John SedgwickClassic example of speaking too soon.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance" -His last words.
Sedgwick fell at the beginning of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, on May 9, 1864. His corps was probing skirmish lines ahead of the left flank of Confederate defenses and he was directing artillery placements. Confederate sharpshooters were about 1,000 yards (900 m) away and their shots caused members of his staff and artillerymen to duck for cover. Sedgwick strode around in the open and was quoted as saying, "What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line?" Although ashamed, his men continued to flinch and he repeated, "I'm ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." Just seconds later he fell forward with a bullet hole below his left eye.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sedgwick
Karl Marx forever!!!!<3
The Austrian Empire
Why: Battle of Karánsebes. That's why
The butt hurt is so strong, may your butt hurt be eternal.
Anyway...
•Russia and the US took an interest in Afghanistan in the Cold War
•The US armed Afghanis who didn't like the Russians fucking with their country even more than the Americans fucking with their country
•Russia left Afghanistan
•Leave behind a bunch of pissed, well trained, and armed militants
How about the numerous crusades on the Holy lands?Those didn't fail, did they?
Alot of them did. not allSad that they did :(
Why? I think even if they succeeded that it wouldn't have changed much.Alot of them did. not allSad that they did :(
This should turn out to be interesting.
I wonder how long it'll be before this one is locked.
Without touching on the rest of your horribly incorrect and fallacious post;
What the Hell does the Second World War have to do with religion?
Although NOT a Holy War, Christians, not all, did strike out at another religion. And what has it got to do with religion? Well, That question is a little silly.
And fallacious? I can look at most wars we Primarily Study today, and connect Christianity to it.
By that logic, the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan was Atheism striking out at Islam.SpoilerAlthough NOT a Holy War, Christians, not all, did strike out at another religion. And what has it got to do with religion? Well, That question is a little silly.[close]
Religion is certainly part of the causality of why things are so fucked up in the world and if you can't do the math on that, then I can't help you.
A certain Leader blamed a certain religion for some certain misfortunes.
Religion is certainly part of the causality of why things are so fucked up in the world and if you can't do the math on that, then I can't help you.
Religion is certainly part of the causality of why things are so fucked up in the world and if you can't do the math on that, then I can't help you.
Oh indeed, religion has caused many problems (And solved some at the same time), but Godson is a fool if he thinks that the Second World War had anything to do with it.
The Kettle War.
1 Dutch ship versus 3 Austrian ships, the Dutch ship fires a single warning shot which strikes a soup kettle on the deck of one of the Austrian ships. The Austrians retreat and the war was over. The only casualty was a kettle, and presumably all of the soup within.
The Kettle War.
1 Dutch ship versus 3 Austrian ships, the Dutch ship fires a single warning shot which strikes a soup kettle on the deck of one of the Austrian ships. The Austrians retreat and the war was over. The only casualty was a kettle, and presumably all of the soup within.
The Kettle War.
1 Dutch ship versus 3 Austrian ships, the Dutch ship fires a single warning shot which strikes a soup kettle on the deck of one of the Austrian ships. The Austrians retreat and the war was over. The only casualty was a kettle, and presumably all of the soup within.
Sounds like a Monty Python Sketch.
Especially communism :DThe Kettle War.
1 Dutch ship versus 3 Austrian ships, the Dutch ship fires a single warning shot which strikes a soup kettle on the deck of one of the Austrian ships. The Austrians retreat and the war was over. The only casualty was a kettle, and presumably all of the soup within.
Sounds like a Monty Python Sketch.
Most of history seems like a comedy sketch to me...
Especially communism :DThe Kettle War.
1 Dutch ship versus 3 Austrian ships, the Dutch ship fires a single warning shot which strikes a soup kettle on the deck of one of the Austrian ships. The Austrians retreat and the war was over. The only casualty was a kettle, and presumably all of the soup within.
Sounds like a Monty Python Sketch.
Most of history seems like a comedy sketch to me...
Hilarious30 minutes is quite a war indeed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War
One guy on the british side got wounded while (probably slipped or something) they took out 500 of the enemy.
