3M Soldiers vs a Snowstorm: Winter Stopped Hitler?

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:02]In June 1941, over 3 million Axis troops invaded the Soviet Union expecting an easy victory.

[00:00:10]But winter had other plans.

[00:00:12]Operation Barbarossa was supposed to last just 6 weeks.

[00:00:17]Hitler believed the Soviet Union would [music] collapse under the weight of his army.

[00:00:21]But by December, temperatures dropped [music] to as low as -20° C -4° F in some areas and the war turned into a nightmare.

[00:00:31]Fuel lines [music] froze.

[00:00:33]Engines refused to start.

[00:00:36]The German [music] army had no winter uniforms, just summer boots and thin wool socks.

[00:00:41]In that first brutal winter alone, tens of thousands of German soldiers died from frostbite and exposure.

[00:00:48]The severe winter conditions significantly weakened the German army [music] and contributed to heavy losses and it changed the course of World War II.

[00:00:57]And the worst part?

[00:00:58]The German army had no idea what hit them.

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