Explore pivotal incidents of catastrophic failure in battle and consider how these errors changed the course of history in this fascinating 24-lesson series.
History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach
Overview
Syllabus
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- 01: Petersburg: Union Digs Its Own Grave-1864
- 02: Syracuse: Athens's Second Front-413 B.C.
- 03: Carrhae: The Parthian Shot-53 B.C.
- 04: Red Cliffs: Cao Cao's Bad Day-208 A.D.
- 05: Barbarian Gate: Adrianople-378, Pliska-811
- 06: Fourth Crusade: Byzantium Betrayed-1204
- 07: Kalka River: Genghis Khan's General-1223
- 08: Courtrai: Knights versus Shopkeepers-1302
- 09: Nagashino: Taking Swords to a Gunfight-1575
- 10: Cartagena: High Walls, Short Ladders-1741
- 11: Culloden: The Bonnie Prince Blunders-1746
- 12: Russia: Napoleon Retreats in the Snow-1812
- 13: Afghanistan: Khyber Pass Death Trap-1842
- 14: Crimea: Charge of the Light Brigade-1854
- 15: Greasy Grass: Custer's Last Stand-1876
- 16: Isandlwana: 25,000 Zulus Undetected-1879
- 17: Adwa: Italy's Fiasco in Ethiopia-1896
- 18: Colenso: The Second Boer War-1899
- 19: Tannenberg: Ineptitude in the East-1914
- 20: Gallipoli: Churchill Dooms Allied Assault-1915
- 21: World War II: Royal Navy Goes Down-1941-42
- 22: Dieppe Raid: Catastrophe on the Beach-1942
- 23: Operation Market Garden: A Bridge Too Far-1944
- 24: The Great Blunders: Four Paths to Failure
Taught by
Gregory S. Aldrete
