Most Overrated Military Battles/Operations of All Time

[jeebus]

IMO the threat of American power more than the reality of it was a deciding factor. The Germans shot their wad with Ludendorff's offensives in the spring of 1918.

Truth. In the fall of 1918, the Imperial Navy was on the verge of mutiny and supplies for ze Germans were pretty much at nil, not to mention the revolution going on. Just the fact that US troops were arriving at thousands per day probably would've been enough to stop the war. But Pershing had to have his glory. Meh.

[TheyCallMePro]

Gotta be D-Day. Seriously only 4,000 deaths on the Allied side. 4,000 on the German side. I mean you look at the same War, in the battle of Kursk, where the Soviet Union lost 250,000 and the Germans lost 200,000 in just 3 days of fighting....and yeah.

[Koolaid_Man]

Which do you seem to always hear about but have come to the realization that it is for self-pride or propaganda reasons. Instead of actual influence on the overall War or History in general?


I'll start. D-Day in WW2.

when I accidentally shot my fellow half-pint soldier M>S in the back of the head in Call of Duty.

[Katherine Robinson]

It didn't work in 1918 when they were in the middle of a civil war and fast forward to 45 and we're taking the army that survived Stalingrad and Leningrad and destroyed the meat of the Wehrmacht? Not seeing it. Would have been some dirty turning on the ally that won you the war too.

The soviet military was beaten down at that point, it's not like their power remained static after finally taking Berlin. They didn't have the ability to wage war again, but the US did since it was involved fairly late in the campaign. They can keep churning out tanks, but they'll end up making women & children drive them.

[DMC]

Battle of Mogadishu. It gamed fame because American forces were stupid to get caught in that fight

Because Les Ass-Pin was stupid and put Rangers, Delta and SOAR in a bad spot for political reasons. Nothing to do with American forces. Regardless unless you've been involved with it yourself, every war is overrated if it doesn't play well on a video game.

[xmas1997]

What REALLY happened to Glenn Miller?

[xmas1997]

the alamo

You got to be kidding.
It was one of the greatest sacrifices in the world!