winter campaign
Frozen season warfare
A winter campaign is a military operation conducted during winter months, when cold, snow, and shortened daylight create severe logistical challenges.
Historically, armies avoided winter fighting, making winter campaigns notable for their difficulty and strategic surprise: Napoleon's winter campaign in Russia proved catastrophic.
The term extends to any sustained effort launched or continuing through winter: The charity's winter campaign raised funds for heating assistance.
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- frostThin ice coating
- coldLow temperature state
Napoleon · Russia · retreat · scorched earth · trenches · blizzard · hardship · forced march · supply lines · supply chain · frostbite · siege · trench warfare · advance · frozen · frozen ground · soldiers · mud
- ancient GreeceAthens, Sparta, Zeus, Parthenon, Acropolis
- Crimean WarSevastopol, Crimean War, Balaclava, Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale
- military operationsoffensive, attack, marines, Desert Storm, NATO operations
- Northwest Indian WarTreaty of Greenville, Northwest Territory, Shawnee, native resistance, Fort Wayne
winter campaignwinter quarters
Cold-season lodging for troops
encampment · garrison duty · hibernation · defensive positions · siege lines
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