http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Worst+Military+Loss+in+History
Have to say I got a good laugh out of the first result.
Have to say I got a good laugh out of the first result.
Worst Military Loss in History
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Agincourt so you know.bobhubba said:
Anyway, I'm quite disappointed by the lack of mention of Gettysburg. That battle turned the tide of the war, and not to mention it being the bloodiest 3 days in American history...
Oh i see, you turning a historical discussion into a fight. are you irish by any chance?BudZer said:
Yeah fair enough. But to be honest you can really rank ireland with the Afghans. Those boys have thrown down through-out history and continually won.Furburt said:
You do realise that the Second World War started because of the invasion of Poland, right? It's not like the deal made much of a difference, it just sped up the process a little by reducing the amount of land Germany had to take to get to Russia's borders.Treblaine said:
You mean the Somme.Agrael said:
I'm sorry, I wasn't aware this was a thread about opinions, I thought this was a thread about flapping your dong around and dancing merrily, I was quite worried that someone might misinterpret me pointing outFloppertje said:
Trafalgar. The battle which guaranteed Empire and more or less defined the shape of the modern world. And the reason that we all speak English instead of French. Apparently Napoleon got so pissed off at the performance of his naval personnel that to this day, French Navy captains are not allowed the suffix "Mon", i.e. you don't say "Mon Capitaine" leading to the expression, "En la Marine c'est "mon Dieu" et "mon cul", mait ne pas mon Capitaine!"
Translation: "In the Navy there is "my God" and "my arse" but not "my Captain"."
Runner up is Salamis. It more or less, along with Platea guaranteed the ascendancy of the Greeks, the decline of the Persian Empire and, by extension, the supremacy of Western Civilization as we know it. Even worse was that Xerxes had on his side guys like the Phoenicians, who more or less invented the art of naval warfare and sailing. It got so bad that Artemisia of Cannae, a female naval commander fighting for Xerxes, rammed one of her own ships in a bid to deceive a Greek ship bearing down on her. This prompted Xerxes, who mistakenly thought she had rammed a Greek ship to say "My women have become men and my men have all become women!"
Yeah I'm Navy.
GO NAVY!
Translation: "In the Navy there is "my God" and "my arse" but not "my Captain"."
Runner up is Salamis. It more or less, along with Platea guaranteed the ascendancy of the Greeks, the decline of the Persian Empire and, by extension, the supremacy of Western Civilization as we know it. Even worse was that Xerxes had on his side guys like the Phoenicians, who more or less invented the art of naval warfare and sailing. It got so bad that Artemisia of Cannae, a female naval commander fighting for Xerxes, rammed one of her own ships in a bid to deceive a Greek ship bearing down on her. This prompted Xerxes, who mistakenly thought she had rammed a Greek ship to say "My women have become men and my men have all become women!"
Yeah I'm Navy.
GO NAVY!
I'm going to have to say that one of the worst losses in a single battle would have been by the British to the Zulu in 1879. Apparently an entire British Regiment went to go beat up some Zulu tribesmen and got wiped out. The battle was such a disaster for the British that the battle wasn't even named.
http://www.logoi.com/notes/zulu_victory_over_british_troops.html
... and then the British go on to thoroughly destroy the Zulu for years to come.
http://www.logoi.com/notes/zulu_victory_over_british_troops.html
... and then the British go on to thoroughly destroy the Zulu for years to come.
