Beyond Barbarossa:

Scott Bury
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Beyond Barbarossa: Podcast

The first English-language podcast to focus on the history of the eastern front of the Second World War

  1. SEP 2

    Taking half of Ukraine: Episode 56

    After the Battle of Kursk, Stalin and the Stavka set their sights on recapturing Smolensk, and farther south, the wealth of the Donbas and eastern Ukraine. Map 1: The Chernihiv-Poltava Offensive Map 2: The Red Army perspective I guess you have to be a Red Army officer to understand this one.   Photos: Ivan Konev, Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1945   General Nikolai Vatutin, Commander of the Voronezh Front, 1943      Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the USSR.

    30 min

  2. AUG 19

    The ghosts of three Russian generals: Operations Kutuzov, Rumyantsev and Suvorov

    When Germany attacked Kursk in 1943, they found an enemy that had prepared a complex strategy, and assembled immense forces poised to act as soon as the German attacks stalled. This strategy began with three operations named for three Russian generals from history: Kutuzov, Rumyantsev, and Suvorov — the practice for Operation Bagration. Map 1: Operation Kutuzov and revenge for Kursk   Map 2: Operation Rumyantsev and the Fourth Battle of Kursk    Map 3: Operation Suvorov, the liberation of Smolensk

    40 min

  3. AUG 5

    Prokhorovka: the impaling — Episode 54

    This was armoured warfare at its most brutal, with tanks slugging it out at point-blank range. The tanks were as close as 10–15m. Once hit, many of the crews had little chance of bailing out and were splattered all over the insides of their tanks. Those who did try to escape their blazing tanks were mown down and their lifeless bodies left obscenely charred and shrivelled. Map 1: The Kursk Salient   Map 2: The battle of Kursk — the southern sector   Map 3: The northern sector Map 4: Another look at the battle of Prokhorovka    Sources: Ian Baxter, Kursk 1943: Last German Offensive in the East. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publihsers (US), 2019. Antony Beevor, The Second World War. London, UK: Little, Brown and Co., 2012.  Robin Cross, Citadel: The Battle of Kursk. UK: Lume Books, 2018. Evan Mawdsley, Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941–1945. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Anthony Tucker-Jones, Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin’s War 1941–1945. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017 Wikipedia: The Battle of Kursk. Katyusha sound effect by Sound Effect by kuiycb from Pixabay Some tank sound effects by Dennis from Pixabay

    31 min

  4. JUL 22

    The Battle of Kursk, Part 3: Episode 53

    The iconic battle on the Kursk salient in July 1943 builds into the greatest confrontation between armoured forces ever — and a four-part series on Beyond Barbarossa. Map 1: The Kursk salient, 5 to 11 July 1943    Map 2: The northern sector    Source: OnWar.com Map 3: The southern sector    Sources: Ian Baxter, Kursk 1943: Last German Offensive in the East. Haverstown, PA, USA: Casemate Publishers (US), 2019. Antony Beevor, The Second World War. London, UK: Little, Brown and Co., 2012.  Robin Cook, Citadel: The Battle of Kursk. London, UK: Lume Books, 2018. Evan Mawdsley, Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941–1945. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Anthony Tucker-Jones, Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin’s War 1941–1945. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017 Wikipedia: The Battle of Kursk.

    38 min

  5. JUL 18

    Summer, 1943 plans: Season 3 opener, Episode 51

    (Originally posted 22 June 2024) Three seasons! 51 episodes!  This season begins with a catch-up on the Eastern Front, and the planning that led to the biggest battle in the history of warfare: Operation Zitadelle and the Battle of Kursk. Map: The Kursk salient, spring 1943   Source: Wikipedia  Production and loss tables Table 1: Comparative armaments production, January 1941 – December 1942   1941   1942     Germany USSR Germany  USSR Rifles 1,359.000 2,421,000 1,370,000 4,049,000 Machine guns 96,000 149,000 117,000 356,000 Artillery 3,800 41,000 41,000 128,000 Tanks + self-propelled guns 8,400 6,600 6,200 24,700 Combat aircraft   12,400 11,600 21,700             German and Soviet war production. 1942–1944 (thousands of units)   1942   1943   1944     Germany USSR Germany USSR Germany USSR RIfles + submachine guns 1,602 4,619 2,509 4,801 3,085 3,006 Machine guns 117 356 263 458 509 439 Artillery 41 128 74 130 148 122 Tanks + self-propelled guns 6 24 11 24 18 29 Combat aircraft 12 22 19 30 34 33   Soviet tank and self-propelled gun losses   1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Tanks and self-propelled guns available 28,200 35,700 47,900 59,100 48,900 Losses           Heavy tanks 900 1,200 1,300 900 900 Medium tanks 2,300 6,600 14,700 13,800 7,500 Light tanks 17,300 7,200 6,400 2,300 300 Self-propelled guns 0 100 1,100 6,800 5,000 Source: Mawdsley, Thunder in the East, 2016 Images:  The German Tiger tank,Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E Tiger tank in Kharkiv, 1943 The German Panther tank, Panzerkampfwagen V Panther     Source: Wikipedia. Sources: Antony Beevor, The Second World War. London, UK: Little, Brown and Co., 2012.  Evan Mawdsley, Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941–1945. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Anthony Tucker-Jones, Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin’s War 1941–1945. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017 Wikipedia: The Battle of Kursk.

    46 min

  6. JUL 8

    Zitadelle—the Battle of Kursk, part 2: Episode 52

    Part 2 of a multi-part series on the Battle of Kursk, July to August 1943

    32 min

  7. MAY 21

    Looking back, taking stock: Episode 50

    For this special episode, a special treat for listeners: new theme music by composer Nicolas Bury.  At the mid-point of the fighting on the Eastern Front of World War II, it's a good time to take a look back at what's happened in the USSR and around the world.  Map 1: Operation Barbarossa to Operation Typhoon   Map 2: Operation Blue

    41 min

  8. MAY 6

    Bombing Hitler's Hometown: A conversation with author Mike Croissant

    A conversation with Mike Croissant, author of the new book, Bombing Hitler’s Hometown: The Untold Story of the Lass MassBomber Raid of World War II in Europe.

    34 min
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The first English-language podcast to focus on the history of the eastern front of the Second World War

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  • Creator
    Scott Bury
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    59
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