British Military Blunders and Disasters - Top Ten.

Music: Prelude No. 15, by Chopin.

I´m confident that many will have a different opinion concerning the top ten greatest tactical blunders of the British, but know that I do not merit this little list as anything but my own opinion on the matter - I make no claims beyond that. But please air your opinions if you have any, I might learn something and vice versa.

I based my list on the following: leadership, casualties in relation to the total number of British participants, enemy casualties in relation to British casualties. For example, that´s why Monongahela was so high up on the list, despite the fact that the british lost way more men at Fontenoy, Spion Kop etc. - their leader was arrogant, they lost a third of the total number of men and the enemy only lost 30 to 750 British and Provincials. No.1 and No. 2 are where they are because the entire force was wiped out.

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• british
• tactic
• disaster
• blunder
• history

[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.

[themanfromwem]

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

[relmmih6]

@Faxe90Swe cheers very imformative mate.