Why Snow & Cold Terrified Soldiers
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~~Video Description~~
The power of snow, ice, and extreme cold is something that is often discussed in military history circles. In fact, in some situations it is OVER discussed. However, in all of this talk, I feel that one thing is often lost- or at least under represented. That is the feelings of the people 'on the ground,' who bore the real brunt these logistical nightmares. Just as important as where the front lines were on a map, how did the soldiers on those lines feel about the extreme cold? Why was it so much worse than what we might expect?
~~Sources & Further Reading On This Topic~~
Find the recordings of WW1 soldiers used in the video here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-winter-1916
The accounts of German soldiers can be found in the book "Frontsoldaten: The German Soldier in WW2" and is available either here as a limited PDF: https://books.google.com/books?id=U768eHe3kSQC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=diary+german+soldier&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Or for purchase here: https://amzn.to/48nv5UD
All of the other books used in this video for sources can be found as free PDFs at https://www.nativeoak.org/library
Including:
` The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
` The Russo Turkish War
` A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia (Labaume)
` Thrilling Incidents of the Wars of the United States (Henry)
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