Sunday, September 1, 2013

10 facts about the stupid wars. Very 'interesting article.

1. In New York, was once a real war. When the British tired of Indians , who , in general, is quite peaceful ( by mutual agreement ) lived in Manhattan , the British found a formal occasion : Indian Woman caught voruyuschey peaches in the garden of a high-ranking Englishman , and Indians were excised completely. It came to be known as the peach war.
2 . Due to brazenly steal pearl bridal necklace 4 years fought two tribes Vikings, and they say it is because of this war is now the Swedes and Norwegians (which could easily be one people ) . And by the way , the necklace was not such a nice three strings roughly treated freshwater pearls on a leather cord .
3 . French and Spanish monarchs adored rag on women. First one, then another king seduced another man's wife or mistress, and, as a rule, it turned out that she - a blood relative of another king . Because of this, between France and Spain was at least 4 of the war , the longest of which lasted 7.5 years.
4 . And the British could not share with the Spanish and Portuguese land . Of course, not a sin to argue, for example, for Africa , but one day it turned really quite funny: more than 4 years staunchly British repulsed the attacks of the Portuguese in the siege , and then found out that the island for which there is a dispute , can fit entirely inside the fortress . Messenger incorrectly indicated on the scale of a map drawn up .
5 . In Brazil, the two senior officials did not share four boxes of smuggled Cuban cigars. The war lasted 3.5 years.
6. In medieval China for three years, lost 15,000 soldiers and officers because of a nobleman in the heat of the argument pulled the beard of another - the worst insult you can not just imagine !
7. And in Africa, to start a war - even a piece of cake . In 1834, a village chief argued with others because of the cow , which is kind of recessed into the swamp , and maybe it ate wild animals , but the shaman said that it was stolen . In general, the war began, and two years later, the two tribes massacred each other completely.
8. Japan . Arriving at the talks to a powerful shogun , after stopping a foot away from the throne than prescribed etiquette , and they rose from their knees for half a minute before the transfer a gift - embroidered brocade ruby slipper . Blood feud and the descendants of samurai shogun lasted for 250 years , resulting in burned two-thirds of the island of Hokkaido and killed about 150,000 people.
9. Until then still have offended the rulers of the ancient Assyrians . Turtle War , which lasted nearly five centuries , began because the guest from the near abroad , invited to the palace of the Assyrian king , not raised from the floor inlaid with tortoiseshell comb, which dropped to, say, just not quite sober queen .
10 . In 1249 the soldiers fled from Bologna to Modena , capturing the old oak tub from which watered his horse . Bologna demanded that the authorities they are not a deserter , and tub. Having been refused , Bologna vs Modena start a war , which lasted for 22 years and is accompanied by considerable destruction. A tub is still in Modena and stored in one of the towers of the city.

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