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- 01Temperatures hit −35 °C; rifle bolts froze, morphine syrettes had to be thawed in mouths before use.
- 02The 1st Marine Division suffered 4,418 battle casualties and 7,338 frostbite casualties in 17 days.
- 03General Oliver Smith called it not a retreat but 'attacking in a different direction' — 78 miles to the coast.