{"id":1186,"date":"2023-12-18T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:30:41","slug":"stalingrad-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"A Stalingrad Christmas: Beyond Barbarossa, Episode 41"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the Germans of the 6th Army, Christmas 1942 was a hungry Yule in the&nbsp; freezing Cauldron.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/8933039\/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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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1190\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4705882352941178;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm-1.jpeg?w=786&amp;ssl=1 786w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C523&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PanzerIIIWinterStorm-1.jpeg?resize=600%2C408&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>German soldiers in the Kessel\/Cauldron<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img 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600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/German-soldiers-Battle-of-Stalingrad-January-1943_tjpjrr.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Red Army soldier writes home, December 1942<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/soldier-writes-in-notebook.jpg?resize=600%2C812&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1188\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7389162561576355;width:600px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/soldier-writes-in-notebook.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, 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