General Winter is a nickname given to the cold Russian winter, which contributed to the defeat of the invasions of Napoleon in 1812 and Nazi Germany in 1941. It has been a major hindrance from invasions into Russia together with Rasputitsa. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... The rasputitsa (Russian: распу́тица) is the twice annual flooding of Belarus, western Russia and the Ukraine. ...