"It would be interesting to speculate what would have happened if Charles had not been wounded at Poltava. They were 30,000 against what? about 90,000, supply lines cut, had almost no powder, attacked and still almost beat the Russians. Another Swedish soldier king!
I can't even imagine what the survivors endured in their years of captivity in Peter the Great's Russia.
"Every time this happens, I get the sense in my mind of wishing to survive a very, very long march back home - in resemblance to the survivors of Charles the XII:s crusade against Russia."
I believe you! The Germans have a word,(you probably know it) "sehnsucht," a deep, almost mystical longing for something, something that is probably in the past, something that you can only enter into with your knowledge and imagination.
I sometimes have a feeling like this when I see pictures of northern forests and lakes, a desire to return to that place, or some place like it. Oh Well."
Personally, I believe that genes have some sort of memory - and I know there are scientists around the globe who share this idea.
Perhaps I'm wrong, maybe it all boils down to vivid imagination.
But, let's forget about geneticts for a while.
Let's honor Western Civilization, Freedom and The achievements of the brave people of which we are children!
From all true Europeans (Yes, We exist!) to the United States of America:
WE SALUTE YOU BROTHERS!