World War I
- Franz Ferdinand was killed.. remember that the guys death partly caused the World War I (WWI). Anyway, his death was almost unavoidable. After an attempted assasination using a bomb failed, (because the bomb hit the rear mud flap of the car Ferdinand was in and bounced away) authorities decided to change the route of Ferdinands tour… but failed to inform the driver of the car. And so, unfortunately, at one stage, the driver took a wrong turn. While reversing, the car stalled and gears locked, and Princip (who had actually given up and was eating a sandwich) came and shot Ferdinand and his wife at a distance of 4-5 feet killing them. Ferdinand brought his wife to Serejavo to celebrate their anniversary. (And you thought you had a bad day). Gavrilo Princip tried to swallow cyanide, but vomitted up the past-date poison and was caught by police
- When the German army invaded France in World War I, they actually followed the schedules of the local trains to invade (it was faster by rail and they wanted to surprise France), checking the timetable and abiding by it. And France, whose army was waiting at the border, sent taxis to pick up and transport the troops to counter the attack!
- Germany’s devised the Schlieffen Plan in order to avoid a war on two fronts. It was so badly made that they ended up fighting both fronts anyway.
- Britian’s empire was so big during WWI that the sun was always shining over it.
- The Red Baron was the single biggest threat to allied airplanes. He was killed by 2 Canadian pilots, one of whose poor flying skills made him unpredictable.
- France lost more people than Britain and Germany
- After WWI, Germany was forced to replace cows that were lost during the war
- During World War 1, Hitler was a messanger in the Bavarian army
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