{"id":1161,"date":"2023-11-06T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:38:04","slug":"stalingrad-pt-4-uranus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"Operation Uranus: Beyond Barbarossa, episode 38"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Soviet high command&#8217;s strategy to defeat the Germans at Stalingrad took the invaders by surprise.\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/8933042\/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts 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