History is rife with examples of astounding military blunders, but surely the mission of Russia's Baltic fleet to retake Port Arthur in China from the Japanese is one of the most mind-boggling. YouTube personality Mr. Ballen tells the story.
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Whoa. No wonder the commies were able to take over so readily, with incompetence so integral with the Czar's reign.
ReplyDeleteThat whole episode almost sounds as if it might have been a collaboration between P.G. Wodehouse and George MacDonald Fraser.
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