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Yep, those are two big failures, for sure.
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Lol the joke is that it redirects to the profile of whoever clicks on it. It wasn't aimed at you...
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July 1st, 1916 the First Day of the Somme
After a week long bombardment the British and French attacked along the Somme the French made very substantial gains whilst the British were stopped by a wall of bullets. Within the first hour the first and second and third waves were decimated. The stubborn British commanders refused to alter the battle plans and kept sending countless British soldiers against Thiepval which was heavily defended. By the end of Day 1, twenty thousand British soldiers were killed and 37,000 wounded. It was the bloodiest day in British military history.
Sounds a bit like Burnside at Fredricksburg to me.Stupidity knows no borders
People don't study history. Hitler into Russia.Sounds a bit like Burnside at Fredricksburg to me.Stupidity knows no borders
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For people who don't get it, that bold text makes you go to your own profile.
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For people who don't get it, that bold text makes you go to your own profile.
No shit.
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For people who don't get it, that bold text makes you go to your own profile.
No shit.
Should I read that out to you?
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How about Christianity? One sex scandal gone awfully wrong.How about religion in general, what good has it ever done anyone?
How about Christianity? One sex scandal gone awfully wrong.How about religion in general, what good has it ever done anyone?
*tips fedora*How about Christianity? One sex scandal gone awfully wrong.How about religion in general, what good has it ever done anyone?
How about Christianity? One sex scandal gone awfully wrong.How about religion in general, what good has it ever done anyone?
It gave uneducated people something to believe in.
How about Christianity? One sex scandal gone awfully wrong.How about religion in general, what good has it ever done anyone?
Except in revolutionary France and the USSR, and faith sure wasn't removed there.
Radicals like Robesspiere? Who had everyone opposing him murdered?
Or maybe a radical like Stalin? Lenin? Trotski? Pretty sure they survived.
There are approximately 154 000 000 search results related to discussion about religion on Google, so I am sure this has been discussed many times before.Didn't the War of 1812 start just because Britain didn't want American to trade with the French?
Let's try to stay on topic ;)
I believe that the burning of Washington was one of the biggest failures in history. Why? Because the Americans was so damn lazy, did they even try to stop the British? I know they had a few battles, but they gave up those pretty fast.
That was a good video, John Green is a really intelligent guy and I'm glad he's on youtube giving people some knowledge.
I have to say this about the War of 1812, as John Green pointed out in the video it is incorrect to say that either side won. And the old "Well the British burned down the White House" argument is rather pointless. Burning a building is great and all but it didn't spell the defeat of the Americans, I'd say overall that burning the White House was really a fruitless endeavor. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the Americans won, but the British certainly didn't either.
From what I vaguely remember from history class, the real losers of the war were the First Nations, who kinda got fucked in the war and after it.QuoteThat was a good video, John Green is a really intelligent guy and I'm glad he's on youtube giving people some knowledge.
I have to say this about the War of 1812, as John Green pointed out in the video it is incorrect to say that either side won. And the old "Well the British burned down the White House" argument is rather pointless. Burning a building is great and all but it didn't spell the defeat of the Americans, I'd say overall that burning the White House was really a fruitless endeavor. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the Americans won, but the British certainly didn't either.
The war technically ended in status quo, but since the Americans were the ones who declared war, and they failed to reach their objective, they basically lost. Nothing was lost except American pride, I guess.
Well clearly they are lol, the way they held a meeting in the abandoned White House to decide to burn it was clearly just to troll. I think the Dutch are better trolls though, sail up the Medway, burn the fleet, and to salt the wound, tow the flagship of the British fleet away like a giant sign saying "Fuck you guys"
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REMOVE AMERICAN YOU ARE WORSE
YOU SMELL OF BURGER
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YOU AMERICANS HIDE BEHIND WALL AND CALL IT A FAIR FIGHT'MURICA
LOL MERIBURGER
Firs video I saw of this 'Crash Course'.
Love it.
Great failures?
Pierre Charles Villeneuve deserves a mention.
Operation Market Garden also deserves at least a nod.
