History - once again, re invading Russia

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Fascinating that throughout centuries worth of dr. Strang-loves in their bubbles of power; humility is lost in the Russian winters?_Mg
Communicator...

> On Oct 22, 2016, at 19:04, justa <russia-insider.com at freedbms.net> wrote:
> 
> 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 :)
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> ** 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.