Biggest Idiots In War

Dec 4, 2024
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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.

🗓️ Topics Discussed
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-...

How a Navy Destroyer Almost Killed FDR with a Torpedo. Military. Accessd 26/10/2024.
https://www.military.com/history/how-...

Collections: Luigi Cadorna Was The Worst. A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry. Accessed 26/10/2024.
https://acoup.blog/2021/10/08/collect...

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

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

Battle of Teutoburg Forest. World History Encylopedia. Accessed 27/10/2024.
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/...

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

Genghis Khan, Trade Warrior. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Accessed 27/10/2024.
https://www.richmondfed.org/publicati...

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

Francisco Solano Lopez: Who Was This South American Napoleon?. The Collector. Accessed 27/10/2024.
https://www.thecollector.com/francisc...

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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