It deprived his army of food for the soldiers and fodder for the horses. Having to search far and wide for food slowed the army's progress down considerably. And because food was almost always insufficient, it undermined the condition and health of soldiers and animals, which in turn made them easier to fight and defeat.
german's provisions and weapons were destroyed by soviets troops
Joseph Stalin gave the order to destroy everything that could be useful to Germans.So the people fleeing east used to destroy their own houses, to burn the crop field, the industry plants...The same defensive strategy had been previoulsy made against the Napoleon advance.
scorched earth means that in war the losing country burns the city to the ground*EDIT- Scorched earth refers to the burning of land so that it is rendered useless. This was primarily used by Stalin to prevent Napoleon and Hitler from gaining Russian lands. They did this because they were undoubtedly losing against France and Germany so they figured "we might as well make their lives worse if we're gonna lose."
It wrecked the Confederate economy and starved the troops in the field.
Destroying everything that the enemy could use - food supplies, crops, buildings, factories, bridges, etc
Scorched earth policy.
Russia.
A scorched earth policy and delaying tactics until the onset of winter.
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Russia is very large and the Russian Army kept falling back which extended the supply lines and made them easy to attack by Cossacks operating in the rear. Troops were kept from the front to defend and escort the supplies and all of this time the Russians employed a scorched earth policy to further weaken Napoleon's force who had to forage far and wide for food and fodder.
The scorched-earth policy.
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german's provisions and weapons were destroyed by soviets troops
The scorched earth policy basically states that a retreating military army should destroy any food or supplies that would be useful to the opposing side when retreating. The scorched earth policy not affects armies but civilians as well.
'Soviet Unions' is a good word. It means that there were many USSRs. Thank you. )
Joseph Stalin gave the order to destroy everything that could be useful to Germans.So the people fleeing east used to destroy their own houses, to burn the crop field, the industry plants...The same defensive strategy had been previoulsy made against the Napoleon advance.