Why Every Army That Invaded RUSSIA Failed, Explained in 42 Minutes

In 1812 Napoleon marched into Russia with 600,000 men. In 1941 Hitler sent more than 3 million. Both armies were destroyed — and it wasn't really the snow. For 800 years, invader after invader came for Russia: Mongols, crusader knights, Crimean raiders, Poles, Swedes, Napoleon, Britain and France, the Kaiser, and Hitler. In this video we go through all nine to find out who actually won, who lost, and why the land itself kept deciding the result. Russia isn't defended by its army. It's defended by its map. CHAPTERS 0:00 The Map That Ate Armies 0:42 The Only Ones Who Won 7:13 The Raiders From the South 9:20 The Time the Poles Took Moscow 11:51 The Boy King of Sweden 16:44 Napoleon's Grand Mistake 24:18 The Invaders Who Came by Sea 26:27 The Kaiser's Secret Weapon 30:01 Operation Barbarossa 37:24 The Map Is the Weapon #history #russia #napoleon #ww2 #geography