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    time in Russia is not something to be taken lightly. With freezing temperatures, harsh winds, and a ton of snow, it does not take much to admit that Russia has one of the worst winters in the world. There have been many times when foreigners have come into Russia with little preparation or knowledge of the cold weather, and countless military failures have been caused by the winter Russian weather. The most known military failures are those of Napoleon Bonaparte’s military attack on Russia in 1812

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    America planned it as soon as they would stabilize in the southwestern Pacific. Their plan was to make a cross-channel invasion of Europe from Britain. The Allies could'nt have enough ships to invade Europe before the next spring of 1942. Their next thought was to plan a bomb on Germany. During they would wait and send war materials to the Soviet armies fighting Germany in Russia. Churchill wanted to keep going and mess up Germany from the Meditterranian. For example they wanted to ruin Africa, Sicily

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    The Schlieffen Plan

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    The Schlieffen Plan The Schlieffen plan was a plan created by General Count Alfred von Schlieffen in 11903 for the German Army, at the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Schlieffen Plan was an operational plan for an attack on France and Russia. Schlieffen advised the Kaiser that the plan should be implemented by 1916, as Germany would be strong enough for a victory by then. The final version of The Plan was built around classic military strategy. Thirty-four divisions, supported by heavy artillery

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    The events that took place during the beginning of the nineteenth century cause the monumental change in art. That monumental event during that time was the Patriotic War of 1812, which centered on the French army invasion of Russia, with Napoleon leading the French. While the Patriotic War of 1812 was a big turn in history it was only a part of the Napoleonic Wars, which lasted from the mid-1800 to 1814. The progression of war had drawn the attention of the whole Russian society. There were disasters

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    was created by Alfred Von Schlieffen. Schlieffen was a German Army Chief of Staff, who was given instructions to create a battle plan or strategy that would be able to bypass the French borders in order to acquire more land. Its main aim was to destroy France if a war ever took place. If they achieved, Britain and Russia wouldn’t be interested in carrying on fighting with Germany. This plan included taking most of the German army through Belgium and around the Franco- German Border and to attack Paris

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    what was going on in the rest of the world. The connection with Napoleon's wars and the Russian Revolution was the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment has spread from France to Russia through war. Napoleon Bonaparte was a famous French general. He was known for his strategic battle plans and victories. During the invasions of France, Bonaparte wanted to take control over the current government to implement his plans on how to regain power for the country and himself. He conquered most

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    series of rulers after this event felt Russia was behind the rest of Europe in terms of political and economic progress and these new rulers sought to reform Russia including Peter the great banning traditional dresses for men, military changes, establishing schools and making a new capital called St.Petersburg. All of this in hope of giving Russia a more western image that he saw while on his tour of Europe. Catherine the Great continued the modernization of russia and expanded the Russian territory

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    the other hand, was restricting the French citizen from earning any dough. There are many other examples of Napoleon’s inventions that had no place in France at that time. Instead of solving major economic and political struggles, Napoleon chose to expand the country's borders. Using up most of the already modest budget, Napoleon continues to fight with other European countries. His successes overshadowed the minor failures that he had up until the Russian Invasion. France was not in it’s best shape

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    Ww1 vs Ww2

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    This made the Germans try a new offensive on July 15th against the British, American, and French forces. The Germans lost this fight too. The American involvement in the war was pushing Germany back and continued to do so until the Peace Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris by the Allied Forces and Germany on June 28th, 1919. The Treaty

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    tanks and planes to fight back. On September 17 Russia invaded Poland from the east. They split the country with the Germans. The Russians invaded Finland in November of 1939. Finland fought hard for six long months. They

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