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Not really history I guess. But humorous. 

The President of Nintendo of America’s last name is Bowser. 


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Bowser

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

The American Civil War Ends at Appomattox Court House (1865)
The first major engagement of the US Civil War was the First Battle of Bull Run, fought in 1861 partly on the farm of Wilmer McLean in Manassas, Virginia. A few years later, McLean moved to Appomattox Court House, a town which, coincidentally, would soon be the site of the war's effective end. It was there that Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in McLean's parlor.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Buchenwald Concentration Camp Liberated by American Troops (1945)
Buchenwald was one of the first and largest concentration camps in Nazi Germany. As US forces closed in on the camp near the end of WWII, the Nazis began evacuating its prisoners, forcing them on "death marches" during which an estimated 13,500 were killed. On April 9, inmates at the camp used a makeshift radio transmitter to inform the Allies about the evacuations and beg for help.

The use of camouflage in the First World War took many forms, among them, camouflage trees.

A camouflage tree was an observation post made from a hollow metal cylinder, which was camouflaged to resemble a dead tree.

Camouflaged observation posts were highly valuable during the First World War. Troops were locked in trench warfare and needed a solution to help track enemy movements without being seen, while also being protected should they come under enemy attack.

The first British armoured tree was erected in March 1916. Follow the journey of one of the most unusual items in our collection, from its creation and use in the First World War, to its conservation and return to our First World War Galleries at IWM London.

The camouflage tree

The First World War 'camouflage tree' – a metal observation post made to look like a pollarded willow
This is a First World War period 'camouflage tree'. The tree was used as an observation post and was made to resemble a pollarded willow tree.



https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-journey-of-the-camouflage-tree

they had plenty of man power and time

dat's why they replaced the real tree with the fake at night
under the cover of darkness (maybe a moonless night)