What was the most dangeroust gamble in history?

>>2592090
Ww1 brining Germany into the light

>>2592090
Caesar letting himself get trapped between the Gauls, relying on their impatience.

Napoleon

>>2592090
>try and take over the entire Byzantine empire even though the last 700 years of Roman-Persian wars were stalemates
>come bizarrely close to succeeding
>fail
>make both empires susceptible to foreign invasion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_602%E2%80%93628

>>2592090
Croesus's attack on Persia.

>>2592090
My dad not using a condom.

>>2592090
The decision to rest the campaign on winning Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Thermistocles gambled pretty heavily on Xerxes being fucking stupid in the battle of Salamis. turns out he was right though.

>>2592090
Believing that bombing the USA at Pearl Harbor would keep them out of the war. Somehow...

Hitler thinking he could win against Europe and later America

>>2595375
You mean the decision to completely ignore or alienate 40% of the population, and downplay their issues.
Sage for 25 year rule.

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You're watching it unfold

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you can trust me

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I TRIED SO HARD

AND GOT SO FAR