What was the battle of the snowy Soviet Union in World War II?

The Germans launched a large-scale attack in Kalinin along the directions of Klin, Rogachevo and Tula respectively, in an attempt to encircle Moscow from the north and south. 165438+1at the end of October-65438+at the beginning of February, the Germans paid huge losses and went to Moscow Canal. 65438+February 4th Kalinin fell. 65438+On February 5th, Tula Town, south of Moscow165km, was partially surrounded. The Germans met with stubborn resistance from the Soviets. The fighting near Moscow is getting more and more fierce. The Soviet army sent countless new recruits and volunteers, and even a women's battalion invested in German machine gun fire. The slogan of the defenders of the capital is "Although the Soviet Union is big, there is nowhere to retreat, and Moscow is behind!" After165438+1end of October-65438+beginning of February, the last attempt of the German army to attack Moscow went bankrupt. Although the Soviet army was often in a critical state, it finally persisted and consumed the German army. Only165438+1October16-65438+February 5, the Germans were killed or injured near Moscow 155000 people, about 800 tanks were lost, 300 guns were fired, and planes were near15000. The winter of 194 1-1942 is extremely cold even by Russian standards. Because of the long front, insufficient supplies and excessive campaign consumption, the Germans did not establish defensive positions and campaign reserves, and were not prepared to fight in winter. 165438+1winter in early October. Although roads can be used, the German army lacks equipment in winter, because they think the war can be ended before winter. Warm clothes and white camouflage uniforms are not enough, and vehicles such as tanks can't move because of the low temperature. The morale of the Germans was seriously frustrated. The morale of the Soviet army is very high. The conditions for the Soviet army to turn to counterattack and crush the Germans at the gates of Moscow have been met. Stalin appointed Lieutenant General Aleksandr Aleksandr Vasilevsky as Acting Chief of Staff and ordered him to draw up a counterattack plan immediately. The guiding ideology of the Soviet counterattack was to crush the most dangerous assault groups that threatened Moscow from the north and south by the German "Central" army group. The basic task of counter-offensive was handed over to the western front army. Kalinin Army and Southwest Army carried out raids in its north and south respectively.