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Beyond Barbarossa: the podcast

The first English-language podcast focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II

Surrounding Berlin: Episode 99

Scott Bury, April 20, 2026June 8, 2026

In the 99th episode of the first English-language podcast that focuses on the full story of the Eastern Front of World War 2, Stalin’s top Marshals, Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev, race to be the first to raise the Red Banner over the Reichstag. Who will get there first?

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Europe at War: podcast by David Sumner https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/europe-at-war-a-ww2-podcast/id1788043665

Maps

Map 1: The Red Army’s Vistula to Oder operation 

Map 2: The front lines, 1 April 1945

Map 3: Berlin battlefront, 16 April 1945

Map 4: The 1st Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts advance

Historical photos

Zhukov (centre) and Konev (right) at Kursk, 1943
Hitler and Busse (far right, with glasses) at planning meeting, March 1945
Handshake at Torgau, on a wrecked bridge over the Elbe River, as American troops (left) meet Red Army soldiers, 27 April 1945.

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