The Great Emu War - Battlebirds - Australian History - Part 1 - Extra History

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Australia is in crisis. After WW1, soldiers were offered land but honestly the land is both poor in quality and in some cases, stolen from the Aboriginese. The Great Depression slams into the country, meaning promises of fair pay for what wheat could be grown disappear into thin air. Western Australia is starting to murmer about independence from the rest of the country. And to top it all off, 20,000 emus have decended upon Campion. Senator George Pearce has an idea. Allow Western Australians to fight off the emus using weapons of war, film it for big spectacle, and reap the credit for helping in a time of crisis. What could go wrong?
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[@Madness-go3uk]

I love the story of the Emu Wars and I did not actually know that about the Aboriginal people that's a fascinating new part of the story and would love to hear y'all go in-depth on that but saying I should not feel bad for the farmers and soldiers in the story because of it it's wrong it was the government and politicians that did that in fact you guys said yourself the returning soldiers were getting just as screwed as everybody else

[@The_Cyber_System]

@@stinkygravy06 not at all. The Emu War is most definitely a bizarre piece of our history, and one that we joke about. We are not reverent about anything. Even though the emu and kangaroo are on our coat of arms we eat both of them on occasion as a kind of delicacy I suppose. Both have at times been considered pests, though not so much now.

[@ariabramovsky1235]

its like avatar! but actually fun!

[@daniilpashuk6017]

Hey can we get non empirial units next time as well please? ^^"

[@GoblinInTraining]

I was waiting for one about one of the craziest things my country has done…. Attacking our national bird… apart from stealing a tank during war time from the Germans because we were bored

[@Johan-tq3fk]

The fact that sabaton hasn't made a song about this war, is astonishing.

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

Underrated comment right here

[@GaldirEonai]

Are there Sabaton parody bands? Because if there are, this is what they should be making songs about :D.

[@alexjaeger3033]

Seems like it would make for a good bonus track or a single.

[@Evaldo_Souza]

They're missing a wonderful song 😞

[@busshock]

@@GaldirEonai There's been some really silly wars in history, I bet there's enough material for at least one album lol.

[@Arc84923]

Emu's: "If the humans arrive, we run. Away." 'Sir your a genius.'

[@jhumavlogging6353]

AH I SEE MAN OF CULTURE

[@joshuafrimpong244]

Sir, you're a genius

[@emersoncordova670]

Why is everyone quoting oversimplified

[@armisg5664]

Emus.

[@kestrels-in-the-sky]

@@emersoncordova670 because yes

[@MasterShake9000]

Between this, Oversimplified, and Puppet History, it’s like the Emu War has become KZbin’s most favorite real world lore. 🤣🤣

[@Zalied]

It's one of the most common fun facts to get shared around

[@bthsr7113]

It's a major meme in real life.

[@alexandergangaware429]

The modern age began with the Peace of Westphalia. The postmodern age began when Oz tried to suppress a bunch of dinosaurs with industrial killing technology, and largely failed. The Aristocrats!

[@DracoMagnius]

Yeah because it's hilarious.

[@robbiegarber898]

Oy, don't forget Sam O'nella.

[@alexandergangaware429]

"And a machine gun is not an emu's natural predator, after all." I demand a citation for this outlandish claim

[@redwind5150]

I mean to be fair, the enemy was invented.

[@bingyifg]

i mean the citation will probably be the great emu war

[@vazak11]

The ensuing war will give you just that XD

[@dakotashroom5401]

Emus dodge the inaccurate pieces of metal. The 10 emus who died probably tripped over a rock.

[@wf1675]

this is a valuable lesson in escalation of force after all if the farmers where profited an appropriate number of machine guns they could have prepared proper killing fields and selling a military surplus of rifles and barbed wire would have allowed bounty hunters to hunt and allow farmers to defend there farms more effectively and provided the government some finances to prevent the depression

[@superspider64]

"The average emu stands 6 feet tall" Oh okay "AND STANDS FOR NOTHING" O-oh...okay....

[@canadiandoughnut8605]

Oh god

[@GohanLSSJ2]

As I said... _They are goddamn modern Dinosaurs._

[@ecurewitz]

and yet, they are still not as mean as the cassowaries

[@arirought531]

@@ecurewitz because while the emu stands for nothing, the cassowaries stand for VIOLENCE

[@ecurewitz]

@@arirought531 good point!

