Defeat Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Defeat
- Appomattox Courthouse scene of Lee’s surrender to Grant (1865). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 22]
- Armada, Spanish defeat by English fleet marked Spain’s decline and England’s rise as a world power (1588). [Eur. Hist.: EB, 1: 521–522]
- Austerlitz defeat of Austro-Russian coalition by Napoleon (1805). [Fr. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 23–24]
- Bataan Philippine peninsula where U.S. troops surrendered to Japanese (1942). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 245]
- Battle of the Boyne sealed Ireland’s fate as England’s vassal state (1690). [Br. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 39]
- Battle of the Bulge final, futile German WWII offensive (1944–1945). [Eur. Hist.: Hitler, 1148–1153, 1154–1155]
- Caudine Forks mountain pass where Romans were humiliatingly defeated by the Samnites. [Rom. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 186]
- Culloden consolidated English supremacy; broke clan system (1746). [Br. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 70]
- Dien Bien Phu Vietminh rout of French paved way for partition of Vietnam (1954). [Fr. Hist.: Van Doren, 541]
- Gallipoli poorly conceived and conducted battle ending in British disaster (1915). [Br. Hist.: Fuller, III, 240–261]
- Little Bighorn scene of General Ouster’s “last stand” (1876). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 274]
- Pearl Harbor Japan’s surprise attack destroys U.S. fleet (1941). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2089]
- Pyrrhic victory a too costly victory; “Another such victory and we are lost.” [Rom. Hist.: “Asculum I” in Eggenburger, 30–31]
- Salt River up which losing political parties travel to oblivion. [Am. Slang: LLEI, I: 312]
- Sedan decisive German defeat of French (1870). [Fr. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 225]
- Stalingrad German army succumbs to massive Soviet pincer movement (1942-1943). [Ger. Hist.: Fuller, III, 531–538]
- Waterloo British victory in Belgium signals end of Napoleon’s domination (1815). [Fr. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 266]
- white flag a sign of surrender. [Western Folklore: Misc.]