General Irvin McDowell's Inevitable Failure: McDowell and the First Battle of Bull Run
Everything worked against the Union Army of Northeastern Virginia and its commander.
The Confederacy's Biggest Blunder
The relatively unknown Battle of Spring Hill was a catastrophic blunder for the Confederate Forces in the West.
Calm Before the Storm: A difficult situation for both armies before the Battle of Liege, 1914.
German apprehension to invade neutral Belgium in 1914 failed to change their plans.