The weather conditions can make daily lives harsher for a soldiers' environment. As summer and fall gave way to winter, troops at war in Europe experiences great difficulties. Both German and Soviet Union troops' vehicles and machine often freezes and went dis-functional. Except Soviets were prepared with appropriate clothing and heat supplies as German and American troops suffer the cold.
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