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How 20,000 Army Disappeared In Rigid Snow 🪖🗻🌨️❄️

🇸🇪 Backdrop: The Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
King Gustav III of Sweden launched a war against Russia, partly to distract from domestic unrest and consolidate his power. The plan was bold: a multi-pronged assault on Saint Petersburg, with Swedish forces advancing through Finland and along the Gulf of Finland.

❄️ The Snowbound Struggles
While there’s no record of an entire Swedish army vanishing into snow like a ghost story, the campaign through Finland was brutal. Harsh winter conditions, logistical failures, and mutinous officers—especially those involved in the League of Anjala revolt—crippled the Swedish advance. Troops suffered from exposure, starvation, and poor morale. In some cases, entire units were immobilized or forced to retreat, effectively “disappearing” from the battlefield without a trace of victory.

🎭 A War of Illusions
Gustav III even staged a fake Russian attack using tailor-made enemy uniforms to justify the war to Parliament. So in a way, the war itself was built on illusion—and the snow became a symbol of how quickly grand ambitions could vanish into silence.

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