Invading Russia would become ‘military nightmare,’ Swedish paper warns

About future of Sweden.

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Hitler found out the hard way 75 years ago, and the terrain hasn't changed too much yet.

Entering Russia would become a “military nightmare” for any army, according to a rating of the hardest countries to invade compiled by Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
Military might, the size of territory and the difficulty of terrain are among the key factors that determine the country’s defensive capability, the paper wrote.

Based on these criteria, the Swedish journalists pointed out that “whoever considers the idea of invading Russia must be prepared to handle all kinds of terrain.” The enemy would face desolate mountains, impenetrable swamps, frozen tundra, turbulent rivers, and dark forests in Russia, they said, adding that hot summers and chilling winters would also pose a challenge.

“And then we have the Russians themselves, who for thousands of years, having participated in both large-scale wars and guerrilla warfare, gained a lot of experience,” the article said.


Invading Russia would become ‘military nightmare,’ Swedish paper warns

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“And then we have the Russians themselves, who for thousands of years, having participated in both large-scale wars and guerrilla warfare, gained a lot of experience,” the article said.


I agree, thousand year old Russian guerillas would be difficult to beat.

I knew it! Russia has a secret zombie army.
 
There's no point to invading Russia, it's a garbage pail of a country. Even the Russians don't want to be there.
 
Why would anyone invade Russia?

They have nukes and know how to use them
1. At the beginning of the 19th century, Russians learned French, then they occupied Paris
2. At the beginning of the 20th century, Russians learned German, then they occupied Berlin
3. Since the beginning of the 21st century, Russians have been learning English ...
:2up:

Sorry, I'm talking with google translator

Is that why they lost the Cold War?
 
From the article.

Switzerland and New Zealand also made it into the paper’s rankings. Despite having a rather small military of just 150,000 troops, the Swiss state remains a hard nut to crack due to it being surrounded by the Alps. It also has a lot defensive facilities, as well as bridges and roads, which could be blown up to hamper the aggressor’s advance, the article read.

Conquering New Zealand would be problematic from a logistical point of view, the authors said. The island state is located more than 2,000km from the nearest large landmass, Australia, which would make supplying the invading troops with arms and necessities “almost impossible.”
Except Switzerland isn't surrounded by the Alps.
The North and West are fairly open. Nothing stopped the Germans from taking Switzerland except that they had no need to.
 
Hitler found out the hard way 75 years ago, and the terrain hasn't changed too much since then.

Entering Russia would become a “military nightmare” for any army, according to a rating of the hardest countries to invade compiled by Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
Military might, the size of territory and the difficulty of terrain are among the key factors that determine the country’s defensive capability, the paper wrote.

Based on these criteria, the Swedish journalists pointed out that “whoever considers the idea of invading Russia must be prepared to handle all kinds of terrain.” The enemy would face desolate mountains, impenetrable swamps, frozen tundra, turbulent rivers, and dark forests in Russia, they said, adding that hot summers and chilling winters would also pose a challenge.

“And then we have the Russians themselves, who for thousands of years, having participated in both large-scale wars and guerrilla warfare, gained a lot of experience,” the article said.


Invading Russia would become ‘military nightmare,’ Swedish paper warns

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hello paid troll from olgino with links to TV.ru

and this is original source , and N1 here is Schweiz N2 Nya Zeeland etc. Dessa är de svåraste länderna att invadera (SvD Perfect Guide) | SvD
ps Hitler invaded USSR , "russia" (Muscovy) was his most powerful ally
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