History’s Most Unfair Battles

John Lyly’s proverb “All’s fair in love and war” hasn’t resonated so much since he wrote it in his 1578 novel Euphues for no reason. A commander would be in a pretty difficult situation if they had to explain that they let an enemy inflict losses on them out of some abstruse sense of fairplay. Still, for many people, there’s some innate inclination to side with the underdog, so the smaller, less well-equipped army sometimes gets sympathy just for standing up to long odds... →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Our other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ/ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw/ Text version: https://ift.tt/38wb2I7 Coming up: 10. Battle of the Persian Gates 9. Battle of Fei River 8. Battle of Karbala 7. Battles of Lacolle Mill 6. Retreat from Kabul 5. Battle of Lucas Bend 4. Battle of Cherbourg 3. Battle of Acosta Ñu 2. Battle of Jadotville 1. Hill 3234 Source/Further reading: https://ift.tt/2IqhOEM https://ift.tt/3loyVFb https://ift.tt/2IqXO4W https://ift.tt/38ydC0v https://ift.tt/38BxgIO https://ift.tt/3nbjEYX https://ift.tt/3eWA5Wc https://ift.tt/35mCt5j https://ift.tt/3kmKdZ6 https://ift.tt/3eMjFj4 https://ift.tt/3khxpTT https://ift.tt/2Uo6mvz https://ift.tt/3eNmJv6 https://ift.tt/3klbqvv https://ift.tt/3piYqdw https://ift.tt/3eQ0AMN https://ift.tt/2Uo6g7b https://ift.tt/3lnR3yS https://ift.tt/2IiR7C5 https://ift.tt/2GUeKA4 https://ift.tt/3pjAG91 https://ift.tt/3nl0TCx https://ift.tt/2GP86Lg https://ift.tt/3nrsUbF https://ift.tt/3eVMr0D https://ift.tt/3kjDi2T https://ift.tt/32CXPtw https://ift.tt/32yuXCH https://ift.tt/2IuDwY9 https://ift.tt/32C4mo7 https://ift.tt/2GQ07O4 https://ift.tt/38xavFT https://ift.tt/2IsBlnP https://ift.tt/35mCtSR https://ift.tt/2Ihkvsn https://ift.tt/3pi3YF2 https://ift.tt/3kmZ8To https://ift.tt/2GQ0jgg https://ift.tt/2Uhlhrv https://ift.tt/32zqnnA https://ift.tt/2GReodn https://ift.tt/32BzLXL https://ift.tt/35iSXeC https://ift.tt/38xhEGg https://ift.tt/3khX8vH https://ift.tt/32C4gwL https://ift.tt/39QfRJC https://ift.tt/2XGXx0T https://ift.tt/2IpkMJt https://ift.tt/3loyYkl https://ift.tt/3nfGAWO https://ift.tt/2uZlmnA https://ift.tt/32CXVRU