Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2 · Scott Bury
The Vise Closes: the Eastern Front, episode 91
January 5, 2026·37 min·10 clips
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A clear, map-level account of January 1945, where German overextension meets Soviet mass on the Eastern Front.
January 1945 gives Beyond Barbarossa a stark problem of scale. Hitler has 260 divisions on paper, but only 75 understrength divisions face the eastern threat, while Budapest pulls in reinforcements and leaves just 12.5 divisions in reserve across more than 750 miles of front.
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You want January 1945 rendered as a military squeeze: Budapest clinging on, German reserves thinning, and the Red Army massing hard in Poland.
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