[@thedoruk6324]

I cannot believe EE actually went throught with this *Glorious* Quest to cover the Australias greatest infinity war crossover with the annual purge!

[@thedoruk6324]

@Zeno the Filipino and this is only the part 1 !

[@danielmorgenstern3942]

For the memes!!!

[@khalidgagnon8753]

Infinity war is the most ambitious crossover..... Yeeeeeeah riiiiiiiiiiiiight

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Lmu Emu

[@drewdurnilappreciationday1680]

God bless those brave birds I mean the soldiers

[@PyreVulpimorph]

"They were once considered mortal enemies of the Klingon Empire." "This? A mortal enemy of the Empire?" "They were an ecological menace! a plague to be wiped out!" "Wiped out? What are you saying?" "Hundreds of warriors were sent to track them down throughout the galaxy. An armada obliterated the tribbles' homeworld. By the end of the 23rd century, they had been eradicated." "Another glorious chapter in Klingon history. Tell me, do they still sing songs of The Great Tribble Hunt?"

[@bryansylvestrew5024]

Yes,and they are most glorious and honorable songs to be sung in the great halls of Sto-vo-kor!

[@henrypaleveda7760]

"by the end of the 23rd century, they had been eradicated" the trouble with tribbles is that eradicated is not as permanent as you might think.

[@FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv]

I can practically hear the chuckle Rene Auborjonois gave after that comment.

[@dakotashroom5401]

@@henrypaleveda7760 Yes, of course! The Tribbles just hid in burrows.

[@Great_Olaf5]

Wait. Was this from one of the actual series? Which show, which episode? I must know!

[@matthiasw8777]

What deserves respect here is that while full of memes, they also acknowledge what happened to the Aboriginals. And the Emu Art is great

[@deaththekid3998]

I was hoping the Australians could be not racist for five minutes, but no.

[@REEEPROGRAM]

*"Plus i can get myself a nice new feather hat"* -Last words before disaster

[@jhumavlogging6353]

DID I JUST SAY FEATHER HAT? I MEAN TOGETHER CHAT OF

[@viktorrodriguez5660]

WITH YOU….. ABOUT GETTING YOU ALL SOME NICE NEW FEATHER HATS. UH DID I SAY FEATHER HATS? I MEANT I WANT TO WAGE…. TERROR AT.. THESE EMUS AND TURN THEM ALL INTO FEATHER HATS!!

[@rafaelzamudio354]

@@viktorrodriguez5660 DAMMIT!

[@mildndr]

CROWD GASPING INTENSIFYS

[@michaleandmore5111]

At least I got this nice feathered hat

[@braverydoesstuff4063]

So the feathered hats thing wasn’t a joke made by Oversimplified??? THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED??? Oh my gawd I love this war!

[@mariustan9275]

Huh. Neat

[@lupisvolk2420]

No it was a thing.

[@afailureofaanimator6744]

Fockin hell stop exposing us!

[@anemu3819]

I thought the wrong turn in the ww1 video was a joke

[@duckster4724]

So in Australia we used to have cavalry called the light horse. Now I don't know if it's a myth or not, but light horse member were supposedly tasked with plucking the feathers of an emu while mounted as a show of riding skill they weren't meant to kill the bird. After getting them they placed the in their slouch hat as a symbol they were excellent riders. Fast forward to modern times members of Australia's army cavalry units or roles now wear emu feathers in their slouch hat. The officers don't just wear them everyone does so long as they are in a cavalry role or attached to a cavalry unit. Just thought someone might want to get clarification on the feathered hats thing it was never "for the officers."

[@andrewweitzman4006]

Right off the bat, I knew this was going to be an epic episode. Depictions of emus as pirates and occupying WWI-era trenches merely confirmed this.

[@legoworksstudios1]

And Australia's gonna learn an important lesson from this: "Nature and wildlife always win in the end." Wait till we hear about America's infinite war on tumbleweeds in the Midwest.

[@raymundoserna3449]

Bro they still hunt the dreams of people out there

[@sibericusthefrosty9950]

The Thimbleweed War in the USA is still going on for almost 200 years.

[@TheBearInTheChair]

Not going to lie, my Dad almost made them a problem in Ohio for the luls way back in the day.

