Had Germany Already Lost Before Barbarossa Began? | EP 2
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
173,307 views
Our ENTIRE series on Barbarossa is here: Operation Barbarossa
EP 1: Was Barbarossa Always Doomed to Fail? | EP 1
EP 2: Had Germany Already Lost Before Barbarossa...
EP 3: The Fatal Flaw In Germany's Plan To Invade...
How did the interwar years contribute to Germany's ability to successfully invade Russia? Why was Nazi Germany so reliant on trade with The Soviet Union? When did Hitler decide to betray his pact with Stalin?
Join Al Murray and James Holland for part 2 of this titanic new series on the brutal Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, and how mistakes by warmongers on both sides led to untold tragedies on the Eastern Front of WW2.
Summer sale is here: get an annual membership for a third off with code SUMMER26. That's ad-free listening, every bonus episode, and full access to our exclusive members' content. Sale ends August 31st, so grab it before summer's over.
0:00 – Germany’s impossible position before Barbarossa
5:36 – The Blitzkrieg myth and the false lesson of France
8:26 – Germany’s hidden motor-vehicle crisis
16:27 – The Schell Plan and attempts to mechanise the Wehrmacht
19:31 – How Poland exposed Germany’s logistical weaknesses
22:04 – Barbarossa planning begins despite impossible shortages
26:42 – The first invasion plans and the problem of splitting the army
31:07 – Why Germany thought Russia would be different from Napoleon
32:39 – Racism, WWI memories and contempt for the Red Army
37:09 – The Losberg Plan and the three-pronged invasion
42:54 – Hitler commits to the “eastern question”
44:07 – Paulus war-games Barbarossa
45:52 – The war games reveal the plan’s fatal weaknesses
48:27 – Hitler ignores the warnings and predicts Soviet collapse
51:13 – Hitler changes the plan: Leningrad first, Moscow later
52:14 – Führer Directive 21 and the final Barbarossa plan
53:15 – The countdown to invasion
Produced by James Regan
Editor: Charlie Rodwell
Assistant Producer: Alfie Norris
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
20 Comments
Being ex R.N we got there early for the talk on Naval power at 09:00, an excellent start to a fabulous day, and event!
They had to scavenge everything.
Had Germany Already Lost Before Barbarossa Began? | EP 2
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
173,307 views
Our ENTIRE series on Barbarossa is here: Operation Barbarossa
EP 1: Was Barbarossa Always Doomed to Fail? | EP 1
EP 2: Had Germany Already Lost Before Barbarossa...
EP 3: The Fatal Flaw In Germany's Plan To Invade...
How did the interwar years contribute to Germany's ability to successfully invade Russia? Why was Nazi Germany so reliant on trade with The Soviet Union? When did Hitler decide to betray his pact with Stalin?
Join Al Murray and James Holland for part 2 of this titanic new series on the brutal Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, and how mistakes by warmongers on both sides led to untold tragedies on the Eastern Front of WW2.
Summer sale is here: get an annual membership for a third off with code SUMMER26. That's ad-free listening, every bonus episode, and full access to our exclusive members' content. Sale ends August 31st, so grab it before summer's over.
0:00 – Germany’s impossible position before Barbarossa
5:36 – The Blitzkrieg myth and the false lesson of France
8:26 – Germany’s hidden motor-vehicle crisis
16:27 – The Schell Plan and attempts to mechanise the Wehrmacht
19:31 – How Poland exposed Germany’s logistical weaknesses
22:04 – Barbarossa planning begins despite impossible shortages
26:42 – The first invasion plans and the problem of splitting the army
31:07 – Why Germany thought Russia would be different from Napoleon
32:39 – Racism, WWI memories and contempt for the Red Army
37:09 – The Losberg Plan and the three-pronged invasion
42:54 – Hitler commits to the “eastern question”
44:07 – Paulus war-games Barbarossa
45:52 – The war games reveal the plan’s fatal weaknesses
48:27 – Hitler ignores the warnings and predicts Soviet collapse
51:13 – Hitler changes the plan: Leningrad first, Moscow later
52:14 – Führer Directive 21 and the final Barbarossa plan
53:15 – The countdown to invasion
Produced by James Regan
Editor: Charlie Rodwell
Assistant Producer: Alfie Norris
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Exec Producer: Tony Pastor