Battle of Poltava 1709 - Great Northern War DOCUMENTARY

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• KI

  @KingsandGenerals · 4 years ago (edited) · pinned

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• KL

  @KladdigIranier · 4 years ago (edited)

  Here in Stockholm, there is a statue of Charles XII depicting him pointing towards the east (Russia). While in St Petersburg, Russia there is a statue of Peter The Great depicting him pointing towards the west (Sweden).

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• JU

  @Juel92 · 4 years ago

  It&apos;s crazy how they just went forward like that into slaughter. Incredibly rare for a fighting force to not shatter during circumstances like that.

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• OC

  @octodaddy4494 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m Swedish and according to the notes on my ancestor he was present at Poltava as the Drabant guard on horse of Charles XII. He survived and escaped with Charles to Bender and later to Sweden again.

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• MI

  @michaelsinger4638 · 4 years ago

  Charles suffering the same fate that Napoleon and Hitler would after him.<br><br>They say that failure can be the best teacher, and in this case that was certainly true with Peter.

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• MA

  @markkrousos5011 · 4 years ago

  &quot;...Swedish soldiers met their bane<br>Sacrificed their lives in vain<br>POLTAVA!&quot;

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• AN

  @anonymousanonymous7250 · 4 years ago

  <b>LISTEN, EXCUSE FOR A KING</b><br><b>TRUST ME, THIS FIGHT YOU CAN&apos;T WIN</b>

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• JA

  @JanikAshe · 4 years ago

  Would be cool to have a Suvorov series, general that never lost a battle while being outnumbered most of a time.

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• AV

  @AV57 · 4 years ago

  When I was in university pursuing my history degree, I had desperately wanted to research the Great Northern War for one of my term papers, but I couldn’t find enough primary sources that were translated to English that would satisfy my professor. This was about 15 years ago, so I had to give it up. You can most certainly see the shadow of this war on the modern world even if you don’t know anything about the war itself. This series so far has been very entertaining. Good job K&amp;G!

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• OS

  @oskar8536 · 4 years ago

  As a swede,I know full well that my country wouldn’t be anywhere near what it is today, but man, poltava still leaves a sour taste in my mouth lol

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• LE

  @lerneanlion · 4 years ago

  So this is what divine miracle looks like, it is fueled by a lot of gunpowder.

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• TH

  @thestone9134 · 4 years ago

  The mere fact they made it past the redoubts was in itself an great achievement by the time for the final assault Roos had lost 2500 out of 3000 men and could not take part not that it would made a difference. Those who made it through numbered maybe 3000 and they charged 30000 and the Caroleans died as they lived with honor, courage and faith but still they died in vain. It was a strategic error to advance into Russia. Advancing away from your own lands weakening yourself through constant skirmishing while suffering starvation and disease and loosing thousands for nothing the Swedish invasion of Russia must be on of the top military blunders of all time.

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