Season 2 · Episode 45
The Third Battle of Kharkiv: Episode 45
Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2 · [email protected]
March 11, 202436m 7s
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Show Notes
After their stunning, bloody defeat at Stalingrad, the Germans withdrew west to the Donets River in Ukraine, and the Red Army swept ahead as much as 800 km. But the Germans were still a potent force, and in March 1943, were ready to retake Kharkiv.
Map 1: The counter-attack in the Donbas
Map 2: The advances on Kharkiv
Map 3: Withdrawal from the Rzhev salient
Maps 4 and 5: The front in March 1943
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