People tend to say "bruh" when something absurd happens. But would you say there's a historical moment that deserves such a description or reaction? Granted, many absurd things have happened throughout history (and we don't need to look back many years to find them).
There have been fights between cities because of buckets, people who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki disasters, and a secret army masquerading as a giant wooden horse. Pretty crazy stuff when you think about it, isn't it?
One netizen collected all these incredible moments in one place when they asked: "What historical event can accurately be referred to as a 'bruh moment?'" Are you curious to find out, too? Scroll down and see the most interesting answers for yourself!
#1
When the Germans during WW1 disguised one of their ships as the British's HMS Carmania so they could wreck some ships without being recognised as a German ship. As the German ship went into the open seas, it met the real HMS Carmania which then immediately sank the German's disguise. Bruh.
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#2
That one time that one army split up to flank the enemy army and ended up attacking itself.
ppcsptr:
The battle of Karánsebes.
ppcsptr:
The battle of Karánsebes.
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#3
Napoleon I coming back to conquer Europe after he already got defeated. Then he immediately got defeated again.
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#5
Italy changing teams in both world wars.
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#8
In WW1 when everyone stopped fighting on Christmas and came out of the trenches and drank together in no man's land.
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#10
300 Australians trapped in a coastal African city held off 1000s of Italians for months during WW2.
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#12
That pirate who had a bounty on him, so he put a bounty on the guy who put it on him, making it a real 'No u' moment.
mclv7gaming:
Jean Lafitte for anyone interested.
mclv7gaming:
Jean Lafitte for anyone interested.
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#13
The destruction of Khwarezmia by Genghis Khan.
Genghis Khan forged a peace treaty with the Shah of Khwarezmia. After the treaty was signed, the Khan sent a 500-man caravan to officially establish trade ties with the empire. However the governor of the Khwarezmian city of Otrar had the entire caravan arrested, claiming they were conspiring against the empire. The Khan then sent three ambassadors (one Muslim and two Mongols) to the Shah negotiate the release of the caravan. The Shah had the Mongol ambassadors shaved bald and the Muslim ambassador beheaded before sending them back to the Khan. This angered the Khan, who considered ambassadors to be "sacred and inviolable."
So he led the Mongols over the Tien Shan mountains and in less than two years the entire Khwarezmian civilization was completely wiped out. As each city in the empire was captured, the defenders were e**cuted, women and children given to Mongol soldiers as slaves, artisans captured and sent back to Mongolia as servants, and the cities sacked. When the city where the Shah had been born surrendered, the Mongols broke the dams on the nearby rivers, causing a flood that literally wiped the city off the map.
TL;DR, never break a peace treaty with Genghis Khan.
Genghis Khan forged a peace treaty with the Shah of Khwarezmia. After the treaty was signed, the Khan sent a 500-man caravan to officially establish trade ties with the empire. However the governor of the Khwarezmian city of Otrar had the entire caravan arrested, claiming they were conspiring against the empire. The Khan then sent three ambassadors (one Muslim and two Mongols) to the Shah negotiate the release of the caravan. The Shah had the Mongol ambassadors shaved bald and the Muslim ambassador beheaded before sending them back to the Khan. This angered the Khan, who considered ambassadors to be "sacred and inviolable."
So he led the Mongols over the Tien Shan mountains and in less than two years the entire Khwarezmian civilization was completely wiped out. As each city in the empire was captured, the defenders were e**cuted, women and children given to Mongol soldiers as slaves, artisans captured and sent back to Mongolia as servants, and the cities sacked. When the city where the Shah had been born surrendered, the Mongols broke the dams on the nearby rivers, causing a flood that literally wiped the city off the map.
TL;DR, never break a peace treaty with Genghis Khan.
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#14
The Winter War. Stalin was paranoid about a potential attack from the Northwest, so he decided to try and take the snowy nation of Finland, and suffered heavy casualties. Finland eventually signed a ceasefire and lost some territory, but the USSR lost roughly 300,000 men, compared to the Finn's 65,000.
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#15
When Ronald Reagan was giving a speech in Berlin and a very loud balloon popped. Everyone thought it was a gunshot and he had the nerve to say “you missed me”.
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#16
The Bubonic Plague was a magnitude 10 bruh moment.
DankkaM:
"Let's go into one building to pray this horrible epidemic stops. And take your family too, because in a church theres always room for people to get infected"
DankkaM:
"Let's go into one building to pray this horrible epidemic stops. And take your family too, because in a church theres always room for people to get infected"
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#17
The sinking of the Titanic.
ph_uck_yu:
“This boat is unsinkable.” The irony of it sinking on its first trip out is both hilarious and devastating.
ph_uck_yu:
“This boat is unsinkable.” The irony of it sinking on its first trip out is both hilarious and devastating.
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#18
Pompeii when Vesuvius became active. They had just fixed the earthquake damage on the buildings and were ready to get the plastering teams in. Worse day in the building industry ever.
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#20
America during the War of 1812 invading Canada and ending up getting the white house burnt down.
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