An example of the weather leading to the defeat and victory of the war.

1: In the battle of Salamis in 480 BC, the Greek navy had only 358 warships, while the huge Persian navy had 1207 warships. However, before the start of the campaign, due to unfamiliar weather and navigation conditions, the Persian navy suffered two hurricanes in the siege operation, and 600 warships were shattered with the wind, losing half of their combat effectiveness. Misto Crisley, the general of the Greek navy, easily turned the tide of the war with his knowledge of wind power, and won the possibility of development and prosperity for Greek civilization.

2. In A.D. 1274, Emperor Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty sent a fleet of 900 warships to Japan, which was resisted by Japanese samurai and forced to retreat due to bad weather, and was finally destroyed by a typhoon. 128 1 year, Kublai Khan organized a super-large fleet of 4,400 warships to invade Japan again. Yuan army was hit by a typhoon again near Gaodao, and most of the ships sank to the bottom of the sea.

An example of failure

1: 1700, Russian czar Peter I launched the "Northern War" with Sweden for the Baltic Sea. 1709 July, 42,000 Russian troops and 32,000 Swiss troops fought fiercely in poltava. At that time, King Charles VII of Sweden led troops into Russia. Due to the cold winter and bad weather in Russia, the Swiss army suffered heavy losses in the long journey and eventually lost.

2.1865438+On May 9, 2002, Napoleon, who won a series of brilliant victories in the European continent, left Paris and led 600,000 troops on a mighty expedition to Russia. With advanced tactics and heavy artillery fire, the French army marched straight into Moscow in just a few months. A few weeks later, the cold air brought a fatal curse to Napoleon's army. 18 12 In the winter, Napoleon's army was forced to retreat from Moscow, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers froze to death along the way. By the beginning of 12, Napoleon's army was less than10,000. This failure marked the beginning of the decline of Napoleon's empire and gradually established Russia's position as a European power.