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The Eastern Front Week by Week
Join us as we delve into the gripping events of the Eastern Front during World War II, week by week. Each episode uncovers battles, strategies, and personal stories, providing a detailed narrative of this pivotal theater in history. Tune in for insightful analysis and captivating tales from the frontlines.
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- The Eastern Front Week by Week
Eastern Front #73 October's Reckoning End of German Initiative
Last time we spoke about near end of the summer offensive. In mid-October 1942, Hitler ordered most German forces to dig in defensively across a…
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Eastern Front #72 The end of the Summer Offensive… Kinda
Last time we spoke about Operation Brazil. In October 1942, as Germany and the Soviet Union clashed across the frozen vastness of the Eastern Front, Operation…
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Eastern Front #71 Operation Brazil: there was an attempt
Last time we spoke about Operation Uranus and Mars. In early October 1942, the Eastern Front teetered between triumph and disaster. German forces, bloodied but…
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Eastern Front #70 Stalin agrees to Uranus and Mars
Last time we spoke about the demise of the 2nd Sock Army. In September 1942, on the Eastern Front, German commander Manstein launched a counter-offensive…
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Eastern Front #69 Demise of the 2nd Shock Army
Last time we spoke about the rattenkrieg of stalingrad. German commander Manstein launched a major counter-offensive against the Soviet 2nd Shock Army near…
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Eastern Front #68 Rattenkrieg: The Transformation of Stalingrad
Last time we spoke about Hitler seizing control. In early September 1942, German forces under Paulus and Hoth tightened their grip on Stalingrad despite…
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Eastern Front #67 A furious Führer Takes Control
Last time we spoke about the beginning of the battle of Stalingrad. Between August 30 and September 5, 1942, Paulus's and Hoth's armies finally converged…
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Eastern Front #66 Stalingrad is Under Attack!
Last time we spoke about the race to the Volga. At dawn on August 23rd, Paulus's 16th Panzer Division tore forty kilometers across the steppe, smashing the…
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Eastern Front #65 The Race to the Volga
Last time we spoke about the battles for the don bridgeheads. In mid-to-late August 1942, the fight for the Don River bend intensified as German forces pushed…
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Eastern Front #64 The Don bridgeheads
Last time we spoke about the securing of Maykop. In mid-August 1942, the Eastern Front churned with brutal momentum. At Stalingrad, Paulus's forces closed a…
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Eastern Front #63 Maykop secured but charred
Last time we spoke about the continuation of the Rzhev meatgrinder. In early August 1942, the Eastern Front boiled at once on three axes. At Stalingrad, Hoth's…
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Eastern Front #62 The Rzhev Meatgrinder escalates
Last time we spoke about Order no. 227. In late July 1942, the Soviet Union faced military catastrophe. German forces drove relentlessly toward Stalingrad…
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Eastern Front #61 Order No. 227
Last time we spoke about directive 45. By late July 1942, German forces were advancing rapidly across southern Russia, seizing the Don River crossings and…
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Eastern Front #60 Drunk on illusory Victory
Last time we spoke about the capture of Vlasov. In the second week of July 1942, Germany's Operation Clausewitz reached a critical juncture. German Panzer…
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Eastern Front #59 Vlasov is captured/ Bock is fired
Last time we spoke about Operation Clausewitz. Between July 5-11, 1942, the Soviet Union faced catastrophe on multiple fronts. German Operation Clausewitz (the…
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Eastern Front #58 Operation Clausewitz
Last time we spoke about Operation Fall Blau I. On June 28th, 1942, the Germans launched Fall Blau with overwhelming force. The 48th Panzer Corps, spearheaded…
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Eastern Front #57 Operation Fall Blau 1
Last time we spoke about Operation Fridericus II. Around Leningrad, the 2nd Shock Army—already shattered by months of encirclement, starvation, and relentless…
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Eastern Front #56 Operation Fridericus II
Last time we spoke about fighting at Sevastopol. In mid-June 1942, the Soviet military faced cascading crises across multiple fronts. General Belov's cavalry…
