There are rarely "exact matches".
And sometimes things occur out of sequence. But there is a sense of deja vu to all this.
Another event that tends to occur with surprising regularity is the opening of a second front when it is perceived a military effort has bogged down, or is not yielding results fast enough. In an effort to break a deadlock, sometimes empires overextend themselves.
The 2003 US invasion of Iraq.
The 1941 German invasion of the USSR
1812 French invasion of Russia
415 BC Athenian invasion of Sicily