Monday, January 19, 2009
The Russian Campaign Bogs Down
On January 4, 1942, the German Sixth Army meteorologist recorded a temperature of 42 degrees below zero. Severe frost and deep snowdrifts badly hampered the supply lines. Hitler’s vaunted “Blitzkrieg” invasion of the Soviet Union had ground to a halt. Not even the most up-to-date technology could cope with the unusual weather conditions. As a result, horses came into their own once again, and had to be requisitioned throughout the Third Reich. They were not enough, however, to effect any improvement in the terrible transport conditions.
Labels:
1942,
Adolf Hitler,
European War,
German Army,
Operation Barbarossa,
Russia,
The Third Reich
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