[@hawkeyeten2450]

All jokes aside, we ARE in a war against animals right now: Wild hogs. It's so bad down in Texas that the state government is doing unlimited hunts, calling in professional helicopter hunters, among other measures. They destroy crop land and are getting out of control across a large portion of the southern United States.

[@voidwalkerbruh7426]

Tell me how

[@jakobtarrasericsson4295]

Ah yes, The great Emu War, were the heroism of the Emu held off the rising tide of Australian Aggression.

[@whathell6t]

@Jakob Ericsson And now I want to see an alliance between the Emus and the Tasmanian Devils against the invasive force of European Rabbits, Common Rats, Feral Cats, and Carps.

[@FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv]

@@whathell6t World War 1: Animal Edition

[@nileshkumaraswamy2711]

Emu war? more like war of australian aggression

[@aminebe1263]

i support the emus independence :p

[@ecurewitz]

@@aminebe1263 now, they are selling us car insurance

[@DragoniteSpam]

Of all of those weird factoids that Snapple likes to print on the underside of their bottle caps, "Australia once fought a war against emus and lost" was probably my favorite.

[@Mar1aHass4n]

Pooka

[@loonloon9365]

The Great Emu war is not a laughing matter. When Great Mullah Rapter Eggius stormed Perth, he burned the women and children, and pecked the eyes out of the mayor.

[@spencerd6126]

I must admit, this is a much more nuanced take than I was expecting. Whenever I’ve heard anyone discuss the emu war before it’s just “ha ha, Australia declared war on birds and they lost” this is an interesting different persoective

[@telltellyn]

It was 2 guys with 2 guns on the back of a ute haha, it's hilarious to joke about but doubly hilarious people think it was actually a war. It's really just a failed cull, but the media ran hilarious headlines about it being "the Emu War" and now a hundred years later people on the internet can't tell the difference.

[@rekt_yer_nan_darding_5788]

I like how he can pronounce Emu correctly too

[@Big.man.S]

Emu1: sir the humans are attacking us! What whoud we do? Emu2: okey hear me out... When the come we run away... Emu1: Sir... YOURE A GENIUS! -oversimplified

[@chicocabalatungan8831]

Pearce: Think of the benefits! It'll be good target practice for our boys. The Government can show it took action. Plus, I can get myself a nice new feather hat 😀

[@pyeitme508]

Dude, uncool 😑

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

HHAAAAA??!!

[@breaderikthegreat3224]

*Shocked*

[@electeng6481]

Oversimp..😁

[@alexandersturnn4530]

@@williamtheconqueror7807 "Uuuhhh, did I say Feather Hat?! I meant I want to...gether chat! With you! About getting ourselves some nice new feather hats."

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

Emus: When they approach, we run... away.

[@alexandersturnn4530]

"Sir...you're a GENIUS."

[@jakobtarrasericsson4295]

.... You're a Genius.

[@avantelvsitania3359]

Sir.... ... you’re genius!!

[@kevinneutzling8267]

Genius. He’s a genius

[@Jon_the_Wizard]

It’s astounding how often that strategy works.

[@Pikashockdragon]

Soldier: Target sighted! *Insert gunshots here* Colonel: Did we get em? Private: No sir, it's a Emo! Colonel: >:( Dangit Jones! Learn your vowels! Soldier Jones:

[@NotAnAlex_Guy]

nice oversimplified reference

[@theosophicalwatermelons8181]

When I was a kid, I wrote a parody of alternate history stories, where Oswald Mosley became king of Australia and joined the Axis against the Emus, only for an Emu-New Zealand coalition to obliterate his regime at a short notice.

[@epauletshark3793]

That's awsome.

[@ThechillABman]

Yo write more, I'd like to see this

[@FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv]

The infamous Emu War: When the aussies lost to flightless birds....

[@nochillwill4667]

They didn't even give them the medals they won, such poor sports.

[@JohnZ117]

To be fair, they were basically modern vegetarian Deinonychuses.

[@NarfoOnTheNet]

You mean discount ostriches

[@benjaminmadrigalperez9010]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZSxp2xrmdh3mrM

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

If they hold weapons and fly they'll kick human of the continent

[@historylovingvileplume895]

The myth, the meme, the legend: the Emu war.

