Australia Went To War Against Birds... And Lost | Fascinating History

In 1932, Australia declared war against emus. They sent in their best troops, armed with top-of-the-line machine guns... and the emus still won... Fascinating History posts weekly videos about infamous flops, failures and mistakes from throughout history... and whatever other weird stories from the past catch my eye. Thanks for watching! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHorror ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5TIBm-idJXOa6BUh3sjuA/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/FunHistoryTales | https://www.instagram.com/funhistorytales/ | https://www.facebook.com/funhistorictales/ ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:47 - The Great Depression ► 04:11 - War on Emus ► 11:11 - Footnotes *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Sugar High" by Jeremy Korpas ► "Long Road" by Futuremono *ILLUSTRATIONS:* 🎨 ► Comics by Emma Galloway (https://artofemmag.carrd.co/) *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "The Great Emu War: In which some large, flightless birds unwittingly foiled the Australian Army" by Bec Crew, published by Scientific American, August 2014. Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/ ► "The Real Story Behind Australia’s Great Emu ‘War’ Of 1932 (And Why They Lost—Twice)" by Scott Travers, published by Forbes, December 2024. Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2024/12/26/the-real-story-behind-australias-great-emu-war-of-1932-and-why-they-lost-twice/ ► "The bizarre story of when Australia went to war with emus—and lost" by Rebecca Toy, published by National Geographic, December 2024. Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/australian-emu-war-history ► "The Emu War review – wall-to-wall silliness that will make you laugh-out loud, sometimes" by Luke Buckmaster, published by The Guardian, June 2024. Link: https://www.theguardian.c