
08/13/2025
In one of history's most bizarre military operations, the Australian Army waged a literal war against emus in 1932. Farmers in Western Australia were suffering major crop losses as thousands of emus migrated inland during harvest season. The government responded by deploying soldiers armed with machine guns. But the operation was a complete failure. The birds were fast, agile, and unpredictable. Despite hundreds of rounds of ammunition, the emus scattered, regrouped, and continued their rampage. Eventually, the mission was abandoned, and the emus emerged victorious. It remains one of the strangest stories in military history.