In this episode #58, In this explosive episode, we unpack a crucial chapter of WWII history. Britain fights for survival in the skies during the Battle of Britain, civilians endure the terror of the Blitz, and Hitler’s planned invasion—Operation Sea Lion—crumbles. But the real storm is yet to come. We end with the most ambitious and catastrophic military gamble of the war: Operation Barbarossa (Largest Military Operation)—the massive Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union that would change everything. A campaign so bold, brutal, and bloody, it shattered Hitler’s momentum and redrew the fate of the world.

Reference Material:

The Second World War by John Keegan - https://www.amazon.com/Second-World-War-John-Keegan/dp/0143035738

Hitler's Table Talk by Heinrich Heim - https://www.amazon.com/dp/191564514X?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_ZSR5EFNA2XDKRGJFM9JT

The Second World War by Antony Beevor - https://a.co/d/buiOkUX

Inferno: The World at War by Max Hastings - https://www.amazon.com/Inferno-World-at-War-1939-1945/dp/0307475530

The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts - https://a.co/d/eiI4n3Z

World War II: The Definitive Visual History by DK & Smithsonian Institution - https://a.co/d/eUNHC1x

The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RF19SJD?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_F2YKBC10QNPEK1KH8ZA9

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003X4R6GQ?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_342S2V7392AXWTF40D59

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler - https://a.co/d/iSX2Xkr

The World at War Documentary - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071075/