{"id":275,"date":"2025-01-26T19:07:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T19:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=275"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:46:17","slug":"crushing-blows-episode-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"Crushing Blows: Episode 66"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first two of ten &#8220;crushing blows&#8221; against the German invaders of the USSR in 1944: Zhitomyr and Leningrad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/great-race-98-154868160\">Support on Patreon and watch the video!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/beyond-barbarossa\/episodes\/69d4413307bc2cbfc7e1d358\">Listen to the audio version<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/crushing-blows-120826708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EP66-leningradlogo.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276\" style=\"width:587px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EP66-leningradlogo.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EP66-leningradlogo.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EP66-leningradlogo.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first two of ten &#8220;crushing blows&#8221; against the German invaders of the USSR in 1944: Zhitomyr and Leningrad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Map 1: The Zhitomyr-Berdichiv Offensive<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/120826708\/c12144822aa1425186843346fcb54f1d\/eyJhIjoxLCJwIjoxfQ%3D%3D\/1.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Map 2: Cherkassy or Kherson Pocket<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/120826708\/e8b52f942b87469d8512c79c7133723a\/eyJhIjoxLCJwIjoxfQ%3D%3D\/1.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:550px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Map 3: Leningrad, 1941\u20131943&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/120826708\/24ce9643d4ef445dac924622c4675715\/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB9\/1.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:550px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Map 4: Leningrad lifeline<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/120826708\/2c43c9d107f546d4ad9ee0798c622655\/eyJhIjoxLCJwIjoxfQ%3D%3D\/1.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:550px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Map 5: Operation Iskra&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/120826708\/9b1033d7bab04797a05df4d84e25f6ab\/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB9\/1.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:550px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Map 6: Operation Polar Star&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/120826708\/28a80acccfa14fb0a118d2713718e4ee\/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB9\/1.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:550px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Map 7: Liberation of Leningrad, push to Panther Line&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/120826708\/8524fd6bf59d4628b966f800a21ae7e5\/eyJhIjoxLCJwIjoxfQ%3D%3D\/1.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:550px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Antony Beevor,&nbsp;<em>The Second World War<\/em>. London, UK: Little, Brown and Co., 2012.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evan Mawdsley,&nbsp;<em>Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941\u20131945.<\/em>&nbsp;London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna Reid,&nbsp;<em>Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941\u201344<\/em>. Toronto: Allen Lane Canada, 2011.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Tucker-Jones,&nbsp;<em>Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin&#8217;s War 1941\u20131945<\/em>. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prit Buttar,&nbsp;<em>Retribution: The Soviet Reconquest of Central Ukraine<\/em>, 1943. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first two of ten &#8220;crushing blows&#8221; against the German invaders of the USSR in 1944: Zhitomyr and Leningrad. The first two of ten &#8220;crushing blows&#8221; against the German invaders of the USSR in 1944: Zhitomyr and Leningrad. 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