The answer to that question would be true
<span>Richelieu went against the Huguenots and Mazarin went against the nobility.</span>
The main way in which the separation of powers guards against tyranny is by making it impossible for any single branch to become too powerful, since each branch "checks and balances" the others out when it comes to making and enforcing legislation.
It would be battle of Leningrad where the soviets turned the Germans back and crushed them.