Battles That SHOULD Have Been Won (But Weren't) #history #militaryhistory #shorts

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00:00Think the bigger army always wins?

00:02Think again.

00:03These are the epic upsets that defied all odds.

00:06First, the Battle of Agincourt.

00:08A massive French army, thousands of armored knights,

00:10the medieval equivalent of tanks,

00:12trapped a tiny, exhausted English army.

00:14But they forgot one opponent, the mud.

00:16The knights got stuck, becoming slow, heavy targets,

00:19and English archers turned them into pin cushions.

00:21A guaranteed victory drowned in the dirt.

00:24Next, the Battle of Isandwana,

00:26a professional British army with modern rifles

00:28forces Zulu warriors with spears and shields.

00:30The British commander was so confident,

00:32he didn't even bother setting up a proper defense.

00:34The Zulus used the brilliant Horns of the Buffalo tactic,

00:37surrounding them completely.

00:38Spears overwhelmed rifles,

00:40and an entire British column was wiped off the map.

00:43Finally, the Teutoburg Forest.

00:45Three Roman legions, the most disciplined,

00:47invincible fighting force on the planet,

00:49marching against tribes they called Barbarians.

00:51But their guide was a traitor.

00:53He led them straight into a perfectly planned ambush

00:55in the dense, dark forest.

00:56Trapped and unable to form up,

00:58their discipline meant nothing.

00:59Three of Rome's best legions were annihilated.

01:02A defeat so bad, the emperor supposedly screamed,

01:04Give me back my legions.

01:06So remember, in war, it's not just about

01:08who has the bigger army,

01:09it's about who makes the last mistake.