10 STUPID MISTAKES THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY

1.Edwin Rommel's wife's birthday changed the course of world war 2.

One of the most trusted generals of Adolf Hitler , was ordered to guard the Normandy beach. But he completely misjudged  the situation and took a break to enjoy his wife's birthday.It was exactly on her birthday June 6th , the allies captured the beach and nearly 9000 soldiers were killed on that day.

2.A translation mistake caused hiroshima bombing.

This bombing could have been prevented if the allies had a good translator.The Allies demanded Japan's immediate surrender following the Potsdam Declaration so Kentaro Suzuki, Japan's premiere at the time sent a response letter that contained the word "mokusatsu" which can mean a few different things. Suzuki wanted to say that he will think about the request, but the translator completely misinterpreted this word as he thought it meant Suzuki was ignoring their request. And we all know the result. Ten days after the USA launched a first-ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

3.The Titanic catastrophe and the case of missing key.

The keys to the Binocular room was with an officer who was replaced and the officer forget to give the keys to the new officer , who did not have access to the binoculars that caused the tragedy.

4.World War 1 started because of the wrong turn.

It was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1918 that sparked the first World War.Franz Ferdinand survived the first attack,but many people died anyway. So the Archduke wanted to go to the hospital to visit the survivors, but the chauffeur took the wrong turn that led the carriage straight to Gavrilo Princip who was hiding in a coffee shop just waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. And so he did. He fired two shots, killing Franz Ferdinand and his wife in the process. And it was at that moment that the World War One officially began.

 5.Russia sold Alaska to the US.

Russia sold Alaska to the Us for $7.2 million in 1867, which later became a huge producer of gold .Russians are still upset with their decision.

6.Discovery of penicillin.

The dirty workplace of Alexander Fleming led to the first antibiotic being discovered.

7.A lost hunter started wildfire in California.

The biggest fires of California was created by a lost hunter who triggered light as a little signal fire which actually destroyed over 300,000 acres of forest, 2,322 homes and killed 14 people.  

8.Great fire of London was caused by a baker.

This was actually caused by a distracted baker whose carelessness destroyed one of the most powerful city,leading to a destruction of over 13,000 houses.

9.A Bureaucrat's mistake led to the fall of the great Berlin wall.

This rather comical mistake happened during an East Germany politician's press conference. He just needed to inform the press about the relaxed travel restriction between East and West Germany, but since he didn't care to read the speech properly, he ended up talking about the travel rules being dropped completely. This simple mistake soon led to the fall of the infamous Berlin Wall.

10.The murder of cats caused the Great London Plague to spread.

Last but not least another catastrophe Londoners faced just one year before the Great Fire is the Great Plague, a disease that Londoners believed was caused by cats. As a result, they killed every cat they could find not knowing that by doing that they will actually make the disease much worse since there would be no one to kill the rats. This turned out to be one of the biggest blunders in history since the Great Plague killed about 100,000 people in just 18 months.


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-S.SIVANANDHINI

Comments

  1. Mind-boggling bloggers!4 December 2017 at 20:13

    It is so interesting to know that simple actions that we think don't matter,actually worsen the situation,and before we realize it,one thing leads to another ,and the whole course of history is changed !!Looking forward to read more facts such as these!!
    ~Sowmyalakshmi R.

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  2. Mind-boggling bloggers!4 December 2017 at 20:20

    I wonder these mistakes caused a very big issue , at that time it would have been a struggle for all . But now , it's stupid. Intresting....
    These informations are new to me .
    -SRILALITHA R

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  3. meenakshi7 December 2017 at 04:53

    Actually the things which are stated above taught me that even a simple thing mean a lot
    __Meenakshi.A

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  4. Mind-boggling bloggers!12 December 2017 at 02:37

    I came to know that everything that we do irrespective of whether it is small or big has a great impact on what will happen next. It was really amazing to learn about all these.
    -S.Vidhya

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