Episode

Into the Reich: The Red Army’s Advance to the Oder in 1945 with Prit Buttar (Osprey, 2025)

Podcast: New Books Network
Published: Oct 2, 2026
Duration seconds: 5173
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://newbooksnetwork.com
Audio: https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/f4d2a1d0-a64d-477c-afe6-78ea68c8d119/episodes/4510c268-bc75-43dc-bfbf-bf12a9d773ee/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=f4d2a1d0-a64d-477c-afe6-78ea68c8d119&awEpisodeId=4510c268-bc75-43dc-bfbf-bf12a9d773ee&awSourceEpisodeId=4e6de033-f3e6-4bd7-9425-e58106bc8aaa&feed=OuTJEAhS
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/new-books-network-529292/episodes/into-the-reich-the-red-army-s-advance-to-the-oder-in-1945-with-prit-buttar-osprey-2025
Markdown: /podcast/new-books-network-529292/into-the-reich-the-red-army-s-advance-to-the-oder-in-1945-with-prit-buttar-osprey-2025.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-network-529292/episodes/into-the-reich-the-red-army-s-advance-to-the-oder-in-1945-with-prit-buttar-osprey-2025/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292/into-the-reich-the-red-army-s-advance-to-the-oder-in-1945-with-prit-buttar-osprey-2025.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

In January 1945, the Red Army launched a powerful offensive across the Vistula River to drive the Wehrmacht out of Poland, with the intention of securing a start line for an operation that would ultimately result in the capture of Berlin and the end of the war. But, as Prit Buttar expertly reveals, there were other issues at play.