parsifal
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Hello Parsifal
And I doubted that cold was the major killer during the Winter War, frosbites accounted some 4,5% of Soviet casualties .
Hi Juha
I doesnt surprise me that frostbite accounted for such a small percentage of casualties. However frostbite is not the only cold related casualty that can occur. The two biggest killers that I can think of are hypothermia and exposure.
Taking into account all cold related casualties, the proportion of losses due to these causes is likley to climb greatly. I am trying to find more precise figures to the ones I have, but you might already have some....