Quote Originally Posted by Rosacrux redux
Almost all battles during WWI in the estern front, after the stabilization of the front in 1914. Pointless bloodbaths for virtually no gain (tactical, strategical or at least considerable land gains).

I would definitely not call Nagashino "pointless" at all... on the contrary, it was a battle of incredibly high stakes and the outcome pretty much determined the future of not only the Taked clan, but also a significant part of the subsequent events in Japan.

Also, I wouldn't call any of the "last stand" battles as 'pointless', as they are valuable for strategical reasons (boost of morale, delay of enemy force, political reasons, motivation etc. etc.).
I disagree.It was pointless and stupid from Katsuyori he wasted Takedas army on an insignificant battle.Over an castle that wasnt even necessary to take to move further in the Togukawa domain.Also all of Senior Takeda retainers were against attacking the prepared and outnumbering Oda/Togukawa forces. Ofcourse it wasnt pointless for Oda or Tokugawa becouse it allowed To Oda to launch their forces on fully to Take over The Central Kinai region of the Country and also for Togukawa to take most of the Takedas eastern Domains. But as a last stand it wasnt Takedas last stand.The last stand of Takeda was at Temmokuzan 1581.Where Katsyori finally took his own life.