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Beyond Barbarossa: the podcast

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

The Vise Closes: the Eastern Front, episode 91

Scott Bury, January 5, 2026May 15, 2026

After 10 shattering blows on the Eastern Front in 1944, the Western Allies and the USSR continue to compress nazi Germany in January 1945. 

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Maps 1: The compressing front

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1a: 1 January 1944 

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1b: 1 January 1945 

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1c: 15 January 1945 

Map 2: Encirclement of Budapest, January 1945

Map 3: The Vistula-Oder campaign, January 1945

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The Budapest Chain Bridge destroyed, January 1945

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