Small Russia Defeats Napoleon

Gotland Baltic Sea Öland Riga LATVIA LITHUANIA Vilnius Kaliningrad RUSSIA Gdańsk Warsaw POLAND Poznań Łódź Oder I never realised how small Russia is. How did this place defeat Hitler and napoleon?

A cropped map of northeastern Europe highlights the tiny Russian exclave of Kaliningrad between Poland and Lithuania. The caption jokes that Russia looks absurdly small on this map, making it seem impossible that it defeated Hitler and Napoleon; the punchline plays on Russia’s vast historical territory and its wars against Napoleon and Nazi Germany. EN: A cropped map of northeastern Europe highlights the tiny Russian exclave of Kaliningrad between Poland and Lithuania. The caption jokes that Russia looks absurdly small on this map, making it seem impossible that it defeated Hitler and Napoleon; the punchline plays on Russia’s vast historical territory and its wars against Napoleon and Nazi Germany.

• @afrosidemoon / 44098 2021-11-04