History - once again, re invading Russia

[russia-insider.com at freedbms.net (justa)]

We have the big examples of Napoleon, Hitler and the Ottoman Empire, but
a little less known is the empire of Sweden, so vast were its conquests.

Enjoy :)



** Sweden Was a Military Giant - Until It Invaded Russia
by Michael Peck on Sat, Oct 22, 2016
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/sweden-was-military-giant%E2%80%94until-it-invaded-russia-17980

When most people think of Sweden, they think of IKEA furniture,
depressing murder mysteries and a foreign policy of strict
neutrality.Yet 400 years ago, Sweden was a major military power. Indeed,
it was even an empire, a fact that must make today's Swedish leftists
cringe.Under young King Gustavus Adolphus, a brilliant and innovative
military commander, Sweden in the early 1600s became a sort of Nordic
Israel (which must also make Swedish leftists cringe). Sweden was a
poor, thinly populated nation that couldn't match the resources of
larger rivals such as France and Russia.