https://www.quora.com/Why-do-cities-have-paved-roads-Whats-wrong-with-dirt-gravel

  • flowernet [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    it was actually a very major problem for german mobility. the mud could become just hellish.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputitsa

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      3 years ago

      yeah all the shitty non-standardized German trucks broke and even the horses got stuck. Of course, it was the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army that took advantage of the Nazi supply problems and actually killed them so they get most of the credit :stalin-approval: