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On the eve of Bagration: the next crushing blow in World War 2’s eastern front

On the eve of Bagration: the next crushing blow in World War 2’s eastern front

Update: 2025-06-09
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Author Craig W.H. Luther joins us to compare two anniversaries on the same date, 22 June, three years apart: Operations Barbarossa in 1941, and Operation Bagration in 1944. 



Craig W.H. Luther



The First Day on the Eastern Front: Germany Invades the Soviet Union, June 22, 1941 



Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow, June–December 1941 



Guderian’s Panzers: From Triumph to Defeat on the Eastern Front, 1941


 


Map 1: Operation Barbarossa, 22 June 1941



 


Map 2: The Byelorussian balcony, June 1944



 


Map 3: Operation Blue, summer 1942



 


Craig W.H. Luther Archive: https://www.barbarossa1941.com/

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On the eve of Bagration: the next crushing blow in World War 2’s eastern front

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