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>>19982895
>Does it victory or defeat just come down to luck
This is cope losers use to justify their defeat. Tolstoy had a very romantic view of the Russian victory over Napoleon. He thought Russia was able to defeat France through a combination of luck and indominable spirit. This can be seen in War and Peace. While morale and fortune play a role, the truth is that Russia's military victory against Napoleon was a carefully crafted and planned victory. Russian generals meticulously and intelligently defeated France by cutting off supply lines and playing to their own geographic advantage. Tolstoy downplayed the strategy because he wanted to craft a more mythological and emotional cause of Russia's victory.