Because it failed?
Great failures?
Pierre Charles Villeneuve deserves a mention.
Operation Market Garden also deserves at least a nod.
I know I should know something about my own country, but why was it such a fail?
Great failures?
Pierre Charles Villeneuve deserves a mention.
Operation Market Garden also deserves at least a nod.
I know I should know something about my own country, but why was it such a fail?
Basically, Operation Market was a failed Airborne operation. Operation Garden was the attempt to get those paratroopers out of enemy territories, and that half failed
The operation was to secure the capturing of the Bridges across the rivers. It failed largely because the Allies (Mostly British HQ) failed to see that the Germans had large forces in the areas, even though the Dutch resistance had told them pretty clearly.The Brits never stop their sh*tty propaganda about how they win everything. ::)
Sad extra: The operations scapegoat eventually became the Polish paratroopers. Totally undeserved, yet the British persisted. Queen Wilhelmina wanted to give the Polish brigade a military decoration for their role in the liberation, but because they had become scapegoats, the British interfered - If the Polish got a medal, that meant that the British couldn't keep up their story of how the Poles had caused the operation to fail. The medal was eventually given the Polish unit that had the original brigade as its heritage - In 2005.
Welp... Better late than never
The operation was to secure the capturing of the Bridges across the rivers. It failed largely because the Allies (Mostly British HQ) failed to see that the Germans had large forces in the areas, even though the Dutch resistance had told them pretty clearly.The Brits never stop their sh*tty propaganda about how they win everything. ::)
Sad extra: The operations scapegoat eventually became the Polish paratroopers. Totally undeserved, yet the British persisted. Queen Wilhelmina wanted to give the Polish brigade a military decoration for their role in the liberation, but because they had become scapegoats, the British interfered - If the Polish got a medal, that meant that the British couldn't keep up their story of how the Poles had caused the operation to fail. The medal was eventually given the Polish unit that had the original brigade as its heritage - In 2005.
The operation was to secure the capturing of the Bridges across the rivers. It failed largely because the Allies (Mostly British HQ) failed to see that the Germans had large forces in the areas, even though the Dutch resistance had told them pretty clearly.The Brits never stop their sh*tty propaganda about how they win everything. ::)
Sad extra: The operations scapegoat eventually became the Polish paratroopers. Totally undeserved, yet the British persisted. Queen Wilhelmina wanted to give the Polish brigade a military decoration for their role in the liberation, but because they had become scapegoats, the British interfered - If the Polish got a medal, that meant that the British couldn't keep up their story of how the Poles had caused the operation to fail. The medal was eventually given the Polish unit that had the original brigade as its heritage - In 2005.The usual(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-gT7bQHgjTvg%2FTWCR6JvpxeI%2FAAAAAAAAC5g%2Fg0RO4o00AeI%2Fs1600%2Ffrench_surrender.jpg&hash=e434c892462406840d3edfb6996e525b949562b4)[close]
Speaking of the Franco-Prussian war, is there any movies or documentories out there? I have tried to find some but all I found were a bunch of old british men talking over pictures.There are numerous documents about it, but on german. I doubt this war is popular in France.
Do you have any names or links for these?Speaking of the Franco-Prussian war, is there any movies or documentories out there? I have tried to find some but all I found were a bunch of old british men talking over pictures.There are numerous documents about it, but on german. I doubt this war is popular in France.
Do you have any names or links for these?Speaking of the Franco-Prussian war, is there any movies or documentories out there? I have tried to find some but all I found were a bunch of old british men talking over pictures.There are numerous documents about it, but on german. I doubt this war is popular in France.
