{"id":1177,"date":"2023-12-04T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:52:50","slug":"winter-storm-little-saturn-beyond-barbarossa-episode-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm &amp; Little Saturn: Beyond Barbarossa, episode 40"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warfare usually slows down in winter. Not so in Russia in 1942. The Germans launch another huge attack to relieve the 6th Army in Stalingrad. But the Red Army has its own ideas.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/8933040\/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 allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map 1: The long, long German lines to Stalingrad<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FallBlauPlan-4.png?resize=640%2C491&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1183\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3033175355450237;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FallBlauPlan-4.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FallBlauPlan-4.png?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FallBlauPlan-4.png?resize=768%2C589&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FallBlauPlan-4.png?resize=850%2C652&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FallBlauPlan-4.png?resize=600%2C460&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map 2: Operation Uranus<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationUranusMap-clear.png?resize=640%2C634&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1182\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0091743119266054;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationUranusMap-clear.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationUranusMap-clear.png?resize=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationUranusMap-clear.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationUranusMap-clear.png?resize=600%2C594&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationUranusMap-clear.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Awesome stories<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map 3a: Operation Winter Storm<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/operation-winter-storm-Failure-Alchetron-750.jpeg?resize=640%2C568&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1181\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.125703564727955;width:600px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/operation-winter-storm-Failure-Alchetron-750.jpeg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/operation-winter-storm-Failure-Alchetron-750.jpeg?resize=300%2C266&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/operation-winter-storm-Failure-Alchetron-750.jpeg?resize=600%2C533&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alchetron.com\/cdn\/operation-winter-storm-ee2a434c-cf0a-4ef4-a3c3-e87d2e84c08-resize-750.jpeg\">https:\/\/alchetron.com\/cdn\/operation-winter-storm-ee2a434c-cf0a-4ef4-a3c3-e87d2e84c08-resize-750.jpeg<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map 3b: Operation Winter Storm fails<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationWinterStormb.jpg?resize=640%2C660&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1180\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9700176366843033;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationWinterStormb.jpg?w=656&amp;ssl=1 656w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationWinterStormb.jpg?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationWinterStormb.jpg?resize=300%2C309&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationWinterStormb.jpg?resize=600%2C618&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: WWIIincolor.com&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Historical pictures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm.jpeg?resize=640%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1179\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4705882352941178;width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm.jpeg?w=786&amp;ssl=1 786w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm.jpeg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm.jpeg?resize=768%2C523&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm.jpeg?resize=600%2C408&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Panzer III on the steppe in southern Russia, December 1942&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Wikimedia Commons&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationLittleSaturn.jpeg?resize=640%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1178\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.264367816091954;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationLittleSaturn.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationLittleSaturn.jpeg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationLittleSaturn.jpeg?resize=768%2C607&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationLittleSaturn.jpeg?resize=850%2C672&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OperationLittleSaturn.jpeg?resize=600%2C474&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soviet forces in southern Russia, winter 1942.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Wikimedia Commons&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sources:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antony Beevor,&nbsp;<em>Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege 1942\u20131943<\/em>. Penguin Books, 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antony Beevor,&nbsp;<em>The Second World War<\/em>. London, UK: Little, Brown and Co., 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthony Tucker-Jones,&nbsp;<em>Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin\u2019s War 1941\u20131945<\/em>. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sound effects by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapsplat.com\/\">Zapsplat<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warfare usually slows down in winter. Not so in Russia in 1942. The Germans launch another huge attack to relieve the 6th Army in Stalingrad. 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