History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach

History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach « Series from 2015

Series from 2015

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Genres: Documentary, Special Interest

In History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach, you'll study these crucibles of history to gain a better understanding of why a civilization took-or didn't take-a particular path.

Examine some of the world's most notable examples of military misfortune, from the destruction of a Roman army at the Battle of Carrhae to the tragic landings at Gallipoli in World War I.

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Petersburg: Union Digs Its Own Grave-1864

Syracuse: Athens’s Second Front-413 B.C.

Carrhae: The Parthian Shot-53 B.C.

Red Cliffs: Cao Cao’s Bad Day-208 A.D.

Barbarian Gate: Adrianople-378, Pliska-811

Fourth Crusade: Byzantium Betrayed-1204

Kalka River: Genghis Khan’s General-1223

Courtrai: Knights versus Shopkeepers-1302

Nagashino: Taking Swords to a Gunfight-1575

Cartagena: High Walls, Short Ladders-1741

Culloden: The Bonnie Prince Blunders-1746

Russia: Napoleon Retreats in the Snow-1812

Afghanistan: Khyber Pass Death Trap-1842

Crimea: Charge of the Light Brigade-1854

Greasy Grass: Custer’s Last Stand-1876

Isandlwana: 25,000 Zulus Undetected-1879

Adwa: Italy’s Fiasco in Ethiopia-1896

Colenso: The Second Boer War-1899

Tannenberg: Ineptitude in the East-1914

Gallipoli: Churchill Dooms Allied Assault-1915

World War II: Royal Navy Goes Down-1941-42

Dieppe Raid: Catastrophe on the Beach-1942

Operation Market Garden: A Bridge Too Far-1944

The Great Blunders: Four Paths to Failure