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History Exposé
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Never, in the field of human conflict, has such momentious history been treated so trivially (with apologies to Sir Winston Churchill)!
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My dad was evacuated from dunkirk. He always called it a "total Cock up". 😊
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I was told, I don't know this, how could I? Boudicca drank poison rather than become a prisoner of Rome. Wise choice I think for who knows what the Romans would have done with her
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Crassus was played by Laurence Olivier in the movie, "Spartacus".
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I grew up within ten miles of San Jacinto! I can't tell you how many times I've been to Battlefield Park there. One military encounter that I wish had made it onto this list would be the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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Any list like this should include the battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Zama and Gaugamela weren't blunders, just better generalship. Agincourt was about blundering, but not so much military ones but feudal ones – with knights actually thinking they were a) invincible and b) always to be obeyed. And it was not significant as France went on to win the war – in fact getting rid of so many nobles prob did the French monarchy a huge favour.
The Armada and Op Eagle Claw could have had better detailed planning, but their failure was mainly due too bad luck, not obviously appalling decisions. The Armada was just a bump for Spain, while England became bankrupt and eventually had too be taken over by Scotland after Elizabeth's reign.
Alex's desert journey was to punish the army for refusing to follow hm further into India.
In 1879 the Zulu actually had more rifles and muskets than the British, but maintenance, practice, ammo and tactical organization meant that they had less f an effect, tho they certainly inflicted casualties, each soldier firing as he saw fit.
Balaklava was an Allied victory – Tennyson also wrote about the wildly successful charge of the Heavy Bde and the stunning defence of 'the thin Red line'.
Detroit? a nothing surrender/campaign in a nothing war.
Kudos tho for correctly calling Tet a huge military defeat of the VC and NVA.
You could have had, Midway 1942 – Japanese victory disease loses them the war in 5 minutes. Also, a real, decisive British victory, leaning in to Japanese hubris and lack of logistical planning: Kohima/Imphal, 1944 and FM Slim's liberation of Burma in 1945 – UK's best WW II general. Stalingrad is, shall we say, well known enough, but not so is Kursk, 1943 (that's why the SSBN was named) and more so Op Bagration 1944. Dein Bien Phu, 1954 was pretty stupid, too. In ACW, Nashville 1864 was rank stupidity/spite against his own troops by Gen Hood.
The Schlieffen Plan , 1914, is well known, but not that it was logistically unworkable – as was the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022.
Otherwise, good review
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they definitely did teach the fate of Crassus in history class. Even how his normal winning battle tactic failed and got him killed. They did talk about Scipio Africanus, they taught us all about the Punic wars, the Peloponnesian wars. They did teach us how the English Long bowmen easily defeated the armored knights. Another punic war reference next which I already stated we were taught of all 3 wars where they ended up raising carthage to the ground and sewing their fields with salt, ensuring it will never grow plants again.
I am just gonna say, anything on this list was taught in school but didn't have proper time to dedicate outside the ancient world and our Revolutionary war. So if you don't know then you didn't pay attention. The main thing they didn't teach was what happened in ww1 and ww2, we learned why it started, not the preceding issues why Germany or Austria Hungary had the issues. We didn't even know why Austria hungry ruler being assassinated meant we go to war with Germany(our declaration of war in ww1 was only against Austria Hungry, not Germany) But we know of the armistice and the day 11/11 with the treaty of Versailles
I loved history so I remember everything I learned. But in every other class I would bang my head till I was told I could leave. I was already done with my work I didn't see the need to be there after I finished. But with history I would ask questions not relating directly to the thing we were being taught.
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The guy who executed 10,000 slaves by crucifixion including Spatecus got a horrifying Karma against Persians. He's execution by the Persian was the adoption R.R. Martin Game of Thrones , there is a scene they poured hot molten gold on the heir dragon throne for his degrading insults to his sister's captors. In truth the Persian never forget the evil deeds you pocess..
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England’s first, and last colony has been one blood soaked butcher’s apron after the other
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are you civil (civii, civil, civilian) or military (military, Military, MILITARY) office origin to begin with?
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Very disappointing!
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you mean "the top 25 military defeats that everyone knows about and are most certainly taught in history classes around the world"..and you might as well just list them for how much detail about each is here. AI dreg content.
