Tag: Second World War

Season 4 four American soldiers shake hands with four Soviet soldiers in April 1945

Surrounding Berlin: Episode 99

Scott Bury,

In the 99th episode of the first English-language podcast that focuses on the full story of the Eastern Front of World War 2, Stalin’s top Marshals, Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev, race to be the first to raise the Red Banner over the Reichstag. Who will get there first? Links…

Season 4

The Great Race Begins—episode 98

Scott Bury,

“From the moment Stalin heard that the Americans were across the Rhine, he knew that the race for Berlin was on.”—Antony Beevor.  WIth the Allies on the Elbe, and the Red Army on the Oder, nazi Germany was being terminally squeezed by April 1945. But before they can drive on…

Season 4

Silesia, Part 1—Episode 96

Scott Bury,

The Red Army penetrates deep into Germany, leading to the redrawing of eastern European borders after.  The Red Army penetrates deep into Germany, leading to the redrawing of eastern European borders after.  Map 1: The Oder offensive–March 1945 Map 2: The Lower Silesian Offensive Map 3: The East Pomeranian Offensive…

Season 4

From Malta to Yalta: Episode 93

Scott Bury,

The Big Three shape the end of the Second World War … and the world to come. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt meet in Malta in the Mediterranean in February 1945, to prepare to meet Josef Stalin in the second Big Three conference on Soviet territory—Yalta.  It was a meeting…

Season 3 Raising the Red Banner over Leningrad

Crushing Blows: Episode 66

Scott Bury,

The first two of ten “crushing blows” against the German invaders of the USSR in 1944: Zhitomyr and Leningrad. The first two of ten “crushing blows” against the German invaders of the USSR in 1944: Zhitomyr and Leningrad. Map 1: The Zhitomyr-Berdichiv Offensive Map 2: Cherkassy or Kherson Pocket     Map…