The Soviets keep withdrawing from the advancing Axis forces, and Hitler keeps issuing contrary orders to try and stop that, with the results that logistics are getting screwed up and the mobile units are bogged down in huge traffic jams. The Allies have decided not to open a second front in Europe in 1942, but do choose another spot to begin the long counter offensive.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Written by: Indy Neidell
Research by: Indy Neidell
Edited by: Lucas Aimó
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Markus Linke
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
Mikolaj Uchman
Lucas Aimó
FDR Presidential Library and Museum

Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources
The Second World War - John Keegan
The Death of the Wehrmacht - Robert Citino
A World at Arms - Gerhard Weinberg
The Road to Stalingrad - John Erickson

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
Bundesarchiv
Library of Congress
NFSA

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen
I Am Unbreakable - Niklas Johansson
Not Safe Yet - Gunnar Johnsen
Break Free - Fabien Tell
Warning Signal - Max Anson
The Proving Grounds - Dragon Tamer
Trapped in a Maze - Philip Ayers
Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell

A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.