The German army was defeated, and the scale of that rout was quite exaggerated.
This was something no one had anticipated since the outbreak of the war. Even the Russians, who caused it all, never expected the Germans to experience such a massive rout in Moscow.
In this campaign, Germany and Russia committed a combined total of over five million troops, including about 1.8 million German soldiers and approximately 3.4 million Russian soldiers.
However, the huge disparity in numbers between the two sides was not the root cause of Germany's defeat in this campaign. Ultimately, what defeated Germany was the weather and logistics.
This could be seen clearly from the casualties on both sides. The German army suffered about 600,000 casualties, of whom fewer than 220,000 soldiers died. While the rest of the wounded suffered varying degrees of injury, a significant portion of them were in no immediate danger of dying.
To Germany, this was an acceptable defeat. Although it was a heavy blow to the German offensive in Russia, the German army at least remained capable of resuming the offensive, and the hope of victory was not yet shattered.
As for the Russians, this was a deeply tragic victory, with results far more disastrous than those of the defeated party, Germany.
The German casualties were only around 600,000, while the Russian army's casualties soared to 1.5 million, nearly three times those of the German army.
Even more exaggeratedly, the number of deaths in the German army was only about 220,000, but the number of deaths in the Russian army reached as high as 970,000, alongside over 530,000 soldiers who suffered injuries of varying severity.
Judging by Russia's current medical conditions, a final death toll exceeding one million was simply a matter of time. This was because Russia's medical infrastructure