{"id":733,"date":"2022-07-19T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=733"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:35:46","slug":"ussr-defeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"Episode 5: The USSR\u2014defeated?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After the Battle of Smolensk, Germany changes its strategy. It diverts forces away from the drive on Moscow toward two other key objectives: Leningrad in the north, and Kyiv in Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is how that played out.&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\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/gc5btn\/LeningradFront.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"LeningradFront.jpeg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3020833333333333;width:500px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/ptjesa\/battle_barbarossa5.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"battle_barbarossa5.jpeg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3123359580052494;width:500px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Map source: US Military Academy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bibliography:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glantz, David: Operation Barbarossa: Hitler\u2019s Invasion of Russia, 1941. The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, 2001. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehistorypress.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.thehistorypress.co.uk\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bury, Scott: Army of Worn Soles. The Written Word Publishing Company, Ottawa, Canada, 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/writtenword.ca\/books-by-scott-bury\/army-of-worn-soles\/\">https:\/\/writtenword.ca\/books-by-scott-bury\/army-of-worn-soles\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music by Nicolas Bury.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted on Audioboom. See Beyond Barbarossa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?page_id=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privacy policy<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Battle of Smolensk, Germany changes its strategy. 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