The Siren’s Song of Russia Twin Disasters of 1812 and 1941 That Changed the World

In one of the greatest paradoxes of history and the best example of the axiom that history repeats itself, the two greatest conquerors of Europe, Napoleon and Hitler, in successive centuries met with unprecedented disaster in the same place, Russia, and largely for the same reasons. Ironically, the enduring lessons from both Napoleon’s and Hitler’s war in Russia are still as relevant today in the twenty-first century as they were in 1812 and 1941.