Just so you people now, the "cheese-eating surrender-monkey" French came from the Franco-Prussian War. Keep in mind, although the French were using superior rifles, in a sense, they were using very old tactics. The marched in very long lines against the Prussians and NGC troops. They would get cut down, losing 100-250 men before even getting off a salvo. The French staff and division command would always order their men to retreat, and this caused even more casualties. I believe the French mustered around 750,000 troops, and lost around 600,000. The Prussian and NGC combined mustered around 1,250,000 and lost only 100,000. That just goes to show the difference in tactics, and how old tactics that late into a modernized era doesn't work.This stereotype doesn't come from the Franco-Prussian War at all. It comes from WW2 and more recently the fact that we refused to follow the burgers in Iraq. I know you like to bring this up, saying how dumb and sh*t we are compared to your obvious master race, but I do invite you to check out the War of the Fourth Coalition if you want the same thing with switched sides
There are numerous documents about it, but on german. I doubt this war is popular in France.Well, this war is actually well documented in France, I don't know where you got this idea from.
I didnt stated, it was only may opinion, well, usually, when coutry loses a war, they dont want to talk about it too much.There are numerous documents about it, but on german. I doubt this war is popular in France.Well, this war is actually well documented in France, I don't know where you got this idea from.
I didnt stated, it was only may opinion, well, usually, when coutry loses a war, they dont want to talk about it too much.I should introduce you to Democracy, where everyone is free to talk about whatever they want.
I didnt stated, it was only may opinion, well, usually, when coutry loses a war, they dont want to talk about it too much.I should introduce you to Democracy, where everyone is free to talk about whatever they want.
Oh, well. You got me wrong, who will make a lot of info about war with details, they lost? Details of shame.I didnt stated, it was only may opinion, well, usually, when coutry loses a war, they dont want to talk about it too much.I should introduce you to Democracy, where everyone is free to talk about whatever they want.
Oh, well. You got me wrong, who will make a lot of info about war with details, they lost? Details of shame.First lesson, in Democracy. We don't "make" infos.
Ok for you then.Oh, well. You got me wrong, who will make a lot of info about war with details, they lost? Details of shame.First lesson, in Democracy. We don't "make" infos.
Just so you people now, the "cheese-eating surrender-monkey" French came from the Franco-Prussian War. Keep in mind, although the French were using superior rifles, in a sense, they were using very old tactics. The marched in very long lines against the Prussians and NGC troops. They would get cut down, losing 100-250 men before even getting off a salvo. The French staff and division command would always order their men to retreat, and this caused even more casualties. I believe the French mustered around 750,000 troops, and lost around 600,000. The Prussian and NGC combined mustered around 1,250,000 and lost only 100,000. That just goes to show the difference in tactics, and how old tactics that late into a modernized era doesn't work.This stereotype doesn't come from the Franco-Prussian War at all. It comes from WW2 and more recently the fact that we refused to follow the burgers in Iraq. I know you like to bring this up, saying how dumb and sh*t we are compared to your obvious master race, but I do invite you to check out the War of the Fourth Coalition if you want the same thing with switched sides
You can't possibly be comparing Gizmo to Raddeo...
Raddeo got muted because he openly insulted you, nothing to do with being German. And the immense difference between Raddeo and me, is that I don't throw out insults. But I may suggest that you to not attack my "cheese-eating surrender-monkey" race, so watch what you're saying. It works both ways doesn't it?You can't possibly be comparing Gizmo to Raddeo...I'm not, just suggesting that he not attack my "glorious German master race" and not make an ass out of hims3lf l7ke Raddeo did.
The great Emu war. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War)
Raddeo got muted because he openly insulted you, nothing to do with being German. And the immense difference between Raddeo and me, is that I don't throw out insults. But I may suggest that you to not attack my "cheese-eating surrender-monkey" race, so watch what you're saying. It works both ways doesn't it?You can't possibly be comparing Gizmo to Raddeo...I'm not, just suggesting that he not attack my "glorious German master race" and not make an ass out of hims3lf l7ke Raddeo did.
The great Emu war. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War)
Well the Aussies haven't fought anyone since WWII (Well, Aboriginals, but that isn't a fair fight) so they may as well glorify hunting.
The biggest failure in history was when evolution didn't give humans wings. . . .
The great Emu war. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War)
Well the Aussies haven't fought anyone since WWII (Well, Aboriginals, but that isn't a fair fight) so they may as well glorify hunting.
Not after ww2, but
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Britain trying to tell the 13 colonies to pay taxes.Funny because the people actually living in Britain got taxed a lot more.
