The greatest siege in history begins as the German 6th Army and the Luftwaffe assault Stalingrad. Map 1: Fall Blau, Operation Blue. Map 2: Stalingrad in 1942 Historical photos Sources Antony Beevor, The Second World War. London: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. William Craig, Enemy at the Gates: The Battle…
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Season 1
The Soviet Winter Offensive, 1942: Beyond Barbarossa, episode 22
Stalin orders a general counter-offensive designed to drive the Germans back to Berlin by the end of 1942. Does it work? Map 1: The Soviet counter-offensive, Winter 1941–1942 Map 2: The Rzhev salient Map 3: The Lozovoya-Toropets offensive Sources: David Glantz, Operation Barbarossa: Hitler’s Invasion of Russia, 1941. Stroud, Gloucestershire,…