Worst Military Loss in History

[Syphonz]

i remember reading about a battle in Canadian history (civil war stuff) and this general's troops were outnumbered at least 10:1, so before the battle began he made everyone of his soldiers start firing rounds into the air. The opposing general apperently fell for this deception and retreated because he thought he was greatly outnumbered without even seeing the opposition, only hearing it.

that's pretty fucking fail.

 

[stonethered]

Anzacs landing at Turkey during WW1, I think it was.

Gallipoli, You're thinking of Gallipoli.
Fun fact: The mastermind behind the Gallipoli invasion was Winston Churchil, lord of the admiralty. He would later become the prime minister of Britain.

 

[FluffyNeurosis]

How about some Asian history guys? Boxer Rebellion - Japan, Russia, UK, France, Germany, USA, Italy and Ausstria-Hungary VS China and some angry peasants. Guess what happens.

 

[Slaanax]

The Vietnamese were also a highly trained, veteran fighting force who had recently beat the French out of their territory, who actually had modern weapons and the AK-47 is still in use today.

 

[Neurowaste]

Being Russian, it pains me to say the Winter War, but, god damn. wrrryyyyy!?

 

[Srkkl]

The battle of Antitum, the single bloodiest day until World War 1. (U.S. Civil War BTW)

Battle of New Orleans, thousands of Brits died, while 11 Americans died, doesn't get any worse

The total irony was that battle happed I think two weeks after the peace treaty was signed.

 

[Markgraf]

The Battle of Cajamarca [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cajamarca]
<200 Spaniards vs 7000-8000 Incans; One wounded on the Spanish side and the total annihilation of the 7000-8000 strong Incan army. Compared to other moments mentioned in this thread, such as Little Bighorn, Pizarro had less troops than Custer, while Atahualpa had approximately four times as many troops as Sitting Bull. I actually sometimes get somewhat aroused from those statistics.

 

[Srkkl]

How about some Asian history guys? Boxer Rebellion - Japan, Russia, UK, France, Germany, USA, Italy and Ausstria-Hungary VS China and some angry peasants. Guess what happens.

Or the "Rape of Nankind" that shit was gruesome, damn Japanese. Just in case you didn't know this was when Japan first started invading China pre WWII and one of the towns was Nankind, 50,000 women were raped/killed along with 300,000 civilians killed. The worst part is the Japanese still deny it ever happend.

 

[Jackson - Deathclaw]

Gallipoli

because of those brain-dead British pillocks who landed us on the wrong fucking beach!

 

[Berethond]

For us Americans, I'd say our two horrendously failed attempts to invade Canada, seriously, Canada defeated us in a war, sadness.

Seriously?
Several hundred drunk Irishmen took over part of Canada during the Civil War.
American Colonists took over Montreal before the Revolution.

 

[Berethond]

The Battle of Thermopylae: 300 Spartans, as well as ~1100 other Greeks, hold off a Persian force many times their own size (actual figures are unknown, between 200 000 and 250 000, and 900 000, or up to 2.5 million).

The Spartans did lose in the end, but they did serious damage. Considering that they sent around 1500 total troops against 200 000+, it could be called the worst military loss in history.

You forget about the other ten thousand troops the Spartans brought with them.

 

[Slaanax]

[/quote]You forget about the other ten thousand troops the Spartans brought with them.[/quote]

that puts the numbers to somewhere between 10 to 1 to 100 1 odds they faced for 3 days.

 

[Aesir23]

For us Americans, I'd say our two horrendously failed attempts to invade Canada, seriously, Canada defeated us in a war, sadness.

I dunno, we get pretty bitchy if someone attempts to invade us. >_> And never discount the usefulness of parkas, all that stuffing will stop a bullet cold.

We actually used to be a kickass military power. Now... not so much, though we are improving equipment-wise. I mean come on, we get real guns now! Not muskets and sharp sticks.

 

[Dorian Cornelius Jasper]

Picsnip

Yeah, look at the death toll sparky.

And yet america still lost...

Yes. There is such a thing as winning the battle but losing the war.

 

[geldonyetich]

I'd say it's a fairly big loss the moment any two groups of people find themselves committed to killing each other.

 

[JimmerDunda]

There was no clear cut victory in Vietnam. You also forgot to leave out the fact the Vietnamese were fighting on their own turf they knew very well. Also you forgot to leave out the Viet-Kong which makes things a ***** when half the people you are fighting for want to kill you as well. The USA eventually pulled out because of unrest and protests in the USA.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

The battle for Rzhev during WW2.
This coming from a Russian.