Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-25

[alfred russel]

Is this going to save the russians the trouble of having to blow the bridge when they retreat to this point in a few months?

[grumbler]

The Moose's invasion of Greece didn't threaten the stability of his regime, last as long, or suffer so many casualties.  Putin has out-moosed the Moose.

[Maladict]

There hasn't been a war run this badly since Olaf the hairy, King of all the Vikings, ordered 80,000 battle helmets with the horns on the inside.

[Tamas]

The Moose's invasion of Greece didn't threaten the stability of his regime, last as long, or suffer so many casualties.  Putin has out-moosed the Moose.

But maybe that's because the Germans bailed him out.

[Malthus]

That's some top tier trolling ... literally.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/10/08/ukraine-stamps-celebrate-kerch-bridge-explosion-hours-crimea/

[Admiral Yi]

Napoleon's invasion of Russia.

British occupation of Afghanistan was not an invasion per se, but it surely did not end well.

[Grey Fox]

The US invasion of Canada in 1812? Superior numbers but poor organization crippled the US.

[Berkut]

Napoleon's invasion of Russia.

British occupation of Afghanistan was not an invasion per se, but it surely did not end well.

Nappys invasion of Russia took some time before anyone knew it was a disaster.

The actual execution of the invasion was, as far as I am aware, well handled and executed with a very competent and reasonably trained army. Not up to previous versions of the Grand Armee, but still quite well handled.

Nappys invasion of Russia was really a strictly strategic blunder (much like the German invasion of the USSR in WW2 for that matter).

[celedhring]

Austria's invasion of Serbia in WWI.

[Valmy]

Austria's invasion of Serbia in WWI.

Oh yeah. That's a good comparison.

[Josquius]

Trump's invasion of the White House.

[alfred russel]

Napoleon's invasion of Russia.

British occupation of Afghanistan was not an invasion per se, but it surely did not end well.

Nappys invasion of Russia took some time before anyone knew it was a disaster.

The actual execution of the invasion was, as far as I am aware, well handled and executed with a very competent and reasonably trained army. Not up to previous versions of the Grand Armee, but still quite well handled.

Nappys invasion of Russia was really a strictly strategic blunder (much like the German invasion of the USSR in WW2 for that matter).

Didn't Napoleon lose like a third of his army in the first month of the invasion without really fighting a major battle, just because the logistics weren't working?

[PDH]

France declaring war on Prussia, 1870.

[Valmy]

France declaring war on Prussia, 1870.

Well in that case France was idiotically walking into a deadly trap set by Bismarck, not picking on some smaller neighbor it thought it could push around. Nobody doubted Prussia was a great power with a formidable army in 1870.

[Sheilbh]

Is the invasion of the Ukraine the worst executed aggressive invasion in history?

I mean, I am sure there are lots of examples of terribly thought out and executed attacks. But this has a longevity to it that might take it over the top. Usually something this badly handled would at least be over pretty quickly.

China's invasion of Vietnam?

The longevity is the distinguishing feature compared to that though.

Maybe Iraq's invasion of Iran?