Surrounding Berlin: Episode 99

About this episode

The episode discusses the race between Stalin's top Marshals to capture Berlin during World War 2.

In the 99th episode of the first English-language podcast that focuses on the full story of the Eastern Front of World War 2, Stalin’s top Marshals, Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev, race to be the first to raise the Red Banner over the Reichstag. Who will get there first? Maps Map 1: The Red Army’s Vistula to Oder operation 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
• Soviet military strategy
• Battle of Berlin
• Red Army
• Georgy Zhukov
• Ivan Konev

Keywords

• Eastern Front
• World War 2
• Stalin
• Georgy Zhukov
• Ivan Konev
• Berlin
• Reichstag
• Red Army
• military strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Berlin, Reichstag

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