Ep. 9: David Stahel on the Eastern Front in WWII

School of War · Dec 14, 2021 · 48m

Biography

David Stahel is a senior lecturer of history at the University of New South Wales in Australia. His research focuses on European military history, specifically Nazi-Soviet warfare from 1941-1945. Stahel is the author of several books, including his latest, Retreat from Moscow: A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942.

Times

01:29 - Introduction

06:33 - Germany sends troops into the Soviet Union, summer 1941

12:24 - Flaws in Germany's plan

14:50 - "Cauldron" battle

22:10 - Culpability of German soldiers for atrocities during Operation Barbarossa

26:55 - Germans cede land…