rich 1.0 The Wehrmacht assembles its biggest concentrated force for the largest single campaign of Operation Barbarossa. Image 1: German half-track, deep in the mud of rasputitsa. Image 2: Pulling vehicles through the mud of Russia in fall. Image 3: Eventually, the Germans had to resort to horses to haul even their field guns during rasputitsa. Map: The push toward Moscow in the fall of 1941. If you enjoyed this podcast, consider leaving a five-star rating on your preferred podcaster. You can also support the podcast through Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/BeyondBarbarossa) . https://www.patreon.com/BeyondBarbarossa Sources: David M. Glantz: Operation Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of Russia 1941. Stroud, Gloucesgershire, UK, The History Press, 2013. Peter G. Tsouras, editor: Fighting in Hell: The German Ordeal on the Eastern Front. New York, NY: Ivy Books, 1995. David Stahel: Operation Typhoon: Hitler's March on Moscow, October 1941. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013. David Stahel: Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Hosted on Acast. See https://acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Ausha. See https://ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2 https://audioboom.com/channels/5173732-beyond-barbarossa-the-eastern-front-of-world-war-2 Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43762651/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8933074/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>