In summer 1944, "the Red Army’s seemingly unstoppable streamroller took Stanislav in the Carpathian foothills, Bialystok in northern Poland, Dvinsk in Latvia and the Siauliai (also spelt Shaulyai) rail junction between Riga and East Prussia.” — Anthony Tucker-Jones.

Even so, the steamroller suffered ferocious mauling. 

If you can transcribe the morse code signal during “What else is happening in the war,” send an email to [email protected]. If you’re correct, I will send you a free autographed copy of The Eastern Front Trilogy.

Map 1a: The Eastern Front, July 1944

Map 1b: The front, August 1944

Map 2: The Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive, detail

Map 3: The Narva Offensive

Music by Nicolas Bury.

Morse code from Thane Brown. 

Some sound effects from Zapsplat.com.

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