Worst Military Loss in History
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hmmm, that was kinda my point. One of the main reasons Nazis invaded Poland was because they were able to do it in co-operation with the USSR without fear of provoking Stalin. Not that Germany really needed help from the USSR but the thing that always help Hitler back from invading Poland was Stalin interpreting this military expansion as a threat to the USSR and prompting an attack.Actsub said:
Now it is hard to say what what would have happened if the Molotov-Rippentroff Agreement had not been signed but it is hard to see the decent into WWII without Poland being Invaded, and it is hard to see Poland being invaded by Germany without the USSR being placated in some way. Stalin could have stopped WWII if he had just stood firm against Nazi military Expansion.
Don't know about whether Pearl Harbour or Imperial Japanese expansion would have been prevented though.
Of course British propaganda had a hell of a time with this as they went to war over Germany invading Poland, then they found themselves allies with the USSR who ALSO invaded Poland and after the war completely absorbed it into the USSR.
Battle of Cannae on August 2, 216 BC. Hannibal and his 40,000 Carthaginian, Gaulish, and Spanish soldiers along with 10,000 calvary utterly annihilate an entire Roman army of around 80,000. The number of Roman dead is estimated as being between 45,000 and 70,000. It was the worst defeat ever inflicted upon Rome. It is remembered as being the first example of a battle of annihilation.
Indeed. Pushing back the russian army with 600-ish men for 120-ish killed is a pretty decisive womping for the Russians.WINDOWCLEAN2 said:
In fact, the Russians seem to have a habit of getting their heads stoved in by tiny numbers of crazy men. Which would be where the Fins come in, nobody's going to top the Winter war in a hurry.
Except perhaps the Vietnamese [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War].
