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Beyond Barbarossa: the podcast

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

Forward to the past: The Battle for Berlin — Episode 73 of the podcast on the Eastern Front of World War 2

Scott Bury, April 28, 2025May 16, 2026

This episode, we jump forward for the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. To guide us through the battles for Berlin, we are joined by the author of The Fall of Berlin: The Final Days of Hitler’s Evil Regime. 

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Author Anthony Tucker-Jones

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His website and books: https://atuckerjones.com/

Maps

Map 1: The front lines, 15 April 1945 

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Map 2: The front lines, 1 May 1945

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Map 3: Final operations, April-May 1945 

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Map 4: The Red Army’s Vistula-Oder offensive 

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Map 5: 1st Belorussian Front’s drive through the Seelow Heights to Berlin

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Map 6: The battles for Berlin at the end of April 1945 

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Books

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