Pyrrhic victory
A Pyrrhic victory is battle won at too great a cost.
It is one in which the side that won the victory suffers very badly.[1] A Pyrrhic victory may take place when the victorious army has lost a huge number of men or when the enemy army has reinforcements about to arrive which greatly outnumber the winning army and mean that the chances of a second victory are very low. A Pyrrhic victory is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus. He won a battle against the Romans in 280 BC but many of his men and most of his friends and top commanders died in the battle.
Pyrrhic Victory Media
- Johann Peter Krafft 005.jpg
Last stand and final charge from the fortress of Szigetvár (painting by Johann Peter Krafft, 1825)
- Aircraft prepare to launch from Japanese carrier Shōkaku during Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-176150).jpg
Japanese aircraft prepare to take off from Shōkaku during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
- Croatian War 1991 Vukovar street.jpg
The ruined streets of Vukovar ten days after its surrender
References
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