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    Ep. 9: David Stahel on the Eastern Front in WWII

    Ep. 9: David Stahel on the Eastern Front in WWII

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    Ep. 9: David Stahel on the Eastern Front in WWII

    FromSchool of War

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    Length:
    48 minutes
    Released:
    Dec 14, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Biography
    David Stahel is a senior lecturer of history at the University of New South Wales in Australia. His research focuses on European military history, specifically Nazi-Soviet warfare from 1941-1945. Stahel is the author of several books, including his latest, Retreat from Moscow: A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942.

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    01:29 - Introduction

    06:33 - Germany sends troops into the Soviet Union, summer 1941

    12:24 - Flaws in Germany's plan

    14:50 - "Cauldron" battle

    22:10 - Culpability of German soldiers for atrocities during Operation Barbarossa

    26:55 - Germans cede land to the Soviet Union, winter 1941-1942

    29:38 - German's defensive position and strategy during the winter

    39:11 - Ideology and military strategy

    45:20 - Applicable lessons to strategists today


    Recorded on November 23, 2021
    Released:
    Dec 14, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There’s a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy. Avoiding the knowledge of war is dangerous. This podcast solves that problem by diving into military and diplomatic history.  We study strategy, and the words and deeds of significant battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have trained directly in the school of war.   This podcast is primarily an interview show. The subject of any given episode may be the story of an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international competition; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; the legacy of an important military commander or political leader in wartime.