Eastern Front: 1942

The initial Axis invasion of the Soviet Union ended in overextension of their forces, and the Red Army counterattacked them during the winter. The fights eventually came to a stalemate. In the summer of 1942, both sides planned to launch a major offensive to inflict a final defeat on their opponent. The question was who would get the initiative first. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Eastory Sources: David Glantz - Clash of the Titans. How the Red Army stopped Hitler. Earl F. Ziemke, Magna E. Bauer III - Moscow To Stalingrad: Decision In The East. Gregory Liedtke - Enduring the Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943. Single characters: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WN2... Order of battle: http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/ http://www.rkka.ru/imaps.htm http://bdsa.ru/ https://pamyat-naroda.ru/ops/ Map: terrain Europe: Elevation map of Europe - European Environment Agency. Outside Europe: https://maps-for-free.com/ Infrastructure: USSR: Europe 1: 2,500,000 Deutsche Heereskarte: Europaische Russland. 1943. Other: British 1944 1:2000,000 maps of Europe. Nerves Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... This video would not have seen the light of day without my Patrons: aBi, Arma Virumque, aserehuehue, Eric Strachan, Evocati10, gartonschwärt, Håvard Damsberg, hydroxy, Josephine Fernandez, Just A Random Contributor, Kelek72, Leonardo, Rivas, Marc, Nándor Kócsi, omega21, People Heroes, Philip Brain, Pykrete_O.Sages, Deer, street, STRONTJESBERG, Ted Johansson, TheMostEvilCookie, White Privilege, x5tr3m3.