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George Washington crosses the Delaware!
and then everyone's feet start bleeding.
Sources:
Henry Wood. The Battles of the American Revolution
William Stryker. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton
John Ferling. Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
Vince Hawkins. The Battle of Trenton. Military Heritage. Vol. 5, No. 5 -
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A King has a fever dream and launches the 7th crusade, following the exact same battle plan as a previous failed crusade because he thinks he's built different. He isn't.
Sources:
Jonathan Riley-Smith. The Oxford History of the Crusades
Alexander Mikaberidze. Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World A Historical Encyclopedia
Christopher Marshall, Warfare in the Latin East, 1192–1291
Douglas Sterling. The Battle of Al Mansourah and the Seventh Crusade, 1251 -
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The English launch a raid against the Spanish city of Cadiz. Instead of planning anything whatsoever, the English get drunk on the beach and die.
Correction: James VI/James I. Not James IV
Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070311113513/http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/123/123%20292%201626.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20061003025931/http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/glossary/cadiz.htm
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/cadiz-expedition-1625-m.html
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781315257228-16/expedition-cadiz-1625-ronald-bedford-lloyd-davis -
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Patton sends his soldiers into a tunnel meat grinder, suffering his first and only real defeat as a commander during WWII
Sources:
Anthony Kemp. The Unknown Battle: Metz
John Nelson Rickard. Patton at Bay: the Lorraine Campaign, September to December, 1944
Duane E. Shaffer. Patton’s Lost Battle. Warfare History Network
Ryan McLachlan. Battle of Fort Driant – World War II’s Strangest Engagement? War History Online -
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A British engineer attempts to create a weapon for breaching the Atlantic wall. He does not succeed.
Sources:
Brian Johnson. The Secret War.
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/well-didnt-work-rolling-rocket-bomb-designed-kill-nazis-almost-killed-dog-instead/
https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/second-world-war/the-great-panjandrum-scares-a-dog/1123500263001
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Joe and Tom ponder the existence of Armenians in the Marvel Universe and the charity work of the DGVVA -
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The story of how a very stupid dictator ended up swinging upside down in front of a cheering crowd.
sources:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/death-of-benito-mussolini
https://www.history.com/news/mussolinis-final-hours
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/how-did-benito-mussolini-die-the-story-behind-il-duces-last-moments/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/benito-mussolini-death
Ray Mosley. The Last 600 Days of Il Duce. -
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A bunch of racist, libertarian farmers who hate taxes revolt against the British. No, not that time, the other time.
Sources:
Laband, John. The first Anglo-Boer War 1880-1881
Pakenham, Thomas. The Boer War.
Meredith, Martin. Diamonds, Gold, and War: The Making of South Africa
Pretorius, Fransjohan. The Boer Wars.
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The Huns go to war against Rome in what turns into one of the bigger "Greater Unifying Theory of Fuck That Guy" Moments in history.
Sources:
Jordanes. The Getica
Bury, John Bagnall. History of the Later Roman Empire.
Man, John. Attila: The Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome.
Stoddard, Brooke. The Battle of the Catalunian Plains. -
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Stranded in the mountains of Afghanistan, 21 Sikh soldiers face off against thousands of Afghan tribesmen. Hamstrung by British military racism and some of the dumbest battle plans the brits could come up with, they fight till the last.
Sources:
Jay Singh-Sohal. Saragarhi: The Forgotten Battle.
Col Kanwaljit Singh. Saragarhi Battalion: Ashes to Glory
https://www.sikhnet.com/news/battle-saragarhi-tale-sacrifice-and-unyielding-bravery-sikh-history
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