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Podcast: Dan Snow's History Hit
Episode: The Other D-Day: The Eastern Front
Description: Veteran broadcaster and historian Jonathan Dimbleby joins Dan to explain how Hitler's plans in the East went disastrously wrong.2 weeks after the D-Day landings, a gigantic Soviet offensive tore through the German lines on the Eastern Front. Named for the Russian general who fought Napoleon, Operation Bagration swept through Byelorussia and put the Red Army within striking distance of Berlin. On the anniversary of this vital offensive, Jonathan and Dan look at the role it played in the liberation of Europe.Jonathan's new book is called 'Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War'.<...