General Winter Promoted 1812

Napoleon was in Moscow from mid-september and in OTL left in October. If winter came earlier it would just force him to leave Moscow earlier, but probably with the same sort of outcome.

The Russian army may not have recovered enough to meet them at Kaluga, so the French could actually have an easier time if they find resources here they where denied in OTL.
 
I am not positive but I think the Snows in 1941 started in October or September so Napoleon might be trapped, but I do not know which is why I stared this here thread
 
In 1941-42 the first snow was anywhere from the last week of September to the last week of October, depending on how far north you were. In 1812-13 the first snow was roughly a week later. The main differrence was the temperature; in 1812-13 it never got much below -23 Centigrade (-10 F), where in 1941-42 it got down to -35 Centigrade (-30 F).

With colder temperatures both sides suffer even more than OTL, which would preclude any sort of organized retreat or pursuit. OTL out of roughly 600,000 French and French allies and 400,000 Russians at the start of the campaign a mere 25,000 French and 40,000 Russians were still with the colors at the end; one could argue that Marshal Winter was the only victor. If it's colder and snows more mere handfuls will survive.
 
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