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Great Blunders in History: Kashmir
Right up to the moment when India and Pakistan became independent, the last British viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, was undecided as to which country should incorporate Kashmir into its borders....
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Great Blunders in History: Kasserine Pass
U.S. troops arriving in Tunisia for their first campaign of WWII were certain that, with their resources and equipment, they would quickly defeat the German Afrika Korps....
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Great Blunders in History: Last Flight of Lady Be Good
When a young American B-24 Liberator crew became lost over the Mediterranean during a daylight-bombing mission in World War II....
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Great Blunders in History: MacArthur Crossing the 38th Parallel
During the Korean War, General MacArthur's Inchon landings forced the North Koreans to fall back in confusion. But instead of stopping there, he insisted on continuing to the Chinese border....
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Great Blunders in History: Mao's Great Leap Forward
Obsessed with the need to modernize China, Mao Tse-Tung attempted to quadruple China's steel production by sending 100 million peasants to work the furnaces....
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Great Blunders in History: Mussolini's Invasion of Greece
When Mussolini invaded Greece in 1940, he suffered a severe setback and had to be rescued by Germany....
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Great Blunders in History: Russian Civil War
In 1917, Russia experienced the bloodiest civil war ever, in which 10 million were killed....
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Great Blunders in History: The Falklands War
An examination of Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri's decision to invade the British-held Falkland Islands, or Islas Malvinas, reveals that it ended his military junta....
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Great Blunders in History: The Fall of Crete
In May 1941, the Germans seized Crete in a daring airborne operation....
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Great Blunders in History: The Gazala Line
In the spring of 1942, the British constructed what they believed was an impregnable defense line in Libya....
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