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I'm about to make what is known as a Pro-Imperialist move.

OP's Notes: The United States Army occupied Mexico City from September 14 1847, to June 12 1848. The occupation began with three days of intense and bloody street fighting between Mexicans and U.S. troops. Generally, U.S. historians of the war have contended that the conclusion of street fighting marked a transition to a peaceful occupation, disrupted occasionally by random acts of violence primarily involving a criminal element of Mexico’s urban underclass, known as leperos. Yet the private journals, diaries, and letters of members of the U.S. occupation force suggest that those troops perceived something more than random acts of crime being directed toward them―they saw a more generalized, and organized, anti-American resistance, particularly among the Mexican lower classes, but also sometimes including elements of the Mexican military. Evidence from contemporary writings of some Mexicans supports such a view. <a href="https://library.uta.edu/usmexicowar/item?content_id=178">Source</a>
OP's Notes: The United States Army occupied Mexico City from September 14 1847, to June 12 1848. The occupation began with three days of intense and bloody street fighting between Mexicans and U.S. troops. Generally, U.S. historians of the war have contended that the conclusion of street fighting marked a transition to a peaceful occupation, disrupted occasionally by random acts of violence primarily involving a criminal element of Mexico’s urban underclass, known as leperos. Yet the private journals, diaries, and letters of members of the U.S. occupation force suggest that those troops perceived something more than random acts of crime being directed toward them―they saw a more generalized, and organized, anti-American resistance, particularly among the Mexican lower classes, but also sometimes including elements of the Mexican military. Evidence from contemporary writings of some Mexicans supports such a view. <a href="https://library.uta.edu/usmexicowar/item?content_id=178">Source</a>

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Third Punic War in a Nutshell

Punic War 3: Karthago delenta est?
Punic War 3: Karthago delenta est?

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"Mister Stalin, could you please ask your horselords to stop killing our soldiers? It's making us lo...

OP's Context: During the occupation of Manchuria and during the initial stages of the Second Sino Japanese War, the IJA made some not-very-subtle forrays into Mongolia, which was a Soviet Satellite at the time. The Mongolians fought back on the same stock of horses that their ancestors once used to terrorize Eurasia. They used modern rifles instead of bows, but their most effective weapon turned out to be the cavalry sabre. In one particular battle, a hundred Mongol horsemen ambushed a Japanese regiment on the march, killing 11 of them before the Japanese were able to set up a heavy machinegun. 23 of the ambushers were gunned down, including their commander, but the survivors fought so ferociously that the Japanese were thrown into a disorderly rout. After killing their enemies, the Mongols would carry their bodies back across the border to Manchuria as a sign of respect. Japan was trying to portray itself as Asia's master race at the time, and this was absolutely horrible for their PR. They made a couple of half-hearted appeals to the Soviet Embassy to get the attacks to stop, to which the Soviets replied amiably (but forcibly) "the Japanese could avoid such difficulties if they returned to Japan." This led to an inevitable escalation, and the Mongolians began to rely on the Red Army for help (with dealing with the Japanese tanks, in particular). This campaign saw the meteoric rise of then-Corps Commander Georgy Zhukov as a field commander and culminated with the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, which effectively ended any notions of western Japanese expansion into the Soviet Union.
OP's Context: During the occupation of Manchuria and during the initial stages of the Second Sino Japanese War, the IJA made some not-very-subtle forrays into Mongolia, which was a Soviet Satellite at the time. The Mongolians fought back on the same stock of horses that their ancestors once used to terrorize Eurasia. They used modern rifles instead of bows, but their most effective weapon turned out to be the cavalry sabre. In one particular battle, a hundred Mongol horsemen ambushed a Japanese regiment on the march, killing 11 of them before the Japanese were able to set up a heavy machinegun. 23 of the ambushers were gunned down, including their commander, but the survivors fought so ferociously that the Japanese were thrown into a disorderly rout. After killing their enemies, the Mongols would carry their bodies back across the border to Manchuria as a sign of respect. Japan was trying to portray itself as Asia's master race at the time, and this was absolutely horrible for their PR. They made a couple of half-hearted appeals to the Soviet Embassy to get the attacks to stop, to which the Soviets replied amiably (but forcibly) "the Japanese could avoid such difficulties if they returned to Japan." This led to an inevitable escalation, and the Mongolians began to rely on the Red Army for help (with dealing with the Japanese tanks, in particular). This campaign saw the meteoric rise of then-Corps Commander Georgy Zhukov as a field commander and culminated with the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, which effectively ended any notions of western Japanese expansion into the Soviet Union.

