It's often said here on the board, that the initially planned start ofr "Barbarossa", 15th May 1941, was delayed MORE due to weather conditions, than due to the "distraction" of the by Hitler unwanted Balkan-campaign, that Mussolini more or less forced upon him.
What sources is/are these statement(s) based upon ?
Are there anywhere weather datas available for the time (1st half of 1941) and theatres (Baltikum, Eastern Poland, Uklraine) involved ?
How strong, how long and where actually WAS "rasputiza" so determining in 1940/41 ?
Or are these staements only based upon the general notion of the magical word "rasputiza".