Eastern front and Pritt Buttar both always +1. I like his way of storytelling, really calm but not boring at all.

For some reason this excellent talk from Prit has only just showed up in my suggestions.  Glad I watched it.

Dr.Buttar knows his subject and has the gift of being able to communicate concisely and engagingly. A pleasure to listen and a wealth of information gained. Thank you gentlemen.

Since I first watched, Pritt has been on my Christmas Book list. (And my Birthday, and Easter .......)

Dr. Buttar certainly knows his subject. It’s even more impressive in that history is not his primary professional endeavour being a working or recently retired physician (accounts varied). He apparently is not just a physician but also influential in the politics of health care. He displays deep knowledge of first hand Soviet accounts of the Great Patriotic War either being fluent in written and spoken Russian or possessing first rate translation support. Thanks for bringing him on as your guest.

His "between giants" book is one of the best I have ever read. Fascinating to hear him actually speaking about these topics.

Give the doctor his own channel!

Great presentation and thank you for getting Prit on for this. Hugely informative. On the Soviet fuel front, it's my understanding that about 80% of petrol, 90% of its naphtha and 96% of lubricants came from Baku's refineries. The Caspian was effectively a Soviet lake and virtually all the oil was shipped across it. Outside of the Stalingrad campaign, most of this was taken up to Astrakhan and then up the Volga. When that route was no longer available, it was taken across the shortest route to Krasnovodsk, now in Turkmenistan. We know the Germans were aiming for Baku but it has to be borne in mind that Baku was so much further than Maikop or Grozny. As the crow flies, it's farther to go from Rostov to Baku than it is from Kiev to Rostov. It's about 700 miles and it was ridiculously overambitious to think they could achieve it when Fall Blau ran into such problems from its outset, including the greatest traffic jams of the war. Of secondary importance was Saratov (on the Volga) but when facilities there were effectively destroyed by the Luftwaffe in the prelude to the Battle of Kursk, this placed huge pressure on Baku to further diversify production, particularly for aviation fuel. I think it's also true that production was developed during the war in the Urals/western Siberia but I have no figures or detail on this. Regardless, these new deposits would have been dwarfed by Baku in importance.

Thank you thank thank you Pritt and Woody. Im really interested in the Eastern Front so this was amazing. Thank you both again so very much. Am excellent A++ presentation.

Always educational and very interesting to listen to Prit Buttar and his appraisals of WW2 actions  and decisions by the military leaders.

Superb .

One of the Top 20 WW2TV shows ever. Prit’s a rock star  and required viewing whenever he is on. Congrats      to the whole production crew.

A fantastic show.  One of the best discussion I have heard on the Red Army during the war.  Once again Paul brings us fantastic presenters on amazing topics!

A great show.  Educational as always, and better still, interesting.

Paul, that was phenomenal. Would love to see Prit back soon. I have a feeling this channel is on a roll currently and is gaining some buzz.

Paul you say at 44’28” ‘from my experience, of my limited reading of the Eastern Front I haven’t read enough’.
I think that applies to all of us, whether one of the great historians or an amateur historian such as myself.
When you take into account the fact that the Soviet archives hold massive amounts of information not just from the Soviet side but also the Germans and their allies.
Until the archives are opened fully in Moscow the Eastern Front will remain a mystery in many aspects.
It’s the same but to a lesser extent on other fronts and areas.
In the UK for example my gut feeling re the issue of Nazi sympathisers in the UK and Hess’ flight to Scotland is that there is a lot we don’t know and never will as the proof is withheld under the Official Secrets Act. Any really damaging evidence either has been ‘lost’ or will be ‘lost’ before it reaches the public domain.

Great show as always 👍

Magnificent work, Dr. Buttar!  Thank you, gentlemen both!

Brilliant show. Mr. Buttar certainly knows how to explain something massive in a simple and compelling way.

Always heard the axis minors easily ran. What I hear makes much more sense.  Thank for educating me.

I can not thank you enough for this history lesson!