Ive read about things like this in John Keegan's books, good post slonskip

Also, in the winter of 1941/42, the German field kitchens ladeled out boiling hot soup to thier men that froze within two minutes (frozen SOLID, not just figuratively cold). Butter also had to be sliced with saws.

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