Few countries can boast of a war against our feathered foes. We covered one battle against birds in the Chinese Communist Calamity episodes but now it’s time to look into Australia’s army versus that of the Emu hordes plaguing the western farms in the early 20th century. 
 
 
 
Sources – <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/the-great-australian-emu-war.aspx">1</a> <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/">2</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lbO2BnV3Ak">3</a> <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-australias-great-emu-war-20151125-story.html">4</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1932-australia-declared-war-on-emus-and-lost">5</a> <a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56602/great-emu-war-1932">6</a> <a href="https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/ridiculous-history-emu-war.htm">7</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1wA0PKeJqc">8</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1wA0PKeJqc">Video</a> 
 
 
 
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Few countries can boast of a war against our feathered foes. We covered one battle against birds in the Chinese Communist Calamity episodes but now it’s time to look into Australia’s army versus that of the Emu hordes plaguing the western farms in the early 20th century. Sources – 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Video Consider Supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content and swag!Visit our website for more info!

Few countries can boast of a war against our feathered foes. We covered one battle against birds in the Chinese Communist Calamity episodes but now it’s time to look into Australia’s army versus that of the Emu hordes plaguing the western farms in the early 20th century. 
 
 
 
Sources – <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/the-great-australian-emu-war.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer">1</a> <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/" rel="noopener noreferrer">2</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lbO2BnV3Ak" rel="noopener noreferrer">3</a> <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-australias-great-emu-war-20151125-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">4</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1932-australia-declared-war-on-emus-and-lost" rel="noopener noreferrer">5</a> <a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56602/great-emu-war-1932" rel="noopener noreferrer">6</a> <a href="https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/ridiculous-history-emu-war.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer">7</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1wA0PKeJqc" rel="noopener noreferrer">8</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1wA0PKeJqc" rel="noopener noreferrer">Video</a> 
 
 
 
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122 – The War on Emus

Jess and Joe provide a humorous and thoughtful approach so some of the lesser known or poorly explained stories of history.  These two history teachers will set the record straight and unveil some fascinating and lesser known stories of American and World History

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Jess and Joe provide a humorous and thoughtful approach so some of the lesser known or poorly explained stories of history. These two history teachers will set the record straight and unveil some fascinating and lesser known stories of American and World History

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