Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
If you watched our older video, 25 Mistakes That Changed History Forever, and thought "surely that's all of them"... Well, … it wasn't. History is basically just one long series of unforced errors, and the more you dig, the worse it gets. Kings, generals, entire empires, nobody was safe from their own terrible judgment. So, here we are, back at it again, because, quite frankly, humanity has given us way too much material to work with. These are 25 Costly Mistakes That Changed the Course of History.
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Music: A Revelation - Jeremy Blake
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - The "Liberty" Loan That Killed a King
1:41 - The Land Grab That Left Everyone Broke
2:42 - Austria Lost Every Ally In Three Years
3:47 - The Map That Ended a Monarchy
4:51 - The Tax That Toppled the Iron Lady
5:48 - A Disaster Built On Small Decisions
6:40 - The Fixed Exchange Rate Trap
7:37 - Moscow's Ten-Year Mistake
8:55 - Spain's Brain Drain
9:36 - Don't Disrespect the Mongols
10:31 - Italy's African Disaster
11:27 - Landing On The Wrong Beach
12:15 - Meeting the Spanish Without Defenses
13:07 - Colombia Lost Panama Over a Negotiation
13:59 - Santa Anna's Fateful Nap
14:50 - The Irish Boundary Commission
15:56 - Turning a Routine Upgrade Into a Crisis
16:38 - Operation Barbarossa
17:46 - The Fourth Crusade
19:10 - The Chaco War
20:01 - Venezuela's Empty Pipeline
20:55 - Japan's Lost Decades
21:45 - Revoking Religious Tolerance
22:40 - Giving Up North America
23:20 - Failing to Connect the Dots
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If you watched our older video, 25 Mistakes That Changed History Forever, and thought "surely that's all of them"... Well, … it wasn't. History is basically just one long series of unforced errors, and the more you dig, the worse it gets. Kings, generals, entire empires, nobody was safe from their own terrible judgment. So, here we are, back at it again, because, quite frankly, humanity has given us way too much material to work with. These are 25 Costly Mistakes That Changed the Course of History.
Grab your copy of What The Facts now, available on Amazon! Click the link to explore over 500 fun and fascinating facts! 👉👉amazon.com/WHAT-FACTS-ARE-TALKING-ABOUT-ebook/dp/B0DFNR2KHT
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Music: A Revelation - Jeremy Blake
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - The "Liberty" Loan That Killed a King
1:41 - The Land Grab That Left Everyone Broke
2:42 - Austria Lost Every Ally In Three Years
3:47 - The Map That Ended a Monarchy
4:51 - The Tax That Toppled the Iron Lady
5:48 - A Disaster Built On Small Decisions
6:40 - The Fixed Exchange Rate Trap
7:37 - Moscow's Ten-Year Mistake
8:55 - Spain's Brain Drain
9:36 - Don't Disrespect the Mongols
10:31 - Italy's African Disaster
11:27 - Landing On The Wrong Beach
12:15 - Meeting the Spanish Without Defenses
13:07 - Colombia Lost Panama Over a Negotiation
13:59 - Santa Anna's Fateful Nap
14:50 - The Irish Boundary Commission
15:56 - Turning a Routine Upgrade Into a Crisis
16:38 - Operation Barbarossa
17:46 - The Fourth Crusade
19:10 - The Chaco War
20:01 - Venezuela's Empty Pipeline
20:55 - Japan's Lost Decades
21:45 - Revoking Religious Tolerance
22:40 - Giving Up North America
23:20 - Failing to Connect the Dots
🍿 WATCH OUR OTHER VIDEOS:
► 25 Mistakes That Changed History Forever: youtube.com/watch?v=cUynpmwwT3M
► 25 Most Shocking Translation Mistakes That Changed History: youtu.be/IBrIcvp3u7I?si=YMwlGifu782bGJpj
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