Why Did Europe Keep Invading Russia In The Winter

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[00:00:00]Why did Europe keep invading Russia in the winter? They didn't. They invaded in the summer. They were just too stupid to finish before winter arrived. King Charles marched in with 40,000 troops in the middle of the summer. Then the coldest winter in 500 years hit. Troops froze in their sleep. Sweden went in as Europe's superpower and have been making furniture ever since. A 100 years later, Napoleon figured if he started earlier, he'd beat the winter. He marched in with 600,000 troops and actually reached Moscow, but found it empty and on fire.

[00:00:25]Winter caught him anyway, and he limped home with only a 100,000 remaining. A hundred years after that, Hitler figured his predecessors were complete idiots who just didn't bring enough men. So, he sent three million soldiers in summer uniforms. The snow came and the tanks froze. Germany lost so bad they got split in two for the next 45