British Military Blunders and Disasters - Top Ten.

[themanfromwem]

YOUR RED TITLES COULD BE A LITTLE CLEARER, APART FROM THAT, GOOD

[Faxe90Swe]

Yes, I know that Gallipoli and Saratoga should have made the list - but they completely escaped my mind when I was doing this video.

[relmmih6]

dont doubt they made mistakes,but having said that they were the closest nation to ever ruling the globe.and the true first proffesional army

[Faxe90Swe]

@relmmih6

I agree about everything except for them being the first professional military force, at least not as a modern nation-state. The first nation-state to establish a national professional army was - and I´m not being biased - Sweden.

[relmmih6]

@Faxe90Swe didnt know that,but im not talking about recently mate.i was meaning like when britain was colonising the globe werent they the first organised proffesional army?cheers for the repl btw.

[Faxe90Swe]

@relmmih6 I wasn´t meaning recently either. Sweden emerged with it´s professional army in the close of the 17th century. And we emerged as one of the first nation-states in the 1520´s. So strictly speaking I should have said early- modern, not just modern, sorry.

Anyway, when Britain created its second empire, which is the one I think you mean, professional armies had already been established in Europe in general. No doubt though, Britain´s army was one of the finest.

[relmmih6]

@Faxe90Swe cheers very imformative mate.