Germany Had Leningrad Surrounded... So What Went Wrong?

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk Listen: linktr.ee/wehaveways Why were Guderian's panzers so short of fuel, trucks and tanks when they finally struck south in late August 1941? How did the Germans capture an intact 800-metre bridge over the Desna? Why did Bock decide to abandon the Yelnya salient after weeks of bloody fighting? Join Al Murray and James Holland for part 3 of The Road to Kiev, the culmination of our coverage of Operation Barbarossa, as Guderian's drive south struggles on, Zhukov hammers the German centre at Yelnya, and the Wehrmacht begins to bleed itself white. ``` 0:00 The German Invasion Reaches a Crisis Point 4:36 The Siege of Leningrad Begins 9:52 Why Stalin Refuses to Abandon Kyiv 15:04 The German Army's Logistical Nightmare 20:02 Guderian's Advance South 25:59 Germany's Catastrophic Losses in Tanks and Trucks 30:05 The Red Army Launches Its Counteroffensive 37:05 The Disastrous Siege of Odessa 42:08 Hitler's Exhausted Army Keeps Pushing Forward 45:03 Zhukov Forces a German Retreat at Yelnya 50:40 Is the Encirclement of Kyiv About to Fail? Assistant Producer: Alfie Norris Senior Producer: James Regan Social Producer: Harry Balden Editor: Charlie Rodwell Exec Producers: Tony Pastor & Dom Johnson ```