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What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« on: March 21, 2018, 03:42:21 pm »
What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer | March 14, 2018 07:44am ET
 
 

Throughout humanity's long and often-bloody history, there have been battles in which one side gained ground and promptly lost it again. And victories have often been marred by the sobering reality of heavy casualties on both the winning and the losing sides.

Many military clashes seem like a waste in retrospect, but are there any battles that stand out for their sheer futility?

https://www.livescience.com/62009-what-was-most-pointless-battle.html
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2018, 04:12:41 pm »
The Iran-Iraq War comes to mind.
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2018, 06:54:17 pm »
NT vs AT
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2018, 06:58:30 pm »
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2018, 07:03:16 pm »
Ultimately, Stalingrad. Stalin could have lost Moscow defending a place because it was named after him.
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2018, 08:42:29 pm »
The battle of the sexes? Wait, I've got it
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2018, 08:44:56 pm »
Quote from: GtHawk on March 21, 2018, 08:42:29 pm
The battle of the sexes? Wait, I've got it

Top Notch. That is exactly what came to my mind when I read the title.
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2018, 09:01:58 pm »
Gallipoli immediately comes to mind.


Probably the most amazing thing about Churchill was that he was able to resurrect his career after it.
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2018, 09:10:31 pm »
All of it. The entire Civil War.
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2018, 09:13:13 pm »
Vietnam ???
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2018, 09:33:40 pm »
Children's Crusade?
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2018, 09:34:54 pm »
Quote from: 240B on March 21, 2018, 09:10:31 pm
All of it. The entire Civil War.

I'd say all of WWI.
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2018, 10:20:23 pm »
War on drugs.
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2018, 12:39:31 am »
I agree with dfw above.

World War I -- accomplished nothing (except set the stage for WWII) and killed millions in the process.
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2018, 02:39:15 am »
Quote from: Restored on March 21, 2018, 07:03:16 pm
Ultimately, Stalingrad. Stalin could have lost Moscow defending a place because it was named after him.

Hitler did not have enough army left to attack Moscow at the same time he was attacking in Stalingrad and the Caucasus. There was just enough to keep the Russians from breaching the Central and  Northern fronts.
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Re: What Was the Most Pointless Battle in History?
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2018, 01:22:49 pm »
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