Because asking taxes from your citizens is sooo weird.
The American Revolution is weird as hell. I mean I understand why people wanted to have representation in the English Parliament, but none of Britain's other colonies got it.
Objection, your honour. That doesn't even make sense.
The American Revolution is weird as hell. I mean I understand why people wanted to have representation in the English Parliament, but none of Britain's other colonies got it.all i can say is "because it's Merica!!!"
The American Revolution is weird as hell. I mean I understand why people wanted to have representation in the English Parliament, but none of Britain's other colonies got it.
The American Revolution is weird as hell. I mean I understand why people wanted to have representation in the English Parliament, but none of Britain's other colonies got it.
Because the 13 colonies were white
The American Revolution is weird as hell. I mean I understand why people wanted to have representation in the English Parliament, but none of Britain's other colonies got it.
Because the 13 colonies were white
They denied that they did something like that. However the Iraqies thought they did. Though even then, the Iraqies had a huge debt that they had to repay to Kuwait.
They denied that they did something like that. However the Iraqies thought they did. Though even then, the Iraqies had a huge debt that they had to repay to Kuwait.
Aye, to speak in EU4 terms... Iraq had a good ''Casus Belli'' to go to war, that's for sure.
No shit sherlock.
They denied that they did something like that. However the Iraqies thought they did. Though even then, the Iraqies had a huge debt that they had to repay to Kuwait.
Aye, to speak in EU4 terms... Iraq had a good ''Casus Belli'' to go to war, that's for sure.
Kuwait...Kurwa...Yeah, seems legit.
Did somebody say, "whore?"
That, and "Kurwa" is Polish for "whore."
We is speculative, since I doubt most people knew that...No, really. Most people know that, and they also know that it is also used to say "shit!" for example.
We is speculative, since I doubt most people knew that...
no one else is finding the great emu war one of the most biggest failures?this war has been said in this thread a dozen times by now. So yeah alot of people find it a failure :p
its a war against birds that cant even fly... and it was lost by humans...
ah, i didnt know that.Caligula.
anyway, another one, a Roman emperor, cant remember who it was, declared war on the sea, and as a bonus, ordered his soldiers to collect every single sea shell on all the beaches that Rome controlled, there was a reason behind it but i cant remember what it was but it was something insane.
NeroPlease tell
Nah, i dont even want to go deep why he raised the army of prostitues to fight the rebellion against him.
I think one of the biggest failures in history was overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh's government orchestrated by CIA and MI6. This coup d'état showed Arabs that democracy and freedom means nothing if they conflict with interests of the West. The overthrow of a democratically elected government is unacceptable for me.I hope that you're not talking about the Iranians when you say "Arabs", because Iranians are not arab at all.
Everyone who isn't American is an Arab.
I think one of the biggest failures in history was overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh's government orchestrated by CIA and MI6. This coup d'état showed Arabs that democracy and freedom means nothing if they conflict with interests of the West. The overthrow of a democratically elected government is unacceptable for me.
The Sea Battle of Lissa during the 3rd Italian War of Independence.Ah Italy...second to Austria in military failures in my personal opinion.
To make it short: The Italian forces were made of modern ironclads and cruisers while the Austrian fleet had mainly gunboats and only 7 ironclads with 48-pounders instead of breech-loading howitzers like the Italians had them.
The proportion was 28 Italian ships vs 26 Austrian ships.
In the beginning the two fleets were only changing shells over a large distance. The Austrians were not able to fracture the Italian platings and the Italins just did not strike anything (the hit rate for the Italians:Austrians was 1:10). Only a one-hit wonder appeared when the Austrian Kapitän von Moll lost his head. Then the Austrian admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff ordered to attack and, if possible, ramm the enemied ships in close combat.
During the whole battle not even one Italian commander knew where the admiral Persano was because he changed his flagship shortly before the battle but forgot to tell anyone.
In the end the Austrians had 38 dead soldiers while the Italians lost 2 ironclads and 660 men.
