Radio War Nerd EP 554 — Operation Barbarossa, Pt. 2: Poland + Germany's Allies, feat. Annibale

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Guest: Annibale Recorded: October 10, 2025 In part 2 of our Operation Barbarossa series ( Part 1 here ), Annibale recovers lost history on Poland in the 1930s, which nearly allied with Nazi Germany in an earlier-planned Barbarossa. We also discuss Germany's other allies in the 1941 invasion, and begin our look at Soviet preparations for with with Nazi Germany. First - we briefly discuss the Gaza ceasefire dealAt 15:45 - we turn to the lead-up to Operation Barbarossa Further listening with Annibale:- Operation Barbarossa, Pt 1: German Dreams (EP #552)- Stalin's Officer Purges & Decapitation Strikes (EP #534)- A Brief History of the Waffen SS (EP #410) *Bibliography:David Stahel (ed.), Joining Hitler’s Crusade: European Nations and the Invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941, Cambridge University Press, 2017/2018Müller, Rolf-Dieter. Enemy in the East: Hitler’s Secret Plans to Invade the Soviet Union.I.B. Tauris / Bloomsbury, 2014Hill, Alexander. The Red Army and the Second World War.Cambridge University Press, 2016Harrison, Mark. Soviet Planning in Peace and War, 1938–1945. Cambridge University Press (2000–2005; Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies).Roberts, Geoffrey. Stalin’s Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939–1953. Yale University Press (2006). * Gremlin From The Kremlin, aka "Russian Rhapsody" (Looney Tunes, 1944) Total time: 1:23:51Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Order your print or ebook of John Dolan's new book Erdogan Pizza: Dispatches from a Violent & Grotesque World

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