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1. Napoleonic Wars

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   The Russian Campaign and the Final Decline (1812–1815)
   The disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 marked the turning point of the Napoleonic era. The Grande Armée specialized, initially numbering over 600,000 men, was decimated not solely by the Russian winter, but primarily by the phenomenon of "logistical refraction"—the psychological effect of witnessing supply wagons deliberately burned by retreating [Russian forces](/entries/russia…

2. World War Two

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   The European theatre began with the German doctrine of Blitzkrieg (Lightning War), which relied on highly mobile armoured divisions supported by close air support. After the rapid conquest of Poland and France, the conflict escalated with the Battle of Britain (1940), an air campaign where the Royal Air Force successfully deterred a planned German amphibious invasion (Operation Sea Lion). Crucially, the German Luftwaffe's …