But this was only the military fail. For the emerging Italy it was unacceptable that the glorious nation had lost a seabattle against the antiquated Hapsburg monarchy. That's why the authorities just denied any defeat and soon the newspapers were full of reports about the Italian victory of Lissa where the Austrian fleet had lost 2, 4 or even 8 ships with 700, sometimes 1500 killed enemies. The biggest jubilation was caused by the "sinking of the SMS Kaiser" which was disproved by Tegetthoff a few days later when he organized a banquet on the "sunken Kaiser" for foreign diplomats and military attaches.
America is pretty much just one huge failure.Hence why it has the largest GDP.
America has pretty much been one huge failure since the 1950'sU wot m8?
America has pretty much been one huge failure since the 1950'sU wot m8?
We brought FREEEDOM to:
IRAQI OIL
KOREAN GANGAM STYLE
VIETNAMESECANADIAN BACON
RUSSIA
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AFGANISTERN
KUWAITI OIL
JUDENLAND
AND
THE SAUSAGE EATERZ
OF ALL THE THINGS on that list...you crossed out Canadian Bacon?America has pretty much been one huge failure since the 1950'sU wot m8?
We brought FREEEDOM to:
IRAQI OIL
KOREAN GANGAM STYLE
VIETNAMESECANADIAN BACON
RUSSIA
AAAAAMMMMMMUUUUURRRRRRRIIIIIICCCCCAAAAA
AFGANISTERN
KUWAITI OIL
JUDENLAND
AND
THE SAUSAGE EATERZ
Just gonna cross that one off the list ... pretty simple reason why ... just no.
OF ALL THE THINGS on that list...you crossed out Canadian Bacon?America has pretty much been one huge failure since the 1950'sU wot m8?
We brought FREEEDOM to:
IRAQI OIL
KOREAN GANGAM STYLE
VIETNAMESECANADIAN BACON
RUSSIA
AAAAAMMMMMMUUUUURRRRRRRIIIIIICCCCCAAAAA
AFGANISTERN
KUWAITI OIL
JUDENLAND
AND
THE SAUSAGE EATERZ
Just gonna cross that one off the list ... pretty simple reason why ... just no.
Shows where your priorities are m8. As a red-blooded, god-fearing American, I believe that it is our divine duty to liberate all oppressed peoples of the world with the most natural resources.
This ones well know so i won't bother explaining it too much.
The Battle of Cannae. That cocky bastard Varro thinks he can just march his legions in a crowded checkerboard formation? He doesn't think any of the following:
-Paullus is my elder and therefore a bit wiser, maybe I should listen to him
-My men are so tightly packed together that they can barely move my arms
-Roman cavalry won't stand a chance against Numidian
-Hannibal has defeated all forces and consuls before me (all of which had larger armies and use almost the same strategy), maybe I should approach with caution.
In a bigger sense, Hannibal is the failure for not using the victory to take Rome apart one stone at a time. It was the only way they'd win the war.Hannibal really couldn't continue and attack Rome after Cannae due to the massive loses that occurred during the battle. Also it didn't help that Hannibal wanted to dishearten Rome enough for them to sue for peace.
Also it didn't help that Hannibal wanted to dishearten Rome enough for them to sue for peace.
Also it didn't help that Hannibal wanted to dishearten Rome enough for them to sue for peace.
Probably fair to assume that he wasn't aware that they were too batshit insane to make peace, even after a defeat of that magnitude, yeah.
Ah....Rome's batshit crazy nationalismAlso it didn't help that Hannibal wanted to dishearten Rome enough for them to sue for peace.
Probably fair to assume that he wasn't aware that they were too batshit insane to make peace, even after a defeat of that magnitude, yeah.
They were crazy. No one could've predicted that.
Ney's charge wasn't as much of a fail as it is described. His biggest mistake was not to bring infantry to support the horsemen fighting the British squares.
The 60th.
That wasnt hus mistake either, the Young Guard brigades were supposed to accompany the cavalry but they were sent to Plancenoit to meet the Prussians at the last moment.
Hitler commanding the German army and making all the decisions.
Hitler commanding the German army and making all the decisions.