[@alt842]

*Great Emu War

[@slickestrick4117]

Nah it wasn't really that great tbh, kinda wasteful

[@k-majik]

My great-grandfather walked off his Soldier Settlement wheat farm outside Narrogin WA, partially because of the emus.

[@Davey-Boyd]

Yes. Retreat was the best option! - In reality your great grandpa was shat upon, I hope he endured and built a great life. Ex soldiers deserve more help from their governments.

[@Alusnovalotus]

All hail the natives taking back what was theirs.

[@thedukeofchutney468]

@@Alusnovalotus By “natives” do you men the aborigines or the emus?! 😂

[@Alusnovalotus]

@@thedukeofchutney468 why differentiate? They were both wronged.

[@althelor]

@@thedukeofchutney468 yes

[@bengoldsmith4237]

As an Aussie, I sincerely thank you for pronouncing Emu with a 'you' sound and not an 'oo' sound.

[@krieg8943]

The emu war: one of only 2 wars humanity has openly declared war against birds (that I know of)

[@shivanshna7618]

Both lost

[@razorflossrazor2937]

What is the first one?

[@totallycrazystudios1801]

What's the other one?

[@loke6664]

Yeah, but we also declared war on goats which Argentina finally won due to a traitor. That was on one of the Galapagos islands and is also an interesting story. At least that one was a win for humanity unlike the Emu wars but it was a far harder win then one would expect.

[@strategicgamingwithaacorns2874]

@@totallycrazystudios1801 Mao's war on sparrows.

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

Emus are the Main reason why Japan never invaded Australia in WW2

[@weldonwin]

And they never attacked New Zealand, because then they would have to face the unmatched power and fury of the mighty Bob Semple Tanks

[@christospapadopoulos6271]

This is preety far up on my "things so stupid that you wouldn't believe is actually history" list that I am teaching to almost every one of my students

[@henrypaleveda7760]

Out of curiosity is your surname Greek/Mediterranean origin?

[@christospapadopoulos6271]

@@henrypaleveda7760 yup. I am born and raised (and living at the momment) in Greece.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@christospapadopoulos6271 I had hoped i got it right. How's teaching history? I know that a lot of it is interesting, but I have not had the experience beyond as a student. A different aside for my family's name (also Hellenistic in origin): My grandfather's great grandfather left for America and changed his name from Palevedas to Paleveda when they had threatened to disown him for leaving. It worked out because his headstone still reads "Andrew Palevedas"

[@Mar1aHass4n]

@@christospapadopoulos6271 I know someone else named papadopoulos

[@christospapadopoulos6271]

@@Mar1aHass4n It is the most common Greek surname, so I am not surprised. Say hi to them from me though :)

[@maxfieldjoyner5244]

Let the Oversimplified references begin!

[@Baranoth]

I'm so keen for this. American and other overseas mates always ask me about the Emu War. I will point out though, big gun but little bullets. Although that may come up next episode.

[@andrewweitzman4006]

The .303 British is definitely not a wimpy round. The (admittedly hollowpoint) commercial hunting version is perfectly capable of taking out moose and black bear. The FMJ used by the "diggers" was likely less effective due to lack of expansion; still, it was reasonable to think that a burst of .303 from a Lewis into an emu's boiler room would be effective.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

Mobility is also lethal in equal measure to your weaponry. Being able to move your weapons is as important as shooting them.

[@Baranoth]

@@henrypaleveda7760 Spoiler if you're new to the Emu War, they had issues with that too lmao

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@Baranoth I figured heavy guns, lots of ammo, and trying to keep up with birds would be hard without jeeps or some motorized armor.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Aussies helped fight in both world wars, but they lose a war against a bunch of flightless birds. And to this day the Emus run Australia

[@AussieRider20]

Just Western Australia. The rest of us could help but honestly it's Western Australia

[@FieldMarshalYT]

There was a 2nd Emu War that the Australians won.

[@Ace_of_the_Chaos_Element]

" a n d s t a n d s f o r n o t h i n g" that has got to be the best quote from this channel in a while

[@fighter_750]

*Emu military generals debating on military plans* When they come, we run away Sir you’re a genius

[@declanellery8500]

Ahh the Emu War, pretty much the only time Western Australia ever gets mentioned in History. Also I love that the solution to 20,000 Emus is two machine guns. Like they couldn't even get just one more.

