First, historian James Holland comes on to discuss Italy’s final phase as an Axis Partner. However, bad timing on the Allies part will cause the Italian Campaign to become a long slog. Then back to the regular series: Stalin reinforces the lines in front of Moscow, but the Germans miss this. So launch their supposed final attack against Stalin’s capital. Despite the lack of fuel and winter clothing, the Germans can’t help but think this is all about to be over. It had only begun.Images and more at https://bit.ly/3UoL7KHRSS – https://feeds.megaphone.fm/history-of-world-war-iiFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/wwii45Twitter – https://twitter.com/WW2PodcasterInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/rayharrisjr/TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@wwiiguyYouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@historyofwwiipodcast8712 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices