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Pretty funny. But a lot of them are fake, so take it with a grain of salt. Since this seems like the appropriate thread, I might as well post some of the amusing responses my own students have produced on various tests. Some of them might not make much sense if you don't know European/military history though. These are all real answers...

Additionally, Congress approved the creation of the Bank of England to oversee all this.

Recess of 1653: used by Frederick William of Prussia around 1640.

Napoleon however, sent 2 of his corps to attack the Northern and Southern part of the Prussian-Austrian-French forces.

levee en masse - implemented tax on mass goods such as commercial trade

While Louis XIV was in power, the French empire was on a downward slope. The power of the nation was weakening, the finances were dropping and the economy was weakening. Finances and power were lowering because the rich aristocrats were leaving france due to their lost in faith of the country and military. This was lowering the income and shifting power from france to other countries due to the relocation of the aristocrats. [...] Due to all of these negative situations france had to deal with, the military became weaker as well, causing the army under Louis XIV to be weak.

However displine was need to trained in other for cross bowmen to take on Calvary. [???]

6) division - a term used in formation when military personnel divide into the formations
7) Pragmatic Sanction - Areas in which problems occur in an army
8) Bureaucratic State - a government that runs by rule of bureacracy
9) attrition - term for attributing in a war
[all from the same student!]

Crimean War - This war was fought between the Russians and the Spanish. French forces came to help the Spanish defeat the Russians.

Maginot Line - Border between North and South Vietnam. Its crossing by the North prompted American forces to invade.

Maginot Line - If an army attack their enemy from the center line the rest will fall around it.

National Socialism - describes a system of government used by the Soviet Union

National Socialism - This in other words is Communism... A good example of this is pre-Putin Russia.

They [the Japanese] thought the United States was just a big isolationist wuss.



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