English history is littered with examples of clusterfucking from the Battle of Hastings (they'll never get up this hill) through to WWI (it'll be over by Christmas and who's ever heard of the Dardanelles).

Clusterfucking also rears its head in commerce, Gerald Ratner being a noted master of the art. (For those who don't know Mr Ratner publicly admitted that his chain of jewellry shops sold crap).