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Forward to the past:  The Battle for Berlin — Episode 73 of the podcast on the Eastern Front of World War 2

Forward to the past: The Battle for Berlin — Episode 73 of the podcast on the Eastern Front of World War 2

Update: 2025-04-28
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This episode, we jump forward for the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. To guide us through the battles for Berlin, we are joined by the author of The Fall of Berlin: The Final Days of Hitler’s Evil Regime. 


Author Anthony Tucker-Jones



His website and books: https://atuckerjones.com/


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Map 1: The front lines, 15 April 1945 



 


Map 2: The front lines, 1 May 1945


 


 


Map 3: Final operations, April-May 1945 


 


 


Map 4: The Red Army’s Vistula-Oder offensive 


 


 


Map 5: 1st Belorussian Front’s drive through the Seelow Heights to Berlin


 


 


Map 6: The battles for Berlin at the end of April 1945 



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Forward to the past:  The Battle for Berlin — Episode 73 of the podcast on the Eastern Front of World War 2

Forward to the past: The Battle for Berlin — Episode 73 of the podcast on the Eastern Front of World War 2

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