-2Russian soldiers, of course, wear felt boots of the moccasin type, lined with sheep's wool, the size of which allows the wearing of several extra pairs of woollen socks. The comparatively dandified, close-fitting Prussian leather is, of course, proving quite fatal, and a large saw-mill in Rommel has handled up to 720 cases of frost-bite in a single day. Hitler seems to have believed Napoleon's saying that an army marches on its stomach; he is now discovering that it marches on its feet. The thickness of the German uniform is insufficient even to prevent wounded flesh in the slightest casualties from freezing to death at the edges, and developing gangrene within twelve hours.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Egypt Germany Great Britain Poland Russia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/106/13
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/106
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0106.013
- Keywords
- Rumours Propaganda Deception Nazi Leadership German-soviet Relations Invasion Of The Soviet Union Disease
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Denis Capel-Dunn Rudolf Hess Adolf Hitler Erwin Rommel Josef Stalin
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare
