Was 1839 Britain’s Greatest Imperial Blunder in Afghanistan?

In the 19th century, the British Empire marched into Afghanistan, imagining a swift conquest. But what followed was humiliation, rebellion, and one of the bloodiest retreats in imperial history. Friedrich Engels, long before modern critics of empire, dissected this disaster with piercing clarity, showing how arrogance, fear of Russia, and blind faith in power doomed the British campaign. ???? In this video, you will learn: Why Britain invaded Afghanistan during the “Great Game.” How Engels explained the folly of British imperial arrogance. The story of the First Anglo-Afghan War and the Kabul retreat. Why Afghanistan became known as the graveyard of empires. How Engels’s analysis anticipated later critiques of imperialism. The financial, political, and human cost of Britain’s Afghan war.