Tag: Second World War

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Ukraine 1941 and 2022:Episode 13

Host Contact,

A conversation with Larysa Zariczniak, host and producer of the Wandering the Edge podcast on Ukrainian culture and history, with a spot of travel—when Ukraine isn’t being invaded.  We spoke about Ukrainian culture, history, parallels between 1941 and 2022, and what the experiences of those two periods can tell us…

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Foxes in the north: Episode 10

Scott Bury,

Operation Silver Fox in the farthest northern reaches of continental Europe had a direct impact on the war in the Eastern Front. Map 1: Finland from 1920 to 1938 Map 2: The Winter War, 1939-1940 Map 3: Areas Finland ceded to the USSR after the Winter War Sources:  Operation Silver…

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Operation Typhoon: Episode 9

Scott Bury,

Germany’s final, final assault on the capital of the USSR in November 1941.  Map 1: The Battle of Moscow, November 1941. Map 2: The bigger picture.  Source: U.S. Army archives.  Soviets fighting back during “offensive weather”: Rasputitsa:  Defense of Moscow:  Women militia training in Moscow, fall 1941: New T-34 tanks…

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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…

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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…

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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…