Throughout history, there have been great military man or men 
of weapons capable of great feats of war and tactics. Then, comes to mind names as Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Julius Caesar (despite what they say some editions of Trivial Pursuit ever was proclaimed emperor) etc ... but why not appoint a general able to decimate most fabulous hosts without suffering low any?.
The three most famous cases in which that general was resoundingly defeated, against Charles XII of Sweden (in the early eighteenth century), against Napoleon (early nineteenth century) and Hitler (in the mid-twentieth century).
Russia can afford to give way allowing the enemy to penetrate and extend their lines of communication and supply. To this we added the practice of "scorched earth" consistent not to leave anything of value to the enemy in their advance, also add to that the freezing of roads and other routes of communication, as well as a rich mud in the seasonal thawing and finally paints the stage with a constant low temperatures.
Charles XII of Sweden was headed to Moscow with 40,000 men. Elated to have won the battle of Nerva (1700) to a coalition composed antisueca Danes, Poles and Russians launched the invasion of Poland and Russia. His opponent was Peter the Great who, let him move to Ukraine where it is assumed that Charles XII had the support of a Cossack leader, which in the end did not happen. He came over the winter from 1708 to 1709 which caused about 20,000 casualties. Like Peter I was blocking the hypothetical arrival
a reinforcement, Charles was forced to submit to the desperate battle in the fields of Poltava, where only 1,500 men survived, including Charles himself, who fled to Turkey.
Napoleon tried it that Charles XII of Sweden, but in 1812. Launched the invasion of Russia in command of about 600,000 men (the famous Grand Armee) and that it was the beginning of the end, the countdown to Waterloo. Napoleon hoped to achieve its military objectives before the arrival of winter and the first was the conquest of Moscow. But Napoleon not expect the army of Czar Alexander (consisting of 200,000 men) took so long battle.
In early summer there was the battle of Smolensk, with Napoleonic victory. However, we assumed a low of 145,000 men by injury, disease and hunger. As the Tsar also suffered many casualties decided to replicate its army to defend Moscow (assigned to the general operation Kutusov). The battle of Borodino was intended to save Kutusov Moscow but was overwhelmed by the Napoleonic troops in clear superiority. The losses for both sides were staggering. Napoleon was left with only 100,000 men under his command and with some 55,000 Kutusov effective.
Before this debacle, Kutusov made a decision that left Napoleon
trificado eg. Unable to defend Moscow evacuated the city and burned it. When in September, Napoleon entered it with 95,000 men found a desolate city and unable to feed their troops. Soon realized that was supposed to stay there to die of hunger and cold so immediately retreated. The French soldiers had to travel hundreds of miles away, hungry and shivering with cold as well as harassment by the Russian army took advantage of the knowledge of the terrain. This lasted about 2 months, but Napoleon abandoned his troops before returning to Paris to quell riots certain stability the empire. Shortly after its 25,000 survivors arrived and loyal soldiers.
Adolf Hitler, in June 1941 launched Operation Barbarossa to take Russia. To that end, had three full army groups ranging from the Baltic to the Black Sea. After breaking the Russian lines, each German army quickly entered Russian territory to pack his army defender. The first objectives were to Leningrad (St Petersburg), Moscow and Stalingrad (Volgograd) but showed Hitler to ignore the main principles of military art.
In December 1941 the Germans were on the outskirts of Moscow
to 45 degrees below zero. At this temperature, the arms and ammunition did not work, you could not touch anything metal with bare hands, feet and hands were frozen, the engines and tanks would not start until the air grew stifling. The Russian counteroffensive occurred in winter and spring of 1942, the Germans had already retreated to 300 km from Moscow, Smolensk curiously (ironies of history).
Stalingrad was a very important city for heavy industry and for being a great hub. In November 1942 the German Sixth Army was in the vicinity command of Von Paulus. But the rear of the German army was entrusted to Romanian and Italian units, which yielded to the Russians on the right bank of the River Don. Thus, the Sixth Army Germany and part of the Fourth Panzer Army (named for its tanks units of the same name) were isolated. Von Paulus asked
external reinforcements to break their isolation and were sent to him under General Manstein. But the Russians, seeing the arrival of these reinforcements, weakened its defenses of the city by removing some units of my
more and went to meet Manstein unit to avoid it came to the aid of Von Paulus. Constant harassment and the invaluable assistance of General Winter managed to prevent the arrival of Manstein. Von Paulus asked for permission to retire in force, breaking the lock to save his army from destruction but Hiter expressly forbade it. Therefore, some 300,000 German soldiers remained bagged one more time to suffer from hunger, disease and especially cold. Von Paulus surrendered to the Russians with the remaining survivors.
of weapons capable of great feats of war and tactics. Then, comes to mind names as Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Julius Caesar (despite what they say some editions of Trivial Pursuit ever was proclaimed emperor) etc ... but why not appoint a general able to decimate most fabulous hosts without suffering low any?. The three most famous cases in which that general was resoundingly defeated, against Charles XII of Sweden (in the early eighteenth century), against Napoleon (early nineteenth century) and Hitler (in the mid-twentieth century).
