[deleted] t1_jadfp3i wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:18 PM

Reply to comment by HotAd8825 in TIL American paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade mistakenly raided a working olive oil factory in Bulgaria as part of a large-scale joint exercise with NATO forces. by delano1998

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HotAd8825 t1_jadi6ry wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:34 PM

It’s usually some European country accidentally crossing into another while patrolling in bumfuck no where with no discernible border. This one was definitely more embarrassing for whoever couldn’t read a map that day.

Paladin327 t1_jadygt4 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:16 PM

Like all those times Switzerland accidentally invaded Lichtensten, and the first Lichtenstein hears about it is when the Apologized for it

HotAd8825 t1_jae07bj wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:27 PM

I was thinking it was a nordic country but I couldn’t remember. But yeah that’s what I was thinking of. Whats the big deal when the “invasion” is among friends.

RandomBilly91 t1_jaevtk8 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:53 PM

Yeah, theost serious accident was when Swiss artillery accidentally targeted Liechteinstein, causing minor damage to the landscape.

Reparations were paid

HotAd8825 t1_jaewp5o wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:59 PM

I hope the trees were ok.

jason_abacabb t1_jaeek6s wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:59 PM

1LT gets to take a remedial mapreading course.

AnthillOmbudsman t1_jaehyeo wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:20 PM

The 1LT from Heartbreak Ridge would fit perfectly in this whole story.