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Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2

Episode 3: The Face-Off

36 min • 6 juli 2022

Beyond Barbarossa, the first English-language podcast in the world to focus on the Eastern Front of World War II, takes a close look at the opposing forces facing off across the border on June 22, 1941.

Music by Nicolas Bury.

Links

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The Eastern Front Trilogy: the true story of a Canadian drafted into the Soviet Red Army in 1941—just in time for Operation Barbarossa.

Maps:

The initial OKH plan for Operation Barbarossa

German advances to August 1941

Maps sources: World War II Database, United States Military Academy

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