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1 day ago · A Pyrrhic victory ( / ˈpɪrɪk / ⓘ PIRR-ik) is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. [1] Such a victory negates any true sense of achievement or damages long-term progress. The phrase originates from a quote from Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose triumph against the Romans in the Battle of ...
- Pyrrhus of Epirus
Pyrrhus (/ ˈ p ɪr ə s / PIRR-əss; Greek: Πύρρος Pýrrhos;...
- Battle of Vukovar
The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day siege of Vukovar in...
- Pyrrhic Defeat Theory
Pyrrhic defeat theory / ˈ p ɪr ɪ k / is the idea that those...
- Battle of Asculum
The Battle of Asculum took place near Asculum (modern Ascoli...
- Battle for Henderson Field
The Battle for Henderson Field, also known as the Battle of...
- List of Military Disasters
The battle was a major victory for the Zulus during the...
- Battle of The Santa Cruz Islands
The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, fought during 25–27...
- John Henryism
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- Parthian Shot
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- Pyrrhus of Epirus
3 days ago · The Battle of Thermopylae ( / θərˈmɒpɪliː / thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn) was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the s...
- 21–23 July, 20 August or 8–10 September 480 BC
- Persian victory
2 days ago · Among the 60,000 Confederates committed to the fight, the enlisted (privates, corporals, sergeants) casualties numbered 1,546 killed, 8,591 wounded, and 1,636 missing. The officer cadre suffered 103 killed, 515 wounded, and 72 missing. The casualties amounted to 11,773 enlisted and 690 officers, or roughly 22% of his army.
3 days ago · The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary was actually instituted under another name: In 1571 Pope Pius V instituted “Our Lady of Victory” as an annual feast in thanksgiving for Mary’s patronage in the victory of the Holy League over the Muslim Turks in the Battle of Lepanto. Two years later, in 1573, Pope Gregory XIII changed the title of this ...
Polmarc abandoned the siege but was forced to fight the army of 900 men near the village of Llanoc Hen. At the Battle of Llanoc Hen, the Western Imperials were crushed - sustaining over 800 casualties. Emperor Eronyx himself was captured in the battle. The Talivian army won another pyrrhic victory - sustaining 360 casualties.
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18 hours ago · The Brits estimate that the total killed, wounded, or defected to be close to half a million. It's a meat grinder. This is the Russian way of war. If it's a serious war, they take massive losses at the beginning. Then they slowly and painfully adapt and throw everything they have into the conflict..
3 days ago · In Arnold, the Supreme Court explained that an appellate panel from one division cannot bind another because both the statute and court rules establish that only the Supreme Court will resolve conflicts between and among the Court of Appeals.28 For that same reason, asking an appellate panel to ignore an unfavorable decision under Arnold may ...
