Animated Eastern Front of World War II: 1943/44
As 1942 ended, it became clear that Germany could not defeat the Red Army. The question was, now that the Soviet Union's resources had been greatly reduced and the Germans had a defensive advantage, did the Red Army have the power to push the Germans back and avoid a stalemate?
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Sources:
David Glantz - When the Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler.
Earl F. Zimke, Magna E. Bauer III - Moscow to Stalingrad: A Solution in the East.
Grigory Liedtke - The Rising Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943.
Karl-Heinz Frieser - Germany and World War II - Volume VIII - Eastern Front 1943-1944
Character units:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WN2...
Battle order:
http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/
http://www.rkka.ru/imaps.htm
http://bdsa.ru/
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/ops/
Map:
terrain
Europe: Façade Map of Europe - European Environment Agency.
Outside Europe: https://maps-for-free.com/
Infrastructure:
USSR: Europe 1: 2,500,000 Deutsche Heereskarte: Europe Russia. 1943.
Other: British 1944 1: 2,000,000 maps of Europe.
Nerves of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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