[pursuivant]

I have read that winter of 44-45 in Northern Europe was the coldest and snowiest in about 50 years. Not the same as an average "post global warming" winter one might see nowadays.

The winter of 1941-42 was very bad, too, especially in Eastern Europe. This made the fighting on the Eastern Front even more horrific, although the Germans and their allies (especially the Italians) suffered more than the Russians.