Throughout history, there have been a handful of occasions where the dumbest sounding ideas turned out to be an absolute stroke of genius.

Some of these seemingly stupid plans and strategies ultimately turn the tide in battles and even permanently change the places in which they occurred.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. Be amazed.

Number 10.

Bridge of Bluffs.

Every poker player knows the trouble with bluffing is it doesn't always work.

But in November 1805, French commander Jean-Lahn and Joachim Rirat went all in on one of the biggest bluffs of all time.

Leading France on the offensive into Austria,

Lon and Marat came to the Tabor Bridge, which was under heavy enemy control.

But instead of turning tail,

Lon and Marat strolled across the bridge, loudly laughing about how happy they were

that the French and Austria-Russian armies had

finally signed a peace treaty, a peace treaty which in reality did not exist. Amazingly, the Austrian

officials bought the story and allowed them onto the bridge, but one Austrian sergeant suspected

a ruse and lit some explosives. Bud Lawn extinguished the fuse before it ignited the explosives,

and cockily sat on a cannon

smoking his pipe and berating the sergeant for his actions.

Eventually everyone had fallen for the commander's wily charm and the Austrians handed the bridge

to the French, trusting in the non-existent armistice.

Bad move.

Within a month, the bridge proved a critical advantage to the French who crossed it as

they marched into Vienna and crushed the Austrian-Russian resistance. I'm guessing the Austrians

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