Snake Featherston
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Germany lost to Russia before 8/5/1945?![]()
The Teutonic Knight's invasion was a failure....
Germany lost to Russia before 8/5/1945?![]()
Um...The Teutonic Knight's invasion was a failure....
Also, let me know when there's non-biased consensus that Russian units played a significant role at Grunwald.To be fair, what else do you call a power that isn't able to do anything when its wealthiest territories break away, is the only major state to lose to Russia in a significant wat between 1815 and 1945, and has to admit that large segments of its population are "protected" by foreign powers?
The Japanese Imperial family can trace its lineage back to 600AD, more or less.Sorry.
I agree with your points...but it's not called the "Sick Man of Europe" because it was the worst country in Europe, but because it was the weakest of the Great Powers, and had fallen off in its "Great Power-ness" by quite a bit, and I think it's fair to call it that, even if it was reforming and could have turned things fully around.
This is just ridiculous...everybody knows Spain was the (very) sick man of Europe...on the long term, the idea that Austria-Hungary was terminally Ill can be argued to be just as bad as the idea of Ottoman Collapse being inevitable...
Honestly, most people don't know enough about the the Ottomans to have misconceptions.
The Russians didn't beat them then, though.Also WWI...
Japan is still the longest since it's been continuing to the present day since the very start of the 2nd millennium.Didn't I say "in Second Millenia" in my first post in this thread ?![]()
The Russians didn't beat them then, though.
Actually, the Germans won that war.
Japan is still the longest since it's been continuing to the present day since the very start of the 2nd millennium.![]()
I think that reference was to the whole Alexander Nevsky story. But that was of course still way before 1815...UAlso, let me know when there's non-biased consensus that Russian units played a significant role at Grunwald.
Bleh. Depends on if you're looking at the fronts individually or entente vs central powers. I, for one, say Russia was a proud victor.![]()
Spain was a good Christian country.... And good christian country can defend its own honor by its own, because only few would be bothered seeing them do so. Ottomans were un-Christian heathen which couldn't have been let to defend their honor and pride, and should have transferred their power to the Christians.
I would suggest that Spain and Portugal were largely ignored because they were poor, in a strategically unimportant position, and rather small, compared to the Ottoman Empire. So, they weren't really capable of even potentially influencing matters around them, at any point.
So why there was so much limited outpouring of support when Holy War was declared on the Entente? India (Bagladesh and Pakistan), I'm looking at you.Yes, it was quite like that. In addition to that, Ottoman Empire was the Caliphate of Islam, with most of Sunni muslims of the world sweared religious allegiance to her. Many of Sufi Order around the world were practically functionable as Caliphate's extension of influence in their respective region. European powers were very nervous and worried about that, fearing that Ottomans could have sabotage their colonial activity in muslim regions.
So why there was so much limited outpouring of support when Holy War was declared on the Entente? India (Bagladesh and Pakistan), I'm looking at you.