Strange Battles

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>The Skirmish at Joncherey was the first military action on the Western Front during World War I. It occurred in the village of Joncherey which, at the time, was located on the French border with German Alsace-Lorraine. The skirmish took place before war had officially been declared by Germany on France, on August 3.

>At around 6 am on August 2, Leutnant Albert Mayer and his small cavalry patrol illegally crossed the French border. They did not meet resistance, as the French had moved their troops back 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the border, to avoid provoking the Germans and to show good faith in their attempts to avoid war. At 9:50 am Mayer slashed with his sabre at a French sentry, who was on lookout at the entrance to Joncherey.

>Jules Andre Peugeot and four other soldiers were at their billet eating breakfast at the time. The daughter of the owner of the house came back inside from fetching water and reportedly said "The Prussians! The Prussians are coming!"[1]

>Around 10:00 am, Peugeot and his four comrades went to arrest the Germans. Upon meeting Mayer, he fired three shots at Peugeot. One hit his shoulder and Peugeot fired back as he was falling. Peugeot's comrades opened up on the patrol with pistols. Mayer was shot in the stomach but seconds later was killed by a shot to the head. Peugeot stumbled back to the billet house where he died at 10:37 am.[2]

>Three more Germans were injured and one managed to escape for a few days by hiding in the woods but was eventually captured. One of the German soldiers was never seen again and two escaped to Germany.[1]

>>843788
>Literally a gangfight
Kek.

>>843809
Won by Frogs !

>>843788
>raiding a village without even declaring war against a country that withdrew its troops from the border to avoid proviking you

B-but Germany dindu nuffin wrong!
He a good boi!
Versailles is unfair!!!

>>843759
What the fuck did I just read?

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>>843908
I see a butthurt aussie changed the original infbox

>>845215
>tfw australia is forever the cuck prepping the bull for real anglos

>>844834
Some primatologists observed over the course of 4 years, two groups of chimps would actively seek out members of rival groups and kill them. The Kasakela chimpanzees would sneak up on unaware chimps from the Kahama group and murder them. The primatologists also found that the range of the Kasekela chimps gradually crept upon the range of the Kahama chimps and it has since come down in the biological world as an example of border warfare between chimpanzees.

They really are our closest cousins.

>>845411
It's quite funny since it BTFO all the Noble savage people.

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RIP

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>>845419
I thought the Aztecs already did that.

>>843747
Masada has always astounded me.

>Sir, they're on top of a mountain. There's no way we could get the legion up there.
>Just build a ramp.

>>845438
Nom because
>Muh conquistador propaganda

>>845438
>Sir, they're on an island with walls on sheer cliff. There's no way we can get a phalanx out there.
>Just build a bridge.

>>845437
this picture generated more questions than it gave answers, thanks wikipedia

>>845437
this picture generated more questions than it answered, thanks wikipedia

>>843788
So was this what actually provoked WW1? Or was the war already ongoing at that time?

>>845595
Lets presume tentions were already high.

>>843908
Australians were pissed off because the American troops wouldn't stop cucking them.

>>843781
had a good laugh, although I can hardly believe that this incident inflicted that much casualties.

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>>843788
>>843935
The Germans were apparently butthurt enough to destroy the memorial in 1940.

The website of the town has a lot of details, including extract of corporal Peugeot last letter to his family.

>I warmly embrace you all. There's nothing serious yet. Don't worry. See you soon, I'm sure of it. Your son - A. Peugeot.

He was killed in the following hour. Heck, the mailman who took the letter, Joseph Maitre, was at his side when he died.

>>845778

It's fake. The "battle" never happened, and wouldn't be alluded to by anyone until literally decades after the fact.

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Might be a bit too 'new' for /his/, but whatever

Hyper Finno-Korean war

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>>846066

>>846066
>>846081
Why do you cunts have to drag that garbage meme shit into every fucking thread

>>843766
>me playing EU IV

>>843809
when you're a frog, you're a frog all the way~

>>846081
>not including the destruction of the great dike

>not including the revolt of the Dutch lease towns.

>>845552
>be the dutch
>close the schelde so that all trade from Antwerp goes to Amsterdam
>habsburg don't like that and send 3 ships
>they don't expect any resistance
>the dutch fire exactly one shot
>hits the kettle on board of one of the ships
>be inbred retard and surrender

the dutch had way to much luck in their entire history

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>>843747
or the last charge of cav right in ww2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halen

>belgian cav and belgian riflemen on bicycles repulse a german cavalry assault

>>850759
>losing against wwii italians
that's pretty shameful

>>850759
and the only italian victory in WW2

>>846006
Why call it a war if it's not an armed conflict?

>>852314
i dont get it

>>852354
Wooden sail ship beating a ironclad steamship

>>850871
They were utterly wiped out by the soviets later so its okay

>>843759
The Kahamas did literally nothing wrong

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>>843766

>>850844

Bicycle infantry is actually a really good idea in the Low Countries, where the flat terrain means you can cover much more distance with less energy than walking. Everywhere else its a silly idea.

