What is the most numerically surpsing victory in military history?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Serb
Yes, the island Damansky. Still it was a butt-kicking (despite I slightly exaggerated Chinese casualties, they'ev lost over 800 KIA, not ten thousand) considering there was whole Chinese division vs. a small garrison.

Slightly exaggerated = greater by an order of magnitude?

I have the feeling that most of your posts are like this...

[Serb]

Originally posted by Last Conformist

This is almost as good as when Ned was denying that the US lost in Vietnam.

I suppose the Serbiverse and the Nedaverse are pretty similar ...

They are the opposite. Like black and white, like good and evil. Guess who is evil?

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Serb


They are the opposite. Like black and white, like good and evil. Guess who is evil?

Not black and white, but red and black. One is bad, one is evil...

[Serb]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


Actually, you asked someone else that. I was just pointing out Russia's suckiness in general.

When you will finally, at least remotely, achieve such level of 'suckiness' of your military history, please let me know. I'll send you a candy.

[Kuciwalker]

That's ok, we're not looking to suck anywhere near as much as Russia anytime soon...

[Serb]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie


Whatever. Perhaps in Russian language? Like inuits have hundreds of words for "snow", Russians have hundreds of words for "idiot"? After all, one of your greatest book bears that name.

Wow! You read Dostoevsky, I'm impressed. All Russians are crazy from your western pow, but not all of them are idiots.

[Kuciwalker]

Only most.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


Slightly exaggerated = greater by an order of magnitude?

I have the feeling that most of your posts are like this...

It was my mistake and I admit it. They commited over ten thousands vs 100+ border guards, and those ten thousand were defeated, but not KIA. After the battle there were over 800 Chinese dead bodies and 58 Soviet KIA.

It was a joke about 'slightly exaggerated'.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie


Not black and white, but red and black. One is bad, one is evil...

May be, may be... but who is evil?

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Serb

Wow! You read Dostoevsky, I'm impressed. All Russians are crazy from your western pow, but not all of them are idiots.

I have it in my shelf, but I never read it. I probably never will.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Only most.

Yeah, and it's such an achievment in comparison with Americans.

[Combat Ingrid]

After meeting plenty of Russians in real life, I have concluded that "peculiar" is the best word to describe them

[Serb]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
That's ok, we're not looking to suck anywhere near as much as Russia anytime soon...

When you will win a war on your own, please let me know.
Superpower my ass, always brings friends, even when their enemy is just a bunch of ragheads.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Serb
When you will finally, at least remotely, achieve such level of 'suckiness' of your military history, please let me know. I'll send you a candy.

Hey, with the Iraq debacle, we're probably well on our way to Russian levels of suckiness. We like candy.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Serb


When you will win a war on your own, please let me know.
Superpower my ass, always brings friends, even when their enemy is just a bunch of ragheads.

The US defeated Mexico and Spain without any help from allies and stalemated (barely) the British Empire in 1812 but I admit those are the only 'go it alone' US wars I can think of.