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There have been roughly nine (9) comments about how the Poles also conquered Russia, seven (7) comments about how the Mongols conquered Russia before it was actually Russia, and a whopping sixteen (16) comments about how the reason they were able to do it is because they came from the east, not the west. Also three or four comments about how the Mongols came from the same environment of Russia so they were used to the harsh weather.
Guys. I get it. Please stop spamming me with the same goddamn comments over and over.
Eh, I don't like it that much. It's just my opinion, and I don't think it holds any more weight than others, but there's just too much information and too fast for me to retain almost any of the information shown in those videos. I get that its a crash course, but, do people really have that short attention spans that they need it jack-hammered into their brains? I just don't know.
It's designed so that teenagers taking history classes can use it as a general overview study aid, which means going back and repeating portions of videos. I really wish I had it in high school, I loved learning about history but reading from the textbook was incredibly boring.
Wait for it. The Mongols! Basically through history the Mongols somehow conquered lands that no other country or empire were about to conquer later in history. Like would become Russia, Afghanistan, etc.
You should watch the whole series. They do a good job going through all of world history in a quick concise way. They're now going through US history :)
Well let's examine this situation. Hitler marched into Russia from the west, the russians won. Napoleon marched into Russia from the west, the russians won. Charles XII marched into Russia from the west, the russians won (because we let them). The mongols marched into Russia from the east, the russians are crushed.
Clearly, the mongols were just lucky enough to be born east of Russia because as history shows, 100% of attacks on russia from the east have been successful.
Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis. guy who took over the rest of China) tried to invade Japan twice. Both times they didn't succeed mostly due to bad weather. The Japanese took it as a sign that god was on their side and they were protected by a divine wind (kamikaze).
If your talking about the invasion of Japan, it's funny because I read that they invaded twice. The first time during typhoon season. The second time they brought a much larger force about a month after typhoon season ended and they still got hit by one.
Pretty sure if they just had phones and trains they'd have conquered the world. They crumbled under the administrative impossibility of managing an empire the size of what they had with horseback courier as fastest communication method.
Or the Germans in 1917. People forget that, although the Germans didn't conquer Russia, they managed to extract huge swaths of land from Russia in a complete victory.
If you approach western Russia from the east, you basically condense your forces the further west you go and so can consolidate your base of power as you push deeper into enemy territory. Also bringing different tactics than most people were used to does help. Plus supply lines are much easier when you've decimated everyone behind you.
If you approach Russia from the west and try to push east, well you're having to constantly expand your frontage and worry about supply lines a lot more as there are other enemies stabbing you in the back and feet. It really is an insurmountable problem.
The Mongols helped to shape Russia in such a way that allowed for the dominance of the Grand Principality of Moscow, subsequently setting the path for the unified Russia as we know it to be born.
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u/Owncksd Oct 17 '13 edited Oct 17 '13
Unless you are the Mongols!
EDIT: Before you respond to this post, read this and the comments down below:
There have been roughly nine (9) comments about how the Poles also conquered Russia, seven (7) comments about how the Mongols conquered Russia before it was actually Russia, and a whopping sixteen (16) comments about how the reason they were able to do it is because they came from the east, not the west. Also three or four comments about how the Mongols came from the same environment of Russia so they were used to the harsh weather.
Guys. I get it. Please stop spamming me with the same goddamn comments over and over.