>>850871
>>850906

When will this meme die?

>>854290
Its still decent idea when you have roads but lack horses or cars and need move foot soldiers fast.

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1967 invasion of Czechoslovakia

>>854357
>... in an attempt to restore order, shouted "Halt! Halt!" which was misheard by soldiers with no knowledge of German as "Allah! Allah!".

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>>854364
>1 killed (suicide en route)
>1 killed (12 year old shot following the occupation)
That's incredibly depressing

>>854364
>12 year old shot following the occupation
>suicide en route
holy shit

>>854360
What kinds of accidents?

>>854465
>>854491
That kind of shit happens all the time during wartime, though. The only reason they note them at all is because of how unusually peaceful the occupation was, so those were the only actual deaths related to it. The Brits just showed up, said 'oh hey, you're occupied now' and the Icelanders grumbled a bit but couldn't really do anything about it.

>>854364
>almost 70k anglo soldiers
Well no shit they were unopposed. Were there even that many able bodied military aged men in the whole island back then?

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>>854613
I know, but I'd like to ignore the dirtiness of war.

>>854147
Will you take your Kahamaboo bullshit out of here please? Those fuckers were trying to topple the Kasakela empire and every war against them was justified.

>>854649
According to a quick Google search, Iceland's total population in 1940 was ~121,000 people. Keep in mind that those soldiers weren't there all at once - the Brits transferred the occupation to the Americans. Which was the USA's first involvement with the war, I believe.

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And since we're talking Iceland...

>>854491
>>854465
>muh poor 12 year old kid wah
Fucker was probably doing something and deserved it

>>846006
Fuck the EU, Spain and Iceland, fish hungry niggers

>>854364
I'd commit suicide if I had to go to Iceland too

>>845442
YOU'RE A WHITE M ALE!

>>854740
Iceland stronk.

>>854740
>1 engineer killed
Was it by a spy?

>>843766
Every time.

>>843816
>literally failing at failing

>>844834
Replace chimp with nigger and there you have your war.

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>>843747

> In 1988 China sent a group of warships to take over Vietnam reefs

> Vietnam responded by transporting 100 soldiers on one of the reefs called Johnson South reef in an attempt to deter the Chinese advances

>Vietnam only brought armed transports against Chinese war ships, and most of their soldiers were unarmed

>Chinese ships opened fire and sunk their transports and the entire Vietnamese forces got massacred like fish getting shot in a barrel

> Vietnam: 70+ killed, China: 1 wounded, China moved quickly to consolidate its presence. By the end of 1988, it had occupied six reefs and atolls in the Spratly Islands.

Moral of the story is if you want a guaranteed victory against the Vietnamese, fight them on the open seas.

>>856514
>Official Vietnamese report: 3 killed, 74 missing
>74 "missing"
Don't beat around the bush and just fucking say they died.

>>856532
They're probably living on the islands Cast Away style.

>>856532

> "The 74 missing Vietnamese are presumed dead"

Oh yes I bet they all survived and are still playing hide and seek on the reefs today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq30CY9nWE8&t=2m13s

>>845215
It was far more than two slightly injured for one.
And the conflict was actually started due to Australian soldiers fighting off a US MP from arresting a US soldier.
And those pest control 'wars' are always so bullshit.

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>>843816
>Japan (not present)

>>854740
Why didn't they just sink the fucking Icelandic fleet?

>>856875
Because an airbase at Keflavik was worth more than fish.

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The casualties are pretty low for the numbers involved

>>856514
Why didn't the Vietnamese just hide in the jungle?

>>856858
brutal af

>>854884
He was working on some electrical systems when a big wave washed over the ship, causing him to be electrocuted.

The Icelandic government blamed the British for it anyway.

>>854681
>Kasakela Internet Defense Force finally arrives
So I guess the slaughter of innocent apes is okay to you? fucking cuck

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>they fell for it

>>852323
Do warning shots count? Aside from those, Canadian forces were authorised to open fire on Spanish naval vessels

>>850759
>Corporal Lolli, unable to draw, as his saber was frozen in its sheath, charged holding high a hand grenade; Trumpeter Carenzi, having to handle both trumpet and pistol, shot by mistake his own horse in the head.

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Obligatory.

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>>854364
>John Marston
>mfw

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>>857895
>mfw The French had 2 guns but so they could carry 798 white flags

>>850759
>"The 4th squadron was led by Cpt. Silvano Abbà, an olympic bronze medalist with a passion for photography, who was killed while leading his men and was awarded the gold medal."

>>857895
>>858017
What to say of the Prussians then, with their 5019 white flags?

>>845437
> presumably
Will we ever know the true story if the soup was lost or not?

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>>858017
>Prussians can't make the difference between wooden and real cannons
>surrendered before a single shot was fired
CANT MAKE THIS UP