What are some notable blunders in history that resulted in huge loss?

Bady@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 306 points –

Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

210

You are viewing a single comment

Russia invasion of Ukraine. They used to be number 2 army with sophisticated weapons. Now they are number 1 world laughing stock with weapons that works exceptionally well for invading Mars but not on earth.

As they say, from number 2 army in the world to number 2 army in Ukraine.

Now with a risk of becoming number 2 army in Russia...

I don't think they used to be the number two military. I think people THOUGHT they were a world class military. Apparently hadn't been for decades.

Similar to the misperception of the USSR from outside before the collapse.

3 more...