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Kutuzov was regarded by his contemporaries as an incompetent coward but in the end his cowardice and indecision contributed to Napoleon's defeat by drawing the Grand Armee deeper and deeper into Russia to chase the constantly retreating Russians. Kutuzov later pretended that it was part of his master plan all along and is now regarded as one of Russia's national heroes.
Are there any similar examples in history of people who've bumbled their way into success?
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>>3237525
Napoleon Bonaparte
Adolf Hitler
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Trump is a classic example.
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Chances are he actually knew what he was doing all along.
I mean it's simple. What Napoleon wanted were two or three decisive battles in which he would destroy the majority of Russian army, take up a few strategic points and then dictate terms of peace. In this he was denied.
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>>3237739
Even Clausewitz said that Kutuzov lucked in to victory through cowardice.
If he knew what he was doing he would've taken the opportunities to crush Napoleon at Krasny or the Berezina.
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USS Grant
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>>3237739
Napoleon was a sperg who lost because he made terrible strategic blunders.
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>>3237972
Why fight when you can just let your enemy perish in an inhospitable enviroment, deprived of supplies?
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>>3237525
His contemporaries were all jelly.
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