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Podcast Episodes
Episode 500-Too Much, Too Soon
The Rzhev salient seems to be contained, but the new threat is near Vyazma. Can the Germans hold...
Episode 499-The Wild West of the Eastern Front
As the Germans keep attacking the Rzhev Salient, another Soviet thrust comes up at Vyazma from the...
Episode 492-The Battle of Volkhov River: Leningrad is to be Saved
Stalin, not giving up winning the war by early 1942 has ordered a massive attack across the Volkhov River. Meanwhile, Hitler’s troops have finally cut the rail line feeding supplies to Leningrad. The Russians have the numbers and the desire, but they lack practically...
Episode 491-The Russians Are Coming!
Stalin, tasting a bit of success, now launches massive counter attacks up and down the line of all three German Army Groups. Yet, he will find out, in war, as in life, some things can not be rushed.
Episode 490-Between Stalin’s Hammer and Hitler’s Anvil
Army Group Center commander Von Kluge goes round and round with Hitler about retreating. Hitler’s reasons become more wild, but events on the ground take over. And while Stalin is happy to take arms from the Western countries, he did all he could to make sure war...
Episode 489-2 Ep Special! Interview w/ Jan Davis: Air Born & Retreat or Die
Astronaut Jan Davis' book tells of her father's time as a B-17 pilot and POW. His can do attitude that gets challenged in a German prisoner Camp. Then, Army Group Center is under constant attack. There are breaches and encirclements along 4th Army’s lines. So whether...
Episode 488-One Shot, One Kill: Soviet Snipers of the Eastern Front
From painful experiences during the Spanish Civil War and the Winter War against Finland, Soviet Russia started several sniper schools. Hence when the Axis came and the Eastern Front was born, these men and women took the fight to the enemy. But not as much as their...
Episode 487-2 Ep Special! 1st Interview w/ Shannon Monaghan: A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men. Then, Merry Christmas from the Eastern Front
2 Ep Special! 1st, Interview with Shannon Monaghan about her book, A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of WW2. Then, as Christmas approaches, the Germans continually fall back, unable to face the onslaught of Zhukov’s...