Interview 52: Why Barbarossa Failed with Timothy Manion

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Timothy Manion discussing his book on the failure of Operation Barbarossa during World War II.

For this interview I was joined by Timothy Manion to discuss his upcoming book Why Barbarossa Failed: Germany and Russia in the Second World War which released March 5, 2026. https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/why-barbarossa-failed-germany-and-russia-in-the-second-world-war.php Contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Wesley Livesay

Guest: Timothy Manion

Topics covered

• World War II
• Germany
• Russia
• military history
• book discussion
• Barbarossa

Keywords

• Barbarossa
• World War II
• Germany
• Russia
• military history
• Timothy Manion
• book release

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Airwave Media, megaphone.fm, helion.co.uk

Books & works: Why Barbarossa Failed: Germany and Russia in the Second World War

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