Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2

You know about Stalingrad, the siege of Leningrad, maybe Kursk. But how well do you know the history of the ”Russian front” of the Second World War? Join this detailed description of the largest part of WW2 in Europe, the titanic clash between tyrants Hitler and Stalin. Hosted on Audioboom. See Privacy Policy ( https://audioboom.com/about/privacy ) for more information.

Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2 is a history podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 114 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2, a history show with 114 episodes published.

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  Episode #107

  S5 Ep107: World War 2 in Norway: A conversation with author J.L. Oakley—Episode 107

  Sep 20, 202638 minS5

  A conversation with J.L. Oakley, author of three historical novels set in Norway during the German occupation of 1940 to 1945 Like the Eastern Front, Norway’s experience during the Second World War is not well known in the English-speaking world. Author Janet Oakley is helping correct that. Books mentioned By J.L. Oakley : The Jossing Affair The Quisling Factor The Brisling Code Hitler's Northern Utopia by Dispina Stratigakos Gold Run by Robert Pearson Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan

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  Episode #107

  S5 Ep107: Special episode: The Cold War anniversary

  Sep 7, 202641 minS5

  In this special episode of the podcast on the Eastern Front of World War Two, we go beyond Beyond Barbarossa and beyond the end of the Second World War. 80 years ago to the day of this publication a handsome young man approached Canadian media and officials with proof that the Soviet Union was spying on its allies. The Cold War was on. Former Soviet cypher clerk Igor Gouzenko, hooded to protect his identity, being interviewed by Associated Press reporter Saul Pett in Montreal in 1954. The Gouzenkos’ apartment building on Somerset Street in central Ottawa. There is no plaque commemorating Igor Gouzenko. (Photo by Scott Bury, 2025.) Igor Gouzenko in Canada, 1946. Sources Winston Churchill, “The Sinews of Peace,” speech given at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, U.S.A., 5 March 1946. https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/winstonchurchillsinewsofpeace.htm J.L. Granatstein and David Stafford, Spy Wars: Espionage and Canada from Gouzenko to Glasnost. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1990. John Sawatsky, Gouzenko: The Untold Story. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1984 Wikipedia, Gouzenko Affair . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouzenko_Affair Wondery Podcasts, “The Spy Who, Season 7: The Spy Who Started the Cold War” https://wondery.com/shows/the-spy-who/season/7/

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  Episode #106

  S5 Ep106: The USSR vs. Japan, 1945: A conversation with James Scott

  Aug 24, 20261 hourS5

  Historian and author of Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito and the Descent into Total War James Scott’s latest book, Empire of Ashes, describes in detail the flights that brought nuclear bombs to Japan in August 1945. It also draws intimate portraits of the two leading antagonists on those days, U.S. President Harry Truman and Japanese Emperor Hirohito, from their earliest days through the personal transformations that ushered in a new era of warfare.

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  S5 Ep2: Potsdam: The Big Three decide the new world order—Episode 105

  Aug 9, 202636 minS5

  In July and August, the leaders and delegations from the “Big Three” victors of the Second World War reshape the borders of Europe and set up a new world order.

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  Potsdam: The Victors debate—Episode 104

  Jul 26, 202633 minS5

  The USA, UK and USSR have defeated nazi Germany. The Allies control Europe. In July 1945, the leaders Harry Truman, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin meet outside Berlin to decide what to do with it. Go to Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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