The Battle of Stalingrad
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The Battle of Stalingrad
Podcast by Des Latham
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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.
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 sto...
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 t...
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 fi...
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.
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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...
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...
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...
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 caul...
Episode 25 - The Kessel forms as the Sixth Army receives a Last Tango in Stalingrad
Already Field Marshal Manstein is planning to use the Fourth Panzer Army, the remnants of the Axis forces such as the Italians, Romanians, Hungarians...
Episode 24 - German horror in Stalingrad “we’re surrounded!”
The German Sixth Army was facing Six Russian armies in an attack that took the German’s by surprise as Operation Uranus unfolded in the third week of...
Episode 23 - Trumpets herald the start of Operation Uranus
This episode is all about the Russian’s fighting back as they launch Operation Uranus.
Remember the Germans have been battering away at...
Episode 22 - Zhukov finalises plans for Operation Uranus as Paulus' health fails
The struggle by the Sixth Army to take the remnants of the Russian 62nd Army clinging onto the banks of the Volga river is about to take another turn...
Episode 21 -Hitler’s hubris at a Munich Beer Hall as crack German engineers arrive in Stalingrad
General Paulus’ Sixth Army has been stymied in its quest to drive the Red Army out of the city – his last attack which began in mid-October has stalle...
Episode 20 - Paulus receives a shocking briefing as ice floes drift down the Volga
General Paulus’ Sixth Army has fought its way right up to the edge of the Volga River.
Russian positions had been reduced to a few pocket...
Episode 19 - “Animals flee this hell, the hardest stones cannot bear it for long.. only men endure…”
A terrible battle had been waged inside the Red October plant since the big push began by the German Sixth Army on the 14th October.
The...
Episode 18 - A massive attack begins on the 14th October as the Germans target the Tractor Factory
It's the middle of October 1942 and the Sixth Army just cannot take Stalingrad as the Russians hold onto the West Bank of the Volga despite being outn...
Episode 17 - Pavlov defends his house as Hitler orders a major attack on the 14th October
This is episode 17 and we’re into the second week of October 1942 where the Sixth Army continues to batter the Russian 62nd Army on the banks of the V...
Episode 16 - Sergeant Pavlov, Railway Crows and the Sixth Army targets the Red October plant
This is episode 16 which deals with the fighting in the city in the last week of September and first week of October 1942.
Remember last...
Episode 15 - Dust and gore in the Grain Elevator as Hitler fires Army chief General Halder
This episode is about a grain elevator while Adolf Hitler loses his patience once more and fires General Halder.
I had the fortune to st...
Episode 14 - Time for pancakes and Vodka among the bodies on the blood-splattered Mamaev Hill
In episode 14 we will focus on the events in Stalingrad starting from the second week of September 1942.
By the 15th as we heard last wee...
Episode 13 - Chuikov takes command of the 62nd Army as the fighting escalates on 14th September 1942
Episode 13 is full of fire and brimstone as the Sixth Army and Fourth Panzer Army finally arrive in Stalingrad proper. That’s when the fighting become...
Episode 12 - The Germans cut off the Russian 62nd Army and Hitler changes his tune
In episode 12 we hear how the German Sixth Army and Fourth Panzer Army are at the gates of Stalingrad and about to enter the city named after the Sovi...
Episode 11 - The 16th Panzer Division batters its way into Stalingrad suburbs as Zhukov arrives
The German fourth panzer army is attacking Stalingrad from the south, and the Sixth Army has swung to attack from the north west led by the Wehrmacht’...
Episode 10 - An air raid pulverises Stalingrad and Russian women slow 16th Panzer division’s advance
This is episode 10 and the marauding Wehrmacht is at Stalingrad’s door – the enemy is at the gates. As we’ll hear, the savage air raids the were a pre...
Episode 9 - The Sixth Army crosses the Don and Stalingrad trembles as the Nazi horde approaches
It's the first two weeks of August 1942 where the German Sixth and Fourth Panzer armies are closing in on the city with Joseph Stalin’s name.
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Episode 8 - Stalingrad digs in as the Wehrmacht approaches
This week we’ll join the citizens of Stalingrad as they feverishly prepare for what look like an inevitable attack as the Sixth Army under General Pau...
Episode 7 - Stalin issues order 227 “Not One Step Backwards” as the Sixth Army approaches the Don
This episode we’re starting the week-to-week coverage of the battle and it’s the end of July 1942.
As we’ve heard, Hitler had split his...
Episode 6 - Voronezh slows the Wehrmacht as Operation Blue is split in two
This week the Germans launch Operation Blue where Army Group South is supposed to head towards the Caucuses to secure the all-important oil.
Episode 5 - A redhead leads a battalion of women at Kharkov facing General Paulus' 6th Army
This episode we’ll join the 6th Army as it began to move inexorably towards the city that bore the name of the Soviet Union’s President and which be t...
Episode 4 - Moscow survives as General Paulus takes command of the 6th Army
This episode will focus on the failed Army Group Centre’s attack on Moscow during the winter of 1941 and its ramifications for those living in Staling...
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...
Episode 2 - The Red Army staggers under the Wehrmacht’s storm
This week I’ll cover the initial phase of Operation Barbarossa. Remember last week we heard how the tension between Russia and Germany had been growin...
Episode 1 - Shock and awe as Barbarossa begins & Stalin goes AWOL
Welcome to the Battle of Stalingrad podcast with me your host, Des Latham, this is the Battle of Stalingrad, episode 1.
As I went about p...