[@declanolivetti3360]

I mean, they had to have 1 guy at least driving the car. holdup.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

The Lewis Machine Gun

[@22espec]

The fact that they only have 10.000 bullets tells you they didn't think at all

[@Saberlena]

The most amusing part is that they got 10,000 rounds of ammunition to kill 20,000 birds. Even if every bullet killed a single emu, they would still have TEN THOUSAND EMU to deal with. Who did the mathematics for this?

[@fictionfan0]

@@Saberlena People whose heritage comes from the British Empire.

[@brennanvilcheck9469]

"When they approach, we run, away."

[@mattshipley182]

Sir, you’re a genius

[@keiththomas1180]

Honestly, this artstyle is somehow Perfect for coverage for the Emu War

[@Hexagonius-js8tl]

As an Australian I can confirm that this is 100% true.

[@D2RCR]

You have NO idea how long I have waited for this.

[@vauxhallfan676]

1 week, 1 month, 1 year, 1 decade, 1 century, or 1 millennium

[@tylerboyce4081]

7:49 "Pearce sent the farmers of Campion: two Lewis guns, with 10,000 rounds of ammunition." Hang on, just *two* ? And not 10,000 each, but 10,000 *total* ?? For *20,000* emus??? I think I see how this story is going to end... It's like the Battle of Yonkers from World War Z. "No one thought about how many rounds the artillery would need for sustained operations...!"

[@justsomebodyontheinternet9089]

FINALLY they talked about the most deadly conflict that has ever occurred rest in peace to those brave Aussie's who fought these creatures off

[@thenoobprincev2529]

What makes this whole fiasco even worse is the fact that the Emus and the aussies took war brides from each other,respectively.

[@baabaaer]

I am horrified, flabbergasted, amused, and wondered how in equal measure!

[@auraaetherbladesigma6939]

Another Emu Invasion in Australia would be the best ever meme for generations to come.

[@alexv3357]

5:05 They missed the chance to say "fend off this *fowl force with such _feeble_ firepower"

[@marjae2767]

fowl force.

[@alexv3357]

@@marjae2767 I even meant to write it that way and ended up getting autocorrected, thanks for the catch

[@nuralibolataev4474]

2:34 that's kinda unfair to the farmers. They weren't the ones who made the policies that discriminated against the aborigines

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Agreed, I can feel bad for poor farmers at the same time as aboriginals.

[@civilengineer3349]

Maybe not the farmers, but many people in Australia were in favor of racial laws like the law that only allowed white people to migrate into Australia

[@ecurewitz]

but they supported them

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

This channel has a history of prejudice against Anglo-Saxons.

[@ajnaughtin1]

No they fought German militarism for common humanity's benefit. There is zero evidence that they supported any policy against Aborigines. Also this myth that Australia was regressive is completely false. One of the most famous and celebrated ANZACs from WW1 was half Chinese - Billy Sling. The fact that the writer thinks some people deserve to live in misery because of something that happened to some indigenous person is pure malevolence.

[@a50ftfall6]

6:58 The natural predators of emus are dingoes and wedged-tailed eagles however even then they usually don't go after full grown emus because not a lot can kill a 6 ft tall bird actually the only thing that could reliably kill an adult emu is a human with a gun and even then they can take a few bullets before dying and it's even harder to get close enough to them to actually you know hit your shot They also are highly aggressive then if they get on you you are dead because their claws are razor sharp and 6 in long so it's basically like being sad with three 6-in Long knives

[@Davey-Boyd]

Here you go mate: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ........................ '''''''''''''''''''''''''' Spread some of these in there, and then it will be readable. You're welcome.

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

The most near thing to a raptor, is an emu it seems

[@Mikebumpful]

Isn’t there some debate regarding whether the dingo is a natural species or a descendant of domestic dogs?

[@a50ftfall6]

@@Mikebumpful I have no clue I live in America I just used Google to look up what the natural predators of Emus wear

[@laurendean3534]

@@Mikebumpful not really. There are archaeological records of dingoes in Australia thousands of years before European settlement.

[@Gh0stwheel84]

"...what economically depressed farmer in Western Australia would ever vote to secede after seeing wonderful footage of a soldier murking an emu with a machine gun, right?" The writers are poets.

