French invasion of Russia part of the government. During the Cold War, many Western historians were inclined to see Russia as "the enemy", and there was a tendency to downplay and dismiss Russia's contributions to the defeat of Napoleon. As such, Napoleon's claim that the Russians did not defeat him and he was just the victim of fate in 1812 was very appealing to many Western historians. Russian historians tended to focus on the French invasion of Russia in 1812 and ignore the campaigns in 1813–1814 fought in Germany and France because a campaign fought on Russian soil was regarded as more important than
War and Pieces War and Pieces War and Pieces is a 1964 Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" theatrical animated short. It was directed by Chuck Jones, and features Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. It was the last Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Chuck Jones until 1980's "Soup or Sonic". The title is a pun on the Leo Tolstoy novel "War and Peace". Wile E. Coyote (Caninus nervous rex) attempts to hurl a hand grenade at Road Runner (Burn-em upus asphaltus), but it rebounds off a saguaro, and explodes on the Coyote. He walks away, planning his next scheme. Wile E. is at