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cookieinthekitchen
· 10 years ago
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what?
deleted
· 10 years ago
In WW2 the Soviets kept retreating from the Germans deeper into Russia until winter came and the German army froze.
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thealmightyginger
· 10 years ago
France hasn't surrendered yet
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guest
· 10 years ago
Ha ha, "yet".
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guest
· 10 years ago
France is because Napoleon invaded a part of Russia but had to go back because of the winter.
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guest
· 10 years ago
Both countries have tried - and miserably failed - to invade Russia in the winter. The Russians have been able to protect their territory because they were more adjusted to the cold than other countries.
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roastedpepper
· 10 years ago
It wasn't just the cold. At least in Napoleon's case it was mainly the lack of supplies. The Russians would burn anything useful as they retreated making it impossible for the invaders to find any sustenance from the land. (Foraging from the land was the main way that Napoleon's army fed itself)
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guest
· 10 years ago
I'm happy I understood this joke.
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zinope
· 10 years ago
Except that the Russians starved out the Germans, not freeze them. After the battle of Stalingrad, the Germans had almost no Army left in Russia. The Russians surrounded them in the city and just waited, attacking them until they died.
