20 Most Infamous Military Disasters
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Date: 2024-01-28
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SiVlog1989
I would put the Suez Crisis on here. As the documentary The Other Side of Suez said, this is a story of how the government of the United Kingdom decided to attack an Arab nation. Of how, afraid its oil supplies were under threat, it embarked on a strategy of regime change. Of how Britain deliberately bypassed the United Nations. And of how a British Prime Minister led the nation to war base on suspect intelligence. But this isn't Iraq 2003, this is Egypt 1956.
There are a lot of parallels to the Iraq War from 2003 with the Suez Crisis. The main differences between them are that both the United States and Soviet Union condemned the attack on Egypt by Britain and France (the Soviets even threatened that nukes would fall on London and Paris. British fuel and currency reserves began to falter, leading to Eden appealing to US President Dwight Eisenhower for help. Eisenhower was very firm, saying to Eden: as soon as you're getting out and really are getting out, we'll help you, but not a minute before,
The price was too much for Eden to bear. As said in the aforementioned documentary: for the Prime Minister, the pressure of failure is unbearable. With Britain facing a winter fuel crisis because of the closure of the canal, he leaves the country for Jamaica, his health and career crumbling.
5 weeks later he's back, but not for long. Eden never returned to front line politics and his reputation never recovered from taking Britain to war in the Middle East under false pretences. Britain's reputation was equally damaged.
The outcome of Suez Crisis was to prove very damaging to Britain's reputation around the world. It proved that the British Empire was dying and Britain was over time increasingly drawn into alliances for political advantage and from military necessity. In fact, it was just under 30 years before Britain embarked on another massive overseas military adventure, the 1982 Falklands War. Even then, it proved to be the last time Britain deployed troops without help from allies
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I would put the Suez Crisis on here. As the documentary The Other Side of Suez said, this is a story of how the government of the United Kingdom decided to attack an Arab nation. Of how, afraid its oil supplies were under threat, it embarked on a strategy of regime change. Of how Britain deliberately bypassed the United Nations. And of how a British Prime Minister led the nation to war base on suspect intelligence. But this isn't Iraq 2003, this is Egypt 1956.
There are a lot of parallels to the Iraq War from 2003 with the Suez Crisis. The main differences between them are that both the United States and Soviet Union condemned the attack on Egypt by Britain and France (the Soviets even threatened that nukes would fall on London and Paris. British fuel and currency reserves began to falter, leading to Eden appealing to US President Dwight Eisenhower for help. Eisenhower was very firm, saying to Eden: as soon as you're getting out and really are getting out, we'll help you, but not a minute before,
The price was too much for Eden to bear. As said in the aforementioned documentary: for the Prime Minister, the pressure of failure is unbearable. With Britain facing a winter fuel crisis because of the closure of the canal, he leaves the country for Jamaica, his health and career crumbling.
5 weeks later he's back, but not for long. Eden never returned to front line politics and his reputation never recovered from taking Britain to war in the Middle East under false pretences. Britain's reputation was equally damaged.
The outcome of Suez Crisis was to prove very damaging to Britain's reputation around the world. It proved that the British Empire was dying and Britain was over time increasingly drawn into alliances for political advantage and from military necessity. In fact, it was just under 30 years before Britain embarked on another massive overseas military adventure, the 1982 Falklands War. Even then, it proved to be the last time Britain deployed troops without help from allies
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JokerLokison
Um. Market Garden And as a combat veteran of Iraq, I find your assertion that it was a disaster both disrespectful and missing the facts that we removed the arguably most ruthless dictator of this generation, united the western clans, brought some sense of safety & security to Iraqi women and Kurdish people, built hospitals, built police and army posts, trained soldiers & police, repaired & maintained Iraq's military equipment, repaired & built up their infrastructure, and attempted to establish democracy. The real disaster is that the long suffering Iraqi people had no will to fight, were poorly educated, were used to a culture of corruption, and had no sense of patriotism, justice, or pride. The insurgent forces invaded Iraq with a single minded zealotry and more in common culturally with the Iraqi people than those sacrificing to protect and liberate them. Also, this not finding WMDs is a LIE. Lest We Forget that Ronald Reagan SOLD Saddam Hussein CHEMICAL WEAPONS that he used on his own people! My unit alone found a buried Connex in the desert outside of Ramadi full of chemical weapon precursors. Before I was deployed, I was at Aberdeen Proving Grounds/Edgewood Arsenal (if you know, you know) where the Tech Escort EOD teams were disposing of Ronnie & Saddam's chemical weapons out in Chesapeake Bay. Ronald Reagan was only slightly less scummy than Saddam, in that he didn't gas his own people (to death) or let his son kill people in an iron maiden in his office.
