What I thought would be a single episode has turned into a series. Here is Part 2 of the biggest tank battle in history — or at least, of the Second World War. Map 1: The Eastern Front, 1943-44 Map 2: Battle of Kursk Map 3: Another map of the…
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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,…
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Operation Typhoon: Episode 9
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…