Operation Barbarossa
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Nov 1, 2026
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Jeff NyquistGUEST
military historian, that if you look at the Russo-Japanese War, you look at the Winter War against Finland, you look at Barbarossa, the first year of World War II, you look at the Russian Civil War, the Soviet-style armies, which is what the army in Russia is now, they normally had a 5 to 1 to 7 to 1 loss ratio over their enemies, whether they were the Finns... whether it was the Germans, they had this loss ratio.
Jeff NyquistGUEST
You look at the Army of Vietnam, the North Vietnamese Army, the NVA, in the Tet Offensive, in the Easter Offensive, they had tremendous losses.
Jeff NyquistGUEST
They'd send in 250,000, 275,000 troops, and how many would come back alive? You know, these invasions of South of South Vietnam.
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He could not bring himself to believe that Hitler would violate the pact before he was finished in the West.
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On June 22, 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, with more than 3 million soldiers attacking along a front of more than 3,000 kilometers.
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It was the largest military operation in human history.
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The Soviet Union, despite every warning, was caught entirely by surprise.
Fin TaylorHOST
No, it's a smug time because they've beaten Hitler.
Fin TaylorHOST
So the last episode we dealt with Barbarossa.
Horatio GouldHOST
Sorry, Yalta.
Horatio GouldHOST
That's kind of as smug as it gets.
CraigHOST
So you can write crazy stuff.
CraigHOST
Like, as the Japanese, I said, send envoy to Germany, demand they do a better job of Barbarossa.
CraigHOST
And the German retort was, you don't get to dictate to us what we do.
CraigHOST
The game is pretty
Fin TaylorHOST
And he's like, no, no, no, no, no.
Fin TaylorHOST
So in June 1941, Germany launches Operation Barbarossa.
Fin TaylorHOST
It is the biggest land invasion in human history.
Fin TaylorHOST
Biggest battle ever.
Andre WilliamsGUEST
But had Stalin not industrialized and pushed for the industrialization of of the Soviet Union, they probably wouldn't survive World War II.
Andre WilliamsGUEST
They probably wouldn't survive Operation Barbarossa.
Andre WilliamsGUEST
Same thing with Hitler coming to power in Germany.
Andre WilliamsGUEST
The Weimar Republic was disgusting.
JD HuittGUEST
That's going to go through several different evolutions, adding on to that.
JD HuittGUEST
But the planning for Operation Barbarossa, which was the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, that's going to take place at the Berghof.
JD HuittGUEST
Really, the The Eagle's Nest is what we would refer to as a tea house.
JD HuittGUEST
It's a place for social gatherings.
Al MurrayHOST
Welcome to We Have Maze and Make You Talk with me, Al Murray, and him, James Holland.
Al MurrayHOST
And this is our fourth episode of The Road to Kiev, our Barbarossa series, but the 12th episode of the whole bitter saga of Summer extravaganza.
Al MurrayHOST
Yeah, to the fall of Kiev.
Al MurrayHOST
And this is the recurring theme again and again.
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James HollandHOST
You
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know,
James HollandHOST
because for all the victories, Barbarossa hasn't succeeded because the Red Army is still functioning.
James HollandHOST
Yeah.
Robert EvansHOST
He would later claim that during this time he would occasionally see a German – and he's building a road into Russia from Poland, right, as a part of this work gang.
Robert EvansHOST
One of the roads, in fact, that the German invasion during Operation Barbarossa is going to go down.
Robert EvansHOST
He would later claim that during this time he would occasionally see a German officer visit the road gang and his big shiny staff car.
Robert EvansHOST
Green writes, quote, Instead of despising his captors as inferiors for dragging civilization back to the Dark Ages, he is said to have sworn to himself that he would own a car even bigger and shinier one day.
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Kevin H. FosterGUEST
mean that the Russians built the road into their own territory for-
Robert EvansHOST
I mean, the Russians were sending trains full of resources, fuel, and raw materials to Germany.
Robert EvansHOST
The last set of trains going from the Soviet Union to Germany carrying raw resources arrived the day of Operation Barbarossa.
Robert EvansHOST
The Germans waited to start until this last train came in
JPWHOST
Maybe the AI shit box can do a moral.
JPWHOST
What would've happened to the Third Reich if they hadn't declared Operation Barbarossa? I bet they still would've been in business, right? But, uh, bit off more than they could chew.
JPWHOST
I guess that's what empires do in the end, they, they get in a bite of more than they can chew.
JPWHOST
I guess 'cause they're not ever happy with the shit they got.
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