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• arrogance
• complacency,
• established patterns of fighting,
• stereotypes of opponents, and / or
• ignorance of alternatives or refusal to recognize them,

and loses badly as result.

An example of victory disease and its results: Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, painted by Adolph Northern in the 19th century

1 Examples

Examples abound; the next list is by no means complete:

• The Battle of Salamis in 480 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars, in which the hubris of Xerxes I led to a catastrophic defeat of the Persian Empire to the Greeks (see also The Persians),
• The catastrophic decision by Napoleon to invade RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With in 1812Events January 1 the Allgemeines Burgerliches Gesetzbuch, the Austrian civil code enters into force in the Austrian Empire February 2 Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California February 7 The strongest in a series of massive earthqua,
• Decisions made at and before the 1863Events January-March January 1 Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 Ground is broken in Sacramen Battle of GettysburgThe Battle of Gettysburg ( July 1- 3, 1863), which took place in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the largest battle ever conducted in the Western Hemisphere, and is generally considered to be the turning point of the American Civil Wa by the ConfederatesThe Confederate States of America CSA also known as the Confederacy was the confederacy formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War. The 11 states of the Confederacy were Alabama, Arkansas, after their victory at the Battle of ChancellorsvilleThe Battle of Chancellorsville marked the zenith of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's powers in its struggle to force a retreat of the Army of the Potomac from Virginia and thereby aid the Confederate States of America in its attempt to gain ind during the American Civil WarThe American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as "the U. the Union," " the North," or "the Yankees"; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as "the Confederat,
• The 1876Events January events January 31 The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. February events February 2 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. February 14 Alexander Graham Bell a Battle of the Little Bighorn,
• The catastrophic decision by the Nazis to invade Russia in 1941,
• The 1941 decision of the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor,
• After the rapid advance of the Allies across France following Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War Two, the decision by Bernard Montgomery to take on Operation Market Garden, which failed catastrophically,
• The United States's 1961 attempt to overthrow the government of Cuba by the Bay of Pigs Invasion,
• The United States's persisent folly during the Vietnam War, and
• The 1993 actions of Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia during Operation Restore Hope.