{"id":841,"date":"2022-08-23T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=841"},"modified":"2026-10-13T19:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:09:27","slug":"operation-typhoon-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"Operation Typhoon, part 1: Episode 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Wehrmacht assembles its biggest concentrated force for the largest single campaign of Operation Barbarossa.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map: The push toward Moscow in the fall of 1941.&nbsp;<\/h3>\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\/iuxy8p\/battle_moscow4b.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"battle_moscow4b.jpeg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3123359580052494;width:500px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historical photos<\/h3>\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\/8vctww\/schwerer_Zugkraftwagen_12t_sdkfz_8_in_mud.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"schwerer_Zugkraftwagen_12t_sdkfz_8_in_mud.jpe...\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6129032258064515;width:500px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image 1: German half-track, deep in the mud of rasputitsa.&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\/qxdu8b\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1981-149-34A__Russland__Herausziehen_eines_Autos7iq14.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1981-149-34A__Russland_...\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.567398119122257;width:500px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image 2: Pulling vehicles through the mud of Russia in fall.&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\/qpkws8\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-289-1091-26__Russland__Pferdegespann_im_Schlamma2lqs.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-289-1091-26__Russland_...\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5828402366863905;width:535px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image 3: Eventually, the Germans had to resort to horses to haul even their field guns during rasputitsa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you enjoyed this podcast, consider leaving a five-star rating on your preferred podcaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also support the podcast through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BeyondBarbarossa\">Patreon<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BeyondBarbarossa\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BeyondBarbarossa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sources<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David M. Glantz: <em>Operation Barbarossa: Hitler&#8217;s Invasion of Russia 1941<\/em>. Stroud, Gloucesgershire, UK, The History Press, 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter G. Tsouras, editor: <em>Fighting in Hell: The German Ordeal on the Eastern Front<\/em>. New York, NY: Ivy Books, 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Stahel: <em>Operation Typhoon: Hitler&#8217;s March on Moscow, October 1941<\/em>. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Stahel: <em>Operation Barbarossa and Germany&#8217;s Defeat in the East<\/em>. 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