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Eastern Front #55 The cracks start to appear at Sevastopol
Last time we spoke about Operation Wilhelm. In June 1942, the Wehrmacht prepared its massive Fall Blau (Case Blue) offensive in southern Russia. As prelude…
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Eastern Front #54 Operation Wilhelm
Last time we spoke about the barrage of Sevastopol. In late May 1942, Germany initiated Operation Störfang—an assault on the Soviet fortress of Sevastopol…
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Eastern Front #53 The Barrage of Sevastopol
Last time we spoke about Operation Hanover. In late May 1942, Soviet forces under General Belov found themselves encircled behind German lines. Operation…
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Eastern Front #52 Operation Hannover
Last time we spoke about the disaster at Donetz. At the start of May 1942, Germany’s Operation Fridericus triggered a sudden counteroffensive from Kleist’s 1st…
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Eastern Front #51 Disaster at Donetz
Last time we spoke about the second battle of Kharkiv. In Crimea, German armored thrusts move through difficult mud, creating a narrow escape corridor but…
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Eastern front #50 The Second Battle of Kharkiv
Last time we spoke about operation Trappenjagd. During the initial amphibious landing, Soviet artillery sank thirteen assault boats, but German troops still…
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Eastern Front #49 Operation Trappenjagd
Last time we spoke about the drive towards Kholm. STAVKA created the 53rd Army from Group Ksenofontov to secure the southern approaches to the Demyansk pocket…
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Eastern Front #48 Towards Kholm
Last time we spoke about the end of the winter offensive.STAVKA ordered the Western and Kalinin Fronts to defensive positions after heavy losses. Fighting…
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Eastern Front #47 The End of the Winter Offensive
Last time we spoke about the end of the 33rd. In the north, the Soviet 2nd Shock Army remained encircled near Volkhov, while Leningrad continued producing war…
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Eastern Front #46 The end of the 33rd
Last time we spoke about Timoshenko taking control. In the north, Soviet forces on the Volkhov Front struggled to rescue the encircled 2nd Shock Army near…
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Eastern Front #45 Timoshenko assumes Direct Control
Last time we spoke about the continuation of Operation Bruckenschlag. From March 29 to April 4, 1942, the Eastern Front was paralyzed by the Rasputitsa spring…
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Eastern Front #44 The best laid plans of Fuhrers and Premiers
Last time we spoke about Operation Bruckenschlag. From March 22–28, 1942, the Eastern Front grappled with the Rasputitsa spring thaw, turning roads into mud…
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Eastern Front #43 Operation BRÜCKENSCHLAG
Last time we spoke about Operation Raubtier. Near Leningrad, the 54th Army achieved a breakthrough near Pogoste, advancing 22 kilometers toward Lyuban, but…
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Eastern Front #42 Operation Raubtier: The Doom of the 2nd Shock Army
Last time we spoke about the more delayed offensives. Near Leningrad, Stalin intensified aerial assaults and ground attacks by the 54th and 4th Armies, yet…
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Eastern Front #41 An Offensive Delayed
Last time we spoke about the fall of Yukhnov. Stalin pushed to break Leningrad's siege, ramping up supplies via the "Road of Life," which evacuated over…
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Eastern Front #40 Fall of Yukhnov
Last time we spoke about the start of the Kozlov Offensive. On the Volkhov Front, Soviet advances toward Lyuban stalled, prompting leadership purges and…
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Eastern Front #39 The Kozlov Offensive
Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Demyansk Air Bridge. The Soviet 2nd Shock Army captured Krasnaia Gorka, advancing toward Lyuban to potentially…
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Eastern Front #38 The start of the Demyansk Air Bridge
Last time we spoke about the Albert Speer taking over the German economy. Soviet forces pressed offensives on the Volkhov Front, expanding salients near Lyuban…
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Eastern Front #37 Speer takes over the Economy?
Last time we spoke about the numerous encirclement campaigns along the eastern front. In the north, Finnish forces reorganized, resisting German pressure for…
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Eastern Front #36 Who is Circling Who?
