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Forward to the past: The Battle for Berlin — Episode 73 of the podcast on the Eastern Front of World War 2
Season 3 Episode 24
This episode, we jump forward for the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. To guide us through the battles for Berlin, we a…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Third Crushing Blow: Odesa and Crimea offensives
Season 3 Episode 23
In 1944, the Red Army delivers its third crushing blow on the Axis forces in eastern Europe: two major offensives to recapture the rest of Ukraine, a…
1 year, 6 months ago
World War 2 links to Ukraine: The Latest: A conversation with Francis Dearnley—Episode 71
Season 3 Episode 22
From the beginning of Russia’s illegal and brutal assault on sovereign Ukraine, Ukraine: The Latest has covered the war every week day. Francis Dearn…
1 year, 7 months ago
The curtain falls on Germany in 1943: Episode 63
Season 3 Episode 21
Episode 63: at the end of 1943, the situation for nazi Germany and communist USSR on the Eastern Front is radically different from the end of 1942. P…
1 year, 7 months ago
Europe at War: Episode 70 of Beyond Barbarossa, the podcast about the Eastern Front of World War II
Season 3 Episode 20
Beyond Barbarossa is no longer the only podcast focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. David Sumner, host and producer of the Europe at War p…
1 year, 7 months ago
The reality of occupation: Episode 69
Season 3 Episode 19
Russian occupation of Ukraine today is not the first time. Here are some readings that can make it real for today’s listeners.
Map: Ukraine under occ…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ambush in the Oval Office
Season 3 Episode 18
A special episode of Beyond Barbarossa.
What happened in Washington DC on 28 February 2025 has echoes of 1938, and ominous omens for the future.
Hoste…
1 year, 8 months ago
The broad front: Episode 68
Season 3 Episode 2
In the north and the south, the Red Amy makes great advances in the Eastern Front in February 1944.
Map 1: The Eastern Front, February 1944
Map 2: Pop…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Red Army has the momentum: Episode 67
Season 3 Episode 17
In January and February 1944, Stalin's "broad front" strategy takes hold and the Red Army gains the momentum in the war on the Eastern Front.
Map 1: T…
1 year, 9 months ago
Crushing Blows: Episode 66
Season 3 Episode 16
The first two of ten "crushing blows" against the German invaders of the USSR in 1944: Zhitomyr and Leningrad.
Map 1: The Zhitomyr-Berdichiv Offensiv…
1 year, 9 months ago