{"id":53,"date":"2022-06-22T03:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=53"},"modified":"2026-05-16T14:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:37:37","slug":"from-blitzkrieg-to-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"From Blitzkrieg to Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eastern front was by far the largest part of the European theatre of World War Two. Yet compared to the Western Allies, there is little material available in English about the Soviets&#8217; fight. This podcast covers the history of the clash of two inimical tyrannies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to the first episode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe name=\"Ausha Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ausha-meGg\" height=\"220\" style=\"border: none; width:100%; height:220px\" src=\"https:\/\/player.ausha.co\/?showId=ve8qqhk8RJd1&#038;color=%231B7551&#038;display=horizontal&#038;multishow=true&#038;playlist=false&#038;dark=false&#038;t=0&#038;podcastId=vA16nF2NPw51&#038;v=3&#038;playerId=ausha-meGg\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/player.ausha.co\/ausha-player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beyond Barbarossa, episode 1: Blitzkrieg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e7WtlRhYLMs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Follow along with maps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/battle_barbarossa3.jpeg?resize=443%2C558&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/battle_barbarossa3.jpeg?w=443&amp;ssl=1 443w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/battle_barbarossa3.jpeg?resize=238%2C300&amp;ssl=1 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operation Barbarossa: The plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German General Staff, OKW, planned Operation Barbarossa meticulously. The Wehrmacht, with support of the Luftwaffe, attacked in three main thrusts: Army Group North through the Baltic SSRs, Army Group Centre in two axes from the Bialystok Salient, that bulge just north of Brest-Litovsk, and Army Group South, into Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/battle_barbarossa5.jpeg?resize=640%2C487&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Map of eastern front movement, June to August 1941\" class=\"wp-image-69 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/battle_barbarossa5.jpeg?resize=1024%2C779&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/battle_barbarossa5.jpeg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/battle_barbarossa5.jpeg?resize=768%2C585&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/battle_barbarossa5.jpeg?resize=600%2C457&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/battle_barbarossa5.jpeg?w=1256&amp;ssl=1 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The reality<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German and Soviet deployments on June 22, and German advances to August 25, 1941.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: United States Military Academy, in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ww2db.com\/\">World War II Database<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music by Nicolas Bury<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sound effects obtained from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapsplat.com\/\">https:\/\/www.zapsplat.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nicholas Bethel et al: <em>Russia Besieged<\/em>. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1977.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Glantz: <em>Operation Barbarossa: Hitler&#8217;s Invasion of Russia 1941.<\/em> Stroud, Gloucetershire, UK: The History Press, 2011.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christian Hartman: <em>Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Germany&#8217;s War in the East, 1941-1945<\/em>. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sean McMeekin: <em>Stalin&#8217;s War.<\/em> New York: Basic Books, 2021. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Barbarossa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Operation Barbarossa, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Barbarossa<\/a>, 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to all the episodes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe name=\"Ausha Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ausha-ZaRh\" height=\"420\" style=\"border: none; width:100%; height:420px\" src=\"https:\/\/player.ausha.co\/?showId=ve8qqhk8RJd1&#038;color=%231B7551&#038;display=horizontal&#038;multishow=true&#038;playlist=true&#038;dark=false&#038;v=3&#038;playerId=ausha-ZaRh\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/player.ausha.co\/ausha-player.js\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 1 The eastern front was by far the largest part of the European theatre of World War Two. 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