Snap Freeze ETO (id:#63534)

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Lake Ladoga, Russia 1942-01-06 (3 others)

Overview:

The first winter of the war in Russia was brutal beyond any previous measure. Myths abound about how cold it was, including those surrounding mysterious snap freezes, whereby entire squads of unsuspecting soldiers would suddenly die as temperatures plunged to dangerous levels. For two companies of scouting soldiers myth would become reality near the frozen shores of Lake Ladoga during the Siege of Leningrad. As the sun began to set on January 6th, 1942...Finnish and Soviet soldiers felt a dangerous chill approaching. Shelter must be found and quickly. Both sighted the huts of a long abandoned hunters camp. As the wind began to howl and an artic death began to walk in the woods...desperate Finnish and Soviet soldiers raced to occupy the huts first.

Defender: Finnish (Scout Battalion)  

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