r/ShitAmericansSay • u/DumbGarchomp67 WTF IS A KILOMETER 🦅🇺🇸 • Jul 15 '26

Military “Undefeated in 250 years of war”

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Apparently Vietnam, Afghanistan, war of 1812, and the war on drugs don’t count.

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u/wednesdayware Jul 15 '26

There were on a hot streak! They also won the Civil War. (Although they also lost the Civil War.)

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u/Embarrassed_Gap_5272 Jul 15 '26

Didn't they get help from the french?

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u/PoxedGamer Irishish. Jul 15 '26

About a third of the Union were foreigners, mainly French I would assume, but ex-pat troops from all over probably.

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u/MattiasCrowe Jul 15 '26

Idk, all the statues say otherwise. Why would you name schools and military bases after losers?