Axis forces enter Stalingrad. But the Germans, unused to urban warfare, adapt as best they can....
Podcast Episodes
Episode 514-Zhukov Arrives at Stalingrad
Though Army Group B approaches Stalingrad, all does not go according to plan. Thus Gen. Paulus...
Episode 513-Stalingrad or Bust
Dividing Army Group South, both the Baku Oil Fields and Stalingrad are to be captured. Berlin...
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...
Episode 486-Robert Hutton Interview: The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
Writer Robert Hutton comes on to discuss his latest book, The Illusionist: The true story of the man who fooled Hitler. Early in the war, the British need every advantage they could get, including military deception, which brings in Dudley Clarke. And of all his...