Last time we spoke about the Rzhev Meatgrinder. On the Volkhov Front, General Meretskov launched bold offensives to relieve Leningrad, penetrating German lines…
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Eastern Front #35 The Rzhev Meatgrinder starts
Last time we spoke about the Model’s Model Counterattack. Following retreats to the Königsberg line, Stalin's scattered assaults face coordination woes, supply…
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Eastern Front #34 Model’s Model Counterattack
Last time we spoke about the retreat to Königsberg. Stalin's bold general offensive pushed the Red Army to hammer away at German Army Groups North and Center…
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Eastern Front #33 Back to Königsberg
Last time we spoke about Stalin’s General Offensive. Stalin, buoyed by early Moscow-area and Rostov successes, ordered a broad encirclement strategy across…
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Eastern Front #32 Stalin’s General offensive: Reinforcing Failure
Last time we spoke about Hitler stealing his Armies trains. The year trudged in with a cruel frost as the Eastern Front lurched into a new phase. Zhukov’s…
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Eastern Front #31 Hitler steals the Army’ Trains
Last time we spoke about the beginning of 1942. The Red Army pushed against Army Group Center, with Zhukov pressing to push the front back toward pre-Typhoon…
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Eastern Front #30 Kluge’s Ultimatum, Guderian goes rogue
Last time we spoke about the end of the first year of the eastern front. The Red Army pressed on Army Group Center, while Meretskov’s Volkhov Front prepared a…
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Eastern Front #29 New Year, New Offensives
Last time we spoke about the end of the first year of the eastern front. The Red Army pressed on Army Group Center, while Meretskov’s Volkhov Front prepared a…
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Eastern Front #28 The End of the First Year
Last time we spoke about the continued Soviet counteroffensive. The Red Army, under Zhukov and Rokossovsky, resisted heavy German pressure toward Moscow and…
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Eastern Front #27 Pushing the Germans Back
Last time we spoke about the First Great Victory of the Red Army. German forces pushed toward Moscow and Rostov despite severe logistics: scarce trains, fuel…
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Eastern Front #26 First Great Victory of the Red Army
Last time we spoke about the beginning of the battle of Moscow. German offensives toward Moscow and Rostov press on despite severe logistical strains: scarce…
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Eastern Front #25 The Battle of Moscow Begins
Last time we spoke about the fall of Tikhvin. The German offensive toward Tikhvin stalls against Rasputitsa, ice, and supply failures, while Soviet resilience…
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Eastern Front #24 Winter Arrives
Last time we spoke about the German capture of Tikhvin. In the cold dawns of 1941, the eastern front was a chessboard where hunger and ice ruled as cruel…
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Eastern Front #23 Tikhvin at Last!
Last time we spoke about the collective German delusions on the eastern front. The German spear aimed at Tikhvin and Moscow, driven by hunger for a swift…
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Eastern Front #22 Collective German Delusions
Last time we spoke about the Wehrmachts' struggle during the Rasputitsa. In the autumn of 1941, a rain-soaked road stitched Moscow to Leningrad as two colossal…
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Eastern Front #21 Wehrmacht Struggles in October Mud
Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Tikhvin offensive. In the autumn of 1941, a thin road from Leningrad to Moscow braided with mud and grit as two…
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Eastern Front #20 The Tikhvin Offensive
Last time we spoke about the continued drive towards Moscow. In the autumn of 1941, a winter-thin road stretched from Leningrad to Moscow, watched by two vast…
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Eastern Front #19 Mud and Blood
Last time we spoke about the accumulation of mud and continued sieges on the eastern front. In the autumn of 1941, a winter-thin road stretched from Leningrad…
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Eastern Front #18 Mud and Sieges
Last time we spoke about the beginning of winter. In October 1941, two vast armies stood toe-to-toe on a winter-thin road toward Moscow. On one side, the…
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Eastern Front #17 Winter is Coming
Last time we spoke about the beginning of Operation Typhoon. In September 1941, Leningrad faced a brutal siege. Amidst this chaos, General Zhukov rallied his…
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Eastern Front #16 Operation Typhoon Begins
Last time we spoke about the fall of Kyiv. In September 1941, as the German forces encircled Kyiv under General Guderian's leadership, desperation loomed large…
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Eastern Front #15 The Fall of Kyiv
Last time we spoke about the Panzer’s Greatest Victory. Amidst the chaotic landscape of late August 1941, the siege of Kyiv escalated under General Guderian's…
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Eastern Front #14 Panzer’s Greatest Victory
Last time we spoke about the Drive to Kyiv and Leningrad continues. In late August 1941, the German siege of Kyiv intensified, led by General Guderian amidst a…