{"id":541,"date":"2026-06-22T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=541"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:15:01","slug":"barbarossa-returns-episode-1-and-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"Barbarossa returns: Episode 1 and 103"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the 4th anniversary of the launch of the Beyond Barbarossa podcast, and the 85th anniversary of the launch of the Eastern Front of World War 2, here is a replay of the first episode\u2014with video, images and maps open to all!<\/p>\n\n\n\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. 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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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 4th anniversary of the launch of the Beyond Barbarossa podcast, and the 85th anniversary of the launch of the Eastern Front of World War 2, here is a replay of the first episode\u2014with video, images and maps open to all! 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