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A military disaster is the defeat of one side in a battle or war which results in the complete failure of the losing side to achieve their objectives. It often, but not always, involves a high and disproportionate loss of life. The causes are varied and include human error, inferior technology, logistical problems, underestimating the enemy, being outnumbered, and bad luck. Entries on this list are those where multiple sources dealing with the subject of military disasters have deemed the event in question to be a military disaster (or an equivalent term).

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  • List of military disasters (en)
  • Lijst van militaire catastrofes (nl)
  • Lista de falhanços militares (pt)
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  • Esta é uma lista de falhanços militares. Por falhanço entende-se um conflito ou confronto armado onde um dos oponentes sofre uma derrota marcada, desproporcionada e inesperada que pode ou não ter tido consequências no rumo da história. As razões para o falhanço militar são diversas e podem incluir mau planejamento, incompetência de tropas e/ou comandantes, condições atmosféricas, problemas técnicos e/ou capacidades excepcionais do inimigo. (pt)
  • A military disaster is the defeat of one side in a battle or war which results in the complete failure of the losing side to achieve their objectives. It often, but not always, involves a high and disproportionate loss of life. The causes are varied and include human error, inferior technology, logistical problems, underestimating the enemy, being outnumbered, and bad luck. Entries on this list are those where multiple sources dealing with the subject of military disasters have deemed the event in question to be a military disaster (or an equivalent term). (en)
  • Een militaire catastrofe is het onverwachte en overtuigende verlies van een van de partijen in een veldslag of oorlog, waardoor vaak de loop van de geschiedenis is veranderd. Een militaire catastrofe kan uiteenlopen van een sterk leger dat een belangrijke slag verliest van een duidelijk zwakkere tegenstander, tot een leger dat verrast en verslagen wordt door een duidelijk sterkere tegenstander, of een zeer eenzijdige uitkomst in geval van twee schijnbaar gelijkwaardige tegenstanders. Een militaire catastrofe kan het gevolg zijn van slechte voorbereiding, slechte uitvoering, slecht weer, een algemeen gebrek aan kunde of mogelijkheden, het falen van nieuwe technologie, een ernstige blunder, een briljante zet van de tegenstander, of simpelweg de onverwachte aanwezigheid van een overmachtige v (nl)
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