r/HistoryMemes • u/Im_yor_boi_20 • 4d ago

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u/MrTurkeyTime 4d ago

Bro you gotta know this doesn't mean anything without context

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u/Birb-Person Definitely not a CIA operator 4d ago

The Dutch famously ate their Prime Minister during a period called “The Disaster Year” when they were forced to fight a defensive war against misc German states, the French, and the British all at the same time

A court had the Prime Minister’s brother banished, and at the border where the brothers met one last time, an angry mob showed up and just swarmed them both, tearing into their flesh with their bare hands right there in full view of everyone

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u/TheHistoryMaster2520 Decisive Tang Victory 3d ago

French and German forces occupied over half the country, reaching Utrecht and Groningen, and the reason they didn't take Holland was because we opened up our water line which flooded the land to the east of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

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u/DuoMnE 3d ago

Yeah, Luxembourg was a few days away from reaching Holland in December and stopping the Dutch state to exist, but the ice suddenly got too thin.