I think maybe it helped destroy morale. Like, if we bomb this town, no town is safe.
I have no quibbles with any of the legal actions done to defeat the Axis in WWII. I think Dresden likely surprised the planners, though that technique was later deliberately used in Japan.
The axis powers were serious and used brutality as a state policy. Anything that brought them down a day earlier is justified.
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The Battle of New Orleans -1814
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Oh yeah, don't forget the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
the Revolutionary War of 1812
cool thread
Narva, November 1700. The 19 year old King Charles XII of Sweden is leading 8000+ men on an invasion of Russia. He is faced by a 35,000+ man Russian Army, with around 200 pieces of Artillery, fortified in the city of Narva. The Swedes have not eaten for two days. There is a blizzard going on. The Russians are thoroughly entrenched.
So Charles orders a frontal attack. This is so improbable that it completely flatfoots the Russians. The Swedes rupture the center of the Russian lines, storm forward, towards the only bridge representing an escape route over the Neva river - which bridge collapses under theweight of fleeing Russians. This results in complete panic from the Russians, who eventually suffer over 10,000 killed (1000 of who drown trying to swim the Neva), 20,000 POW's and the loss of all of their artillery. 700 Swedes are killed.
Improbable enough for you?
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Wow just wow.
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