Top 10 Battles Won in Odd Ways and Against All Odds
0In war, when the chips are down and the odds are against a military unit, it can be time to defy common sense and get creative. Of course real life has been full of many instances of small, overpowered armies trying unusual tactics and getting destroyed, but since there’s no novelty value they quickly get forgotten by history. Which just makes it all the more amazing when some comparatively small or ill-equipped band of soldiers wins the day against what seems like an overwhelming force.
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10. Battle of Gaugamela
9. Battle of Chancellorsville
8. Battle of Muret
7. Battle of Singapore
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5. Battle of Leuthen
4. Battle of Longewala
3. Battle of Auerstadt
2. Battle of Alesia
1. Battle of Saragarhi
Source/Further reading:
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-gaugamela-alexander-versus-darius.htm
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Gaugamela
https://books.google.com/books?id=aucoCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA63&dq=Battle+of+Gaugamela+chariots+ranks&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif4b7C69HNAhVJ94MKHZkLDVMQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=Battle%20of%20Gaugamela%20chariots%20ranks&f=false
http://www.brotherswar.com/Chancellorsville-2.htm
http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/chancellorsville_campaign
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-chancellorsville-begins
http://in.askmen.com/top-10-power-and-money/1101704/topten/top-10-david-v-goliath-battles?p=10
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4188611/Fall-of-Singapore-one-of-our-biggest-military-disasters.html
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-singapore
https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tx006.htm
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qes02
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/?pages-list
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/18thcentury/articles/battleofleuthen.aspx
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001216/windows/main2.htm
http://mythicalindia.com/features-page/6-tactical-blunders-by-pakistani-military-during-battle-of-longewala/
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_auerstadt.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19167600
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/caesar-siege-alesia-conquest-gaul.html/2
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/courage-and-indomitable-spirit-of-21-sikhs-honoured-each-year.html
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