Petersburg-Battle of the Crater.

bay of pigs

The Battle of the Crater - siege of Petersburg, Virginia.

Originally Posted by chewie_nz

bay of pigs

Thats a winner. But the Cuban Expats were misled in the belief JFK would provide the air cover and assistance he promised, so I think that rests sqaurely on him.

How about Diem Bien Phu.

I mean what the hell were the French thinking.

Originally Posted by 03USMC

Thats a winner. But the Cuban Expats were misled in the belief JFK would provide the air cover and assistance he promised, so I think that rests sqaurely on him.

yep, in general just a big bolloxey mess

[Already Mentioned] Custer's last stand.

Napoleon's march on Russia. Because he was the "original" one to get done in by Russia's winter and huge distance... Hitler just didn't read up on French history enough

The Bay of Pigs was a blunder, but I think it is a red herring to suggest lack of air support is what doomed it.

The plan hinged on picking up widespread support from the Cuban people. That was proven to be naive, and the 1500-man force had no chance of succeeding without significant ground support.

When the US finally did send in planes, four pilots were killed. We did not have the the type of dominance over the sky that we enjoy now.

I'm surprised that Chewie or other ANZAC folks didn't mention Gallipoli. A tremendous loss of lives and ships that did not accomplish one single thing decisive in WWI and was the scene of error after error after error. Nobody can question the valor of the troops, but the generals involved and Churchill who promoted it made a very grievious error indeed.