When was the last time the United States lost a major military battle?

Answer 1

The last time was in Korea.

We won the Tet Offensive though the media portrayed otherwise, same as in Iraq.

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Answer 2

Tet Offensive is not a good answer, that was a nationwide offensive, not one battle, and we counterattacked and cripple the VC by the end of it. The nationalists had to rely mainly on mainforce NVA for manpower after that.
A better example would be from Korea, the Chinese attack across the Yalu River and the retreat down the Chosin Reservoir of elements of the 1st Marine Div, that was mainly a fighting retreat (UN Forces were falling back all along the front), and there were a lot of heroic actions during that period of the Korean War that are not taught because they happened during a withdrawal. Of course a few million screaming Chinese "volunteers" will push back just about any army.
The US was undefeated in any conventional battles engaged in by the VC/NVA in Vietnam. There just were not many conventional battles fought there, mostly small unit (battalion sized or smaller) actions.
The US Military hadn't actually fought in any "major" land battles between Korea and the First Gulf War, major meaning massive (multi-division sized) opposing forces fighting in conventional warfare.
Granted, I'm trying to summarise this, because you could almost write a book on it.

Answer 3

The last time the United States lost a major military battle would be the Vietnam War.

Answer 4

Viet Nam is where we got our butts handed to us on a silver platter.

The war in Viet Nam came as a result of what the U.S. and Russia wanted.

The Viet Nam war was more a test of weaponry than anything else. We started by using machine guns. We lost. Then it was by tanks. We lost. It wasn't until we used air power that we won. Now we start all wars using air power. Why? Because we'd lose every time if we tried to go in on the ground.

Do you think it was a coincidence that two weeks prior to the murder of JFK that the president of South Viet Nam was murdered?

Do you think it was coincidence that neither one of these leaders wanted to fight North Viet Nam?

The Warren Commission was a farce. Same goes for the 9/11 report. They didn't do any kind of investigation into 9/11 until 1 1/2 years later.

One other interesting thing to note here is that the government spent around $600,000.00 on the 9/11 report while they spent nearly $40,000,000.00 for Ken Starr to investigate President Clinton.

But, in reality, right now we are in a war that we can't and never will win. So perhaps the Iraq war is the correct answer.

The only winner in the Iraq war is Haliburton. Isn't it odd that they bought out Brown and Root. Brown and Root is the same company that had ties to Lyndon Johnson. Lyndon Johnson just so happen to give a no compete contract to them for one billion dollars to dredge Camron Bay.

What has Haliburton gained by this war in Iraq? Very lucrative oil revenues.

Now who has ties to Haliburton? Vice President Cheney. What a coincidence.

Answer 5

You quantified your answer by asking about a "major" battle. Anyone who says Tet is wrong, we won that battle. We took back everything the VC took and killed 50,000 of them to boot and lost a few hundred men.
Korea...In the beginning of that war we were completely on defense and falling back.
It is hard to remember a "battle" campaigns are easier. The Philippines and Corregidor were campaigns that we lost. Battle of the Coral Sea was a draw.
I would have to agree with the Kasserine Pass. November, 1942. Our green infantry got its butt stomped and the leadership was not up to snuff.

Answer 6

i think you have to go back to the civil war to see any united states divisions actually defeated in the field.

this is what the united states does uncomparably.

sadly, almost no wars will ever be fought on this scale ever again - most likely for that very reason...

Answer 7

A "major" battle would be during the Korean war.

Answer 8

The Vietnam War.

Answer 9

Kasarine Pass, North Africa in 1942.

Answer 10

militarily speaking, probably Kasserine Pass.
Not Tet - US comprehensively beat VC / NVA despite being suprised.
US usually / always win in the Field, which is why any opposition have to come with novel tactics like suicide bombers, and the propaganda war.