The Battle of Stalingrad (TRIH eps 214-215)
1942 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) welcomes Ian McGregor to discuss the Battle of Stalingrad. Beginning with a vivid Vasily Grossman journal excerpt, the conversation situates Stalingrad within broader WWII strategy: the aftermath of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's Case Blue drive for Caucasian oil, and the logistical strains faced by the Wehrmacht. They examine why Stalingrad became a focal point, the Luftwaffe’s terror bombing, and the urban, house-...
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