Silesia, Part 1—Episode 96

About this episode

The episode discusses the Red Army's advances into Germany and the subsequent changes to eastern European borders in 1945.

The Red Army penetrates deep into Germany, leading to the redrawing of eastern European borders after. Map 1: The Oder offensive–March 1945 Map 2: The Lower Silesian Offensive Map 3: The East Pomeranian Offensive Map 4a: European fronts, 15 February 1945 Map 4b: European fronts, 15 March 1945 Photos Marshal Ivan Konev, Commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front General Walther Wencke, chief of staff, Army Group Vistula, February 1945 Child soldiers in the wehrmacht: Hitler Youth in Breslau (Wroclaw), February 1945 Breslau (Wroclaw) in fighting, 1945 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Scott Bury

Topics covered

• Eastern Front
• World War 2
• Red Army
• German borders
• Silesia
• military offensives

Keywords

• Red Army
• Germany
• Silesia
• Breslau
• World War 2
• military history
• Eastern Front

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Breslau (Wroclaw)

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