[Kozak]

...Agincourt’s status as perhaps the greatest victory against overwhelming odds in military history

Cannae. Hannibal was outnumbered 3 to 1 and STILL managed a perfect double envelopment leading to the slaughter of 60,000 Romans. Still taught at West Point as the perfect battle plan and execution.

[colorado tanker]

Cannae.

Before the first Gulf War I sketched a plan to liberate Kuwait on a restaurant napkin for a friend. Double envelopment. Armor to the west and Marines from the east, by sea. In the end Schwarzkopf decided he didn't need the eastern prong because the Marines at sea had forced the Iraqis to man the coast, thinning the front line and accomplishing the main mission without firing a shot.