The Battle of Stalingrad Podcast
1) Episode 3 - The Reich attacks Moscow with fingers instead of a fist
This is episode three, the Reich attacks with fingers instead of a fist. We are building up to the start of the Battle of Stalingrad by describing how the initial phases of the invasion of Russia by t...Show More
2) Episode 34 - The Battle of Stalingrad ends and the world changes
This is episode 34 – the final in this series. A big thank you to my listeners who have posted reviews as well as comments over the past 9 months. And those who have sent me email and twitter noti...Show More
3) Episode 33 - Field Marshal Paulus surrenders but the northern pocket fights on
General Paulus had moved his headquarters right into the city as we heard last episode, setting them up in the basement of Stalingrad’s department store called Univermag. That was a multi-story buildi...Show More
Episode 33 - Field Marshal Paulus surrenders but the northern pocket fights on
22:20 | Jan 31st, 2021
4) Episode 32 - Goebbels declares “Total War” as crows peck at the eyeballs of the dead
These are the last days of the men trapped inside the frozen city, starving and out of ammunition. General Paulus had finally realized the futility of trusting Goering and Hitler – far too late for ...Show More
Episode 32 - Goebbels declares “Total War” as crows peck at the eyeballs of the dead
22:24 | Jan 24th, 2021
5) Episode 31 - Pitomnik Airfield overrun and Major Thiel talks to dead men at Gumrak
The Russians had launched Operation Koltso or Ring on the 10th January which was aimed at ending the saga, but the Germans were still determined to fight on despite running out of ammunition, food and...Show More
Episode 31 - Pitomnik Airfield overrun and Major Thiel talks to dead men at Gumrak
19:26 | Jan 17th, 2021
6) Episode 30 - Voronov’s “God of War” turns the melody of the front into a real-world Goya nightmare
This is episode 30 and we’re dealing with the events starting in the first week of January 1943, through to the end of the second week. The Sixth Army is surrounded in Stalingrad and faces another ...Show More
7) Episode 29 - The noose tightens and Hoth’s elastic withdrawal delays the Russian attack on Rostov
On the 28th December 1942 Joseph Stalin was fuming back in Moscow. There were at least seven Russian armies tied down trying to defeat General Paulus and they had still not taken the city back from th...Show More
8) Episode 28 - Tatsinskaya airfield overrun and Manstein turns around on Christmas eve
Manstein’s attempted break-in to Stalingrad has ground to a halt. He needs Paulus to push back from the inside and the Sixth Army commander is like a bunny in the headlights – waiting for Adolf Hitler...Show More
Episode 28 - Tatsinskaya airfield overrun and Manstein turns around on Christmas eve
26:19 | Dec 27th, 2020
9) Episode 27 - Little Saturn steamrolls the Italian 8th Army
General Hoths’ 6th Panzer division is about to roll into Myshkova where he would be joined by the 17th Panzer Division. They had started Operation Winter Storm on the 12th December in a last ditch p...Show More
10) Episode 26 - Operation Winter Storm begins but Zhukov has other plans
This is episode 26 and Field Marshal Manstein is saddling up with a view to saving the Sixth Army and General Paulus trapped inside the Kessel or cauldron in an operation called Winter Storm. Russian...Show More