SV: [WarInEur] 1st winter weather effects

[Johan Arve]

One problem was that the railroad engines the Germans
used broke down from the cold. Another was that the
motor vehicles the German army used, required
extensive preparation (heating) to start. A third was
massive dying among the horses had brought with them
on the campaing. A fourth was that the logistical
apparatus was not under military discipline (read
Reichbahn) and "liberated" warm clothing, fuel and
food for its own use. A fifth effect was that German
lubricating oil froze. A sixth that the Germans didn't
know how to protect themselves from the cold (remedied
in the next winter through instructions by the Finns).

A monumental cockup by the "supermen".

--- Bruce Denney <jbdenney at swbell.net> skrev:
> 
> I know the other first winter effect was not being
> prepared for the harsh
> winter weather. I have to wonder how much of a real
> effect this has on an
> operational level.
> 
>  
> 



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