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Um. Market Garden And as a combat veteran of Iraq, I find your assertion that it was a disaster both disrespectful and missing the facts that we removed the arguably most ruthless dictator of this generation, united the western clans, brought some sense of safety & security to Iraqi women and Kurdish people, built hospitals, built police and army posts, trained soldiers & police, repaired & maintained Iraq's military equipment, repaired & built up their infrastructure, and attempted to establish democracy. The real disaster is that the long suffering Iraqi people had no will to fight, were poorly educated, were used to a culture of corruption, and had no sense of patriotism, justice, or pride. The insurgent forces invaded Iraq with a single minded zealotry and more in common culturally with the Iraqi people than those sacrificing to protect and liberate them. Also, this not finding WMDs is a LIE. Lest We Forget that Ronald Reagan SOLD Saddam Hussein CHEMICAL WEAPONS that he used on his own people! My unit alone found a buried Connex in the desert outside of Ramadi full of chemical weapon precursors. Before I was deployed, I was at Aberdeen Proving Grounds/Edgewood Arsenal (if you know, you know) where the Tech Escort EOD teams were disposing of Ronnie & Saddam's chemical weapons out in Chesapeake Bay. Ronald Reagan was only slightly less scummy than Saddam, in that he didn't gas his own people (to death) or let his son kill people in an iron maiden in his office.
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ChrisJensen-se9rj
Also, your description of General Meade as in control of the Crater Battle at Petersburg is just incorrect.
It was under the command and the brainchild of General Ambrose Burnside, and it was his corps that was conducting the attack. Black troops were slated to lead the assault, but at the last moment we're shelved in favour of white troopers instead. This meant that all the training and rehearsal went begging, as the attacking troops not only took three hours to launch the assault after the mine was blown, but they rushed into the crater itself in their enthusiasm, not understanding that it was in fact the lip of the crater that they should have grabbed control of. Unable to climb out of the crater itself, and pinned down by the Confederate troops who had control of the crater lip, the resulting fiasco cost over 7, 000 casualties for the Union, and cost Burnside his position. Burnside had been involved in other fiascos as well during the conflict, but the Petersburg Crater was the last straw for U. S. Grant, who relieved Burnside permanently.
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Also, your description of General Meade as in control of the Crater Battle at Petersburg is just incorrect.
It was under the command and the brainchild of General Ambrose Burnside, and it was his corps that was conducting the attack. Black troops were slated to lead the assault, but at the last moment we're shelved in favour of white troopers instead. This meant that all the training and rehearsal went begging, as the attacking troops not only took three hours to launch the assault after the mine was blown, but they rushed into the crater itself in their enthusiasm, not understanding that it was in fact the lip of the crater that they should have grabbed control of. Unable to climb out of the crater itself, and pinned down by the Confederate troops who had control of the crater lip, the resulting fiasco cost over 7, 000 casualties for the Union, and cost Burnside his position. Burnside had been involved in other fiascos as well during the conflict, but the Petersburg Crater was the last straw for U. S. Grant, who relieved Burnside permanently.
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ChrisJensen-se9rj
Your description of the Fourth Crusade as Venetian is just wrong.
The Crusaders arrived in Venice and contracted Venice to provide food, lodging and supplies for the entire Crusade. Unfortunately, not as many crusaders arrived in Venice, and the crusaders had overestimated the amount of goods and services that were needed.
Seeking a way to be paid according to the contracts that were signed, the Venetian leader, the blind Heinricho Dandilo, took command of the Crusade itself, and then directed it to defeat and loot the economic competitors of Venice, and ultimately to sack Constantinople itself, to enable the crusaders to pay their bill.
Not a single Moslem was affected by the Fourth Crusade. And all the loot went straight to Venice, some of which is still there to this day.
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Your description of the Fourth Crusade as Venetian is just wrong.
The Crusaders arrived in Venice and contracted Venice to provide food, lodging and supplies for the entire Crusade. Unfortunately, not as many crusaders arrived in Venice, and the crusaders had overestimated the amount of goods and services that were needed.
Seeking a way to be paid according to the contracts that were signed, the Venetian leader, the blind Heinricho Dandilo, took command of the Crusade itself, and then directed it to defeat and loot the economic competitors of Venice, and ultimately to sack Constantinople itself, to enable the crusaders to pay their bill.
Not a single Moslem was affected by the Fourth Crusade. And all the loot went straight to Venice, some of which is still there to this day.
