The Mujahidin 1979-1989. The Soviet forces arrayed against them were overwhelming, and they managed to use guerrilla tactics to deadly effect.

Originally Posted by Mohmar Deathstrike

Or is it the third?

I am pretty sure it the is the "Second Chechen War."

I think that Hitlers conquest of western Europe in 1940 should be up there amongst the all time great achievements

Originally Posted by LeEnfield

I think that Hitlers conquest of western Europe in 1940 should be up there amongst the all time great achievements

True. Nobody expected Germany to own France that quickly. What about the Afrika Corps victories against numerically superior allies?

Wow, that's a tough question! All of those battles have had great impacts on history. If you were to remove any one from time, then the world today would be very much different.

But since I'm a Navy fan, I just had to choose a naval battle: the Battle of Tsushima Straits (Japan's defeat of Russia in 1905). Even though the Japanese were technologically equal, the Europeans of the time still considered them to be greatly inferior. Thus, Russia went to war fully confident they could beat the "little yellow monkeys". Furthermore, the Japanese fleet was smaller than the Russian one.

Even so, through better ships, crews, and strategies, the Japanese easily won and crushed the Russian Navy. The Japanese finally won some respect from the Western powers. The use of heavy cruisers alongside their battleships by the Japanese led to the rise of the Battlecruiser (which was a bad idea). The fact that the Russian fleet was incapacitated in Port Arthur by Japanese torpedo boats was an early indication that the age of the Battleship was coming to a close. This battle also defended Japanese holdings in Korea (contributing to still-present friction between the two nations) and Manchuria (a foreshadowing of the later invasion in 1937).

And probably the most important effect of all was that this gave the Japanese confidence in their naval skills for much more ambitious outings later in history, particularly in the Second World War.

Yeh it was the first time a European power was defeated by "pagan subhumans" or whatever they called non-whites back then.

Turkish Victory against British,Anzac and Greek Forces in the 1st WW... For Turkey this war is called Turkish Independence War...

Oh The Vietnam war too!

Mohmar Deathstar.....Re North Africa, when Rommel arrived in North Africa many of the Commonwealth troops and equipment had been sent to help Greece and other places. Had Wingate been left those troops he might have taken the whole of North Africa before Rommel had arrived. Then later a large section of the Army was withdrawn to fight in the Far East which led to Rommel's second big charge across the desert. I notice that you did not mentioned that when British and the Commonwealth troops were out numbered 30 to one by the Italians, that the Commonwealth routed the Italians

Turkish Victory against British,Anzac and Greek Forces in the 1st WW... For Turkey this war is called Turkish Independence War...

And well fought it was too!
Funny the link it's created between Turks and Aussies ever since.