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* The War of 1592 between Korea and Japan was interesting in that the war consisted largely of curbstomp battles that went two different ways in two different theaters.
** On land, Japan was definitely the deliverer. Korea's Joseon dynasty was terribly unprepared for war, having become complacent by centuries of mostly peace. The country was run by an incompetent weak king and corrupt [[Divided We Fall|infighting aristocrats]] who ignored numerous warning signs of Japan's impending invasion and refused to spent more money on defense. There was little regular standing army and the scholar-class's dominance of Korean politics meant that military matters were largely belittled and ignored. Japan, on the other hand, was ruled by the samurai and it was recently united and was itching for some more war after centuries of civil war. Oh, and the Japanese had guns while many of the Korean army had barely ever seen them before in their lives. Needless to say, Japan managed to take over 3/4th of the Korean peninsula in matter of months after curb stomp battle after curb stomp battle.
** On sea however, the story was a bit different. Korea had a small and outnumbered but competent navy trained by centuries of fighting against Japanese pirates. Korea had been one of the first adopters of naval artillery in the world and by the time of the war, their ships were bristling with cannons, to the tune of up to 50 cannons per ship. Japanese ships on the other hand, were designed for speed and boarding tactics and were too flimsy to carry many cannons. Needlessly say, it is difficult to board ships when you are being hit by cannons. Also, it helped that the Koreans had a few [[wikipedia:Turtle ship|turtle ship]] which in addition to looking cool, happened to perfectly counter the Japanese boarding tactics, almost exactly like how those spiky turtles counter [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] jumping on their back. In addition, the leader of the Korean navy was Admiral [http://www.badassoftheweek.com/admiralyi.html Yi Soon-Shin], who was a [[Four-Star Badass|badass]] to say the least. Utilizing tactics taking advantage of the Korean Navy's technological superiority and greater knowledge of the local currents and terrain, he managed to win battle after battle without hardly losing any of his forces. However, a Japanese double agent managed to get him demoted to a common footsoldier, taking advantage of Korea's infighting ruling class. Yi's successor promptly managed to get lured into a trap, and lost 157 ships out of 169 ships of the entire Korean Navy. Yi was hurriedly reinstated. In an incredible [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] of naval warfare, in the [[wikipedia:Battle of Myeongnyang|Battle of Myeongnyang]], with 13 ships (the extra ship having been scrounged from somewhere), Yi went up against 133 Japanese warships and 200 support ships. By the end of the battle, 31 Japanese ships were sunk and over 90 were crippled. The Korean Navy lost 2 soldiers. Not 2 ships, 2 soldiers. The difficulty of supplying through naval routes and the assistance of Ming China as an ally of Korea meant that the Japanese were forced to withdraw from the war.
* The Battle of the Golden Spurs in Flanders (1302). 9000 Flemish infantry, mostly civilians and peasants, against 8000 French troops including some 2500 cavalry (mostly knights). The outcome seems obvious, right? Wrong, by the end of the battle some 100 Flemish had died as opposed to 1000 French while the remaining French fled the battlefield. July 11th is still the official celebration of the Flemish Community.
* The Battle of Hallidon Hill towards the end of the Scottish War of Independence. The Scots reckon that they can avenge the old humiliation of losing Berwick-Upon-Tweed. They outnumber the English by 4,000 men. Then the English archers open up, just as sleet begins to fall on them. By the day's end, the English have lost a handful of men. The Scottish army has been annihilated.
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** While we're at it, the original 1992 Dream Team, the first Olympic team that NBA players were allowed to participate on, contained ten hall-of-famers and is pretty much the greatest team of all time. It utterly humiliated any and all of the outclassed teams it came into contact with, from the opener against Angola (won by 68) to the Gold Medal game against Croatia (won by 32), with coach Chuck Daly never feeling he had to call a time out. Likewise, the 1996 was only slightly less dominant, winning each of its games by an average of 31.8 points. It wasn't until the 2000 team (which won gold, but only after several close calls) and the 2004 team (known as the "nightmare team", losing to Puerto Rico, Lithuania, and Argentina before beating Lithuania in the rematch for the bronze) that it ever seemed like the rest of the world wasn't going to be forever curb-stomped on the court.
This high school girl's basketball game had a final score of [http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/108-3-girls-basketball-rout-raises-questions?urn=highschool-311327 108-3.]
* [[Horse Racing]] legend [[
* A unique example is a turtle faces off against a shark: the turtle wins! http://youtu.be/foBxvwOnEB0
* At Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics managed to wrap-up the series and win their 17th NBA title by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92. The 39 Point margin is the largest margin of victory of a series-winning game in the history of the NBA finals.
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