Favorite historical fails.
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The British bombardments at the battle of the Somme in World War 1 was pretty failerific aswell. Been bombin for days while the germans where underground....chillin.
Apparently Napoleon once lost a battle against Rabbits.
He was hosting a party and there was going to be a hunt later on, so he ordered one of his servants to fill his estate with game.
The servant managed to find a HUGE amount of rabbits, and let them into the estate.
However the servant had bought domesticated rabbits, so instead of running from the hunting party, they charged towards them in the hope of being fed.
Napoleon was chased to his cart by the swarm of rabbits and fled the estate.
This story is in one of my many amusing fact books, don't know if it's all true, but it seems a funny story regardless.
He was hosting a party and there was going to be a hunt later on, so he ordered one of his servants to fill his estate with game.
The servant managed to find a HUGE amount of rabbits, and let them into the estate.
However the servant had bought domesticated rabbits, so instead of running from the hunting party, they charged towards them in the hope of being fed.
Napoleon was chased to his cart by the swarm of rabbits and fled the estate.
This story is in one of my many amusing fact books, don't know if it's all true, but it seems a funny story regardless.
Yes, this one is embarassing for me. They brought blankets and hats to trade with the locals! Idiots!The infamous SCAMola said:
The Second defenestration of Prague.
Starting a war by throwing a couple of politicians out of the window = bad.
Failing to kill said politicians in the process = fail.
Starting a war by throwing a couple of politicians out of the window = bad.
Failing to kill said politicians in the process = fail.
My top 3:
#1 The Siege of Malta (1566)
#2 Operation Barbarossa (1943-4)
#3 The Battle of Austerlitz (1805)
#1 The Siege of Malta (1566)
#2 Operation Barbarossa (1943-4)
#3 The Battle of Austerlitz (1805)
I'm not sure what the battle was called but it wasn't Agincourt, but 1,000 English Fusiliers turned up at a battle and 10,000 French soldiers turned up. Every single french soldier murdered and about 200 Fusiliers killed. If anyone goes on to the British Army website and looks at the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, note that they have a red and white hackle. The white hackles symbolise British Monarchy, and the red symbolises the defeat of the French. It's even said that red is from where the winning British dipped their hackles in the blood of the French. EPIC phail on the french part yet again.
Mongol China invasion of Japan in 1274.
An armada of nearly 900 vessels with more than 40,000 troops was dispatched from Korea. The armada demolished Tsushima and Iki islands and arrived at Hakata Bay. The following day, the troops landed fought the Japanese defense, which was no match for Mongol cavalry tactics and weaponry.
However, that night, when the Mongols retired to their ships, a severe storm hit the island, sinking 200 ships and killing over 13,000 Mongol soldiers. As a result, the remaining armada retreated back to Korea, ending in an unsuccessful invasion.
An armada of nearly 900 vessels with more than 40,000 troops was dispatched from Korea. The armada demolished Tsushima and Iki islands and arrived at Hakata Bay. The following day, the troops landed fought the Japanese defense, which was no match for Mongol cavalry tactics and weaponry.
However, that night, when the Mongols retired to their ships, a severe storm hit the island, sinking 200 ships and killing over 13,000 Mongol soldiers. As a result, the remaining armada retreated back to Korea, ending in an unsuccessful invasion.
During the War of the triple alliance between Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, there was a commander that had set up an ambush, but instead of being quiet and waiting, he gave an inspiring speech and at every break his troops yelled VIVAS, they were spotted and end up taking a lot of casualties.
It's not exactly a historical blunder, except in it's portrayal, and that's the Boston Tea Party.
Your text book and your teachers would have you believe that it was this noble, patriotic act of rebellion against an unjust monarchy. How dare they make us pay more for our tea?! It's a cool little fabrication that gets the juices flowing, right?
In fact at the time, the principle method of importing tea into the colonies was through unlicensed smugglers, undercutting the price of tea imported from Britain through the East India Trading Co. The Tea act, which most children are lead to believe was a tax hike on British tea, was actually a price reduction ( as well as eliminating some of the middle men EIT had to go through to get it state side), all in an effort to stay competitive with the smugglers.
It's true that people did dress up like Native American and throw a shit load of tea overboard, but the people weren't colonists, but smugglers sending a message to Britain. The message? "Don't fuck with our tea, you wankers!"
SO yeah, the Boston Tea Party is a sham kids.
Your text book and your teachers would have you believe that it was this noble, patriotic act of rebellion against an unjust monarchy. How dare they make us pay more for our tea?! It's a cool little fabrication that gets the juices flowing, right?
In fact at the time, the principle method of importing tea into the colonies was through unlicensed smugglers, undercutting the price of tea imported from Britain through the East India Trading Co. The Tea act, which most children are lead to believe was a tax hike on British tea, was actually a price reduction ( as well as eliminating some of the middle men EIT had to go through to get it state side), all in an effort to stay competitive with the smugglers.
It's true that people did dress up like Native American and throw a shit load of tea overboard, but the people weren't colonists, but smugglers sending a message to Britain. The message? "Don't fuck with our tea, you wankers!"
SO yeah, the Boston Tea Party is a sham kids.