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Title: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on April 30, 2012, 02:31:11 AM The British invasion of Iceland. We have gems such as
Quote The expedition was organized hastily and haphazardly.[11] Much of the operational planning was conducted en route. The force was supplied with few maps, most of poor quality, with one of them having been drawn from memory. No one in the expedition was fully fluent in the Icelandic language.[12] And then they lost the element of surprise by flying an airplane over the capital city. They made a ton of wrong assumptions about the situation in Iceland. Good thing that no one bothered to actually fight, and it was entirely bloodless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: politicus on April 30, 2012, 02:38:49 AM Grenada. Massive overkill.
Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: Donerail on April 30, 2012, 07:52:22 AM North Korea tried to tunnel under the DMZ into the South; the South/UN forces found the tunnel and the large "Down With American Imperialists" banner in it, so the North claimed it was a coal mine. With a banner. And no coal. In a level of bedrock with no coal in it. So North Korea sent people into the tunnel to paint the walls black so that it looked sort of like they were tunneling through coal (even though North Korea, a nation that produces coal, could have just planted actual coal). Funniest invasion ever.
Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: Vosem on April 30, 2012, 07:36:09 PM The British invasion of Iceland. We have gems such as Quote The expedition was organized hastily and haphazardly.[11] Much of the operational planning was conducted en route. The force was supplied with few maps, most of poor quality, with one of them having been drawn from memory. No one in the expedition was fully fluent in the Icelandic language.[12] And then they lost the element of surprise by flying an airplane over the capital city. They made a ton of wrong assumptions about the situation in Iceland. Good thing that no one bothered to actually fight, and it was entirely bloodless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland Yup. Invading a neutral country, then handing it over to another neutral country (the US before Pearl Harbor). The Astandid that resulted because of the invasion was pretty funny too. Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: 🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸 on May 04, 2012, 02:26:44 PM The British invasion of Iceland. We have gems such as Quote The expedition was organized hastily and haphazardly.[11] Much of the operational planning was conducted en route. The force was supplied with few maps, most of poor quality, with one of them having been drawn from memory. No one in the expedition was fully fluent in the Icelandic language.[12] And then they lost the element of surprise by flying an airplane over the capital city. They made a ton of wrong assumptions about the situation in Iceland. Good thing that no one bothered to actually fight, and it was entirely bloodless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland Yup. Invading a neutral country, then handing it over to another neutral country (the US before Pearl Harbor). The Astandid that resulted because of the invasion was pretty funny too. Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: Zioneer on May 04, 2012, 06:26:34 PM The psychotic white nationalist founder of Stormfront (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Black_%28white_nationalist%29) and nine other guys trying to take over Dominica but failing hilariously.
Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: Atlas Has Shrugged on May 06, 2012, 04:41:21 PM I think the Bayou of Pigs was hysterical. It would be even funnier if Black and his men were immediately captured on the beach when they landed without a shot being fired.
I put forth the failed plot to invade Equatorial Guinea. Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on May 07, 2012, 07:06:55 PM The psychotic white nationalist founder of Stormfront (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Black_%28white_nationalist%29) and nine other guys trying to take over Dominica but failing hilariously. And his name is Black. Hillarious. Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: Vosem on May 27, 2012, 04:44:10 PM The British invasion of Iceland. We have gems such as Quote The expedition was organized hastily and haphazardly.[11] Much of the operational planning was conducted en route. The force was supplied with few maps, most of poor quality, with one of them having been drawn from memory. No one in the expedition was fully fluent in the Icelandic language.[12] And then they lost the element of surprise by flying an airplane over the capital city. They made a ton of wrong assumptions about the situation in Iceland. Good thing that no one bothered to actually fight, and it was entirely bloodless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland Yup. Invading a neutral country, then handing it over to another neutral country (the US before Pearl Harbor). The Astandid that resulted because of the invasion was pretty funny too. The Astandid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81standi%C3%B0 Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: Indy Prez on June 10, 2012, 10:30:27 AM Grenada. Massive overkill. Too soon. As Alan Alda said, "Comedy is tragedy plus time". Title: Re: Most hilarious invasion ever? Post by: Snowstalker Mk. II on June 11, 2012, 03:46:50 PM Denmark. 1940. Six hours.
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