Sweden's Unbeaten King Ran Out of Coffee in Russia
Early 18th Century

Sweden's Unbeaten King Ran Out of Coffee in Russia

Charles XII marched into Ukraine with 40,000 men and one impossible addiction that would doom them all.

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Early Modern EuropeGreat Northern WarSwedish EmpireRussian EmpireCharles XIIPeter The GreatMilitary HistoryLogisticsCaffeinePoltavaBaltic RegionImperial Collapse

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