Russia can afford to give way allowing the enemy to penetrate and extend their lines of communication and supply. To this we added the practice of "scorched earth" consistent not to leave anything of value to the enemy in their advance, also add to that the freezing of roads and other routes of communication, as well as a rich mud in the seasonal thawing and finally paints the stage with a constant low temperatures.
Charles XII of Sweden was headed to Moscow with 40,000 men. Elated to have won the battle of Nerva (1700) to a coalition composed antisueca Danes, Poles and Russians launched the invasion of Poland and Russia. His opponent was Peter the Great who, let him move to Ukraine where it is assumed that Charles XII had the support of a Cossack leader, which in the end did not happen. He came over the winter from 1708 to 1709 which caused about 20,000 casualties. Like Peter I was blocking the hypothetical arrival
a reinforcement, Charles was forced to submit to the desperate battle in the fields of Poltava, where only 1,500 men survived, including Charles himself, who fled to Turkey. Napoleon tried it that Charles XII of Sweden, but in 1812. Launched the invasion of Russia in command of about 600,000 men (the famous Grand Armee) and that it was the beginning of the end, the countdown to Waterloo. Napoleon hoped to achieve its military objectives before the arrival of winter and the first was the conquest of Moscow. But Napoleon not expect the army of Czar Alexander (consisting of 200,000 men) took so long battle.
In early summer there was the battle of Smolensk, with Napoleonic victory. However, we assumed a low of 145,000 men by injury, disease and hunger. As the Tsar also suffered many casualties decided to replicate its army to defend Moscow (assigned to the general operation Kutusov). The battle of Borodino was intended to save Kutusov Moscow but was overwhelmed by the Napoleonic troops in clear superiority. The losses for both sides were staggering. Napoleon was left with only 100,000 men under his command and with some 55,000 Kutusov effective.
Before this debacle, Kutusov made a decision that left Napoleon
trificado eg. Unable to defend Moscow evacuated the city and burned it. When in September, Napoleon entered it with 95,000 men found a desolate city and unable to feed their troops. Soon realized that was supposed to stay there to die of hunger and cold so immediately retreated. The French soldiers had to travel hundreds of miles away, hungry and shivering with cold as well as harassment by the Russian army took advantage of the knowledge of the terrain. This lasted about 2 months, but Napoleon abandoned his troops before returning to Paris to quell riots certain stability the empire. Shortly after its 25,000 survivors arrived and loyal soldiers. Adolf Hitler, in June 1941 launched Operation Barbarossa to take Russia. To that end, had three full army groups ranging from the Baltic to the Black Sea. After breaking the Russian lines, each German army quickly entered Russian territory to pack his army defender. The first objectives were to Leningrad (St Petersburg), Moscow and Stalingrad (Volgograd) but showed Hitler to ignore the main principles of military art.
In December 1941 the Germans were on the outskirts of Moscow
to 45 degrees below zero. At this temperature, the arms and ammunition did not work, you could not touch anything metal with bare hands, feet and hands were frozen, the engines and tanks would not start until the air grew stifling. The Russian counteroffensive occurred in winter and spring of 1942, the Germans had already retreated to 300 km from Moscow, Smolensk curiously (ironies of history). Stalingrad was a very important city for heavy industry and for being a great hub. In November 1942 the German Sixth Army was in the vicinity command of Von Paulus. But the rear of the German army was entrusted to Romanian and Italian units, which yielded to the Russians on the right bank of the River Don. Thus, the Sixth Army Germany and part of the Fourth Panzer Army (named for its tanks units of the same name) were isolated. Von Paulus asked
external reinforcements to break their isolation and were sent to him under General Manstein. But the Russians, seeing the arrival of these reinforcements, weakened its defenses of the city by removing some units of my
more and went to meet Manstein unit to avoid it came to the aid of Von Paulus. Constant harassment and the invaluable assistance of General Winter managed to prevent the arrival of Manstein. Von Paulus asked for permission to retire in force, breaking the lock to save his army from destruction but Hiter expressly forbade it. Therefore, some 300,000 German soldiers remained bagged one more time to suffer from hunger, disease and especially cold. Von Paulus surrendered to the Russians with the remaining survivors. 
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