Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2

On the eve of Bagration: the next crushing blow in World War 2’s eastern front

47 min • 9 juni 2025

Author Craig W.H. Luther joins us to compare two anniversaries on the same date, 22 June, three years apart: Operations Barbarossa in 1941, and Operation Bagration in 1944. 

Craig W.H. Luther

The First Day on the Eastern Front: Germany Invades the Soviet Union, June 22, 1941 

Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow, June–December 1941 

Guderian’s Panzers: From Triumph to Defeat on the Eastern Front, 1941

 

Map 1: Operation Barbarossa, 22 June 1941

 

Map 2: The Byelorussian balcony, June 1944

 

Map 3: Operation Blue, summer 1942

 

Craig W.H. Luther Archive: https://www.barbarossa1941.com/

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