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Most humiliating? The British surrender of Singapore to the Japs.
The most humiliating defeat in modern warfare history? Modern Warfare history? I don't think things went so well for Saddam, and Baghdad Bob. If anyone knows about Modern Warfare, then they know the most one-sided victory in the History of Modern Warfare was the Battle of 73 Easting.
That was due in large part to the superior weaponry the U.S. had over the Iraqis
The Battle of San Jacinto (though not 'modern') was much more impressive to me.
The surrender of Singapore is among the great humiliations in military history. Brits had the men, the equipment and the rank and file will. What they didn't have was leadership.
MacArthur bailing out of the Philippines isn't even in the same world of cowardly leadership, although it is well within the world of doubtful leadership.
Nothing that has happened in the Levant in the last 800 years is even relevant to the discussion of significant military humiliations.
How about the First day on the Somme for the British Army in World War 1?
"It is remembered as the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army when 57,470 men became casualties, of whom 19,240 were killed or died of wounds."
First day on the Somme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was a defeat for the British Army in the sense that all the casualties they incurred resulted in no military advantage at the end of that day.
Napoleon's advance and retreat into russa?
At nearly half a million strong, the Grande Armée marched through Western Russia
When the remnants of Napoleon's army crossed the Berezina River in November, only 27,000 fit soldiers remained; the Grand Armée had lost some 380,000 men dead and 100,000 captured.[9]
Death or captured rate of his entire invading army? 94.6%
I cannot think of ANY major invasion with such losses.
If I've overlook one, please let me know.
The early 1800's are hardly modern military.
The most humiliating defeat in modern warfare history? Modern Warfare history? I don't think things went so well for Saddam, and Baghdad Bob. If anyone knows about Modern Warfare, then they know the most one-sided victory in the History of Modern Warfare was the Battle of 73 Easting.
That was due in large part to the superior weaponry the U.S. had over the Iraqis
The Battle of San Jacinto (though not 'modern') was much more impressive to me.
The US fought the Iraqis with conventional weapons and it is insulting that ignorant Americans have been taught by the commie pinko cowards who fled to Canada and were pardoned by the Peanut Man that the US victory was somehow "unfair".
If you limit the broad subject of "modern" warfare to be no earlier than the 20th century and limit the subject to the US and it's allies the hands down verdict is the Brit surrender at Singapore and the US surrender at Battan and Corrigador early in WW2.
the most powerful Islamic countries of the middle east !! does their defeat offend you leftist sensibilitiesHalf of the Islamic world? it was like 6 countries dick head.
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It was Egypt, Syria and Jordan with some support troops given by Iraq. Those are all third rate militaries, so I'm not sure where that "all-powerful" crap came from.
If you limit the broad subject of "modern" warfare to be no earlier than the 20th century and limit the subject to the US and it's allies the hands down verdict is the Brit surrender at Singapore and the US surrender at Battan and Corrigador early in WW2.
I personally wouldn't rank the defense of Bataan and Corregidor the same as Singapore. Hopelessly outnumbered and cut off from supplies, reinforcement or withdrawal, they fought a delaying action under impossible conditions for more than 3 months. They only surrendered after they'd fought to the last extreme and almost literally to their last bullet.
That's not even close to the same thing as the surrender of an entire field army at Singapore.
when half of the Islamic world attacks one tiny country and is defeated in 6 days thats pretty damn humiliating for the coalition of Islamic countries envolved.The most humiliating defeat in modern warfare history? Modern Warfare history? I don't think things went so well for Saddam, and Baghdad Bob. If anyone knows about Modern Warfare, then they know the most one-sided victory in the History of Modern Warfare was the Battle of 73 Easting.
Perhaps, but it was politically irrelevant since the Treaty of Ghent had ended the war two weeks earlier. The news had just not crossed the Atlantic in time to prevent the useless effusion of blood.The British at New Orleans was a biggie.
Perhaps, but it was politically irrelevant since the Treaty of Ghent had ended the war two weeks earlier. The news had just not crossed the Atlantic in time to prevent the useless effusion of blood.The British at New Orleans was a biggie.
The "victory" did provide a little propaganda salve to the bruised egos of the transatlantic bumpkins after a sillly, costly war which resulted in the burning of Washington DC in the only war (before Vietnam, of course) which the USA lost.
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