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Explore pivotal incidents of catastrophic failure in battle and consider how these errors changed the course of history in this fascinating 24-lesson series.

Syllabus

  • 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
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Gregory S. Aldrete

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