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In fiction, there is nothing as dramatic as a good twist in the plot, an unexpected event that changes the course of the story. These events aren’t just relegated to fiction, however. True life is full of unexpected events that have changed the course of history. Here are a few of those twists that no one saw coming.
🗓️ Topics Discussed
Soldiers At Chosin Reservoir Saved By Candy
The Japanese Fleet Was Destroyed By A Hunch
An Offhand Comment Destroys The Berlin Wall
The Poison King’s Plan Backfires
Frederick The Great Saved By A Fan
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Further Reading:
https://theworld.org/stories/2020-10-02/how-mistake-press-conference-helped-topple-berlin-wall
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50013048
https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2019/oct/30/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-archive-november-1989
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-berlin-wall-and-how-did-it-fall
https://www.worldhistory.org/Mithridates_VI/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mithradates-VI-Eupator
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/906/mithridates-poison-elixir-fact-or-fiction/
https://warontherocks.com/2024/02/learning-lessons-from-the-prussian-past/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-III-emperor-of-Russia
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Frederick_the_Great
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/seven-years-war-1756-1763-0
https://go.navyonline.com/blog/how-wade-mcclusky-jr.-redirected-midway
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway#:~:text=Early%20on%20the%20morning%20of,island%20and%20ready%20for%20battle.
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/midway-air-hero-remembered/
http://www.cv6.org/company/accounts/wmcclusky/
https://veteransbreakfastclub.org/the-myth-of-the-tootsie-roll-airdrop-at-chosin/
https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/dispatches-articles/41/544/Military+Myths+and+Legends%3A+The+Tootsie+Roll+Marines
https://americangimuseum.org/tootsie-rolls-saved-troops-at-the-battle-of-the-chosin-reservoir/
Timestamps:
Intro: (00:00)
Soldiers At Chosin Reservoir Saved By Candy (00:04)
The Japanese Fleet Was Destroyed By A Hunch (03:22)
An Offhand Comment Destroys The Berlin Wall (07:33)
The Poison King’s Plan Backfires (10:40)
Frederick The Great Saved By A Fan (14:03)
Did You Know?: (17:21)
Outro: (17:58)
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