The Greatest Lucky Break In World History

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Wyatt Burp

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For a couple centuries or whatever it was Spain (my ancestors on my dad's side) sent men in search of fabled lost cities of gold traveling the southwest and Mexico. Then in 1848 after winning the Mexican American War we pay off Mexico and assumed their debt. Then at that very moment a guy named James Marshall finds something glistening in the South Fork of the American River about an hour from where I'm at right now. A gold rush ensures bringing mass wealth to the U.S. Not to mention silver discoveries in Nevada Territory. This bizarre timing of this lucky twist of fate always amazed me.
 
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No greater feat than Dr. John Williamson finding a diamond in South Africa that led to the digging of the famed Kimberly mine.

Frankly, I think the British got an incredibly lucky break when Hitler didn't press his advantage after Dunkirk and invade the UK.

And Cortes was remarkably fortunate in overcoming the Aztecs.
I've read the only first person account of that venture and what the Spaniards achieved was astounding.

And I've had a few possibly miraculous escapes, myself.

Oh: someone just won the huge Powerball payoff.
 
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Frankly, I think the British got an incredibly lucky break when Hitler didn't press his advantage after Dunkirk and invade the UK.
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The Germans would have drowned in the Channel if they had attempted it in 1940. But don't take my word for it; the British and Germans gamed it out in 1974 at Sandhurst and decided that it would have resulted in a devastating defeat for the Germans. See
(can't get the URL to work not sure why. Google "Operation Sea lion wargame" and it will be the first option.)
 
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