In 1812 Napoleon came to grief
At the hand of Russia's General Winter
Invading in the quite insane belief
That long-term gains from lightning strikes follow
In a country so vast, apart from the
Technologically undeveloped lands
Like Australia, North / South America
Africa, even China, but no chance
Of conquering Russia, far too far advanced
To be subdued for long, thanks to dead chiefs
With modernising vision, like Peter
And Catherine the Great. Even Hitler's tanks
Met the same icy fate, Moscow relieved
By snow, then driving out the invader
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