In the rest of Europe, most usually relied on defeating their enemies in strategic battles and quickly rushing to the capital, but you just can’t do that with Russia. It is a vast, muddy land that is hard to traverse and gets worse on winter, and without care, the invader’s logistics can quickly break down and collapse.
Basically, they played chess on Europe, but Russia forced them to play checkers.
Numerous-Ad6460 on
I mean the winter didn’t help Russia with Napleon
Unofficial_Computer on
Oh that’s bullshit and you know it.
If the 1941 – 42 winter was the warmest it would never have solved Germany’s tactical and strategic drawbacks, their logistical flaws, their equipment, oil and manpower deficits and the impending entry of the world’s leading industrial power in the war which bankrolled a solid chunk of the Red Army.
AND Napoleon didn’t lose because of the weather. The Russians simply had better strategic and tactical lay of the land, especially the Cossacks.
FederalSand666 on
The Red Army won the war, not General Winter, that’s Nazi revisionist propaganda
inokentii on
lumi nauraa
blsterken on
The poor infrastructure of Russia Ukraine and Belarus, along with the rasputitsa, had more impact than the cold winters ever did.
rustis_hamsandwich on
Didn’t help much with the Mongols.
No-Role-429 on
That might work in a defensive war. In an offensive war like right now with Ukraine, it’s not going to help
Angel_Blade7 on
“And then it got cold.
STUPID cold.”
-Oversimplified.
Caboose2701 on
Just don’t ask them about the mongols and winter. Frozen rivers = horse super highways.
ancirus on
Funny that there are people who still think that they won because of winter.
SweetExpression2745 on
The winter is given massively higher importance compared to what actually did.
In the Napoleonic Wars, more people died during the summer. It was a supply line issue that caused the failure.
In WW2 same thing. German supply lines were terrible, their enemy had a much bigger army and industrial output, and they were challenging the biggest colonial empire and the biggest economic superpower off all time at the same time.
The Germans aren’t winning even if it’s spring the whole damn year
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In the rest of Europe, most usually relied on defeating their enemies in strategic battles and quickly rushing to the capital, but you just can’t do that with Russia. It is a vast, muddy land that is hard to traverse and gets worse on winter, and without care, the invader’s logistics can quickly break down and collapse.
Basically, they played chess on Europe, but Russia forced them to play checkers.
I mean the winter didn’t help Russia with Napleon
Oh that’s bullshit and you know it.
If the 1941 – 42 winter was the warmest it would never have solved Germany’s tactical and strategic drawbacks, their logistical flaws, their equipment, oil and manpower deficits and the impending entry of the world’s leading industrial power in the war which bankrolled a solid chunk of the Red Army.
AND Napoleon didn’t lose because of the weather. The Russians simply had better strategic and tactical lay of the land, especially the Cossacks.
The Red Army won the war, not General Winter, that’s Nazi revisionist propaganda
lumi nauraa
The poor infrastructure of Russia Ukraine and Belarus, along with the rasputitsa, had more impact than the cold winters ever did.
Didn’t help much with the Mongols.
That might work in a defensive war. In an offensive war like right now with Ukraine, it’s not going to help
“And then it got cold.
STUPID cold.”
-Oversimplified.
Just don’t ask them about the mongols and winter. Frozen rivers = horse super highways.
Funny that there are people who still think that they won because of winter.
The winter is given massively higher importance compared to what actually did.
In the Napoleonic Wars, more people died during the summer. It was a supply line issue that caused the failure.
In WW2 same thing. German supply lines were terrible, their enemy had a much bigger army and industrial output, and they were challenging the biggest colonial empire and the biggest economic superpower off all time at the same time.
The Germans aren’t winning even if it’s spring the whole damn year