The worst incidents of wartime friendly fire in history
The fog of war and its tragic consequences
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War is a messy and dangerous racket. Everyone who engages in conflict can expect to witness tragedies and horrors beyond belief in the name of survival, but you'd think most combatants could at least count on their siblings in arms, no? Unfortunately, that's not always the case, and incidents of friendly fire are far more common than you might think.
Intrigued? Read on to learn about history's most infamous instances of friendly fire.
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