The Most Bizarre Battles Ever Fought in History

War is supposed to run on strategy and courage. Some of history's strangest battles ran on alcohol, poultry, a stolen bucket, and a pig that never asked to be part of an international incident — and thousands of soldiers still died fighting them. This video walks through eight real battles where armies with cannons, warships, and machine guns lost to opponents who were barely there, or weren't enemies at all: Austria's self-inflicted massacre at Karansebes, the Italian war fought over a wooden bucket, the almost-bloodless Toledo War, the Pig War standoff between America and Britain, Australia's failed war against emus, the Battle of Los Angeles against an enemy that never existed, the one battle of WWII where American and German soldiers fought side by side, and the 38-minute war against Zanzibar. 00:26 — The Battle of Karansebes (Austria vs itself) 01:45 — The War of the Bucket (Bologna vs Modena) 02:52 — The Toledo War (Ohio vs Michigan) 04:14 — The Pig War (America vs Britain) 05:23 — The Great Emu War (Australia vs birds) 06:38 — The Battle of Los Angeles 07:46 — The Battle for Castle Itter 08:56 — The Anglo-Zanzibar War #weirdhistory #militaryhistory #strangehistory #historylessons #forgottenhistory #obscurehistory #historybuff #warfacts #historydocumentary #historychannel