[@LunaP1]

I remember this documentary. Emus were way more persistent and vicious than ostriches and they took no crap from humans.

[@Covah86]

Point of clarification about the wearing of emu plumes. At the time they we worn by the Australian Light Horse which were mounted infantry and they were worn by all ranks. In the modern Australian Army they are still worn by all ranks in units of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC). Incidentally we call them 'Kangaroo feathers'.

[@tobybartels8426]

That's wise. You wouldn't want to piss off the emus again. Just let them think they're from kangaroos instead.

[@Marylandbrony]

This was Australia's darkest hour.

[@geckaboy_4886]

8:37 did I sad Fader Hads I ment get a chat about getting you all some new Feder Hads ~ Oversimplified Emu war

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

8:24 so there were twentytyousand emu's, represented by 9 on screen, yet the three soldiers are represented by four? Amazing!

[@EXACTLY_FinallySomeoneGetsMe]

The fact that you said “emu” correctly makes this video so much better.

[@jessicab666]

It was great to actually see the inclusion of the First Nation people (Indigenous) within the contents and how they were impacted with the war and White Australian Policy since even Australia has avoided their involvement in historically marked times. Thank you. This small token means a lot 😊

[@kishinasura1504]

"That's right kids. The emus, won the war" -Sam O'Nella

[@Kratosfallinmemeiscool]

Dreams have been realized, a nice video on the great purge of the emus, 10000 rounds of ammo to kill 1000 emus

[@subbyplayz6332]

Everyone's gangsta until someone shot an emo instead of an emu.

[@thebanana4263]

Good to know they are talking about the important wars.

[@pyeitme508]

Oversimplified: "Dude Uncool."

[@sestearion5538]

Ive got a brilliant idea

[@brennanvilcheck9469]

@@sestearion5538 "when they approach, we run away."

[@sestearion5538]

@@brennanvilcheck9469 hes a genius

[@mikotagayuna8494]

I would play a tower defense style video game based on this. Scrambling to produce enough wheat to pay for Lewis machine guns to take down pissed emus could make for some exciting gaming moments.

[@TheCreepypro]

I have always heard about this but have never looked up the details and now hearing you guys talk about it I love everything about this not just how everything aligned to have this series of events happen but also how well told and comedic you guys delivered this I can't wait for the next episode

[@rachelfamily8279]

I can't believe that joke I made yesterday about extra credits making a video on this actually ended up happening.

[@blueplasmagamer1906]

Can’t believe that extra credits did a video on the emu war. Thank you guys for all your good work! :)

[@FogofWar]

As a Western Australian it was great to see this. We love that we got our arses kicked by the emus. The emu war is a humbling tale all West Aussies know and love. I don't know if it will be covered, but apparently when some of the people involved were later awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire), the joke was that their awards stood for One Big Emu. WA has always had a troubled history with animal species. We have a dog-proof fence, and a rabbit-proof fence trying to keep these pests out of our crops. The latest issue is now Cane Toads - a species Australia introduced to control a different pest that went rogue. The Wheatbelt produces a lot of wheat, but the soil is marginal and the climate is becoming increasingly arid. The town of Campion didn't ring a bell, so I checked it out. It is abandoned and is now a ghost town. The closest inhabited town is Mukinbudin, I think. As a final note, West Aussies are also still up for a good grumble about secession whenever we feel slighted by the Eastern States. Maybe we should train some Emus to patrol our borders with the east. (Emus are scary, but cool.)

[@RoyalFusilier]

I really appreciate not just the Emu memes, of which there were plenty, but a look into the human and economic factors behind what led to this madness.

[@chicocabalatungan8831]

"MORE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN"

[@MarcelineRaven]

Which led to more economic downturn

[@brennanvilcheck9469]

@@MarcelineRaven which led to more economic downturn

[@CDio-vr3bx]

@@brennanvilcheck9469 which led to more economic downturn

[@navy2843]

@@CDio-vr3bx which led to more economic downturn

[@theskeletonappearsinthisco5896]

@@navy2843 which led to more economic downturn

[@parthasarathyvenkatadri]

They should have used timed grenades inside a wheat pile ... All emus descend on the wheat and then boom

[@Davey-Boyd]

Ssssssshhh! Are you a traitor to the Emu King?

