{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Operation Typhoon, part 1: Episode 8","description":"The Wehrmacht assembles its biggest concentrated force for the largest single campaign of Operation Barbarossa.\n\n\n\nImage 1: German half-track, deep in the mud of rasputitsa.\n\nImage 2: Pulling vehicles through the mud of Russia in fall.\n\nImage 3: Eventually, the Germans had to resort to horses to haul even their field guns during rasputitsa.\n\nMap: The push toward Moscow in the fall of 1941.\n\nIf you enjoyed this podcast, consider leaving a five-star rating on your preferred podcaster.\n\nYou can also support the podcast through Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/BeyondBarbarossa) . https://www.patreon.com/BeyondBarbarossa\n\nSources:\n\nDavid M. Glantz: Operation Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of Russia 1941. Stroud, Gloucesgershire, UK, The History Press, 2013.\n\nPeter G. Tsouras, editor: Fighting in Hell: The German Ordeal on the Eastern Front. New York, NY: Ivy Books, 1995.\n\nDavid Stahel: Operation Typhoon: Hitler's March on Moscow, October 1941. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013.\n\nDavid Stahel: Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2009.\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/43762651/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}