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Pulling the Short Straw

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Matilda_of_Great_Britain">Caroline Matilda</a> was married to her first cousin (Don't worry, they were both Royals, so this is perfectly fine), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_VII_of_Denmark">Chritian VII of Denmark</a> in order to continue the royal line. Unfortunately, he was mentally ill, I'm sure the rampant i----- had nothing to do with it, and was very cold and distant to his wife; leading her to having an affair with his doctor later on and using their influence on the king to pass many modernising and progressive policies. Then, just like in a fairy tale, the Kings evil stepmother led a coup against them and things went....poorly for them.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Matilda_of_Great_Britain">Caroline Matilda</a> was married to her first cousin (Don't worry, they were both Royals, so this is perfectly fine), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_VII_of_Denmark">Chritian VII of Denmark</a> in order to continue the royal line. Unfortunately, he was mentally ill, I'm sure the rampant i----- had nothing to do with it, and was very cold and distant to his wife; leading her to having an affair with his doctor later on and using their influence on the king to pass many modernising and progressive policies. Then, just like in a fairy tale, the Kings evil stepmother led a coup against them and things went....poorly for them.

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Catch That Pigeon!

So the OP provided <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-related_animal_conspiracy_theories">the entire list</a> of Arab animal-based Israeli linked conspiracies that you can read for yourself, but I'm going to pick out a few of the most interesting ones. - In 2010, several shark attacks in South Sinai, Egypt, where blamed on Israeli agents reportedly mind-controlling the sharks and making them attack people in order to damage Egypt's tourist industry. - In February 2018, Hassan Firouzabadi, a military advisor to Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, accused Western countries, including Israel, of spying on Iranian nuclear sites using lizards and chameleons, which according to him attract "atomic waves." - In 2012, Sudan claimed to have captured a spy vulture in the town of Kereinek. In an interview with CNN, Ohad Hazofe, an avian ecologist, stated that "I'm not an intelligence expert, but what would be learned from putting a camera onto a vulture? You cannot control it. It's not a drone that you can send where you want. What would be the benefit of watching a vulture eat the insides of a dead camel?"
So the OP provided <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-related_animal_conspiracy_theories">the entire list</a> of Arab animal-based Israeli linked conspiracies that you can read for yourself, but I'm going to pick out a few of the most interesting ones. - In 2010, several shark attacks in South Sinai, Egypt, where blamed on Israeli agents reportedly mind-controlling the sharks and making them attack people in order to damage Egypt's tourist industry. - In February 2018, Hassan Firouzabadi, a military advisor to Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, accused Western countries, including Israel, of spying on Iranian nuclear sites using lizards and chameleons, which according to him attract "atomic waves." - In 2012, Sudan claimed to have captured a spy vulture in the town of Kereinek. In an interview with CNN, Ohad Hazofe, an avian ecologist, stated that "I'm not an intelligence expert, but what would be learned from putting a camera onto a vulture? You cannot control it. It's not a drone that you can send where you want. What would be the benefit of watching a vulture eat the insides of a dead camel?"

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The Holy Roman Clusterfuck

In case anyone here is trying to count them, each tiny speck of colour is another kingdom. That's right, these aren't provinces, these are kingdoms with their own taxes and laws. Oh what fun it must have been trying to cross from one side to another.
In case anyone here is trying to count them, each tiny speck of colour is another kingdom. That's right, these aren't provinces, these are kingdoms with their own taxes and laws. Oh what fun it must have been trying to cross from one side to another.

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How Do I Sex?

Context provided with gif: In a letter to his brother Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Joseph II described them as "a couple of complete blunderers." He disclosed to Leopold that the inexperienced—then still only 22-year-old—Louis XVI had confided in him the course of action he had been undertaking in their marital bed; saying Louis XVI "introduces the member," but then "stays there without moving for about two minutes," withdraws without having completed the act and "bids goodnight."
Context provided with gif: In a letter to his brother Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Joseph II described them as "a couple of complete blunderers." He disclosed to Leopold that the inexperienced—then still only 22-year-old—Louis XVI had confided in him the course of action he had been undertaking in their marital bed; saying Louis XVI "introduces the member," but then "stays there without moving for about two minutes," withdraws without having completed the act and "bids goodnight."

