Podcast Episodes

Episode 518-Stalin’s Latest Mistake

The attack against northern Stalingrad fairs well, still the defenders on holding on. But Stalin is unsatisfied, he wants counter attacks. It will waste men and ammunition, but no one argues with Stalin.

Episode 517-The Black Hole That Is Stalingrad

As Gen. Paulus’ second major attack on Stalingrad gets underway, he’s even more impatient as he had been offered a promotion. But first, he must take the city.

Episode 516-Holding Stalingrad by the Skin of their Teeth

Now that German forces are inside Stalingrad, the fighting centers around the Main Ferry Terminal, the Grain Elevator and the heights of Mamayev Kurgan Park. Both sides will take these locations only to lose them again and again.
Episode 491-The Russians Are Coming!

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

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 488-One Shot, One Kill: Soviet Snipers of the Eastern Front

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...