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Sources & further reading:
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Back in 1932, Australia went to war against the most unusual enemy. It wasn't another country or an invading army. It was a flock of 20,000 emus! They invaded and devastated farmers' wheat fields and the government had no other option but to take out the big guns, literally. What followed has since become one of the strangest military operations in the history: the Great Emu War.

So what actually happened during the Emu War, and how did one of the world's largest birds outsmart machine guns? And most importantly, who won?

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