Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2 · Scott Bury

The curtain falls on Germany in 1943: Episode 63

March 28, 2025·45 min·4 clips
At Babi Yar, Nazis machine-gunned thousands, then later disinterred and burned the bodies.
This episode covers the final stages of 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II, detailing key battles like Nikopol, international conferences in Cairo and Tehran, and atrocities such as the Babi Yar massacre. It explores the Red Army's pushback against German forces, political maneuvering among Allies, and the grim realities of war.

As heard by us

A grave, tightly kept look at the Eastern Front as combat and reckoning.

Scott Burry frames the Eastern Front as a shift from movement to pressure, where tanks, bridgeheads, and command decisions carry the story forward.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

Press play if you want the Eastern Front to feel immediate, not abstract.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →
Listen to the show on