

History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach
Red Cliffs: Cao Cao's Bad Day-208 A.D.
TV-14
S1 • E4 30mEven outstanding commanders can have a bad day, as evidenced by one of the most celebrated conflicts in Chinese history: the battle of Red Cliffs. How did general Cao Cao get fooled by an obvious ploy that set his armada ablaze-particularly when he had previously used such tactics himself?