Topic: Whats is your favorite War Mistake... 3

samirine · May 2nd, 2004

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Friendly fire, isn't.

Dunno who said it, but that doesn't take away from the truth.

Marksman · May 4th, 2004

Friendly fire in iraq

Padre · September 24th, 2005

It was not quite a "war mistake" but it did start a war, and that was when the driver of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand took a wrong turn down a street in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where an enemy of Austria seized the opportunity to assassinate the Archduke, an act that led to World War One.

ghost457 · September 24th, 2005

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Originally Posted by panzer

Operation Barbarossa.......enough said

yes, and Pearl Harbor too. other than that, i would have to say the whole battle of Fredericksburg in the American Civil War.

Bory · September 29th, 2005

The order the Afrika Korps recived at El Alemain, to hold their ground and fight to the last man. Destroyed the Afrika Korps that battle.
Thats what you get with a Totalitarian regime, some lunatic in charge who reckons he knows everything.
Little wonder Rommel why joined the Conspiracy against Hitler.

Charge 7 · September 29th, 2005

This one's a classic:

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"What! What! Men dodging this way from a single bullet! I am ashamed of you.
They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."

Union Major General John Sedgwick at Spotsylvania as he tried to motivate soldiers of an artillery battery who were pinned down by Confederate sniper fire. He was shot in the head and killed as he was speaking.

September 29th, 2005	Post 25
Bory Centurion	The order the Afrika Korps recived at El Alemain, to hold their ground and fight to the last man. Destroyed the Afrika Korps that battle. Thats what you get with a Totalitarian regime, some lunatic in charge who reckons he knows everything. Little wonder Rommel why joined the Conspiracy against Hitler. __________________ "Even if I wished to surrender to you - and I don't - I am commanding Australian's who would cut my throat if I accepted your Terms" Colonel C Hore, Siege of Elands River, 1900 If You want to See the Future, Read a History Book

May 4th, 2004	Post 22
Marksman Tribuni Angusticlavii	Friendly fire in iraq

September 24th, 2005	Post 23
Padre Milforum Chaplain Gear	It was not quite a "war mistake" but it did start a war, and that was when the driver of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand took a wrong turn down a street in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where an enemy of Austria seized the opportunity to assassinate the Archduke, an act that led to World War One.