USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This tactic (burning grain fields and slaughtering livestock) was used by the Russians as they left a battle. T
A
Exile
B
Coup d’etat
C
Scorched earth
D
Concordat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On this retreat, the Russians practiced a scored-earth policy. This involved burning grain fields and slaughtering livestock so as to leave nothing for Napoleon’s troops to eat as they advanced.

Detailed explanation-2: -As the Russians retreated toward Moscow, they practiced a scorched-earth policy, burning grain fields and slaughtering livestock so as to leave nothing that the enemy could eat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Russia itself has used scorched-earth tactics before, including in the World Wars. In 1915, the Imperial Russian Army, when retreating from the Imperial German Army, destroyed anything that could serve the invaders for more than 600 miles, including crops, railway lines, and dwellings.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Retreat was a strategic withdrawal on the Eastern Front of World War I in 1915. The Imperial Russian Army gave up the salient in Galicia and the Vistula Land.

Detailed explanation-5: -Businesses can implement scorched earth policies in a wide variety of ways. They can include taking on additional debt, adopting golden parachutes for senior executives, selling off prized assets, or rescheduling debt repayment for after the proposed takeover.

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