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ksmasterchif
operation landcrab aka the battle for Attu island. the Japanese army invaded Alaska and underestimated the US army's resolve to take it back, they also failed to realize the terrain of Alaska as when the spring thaw hit the following spring it caused the ground to turn to mud and their armor sank into it rendering it useless. its still there.
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operation landcrab aka the battle for Attu island. the Japanese army invaded Alaska and underestimated the US army's resolve to take it back, they also failed to realize the terrain of Alaska as when the spring thaw hit the following spring it caused the ground to turn to mud and their armor sank into it rendering it useless. its still there.
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Bob-tq2jv
Battle of Teutoburg forest in AD 9. Roman Legions marched confident into German tribe territory all confident of conquering the new territory, but were picked off while their marching lines were thinned out by the dark, thick forest. The entire Roman army that marched into the forest never made it out
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Battle of Teutoburg forest in AD 9. Roman Legions marched confident into German tribe territory all confident of conquering the new territory, but were picked off while their marching lines were thinned out by the dark, thick forest. The entire Roman army that marched into the forest never made it out
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MyuNeptune
It's hilarious have massive percentage of conflicts is because of religion (easy way to control people. Yet religion still rules people's minds even so it was created to control masses and centuries passed. I guess education still doesn't prevent people from getting brainwashed.
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It's hilarious have massive percentage of conflicts is because of religion (easy way to control people. Yet religion still rules people's minds even so it was created to control masses and centuries passed. I guess education still doesn't prevent people from getting brainwashed.
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watchmojo
The US never found the WMD because they gave the enemy 6 months of prep time to hide evidence.
Imagine the police telling a criminal that they’re serving them with a search warrant 6 months ahead of time.
Modern western armies can’t have the law of surprise.
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The US never found the WMD because they gave the enemy 6 months of prep time to hide evidence.
Imagine the police telling a criminal that they’re serving them with a search warrant 6 months ahead of time.
Modern western armies can’t have the law of surprise.
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Muhammadwasapedo
You left out Biden's disastrous withdrawel from Afghanistan. You know. Where he abondoned our afghan allies, and needlesly got 13 service members killed. Then President empathy acted like he could care less when thier caskets arrived.
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You left out Biden's disastrous withdrawel from Afghanistan. You know. Where he abondoned our afghan allies, and needlesly got 13 service members killed. Then President empathy acted like he could care less when thier caskets arrived.
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ericbunday1699
I think you mean amphibious landings, not amphibian landings. The former is for soldiers and marines attacking after landing on a beachhead; the latter is an unwanted invasion of frogs and toads.
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I think you mean amphibious landings, not amphibian landings. The former is for soldiers and marines attacking after landing on a beachhead; the latter is an unwanted invasion of frogs and toads.
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nigelkhan9278
The Mongols invasion of Japan that failed twice, Hannibal and The Battle of Cannae, The Battle of Midway, Operation Market Garden and, Soviet-Afghan War and The Battle of Singapore.
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The Mongols invasion of Japan that failed twice, Hannibal and The Battle of Cannae, The Battle of Midway, Operation Market Garden and, Soviet-Afghan War and The Battle of Singapore.
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ultrajd
The Vietnam War was a disaster but not a defeat for American forces.
Also be VERY careful about what you say about the Iraq War.
You forgot a number of events.
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The Vietnam War was a disaster but not a defeat for American forces.
Also be VERY careful about what you say about the Iraq War.
You forgot a number of events.
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nodnarbleahcim5097
Soviet Afghan War
Russo Japanese War
Italian Campaign in Greece during WWII
War of 1812
These couldve at least been honorable mentions.
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Soviet Afghan War
Russo Japanese War
Italian Campaign in Greece during WWII
War of 1812
These couldve at least been honorable mentions.
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klloydplata4098
What a big Big Win! for Native Americans because how Native Americans uses their own clans' or tribes'' strength strategies on beating their enemies.
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What a big Big Win! for Native Americans because how Native Americans uses their own clans' or tribes'' strength strategies on beating their enemies.
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birhanhaddis6283
I am from Ethiopia and I watch ur contents everyday I couldn’t have been more proud when I saw the Battle of Adwa mentioned so thank u watchmojo
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I am from Ethiopia and I watch ur contents everyday I couldn’t have been more proud when I saw the Battle of Adwa mentioned so thank u watchmojo
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MrWright85
I'm surprised you didn't include the Soviet-Afghan war. That blunder played a big factor in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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I'm surprised you didn't include the Soviet-Afghan war. That blunder played a big factor in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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janiekilkelly
The most crushing defeat in American history The fact is it was one of the greatest victories in the real American history!
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The most crushing defeat in American history The fact is it was one of the greatest victories in the real American history!
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