{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"The Axis collapses: Beyond Barbarossa, episode 87","description":"In the autumn of 1944, nation after nation abandons the cruel, insane Axis to join the Western Allies or USSR: Romania, Bulgaria, Slovkia … as Finland signs an armistice with the USSR. With the Red Army on the border of Germany itself, Hungary faces the choice: to fight on with, or against, the nazis.\n\nMap 1: The Red Army invades Slovakia\n\nThe Dukla Pass is to the right.\n\n\n\nMap 2: The Battle of Debrecen\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotos\n\nGeneral (later Marshal) Rodion Malinovsky, 1944\n\n\n\nGeneral (later Marshal) Fyodor Tolbukhin, 1944\n\n\n\nMarshal Ivan Konev, 1945\n\n\n\nMilos Horthy, Regent of Hungary, 1944\n\n\n\nFerenc Szalisi, Leader of the Hungarian Nation, 1944\n\n\n\nGeneral Heinz Guderian, Inspector-General of the Army, 1944\n\n Hosted on Acast. See https://acast.com/privacy for more information.\n\nHosted on Ausha. See https://ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.","author_name":"Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5173732-beyond-barbarossa-the-eastern-front-of-world-war-2","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43762309/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}