Re: Frostbite on the Eastern Front
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Originally Posted by Martin Bull
I remember reading in one book ( lost in my memory, I'm afraid ) about the first Russian winter encountered by the Germans. It related how some night-time sentries ( wearing the steel helmet ) would be found dead in the morning - their cranial fluid having frozen.
An image which, for some reason, I found particularly horrifying.
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I read about the general helmet problems the Germans had at Stalingrad in Antony Beevor's book. It said that the Germans would take thier soccer scarves and wrap them around thier heads, because thier helmets were causing them head-related frostbite and in this case, death.
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