Great Deceptions in Military History

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Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was murdered in cold blood for a racially-charged crime he did not commit. His mother held a 5-day open casket of Emmett’s mangled body to show the world the abhorrent injustice.

The Punic Wars, lasting between 264 and 164 B.C.E, were a series of attacks on the Carthaginians by the growing Roman Empire, ultimately resulting in Rome’s borders expanding significantly.

The Puritans were a group of religious zealots as a response to King Henry VIII’s newly-formed Church of England. Puritans faced friction as their numbers multiplied, forcing them to emigrate to Holland and later New England.

For nearly 300 years, Vikings or Norsemen sailed from Scandinavia to Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East and even North America, acquiring slaves, concubines and culture along the way.

After back-to-back morale-deflating defeats, General George Washington inspired his Continental Army to cross the Delaware River to engage in the Battle of Trenton the day after Christmas, achieving a much-needed victory in the Revolutionary War.

After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, FDR signed executive order 9066 leading to the Internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans until nearly six months after WWII ended.

On May 31st, 1916, Germany’s armada would meet British warships in WWI’s battle of Jutland, the largest and possibly last battle fought entirely at sea.