How is this a failure? It got them pretty far. There's never any blaming Stalin for Red Army fuck-ups because there was never evidence compiled against him.
I'm mostly referring to places where Hitler could have turned a victory into a major victory or turned a defeat into a victory, for example, he could have destroyed the British Army at Dunkirk completely, rather, he decided to wait for German army and artillery before he assaulted, the battle of Kursk was delayed because Hitler personally wanted heavy tiger tanks to be in the assault giving the Russians even more time to prepare defenses, or the Battle of the Bulge. Although somewhat effective in theory, it simply wouldn't work with allied air power. It was predicted that Germany could have held out for at least 5-6 more months if they hadn't had committed so much man power and resources to the attack. which could have caused the morale of the allied forces to wane from fighting so long, losing so many men, and being relatively raw compared to a German Army that has been fighting for over 6 years and with veterans being distributed with raw recruits to create more cohesion.Hitler commanding the German army and making all the decisions.
How is this a failure? It got them pretty far. There's never any blaming Stalin for Red Army fuck-ups because there was never evidence compiled against him.
The K-KA.
Crimean warfor the British. Charge of the light brigade was the famous cock-up but the fact that the government was so aristocratic that they refused to supply the army without paper work, causing mass spread of disease in the camps, that was just as bad.
Crimeanwarfor the British. Charge of the light brigade was the famous cock-up but the fact that the government was so aristocratic that they refused to supply the army without paper work, causing mass spread of disease in the camps, that was just as bad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kar%C3%A1nsebesBoozes are important to war. Like bagpipes to the Scottish. Or swearing to the Scottish. Or violence.
All of this, over a keg of freakin Schnapps.
TheFixed.nuclearAtomic bombings of japan in ww2. The cold war.Just paranoia on both sides.
The nuclear bombings of japan in ww2. The cold war.Just paranoia on both sides.The fear was understandable and the insanity could be considered logical. Its human nature to fear your neighbor
Didn't those atomic bombs use nuclear fission?TheFixed.nuclearAtomic bombings of japan in ww2. The cold war.Just paranoia on both sides.
Correct. Atomic use fission and Hydrogen use Fusion.Didn't those atomic bombs use nuclear fission?TheFixed.nuclearAtomic bombings of japan in ww2. The cold war.Just paranoia on both sides.
Still nuclear though, so you could say that nuclear bombs were used at Hiroshima. :PCorrect. Hydrogen use Fusion.Didn't those atomic bombs use nuclear fission?TheFixed.nuclearAtomic bombings of japan in ww2. The cold war.Just paranoia on both sides.
Nuclear is more of an umbrella term though it is most often used for Hydrogen bombs.
A bit more clarification is always helpful I think. ;)Still nuclear though, so you could say that nuclear bombs were used at Hiroshima. :PCorrect. Hydrogen use Fusion.Didn't those atomic bombs use nuclear fission?TheFixed.nuclearAtomic bombings of japan in ww2. The cold war.Just paranoia on both sides.
Nuclear is more of an umbrella term though it is most often used for Hydrogen bombs.
I still can't understand why people think the throwing of the atomic bombs on Japan was bad. It saved millions of lives; American, Japs and Soviets and shortened the war by potentially years. As much as Japan was in ruins after the war, an invasion would have been much, much more devastating and the Japanese simply didn't know the word surrender. Let's not forget that even after the Atomic Bombs had been dropped, the entire Japanese War Cabined voted to continue the war; It was the emperor that made an end to it.
Say what you think the biggest failures in history were. They can be events, people, nations, laws, battles, etc. Don't make your decisions based off race, nationality, or just plain idiotic grounds.
For me:
The Austrian Empire
Why: Battle of Karánsebes. That's why
My parents told me I was their biggest failure because I was a mistake :'( :'( :'( :'(Here's the twist: I am your parents
If you wanna talk warcrimes, the Japanese don't really have a clean sheet to begin with. Of course the Americans cared more about their own men lives. Doesn't change the fact that conventional warfare would have laid Japan in ruins and the Japanese populace destroyed.+1