Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front podcast

05/01/2026

Berlin, April and May 1945: what could the civilians do?
Coming 8 May 2026 https://beyondbarbarossa.ca or on any podcasting app.

04/28/2026

Episode 100 is coming on V-E Day! Can you believe it?

04/20/2026

SURROUNDING BERLIN—it’s now available, to all. Episode 99 of Beyond Barbarossa, the first English-language podcast that tells the full story of the Eastern Front of WW2.

Seelow Heights, Halbe, Bautzen—the Red Army surrounds the lair of the fascist beast in April 1945

04/19/2026

Now available for Patreon supporters: SURROUNDING BERLIN, Episode 99 of the first English-language podcast telling the full story of the Eastern Front of World War 2—Beyond Barbarossa.

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04/18/2026

Coming Monday 20 April: Episode 99 of the first English-language podcast on the whole Eastern Front of WW2: BEYOND BARBAROSSA–SURROUNDING BERLIN. Now on Acast, available through all podcasting platforms.

04/09/2026

Hey, history buffs! Beyond Barbarossa, the top WW2 history podcast from Canada (and #6 in the world) is now hosted on Acast. But don’t worry: it’s still available on all podcasting apps. https://play.acast.com/s/69d4411af44b357ce92f379e

And you can also get it on its own website, BeyondBarbarossa.ca . Tell your friends!

The first English-language podcast focusing on the full story of the Eastern Front of World War 2

04/06/2026

"From the moment Stalin heard that the Americans were across the Rhine, he knew that the race for Berlin was on.”—Antony Beevor.
WIth the Allies on the Elbe, and the Red Army on the Oder, n**i Germany was being terminally squeezed by April 1945. But before they can drive on the prize, Berlin, the Red Army must take Vienna.
Map 1: The Red Army’s advance, 1944–1945


Map 2: The Red Army on the Oder and Niesse


Map 3: Advance into Vienna

Map 4a: European front line, 1 April 1945

Map 4b: European front line, 15 April 1945

Historical photos

Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of 1st Belorussian Front


Ivan Konev, Marshal, 1st Ukrainian Front

Rodion Malinovsky, Marshal, 2nd Ukrainian Front


Fyodor Tolbukhin, Marshal, 3rd Ukrainian Front

04/01/2026

I have found some good help in podcasting.

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03/23/2026

The #6 Top World War 2 podcast continues following the Red Army’s advance into Hungary and Germany—and the expensive failure of the German Operation Spring Awakening.
Map 1: Front lines in Europe, 1 March 1945


Map 2: Operation Southwind/Sudwind


Map 3a: German plans for Operation Spring Awakening

Map 4: The Soviet counter-attack, The Lake Balaton counter-offensive


Map 5: Following Operation Spring Awakening


Map 6: Upper Silesian locations in 2026


Map 7: The front lines, Europe, 1 April 1945

People

Rodion Malinovsky


Fyodor Tolbukhin

Heinz Guderian


Friedrich Schorner


Walther Nehring (right)

01/05/2026

After 10 shattering blows on the Eastern Front in 1944, the Western Allies and the USSR continue to compress n**i Germany in January 1945.
Map 1: The compressing front

1a: 1 January 1944


1b: 1 January 1945


1c: 15 January 1945

Map 2: The siege of Budapest, January 1945

Map 3: The Vistula-Oder campaign, January 1945

Map 4: The East Prussia offensive
Photos

The Budapest Chain Bridge destroyed, January 1945


Ruins of Warsaw, even in 1947

Source: New York photographer Henry N. Cobb, taken in 1947, via Rare Historical Photos.