Where the hell is r/The_Donald?
Below is an example of a graphic portrayal that told a story, one of the best I have ever seen: The Story of Napoleon's Grand Armee and it's incursion into Russia and subsequent retreat from Waterloo:
In seeing that, the nature of the disaster is clear, and it is easy to visualize in your mind the tracks of blood in the bitter cold snow, and the pitiful rag-tag remains of the army.