Where we were in World War 2 in ’44: Episode 75

It’s been a year of stunning, swift change on the Eastern Front of World War 2. And momentous events are coming soon — so it’s high time for a recap of the past year.

Links

Episode 50: Looking back, taking stock https://beyondbarbarossa.podbean.com/e/looking-back-taking-stock-episode-50/

The Battle(s) of Kursk

• Episode 51: Summer 1943 planshttps://beyondbarbarossa.podbean.com/e/summer-1943-plans-season-3-opener-episdoe-51/

• Episode 52: Zitadelle, the Battle of Kursk, Part 2https://beyondbarbarossa.podbean.com/e/zitadelle—the-battle-of-kursk-part-2-episode-52/

• Episode 53: The Battle of Kursk, part 3https://beyondbarbarossa.podbean.com/e/the-battle-of-kursk-part-3-episode-53/

Episode 67: The Red Army has the momentum https://beyondbarbarossa.podbean.com/e/the-red-army-has-the-momentum-episode-67/

Friedrich Paulus, commander of the German 6th Army in 1942, the only German Field Marshal ever to surrender

Maps

Map 1: The Axis’ high-water mark, Europe

Map 2: Axis’ high-water mark, Asia-Pacific

Map 3: North Africa, summer 1942

Map 4: Germans advance to the Volga

Map 5: Operation Winter Storm

Map 6: 4th Battle of Kharkiv

Map 7: Battle of Kursk

Map 8: Operation Little Saturn

Map 9: Rzhev Salient

Map 10: Korsun/Cherkassy pocket

Map 11: Crushing blows: the front lines in the Eastern Front, April 1944