Did Nazi Germany really lose the battle of Moscow because of the cold winter?

From September 3, 1941 to January 7, 1942, the Soviet Union won a great victory in defending Moscow, which made Nazi Germany's proud army suffer its first major strategic setback since the outbreak of World War II. The battle of Moscow marked the bankruptcy of Nazi Germany's "blitzkrieg" and laid the foundation for the counterattack after the Soviet Union.

However, there is a view that the Soviet Union was able to defeat Nazi Germany in the defending war in Moscow mainly because of the "unprecedented" cold winter at that time. Without the powerful "Winter General", the Soviet Union could not win the battle for Moscow. So Nazi Germany really lost the battle of Moscow because of the cold winter?

Since the winter of November 15th, 1941, the lowest temperature in Moscow is as follows:

November 15th, -7 degrees Celsius; November 16, -6 degrees Celsius; November 17, -8 degrees Celsius; November 18, -11 degrees Celsius; November 19, -9 degrees Celsius; November 2, -7 degrees Celsius; November 21, -3 degrees Celsius; November 22, -4 degrees Celsius; November 23, -4 degrees Celsius; November 24, -9 degrees Celsius; November 25, -11 degrees Celsius; November 26, -9 degrees Celsius; November 27, -8 degrees Celsius; November 28, -6 degrees Celsius; November 29, -1 degree Celsius; November 3th, -1 degrees Celsius

December 1st, -8 degrees Celsius; December 2, -11 degrees Celsius; December 3, -7 degrees Celsius; December 4, -18 degrees Celsius; December 5, -25 degrees Celsius; December 6, -26 degrees Celsius; December 7, -29 degrees Celsius; December 8, -15 degrees Celsius; December 9, -4 degrees Celsius; December 1, degrees Celsius; December 11, -6 degrees Celsius; December 12, -2 degrees Celsius; December 13, -22 degrees Celsius; December 14th, -19 degrees Celsius; December 15th, -27 degrees Celsius.

It can be seen that the temperature in Moscow was not very low at that time, let alone "unprecedented". And this is the lowest temperature, and the temperature when the two armies are at war is even higher than this. Marshal zhukov wrote in his memoirs: "It was only slightly cold before December 4, and it was not unbearable!" It can be seen that the temperature is not low enough to change the war.

moreover, the Soviet army turned into a full-scale counterattack on December 5, which means that the Germans were unable to attack before the weather entered the cold. Bok, the commander-in-chief of the Nazi German Central Army Group, sent Hitler a long telegram on December 1, requesting to retreat, listing almost all the difficulties of the German army, but not a word about the cold weather.

On the whole, the winter of defending Moscow is not an "unprecedented" winter at all, and it is even warmer than the average Russian winter. The Nazi Germans will suffer from frostbite or combat decline because of the weather, not because the winter is too cold, but because Hitler, who wants to defeat the Soviet Union in three to four months, has not prepared winter clothes.