{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"The plan for 1942: Fall Blau","description":"StAs the first anniversary of Operation Barbarossa approaches, the Soviet high command knows that the Germans are planning another major offensive. But the Germans have a way of surprising their enemies.\n\nMap 1: The Soviets push back the Germans, winter 1942\n\nMap 2: German Case Blue objectives, 1942\n\nMap 3: Leningrad front\n\n\n\nSturmgeschutz III self-propelled assault gun\n\n\n\nKarl-Gestat super-heavy mortar\n\nSources:\n\nClayton Donnell, The Defence of Sevastopol, 1941–1942: The Soviet Perspective. South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Military Books, 2016.\n\nAnthony Tucker-Jones, Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin's War 1941–1945. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017.\n\nAntony Beevor, The Second World War. London, UK: Little, Brown and Co., 2012.\n\nWikipedia: Timeline of the Second World War, 1942\n\n— Karl-Gerat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Gerat\n\n— Lend-Lease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease\n\n\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/43762570/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}