Knights, led by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. II Jagiełło (Jogaila) and Grand Duke Vytautas, decisively defeated the German–Prussian Teutonic The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław Lech Walesa and bishop Karol Jozef Wojtyla, bishop of Krakow and eventually, Pope John-Paul II, led a movement of laborers and workers who marched in prayer against the fixed bayonets of a brutal Soviet-led occupation and repression.Of Žalgiris or First Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic It is not accidental that the well-armed and violent Soviet Union could not prevail against the faith-led movement called Solidarity in Poland. The expansion of rights is deeply rooted in morality.everywhere! It is not accidental that many of the leaders of the U.S. Russian Music (like Tchaikowsky's 1812 Overture - with cannon please - understanding Russian folklore, and the how and why the Soviet Empire collapsed. Likewise, one cannot understand Putin without understanding Russian literature, Russia’s Art: Foote emphatically and poignantly writes that one cannot understand America without understanding the Civil War. what Shelby Foote described as an inability to accept the fact that the South lost. What we witness in Putin is a psychological state which is also present in the U.S. Tolstoy was a fatherless prodigal son, then an artillery officer, who discovered for himself the reality of aristocracy, a class of society in which he was born, and shared the experiences of Chekov, a fellow writer who witnessed at a penal colony on Sakhalin Island, the failures of the state - as seen fully in its children. According to the novelist who wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina, "good art" should make us less moralistic and judgmental and should supplement religion in developing our reserves of kindness and true morality. Our idolatry of the computer belies an alternate reality described by Peter Drucker who declared that the computer is a moron! This misunderstanding is also described by Tolstoy. Foote unforgettably stated that the American South continues to harp on the Civil war - as we saw during the attempted insurrection of 6 January: 6 January-at the Capitolīecause we never forget the fights we lost. Shelby Foote explained in Ken Burns' Civil War series, that one cannot understand America without understanding the Civil War. What they (the most pejorative word a Marine uses) ignore or demean is the value of social media in teaching the most influential of subjects, namely history, human psychology and culture. Professors know that they must publish or perish, just as musical Artists know that you either sing, compose or vanish. Kyle Harper, Professor of Classics and Letters and Provost Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma: Professor Kyle Harper The Antonine Plague wasn’t the last lethal pandemic the Romans faced. In recognizing the limits of their power in the face of nature, we can also acknowledge our own. “History is powerful because we can identify with the hopes, follies and sorrows of those who have come before us. The Culture of Success, the Culture of Defeat and Sports My Comment: "Thus are fleeting the glories of this world." - Sic Transit Gloria Mundi The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov: General SamsonovĪ series of follow-up battles ( First Masuria Lakes) destroyed most of the First Army as well and kept the Russians off balance until the spring of 1915. Wikipedia: The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 26 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. Putin’s massive and embarrassing strategic failure to recreate the Soviet Union in Ukraine is reminiscent of the Battle of Tannenberg: Russian prisoners of war after the battle History is never dead it is not even past - Wm. It’s the end of the world as we know it (And I feel fine) - R.E.M. All the rest is just training - Brent Staples
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