A Parish Priest Caused Military History's Most Embarrassing Defeat
20th Century

A Parish Priest Caused Military History's Most Embarrassing Defeat

A parish priest picked up a rifle on December 6, 1939, and accidentally created one of military history's most embarrassing defeats.

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