General Winter !

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DavidFrankenberg
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General Winter !

Post by DavidFrankenberg » 16 Feb 2023 13:07

Hi,

Hitler explained the failure in front of Moscow because of the bad temperature of the weather.

The 8th November he was sure of his victory : "never such a big empire as the SU was beaten so quick and so hard !".
The 2nd December a German unit is at about 18 km of Moscow and pretends to see the Kremlin in its binoculars.
But the 5th December soviet counter-offensive destroyed German lines and push back them 100-150 km away.

The 19th December Hitler blames "the sudden coming of winter" for the failing.
The 30 January he evoked a cold of -38; -40, -41 and even -45 celsius...
The 24 February he said that it was the coldest winter in Russian history for more than a century !
The 26 April the century became 140 years ; the 29 may it became 150 years and the temperature kept on drowning to -50 !

Indeed, the coldest temperature recorded by the germans was -35 the 5th December.

What I am looking for is the soviet records. What is the point of view of the Red Army about this so called lowest temperature ?

Thanks :thumbsup:

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Re: General Winter !

Post by Art » 17 Feb 2023 06:37

What do you mean by "point of view". What was actual weather, how it affected operations, what were chances for taking Moscow?
For weather records check the previous topics:
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=236658
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=182049

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Re: General Winter !

Post by DavidFrankenberg » 17 Feb 2023 22:36

Thank you Art !

AFAI can see, the winter 41 was harder than usual !
From 4 November till 26 march, t° were below 0 celsius.
https://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/ftp/russ ... /27730.txt

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