{"id":316,"date":"2026-04-20T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=316"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:49:07","slug":"surrounding-berlin-episode-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"Surrounding Berlin: Episode 99"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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\u2019s 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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/beyond-barbarossa\/surrounding-berlin-episode-99\">Audio version<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/surrounding-155962501?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link\">Video version<\/a> (patrons access) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Links<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/europe-at-war-a-ww2-podcast\/id1788043665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Europe at War<\/a>: podcast by David Sumner <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/europe-at-war-a-ww2-podcast\/id1788043665\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/europe-at-war-a-ww2-podcast\/id1788043665<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map 1: The Red Army\u2019s Vistula to Oder operation&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=\"640\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OderOffensive-12Jan-30Mar45.png?resize=640%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2936760034652035;width:564px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OderOffensive-12Jan-30Mar45.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OderOffensive-12Jan-30Mar45.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OderOffensive-12Jan-30Mar45.png?resize=768%2C594&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OderOffensive-12Jan-30Mar45.png?resize=850%2C657&amp;ssl=1 850w, 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16April45-UkBelFronts.jpeg?resize=640%2C715&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8955223880597015;width:540px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16April45-UkBelFronts.jpeg?resize=917%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 917w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16April45-UkBelFronts.jpeg?resize=269%2C300&amp;ssl=1 269w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16April45-UkBelFronts.jpeg?resize=768%2C858&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16April45-UkBelFronts.jpeg?resize=1376%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1376w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16April45-UkBelFronts.jpeg?resize=300%2C335&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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