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The Richest Man You've Never Heard Of

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa_Musa">Mansa Musa</a> was the ruler of the Mali Empire and was the richest man to have ever lived. When travelling through Egypt whilst conducting his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj">Hajj pilgrimage</a>, he gave away so much gold for free, to poor and rich alike, that <i>literal, solid gold</i> became worth <b>less</b>. He created a recession by being <i><b>too</b></i> generous, and it took ten years for the price to return to normal. This is the only time recorded in history that one man directly controlled the price of gold in the Mediterranean.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa_Musa">Mansa Musa</a> was the ruler of the Mali Empire and was the richest man to have ever lived. When travelling through Egypt whilst conducting his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj">Hajj pilgrimage</a>, he gave away so much gold for free, to poor and rich alike, that <i>literal, solid gold</i> became worth <b>less</b>. He created a recession by being <i><b>too</b></i> generous, and it took ten years for the price to return to normal. This is the only time recorded in history that one man directly controlled the price of gold in the Mediterranean.

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A foreign army is joining the colonials

British officer : « My Lord ! Look ! A foreign army is joining the colonials ! » British general : « Do not be stupid, Gentlemen, what silly nation would be ready to lose so much time and money just to threaten our intere... » France
British officer : « My Lord ! Look ! A foreign army is joining the colonials ! » British general : « Do not be stupid, Gentlemen, what silly nation would be ready to lose so much time and money just to threaten our intere... » France

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(Laughs in Burning Capital)

I will salt 30 of our own fields for your insolence,
I will salt 30 of our own fields for your insolence,

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Chant de l'Oignon

In all honesty, it's not a bad song. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ElJJCAuKslQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
In all honesty, it's not a bad song. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ElJJCAuKslQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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(B-Baka Intensifies)

So about <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-ww2-japan-idUSKBN16304E">about 600 Imperial Japanese soldiers</a> chose to join and fight for the Vietminh after WW2, with about half of them dying in the fight against the French. They were then all forcibly repatriated back to Japan when the Americans took over as the main belligerent, as Japan was America's ally, which saw hundreds of families being torn apart; as they were not allowed to go with them. The Japanese Conscripts were taken by the British from Japanese POWs to stabilise and bring order to the region until the French could take back control. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1w-cv2CJbfI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
So about <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-ww2-japan-idUSKBN16304E">about 600 Imperial Japanese soldiers</a> chose to join and fight for the Vietminh after WW2, with about half of them dying in the fight against the French. They were then all forcibly repatriated back to Japan when the Americans took over as the main belligerent, as Japan was America's ally, which saw hundreds of families being torn apart; as they were not allowed to go with them. The Japanese Conscripts were taken by the British from Japanese POWs to stabilise and bring order to the region until the French could take back control. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1w-cv2CJbfI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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There Can Only Be One!

Context: The Ottoman Interregnum was a civil war caused by an inheritance dispute between Mehmed I, Suleyman, Isa and Musa who were all sons of the late Sultan Bayezid I. This war almost tore the empire apart, and so Mehmed II, grandson of Mehmed I, implemented an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fratricide#Ottoman_Empire">inheritance system</a> which was basically Middle-Eastern Highlander, where there could only be one and it was legal for you just to murder your brothers if it meant maintaining the security and unity of the state. The largest practice of fratricide was committed by Mehmed III when he had 19 of his brothers and half-brothers murdered and buried alongside their father This was replaced later by Ahmed I with the much more saner practice of making the oldest son the defacto sultan. They still kept their sons <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafes">in cages though.</a>
Context: The Ottoman Interregnum was a civil war caused by an inheritance dispute between Mehmed I, Suleyman, Isa and Musa who were all sons of the late Sultan Bayezid I. This war almost tore the empire apart, and so Mehmed II, grandson of Mehmed I, implemented an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fratricide#Ottoman_Empire">inheritance system</a> which was basically Middle-Eastern Highlander, where there could only be one and it was legal for you just to murder your brothers if it meant maintaining the security and unity of the state. The largest practice of fratricide was committed by Mehmed III when he had 19 of his brothers and half-brothers murdered and buried alongside their father This was replaced later by Ahmed I with the much more saner practice of making the oldest son the defacto sultan. They still kept their sons <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafes">in cages though.</a>

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Sword Go Brrr

Miyamoto Musaşhi Any other Japanese dualist
Miyamoto Musaşhi Any other Japanese dualist

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Nuclear Testing

some random Arctic island the Tzar a TU-95 Bomba
some random Arctic island the Tzar a TU-95 Bomba

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No Tanks Allowed

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any idiot who suggests usingl itanks" famous horse addict Semyon Budyonny

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