into small groups and using their speed to outpace army trucks. They also pillaged crops to successfully eat their way through the farmers' fields.

    The Great Emu War

    In Which Some Emus Beat the Whole Australian Army


    (Alternatively Titled:
    The Great Emu War
    Where A Bunch of Large, Flightless Birds Outsmarted the Entire
    Australian Population)
    By Brooklyn Quallen
    Edited by Sreeta Basu
    Can you imagine a real life situation in which an actual army waged a war against a

    bunch of flightless birds and lost? It happened. It was glorious. It was the Great Emu War.

    The Great Emu War lasted from November 2, 1932 to December 10, 1932. It was caused

    by the arrival of as many as 20,000 emus who mercilessly came and ate farmers crops. Sir

    George Pearce, the Minister of Defense, deployed the Royal Australian Artillery to deal with the

    emus, instead of diplomatically asking the emus to stop. With this act, the Great Emu War had

    officially started.

    The first of many unsuccessful attempts by the Australians to dispatch the emus came

    on November 2, 1932. Only about a dozen birds were killed because the Australians began to

    shoot while the emus were completely out of range. On November 4, Major G.P.W. Meredith

    established an ambush near a dam. When around 1,000 emus got into range, the gunners
    opened fire. Only twelve birds were killed, as the gun jammed . The emus got their revenge for

    November 2 that day. They all but delivered themselves on a silver platter to the army, and

    they still won. There were many more disastrous attempts leading up to November 8. One was

    Meredith attempting to mount guns on a truck to chase the emus. The truck couldnt move fast

    enough, so the emus outsmarted the army yet again. The number of birds killed is uncertain. A

    report from the Base Commander indicated that 300 emus had been killed, even though 2,500

    rounds of ammunition were fired. No Australians died. On November 8, the guns were

    withdrawn, as the emus appeared to have won due to their guerilla tactics: splitting into small

    units so that the machine gun usage would be uneconomic.

    The second attempt happened after the military had withdrawn from their initial attacks

    on the emu population. The emus continued to attack crops. James Mitchell, the Premier of

    Western Australia, supported renewed military assistance to deal with them. By November 12,

    the Minister of Defense approved even more military efforts. He said that the soldiers were

    necessary to combat the incredibly serious agricultural threat of the large emu population. On

    November 13, the military attacked once more and only about 40 emus were killed. The third

    day, November 15, was even less successful, if you can imagine that. By December 2, the guns

    were accounting for 100 emus per week. When Meredith did the math, however, it appeared

    that it took 10 bullets to bring down one emu, which was pretty pathetic. The army was

    recalled on December 10.


    The emu victory was clear. They had managed to outwit the Australian army over the

    course of only 45 days. Using their extraordinarily superior intellect, they evaded the

    Australians attempt to stop their pillaging of crops by successfully eating their way through

    farmers crops. The farmers called for more war on the poor, flightless emus, but the

    government had enough of being embarrassed by the mighty emus. The lesson to be learned

    from the shortest war in world history is to NEVER underestimate the emu. They always win.

    Always.

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