36 Counterintuitive Facts About War That Make It Feel More Pointless Than Ever

What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Well, except these facts

Sadly, war is a big part of human history, but like anything, even it can have a sillier side. Amidst some of the more violent facts, there were some laughable wars started by a stray dog, a clumsy camel and a little Mexican pastry shop. And because we couldnt leave here without you learnin a thing or two, we wanted to squash some war-related misconceptions too. 

This list really has it all!

The Hundred Years’ War

D-Day

The Battle of Texel

The Shortest War

Radioactive Foxes

The Ballad of the Green Berets

The Battle of Stalingrad

A Lack of Peace

Tea Tanks

World War II

Ancient Battles

Flaming Arrows

Pre-Battle Speeches

Joan of Arc

Rome

Vietnam

Normandy

The Toledo War

The Flagstaff War

The Great Guano War

Dogfights

How Grenades Explode

The Memo War

A Clumsy Camel

The Pastry War

Cod of War

A French War

Snipers

The War of the Stray Dog

The Horse War

The Cavalry

Land Mines

Artillery

Senseless Violence

The Sounds a Bomb Makes

Grenades

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