BIG is beautiful .......................

Land area -- all in square km.

China -- 9,560,900 km.
US -- 9,372,610 km
Brazil -- 8,511,965 km
Australia -- 7,682,300 km
France -- 543,965 km
Germany -- 357,868 km
Iran -- 1,649,000 km
India -- 3,287,263 km
Canada -- 9,970,610 km
Mexico -- 1,972,545
And now Russia -- 17,075, 400 km, almost twice the land area of Canada, US, Brazil or China.

So does size matter? You bet it does. Nothing in land mass compares with Russia. Which is what the Huns found out, which is what Napoleon found out, which is what Hitler found out -- when each of these three attempted to conquer Russia. Mother Russia has a habit of swallowing up its invaders.

Einfach als Ueberlegung zum Jahre 2008 !

Emerald.

So does size matter? You bet it does. Nothing in land mass compares with
Russia. Which is what the Huns found out, which is what Napoleon found
out, which is what Hitler found out -- when each of these three attempted
to conquer Russia. Mother Russia has a habit of swallowing up its
invaders.

Hallo Emerald,

so wie ich das sehe war das alles vor der Zeit von Raketen, Langstreckenbomber und Luftüberlegenheitsjäger.

nach den schlechten Erfahrungen meines Opas, hoffe ich jedoch niemals meinen Fuss auf russischen Boden setzen zu müssen *seufz*