Posted By: Radoomek (Hunting luck ...) on 'Humor' Title: Army mistakes Date: Wed Apr 18 16:50:40 2001 +---------------- Bizarre Military Mishaps ----------------+ Two U.S. Air Force F-15s shoot down two U.S. Army helicopters on a diplomatic mission over Iraq, mistaking them for hostile aircraft in the "no-fly zone," killing 26 people. No one was found criminally responsible. A "siesta" ordered by Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to his troops during a conflict between the Mexicans and Texans caused the infantry to be overtaken in just 18 minutes. Fort Douaumont at Verdun in France was captured in 1916 by a single German soldier after French General Chretien forgot to pass on orders to defend the fort to the last man to his successor. The Russians tried to wreak havoc on German Panzer divisions during the WWII by strapping bombs to the backs of dogs and teaching them to associate food with the underneath of their enemies' tanks. Unfortunately, the dogs only associated food with their own tanks and forced an entire Soviet division to retreat. Probably the most famous mistake in U.S. military history occurred in the Civil War, when Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson was mistakenly shot by one of his own troops after the Confederate triumph at Chancellorsville. / Imajl: Radoomek@pinknet.cz Padali andele kruti ^^^OO^^^ na kridlech hromu bijicich Rad..mek Web: Radoomkovo.zde.cz na mesta more vzduti nicehoz netusicich