The Germans defeated Russia during the World War I. The reason for its loss was that the Czar of Russia embarked on war that the country was not prepared for. He took control of the army and his strategies were a failure which left him with all the humiliating defeat and blame of its people.
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Louisiana Purchase: The Land Deal of the Millennium. For a mere $15 million, Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States, buying 800,000 square miles from the French that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.