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Episode 5: The USSR—defeated?

Scott Bury,

After the Battle of Smolensk, Germany changes its strategy. It diverts forces away from the drive on Moscow toward two other key objectives: Leningrad in the north, and Kyiv in Ukraine.  This is how that played out.  Map source: US Military Academy.  Bibliography: Glantz, David: Operation Barbarossa: Hitler’s Invasion of…

Season 1

The Face-Off—Episode 3

Scott Bury,

On the Eastern Front of World War 2, massive forces stare each other down on the eve of the greatest clash on land in history. Beyond Barbarossa, the first English-language podcast in the world to focus on the Eastern Front of World War II, takes a close look at the…

Season 1

From Blitzkrieg to Berlin

Scott Bury,

Episode 1 The eastern front was by far the largest part of the European theatre of World War Two. Yet compared to the Western Allies, there is little material available in English about the Soviets’ fight. This podcast covers the history of the clash of two inimical tyrannies.  Listen to…