[@iapetusmccool]

That sounds suspiciously like something Wile E. Coyote would try against Road Runner. And we all know how that would turn out.

[@mr_bridou6507]

Do you plan to do a series on Talleyrand? He was certainly the greatest diplomat of the Napoleonic era and his life really is interesting.

[@bastemantuano2888]

Gotta love his political acrobatics.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

It lost vote once to Great Northern War, but voting options can come back sometimes.

[@codyshi4743]

Emus: Here’s the strategy, when they come close to us, we run away.

[@erraticonteuse]

Ah, another video to add to my playlist of Emu War videos.

[@userthomash]

It's all fun and games till the second emu war occurs

[@crazyscientistfarmer2091]

Lets take a moment of silence for all of those who fell in this long and painful war.........

[@Kakkarot211]

"mercing an emu with a machine gun"-one of the best lines I have ever heard lol

[@avantelvsitania3359]

Ah yes, the most impactful event of the twentieth century

[@emucitizen5892]

Press F to pay respects to the emu

[@edwardy4069]

The way you pronounce Australia is so cute! Awwstralia! And being a west Aussie i am PUMPED for part 2!!

[@SlightlySychotic]

When we last left Australia, a horse thief in armor had very nearly toppled the government. Let’s see how the country fairs against these very large birbs.

[@sathaire8120]

Let's gooooooooooooooooo!!!! THE Great Emu War!

[@Ashou1]

Yesss!!! You guys are finally doing the funniest war ever!!!!

[@chibiktsn3]

The emu stands at 6ft tall AND STANDS FOR NOTHING. Your descriptions of emus are hilarious, I love them and I love this series.

[@tobybartels8426]

Can I just tell you how happy I am to hear you pronounce ‘emu’ correctly?

[@matej_bosnjak]

The Australians managed to lose a war to some birds, LET THAT TAKE IN, MEN WITH MACHINE GUNS VERSUS SOME 6FT BIRDS

[@IceRanger41]

Sam O’Nella academy fans remember this.

[@Deas-Mhumhna]

Yes!! This is awesome that you are doing this. Oversimplified did this one and it was funny to watch.❤

[@somethingelse516]

The footage of Army Group Emu marching into Perth is still a horrific sight

[@jeremy1860]

Sometimes (as in, quite often), history can be far stranger than fiction could ever hope to be 😅

[@arieldahl]

Ah! Finally! A worthy chapter for us to watch!

[@dough7944]

“How can we lose to a pack of discount ostriches?!” The emus with their amazing tactics: “when they approach, we run, away” “sir, you’re a genius!”

[@Ajehy]

Wait, 10k rounds of ammo to deal with 20k emus? Did Pierce really expect to kill two birds with every stone-I mean shot?

[@simbiant4]

"machinegun is not the emu's natural predator", I lolled.

[@kammieceleek5113]

Puppet History covered this, too! Everyone seems to understand how screwed those going against the emus were

[@daedalusmedia]

As a child I met two emus in a campground in Iowa. Two were more than enough. 20,000 is simply unacceptable.

[@kariscoyne1886]

So, for reference to the Americans in the audience: I'm from WA. That military land grant thing is how my grandparents got their farm back in the day. At least when I was a kid in the 90's, it was totally a common thing for a whole mob of emus to just, show up and fuck up your town for a few days.

[@CrazyKungfuGirl]

Never thought I would see an image of emus engaging in trench warfare...

[@islandmaster5064]

I can't believe your doing this hilarious War! Thank you thank you!

[@VoltBolt1984]

I never thought EC would ever cover this topic. So happy to see you cover this. Oversimplified made me lmao when he did this years ago. This is going be fun and hilarious.

[@Tahkaullus01]

Clearly the Emus studied at the Czar Alexander Academy of Warfare: "When the enemy approaches...we run away."

[@thepoglin8479]

nice, now all you need is the war of the bucket and youll have covered every topic a history channel should talk about

[@Daddy_Farquhar]

What a cliffhanger. I hope part two is coming quickly.

[@shawnheatherly]

I am so excited to see how crazy this all gets.

[@dionadair8195]

You madlads. You absolute effing madlads. You took the biggest meme war in history, something that is the laughingstock of the internet, and you turned into into a SERIES! I LOVE IT!