Biggest Idiots In War

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History may have its fair share of heroes, but it has twice as many fools. From an arrogant general who was literally told that he was walking into a trap but went there anyway, to a braindead halfwit who killed 90% of his country’s male population in an unwinnable war, here are some of history’s biggest idiots.

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Torpedoman Lawton Dawson
General Luigi Cadorna
Publius Quinctilius Varus
Muhammad II of Khwarazm
Francisco Solano Lopez

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Further Reading:

Fact or Fiction?. U.S Naval Institute.Accessed 26/10/2024.https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/june/fact-or-fiction.

How a Navy Destroyer Almost Killed FDR with a Torpedo. Military. Accessd 26/10/2024.https://www.military.com/history/how-navy-destroyer-almost-killed-fdr-torpedo.html.

Collections: Luigi Cadorna Was The Worst. A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry. Accessed 26/10/2024. https://acoup.blog/2021/10/08/collections-luigi-cadorna-was-the-worst/.

Size of the French Army in World War I. C.T Evans. Accessed 26/10/2024.https://www.ctevans.net/WorldWar1/Data/Visuals/FrenchArmy.html.

Arminius: Hitler’s barbarian hero. The Past. Accessed 27/10/2024.https://the-past.com/feature/arminius-hitlers-barbarian-hero/.

Battle of Teutoburg Forest. World History Encylopedia. Accessed 27/10/2024. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1010/battle-of-teutoburg-forest/#google_vignette.

Genghis Khan and the largest empire in history. Manchester Historian. Accessed 27/10/2024.https://manchesterhistorian.com/2017/genghis-khan-and-the-largest-empire-in-history/.

Genghis Khan, Trade Warrior. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Accessed 27/10/2024. https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2021/q4_economic_history.

Carlos Antonio López. Britannica. Accessed 27/10/2024.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlos-Antonio-Lopez.

Francisco Solano Lopez: Who Was This South American Napoleon?. The Collector. Accessed 27/10/2024.https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/.

Timestamps:
Intro: (00:00)
Torpedoman Lawton Dawson: (00:24)
General Luigi Cadorna: (03:46)
Publius Quinctilius Varus: (07:36)
Muhammad II of Khwarazm: (10:19)
Francisco Solano Lopez: (13:12)

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