{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69d4411af44b357ce92f379e/69d44123f44b357ce92f3a95?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Vise Closes: the Eastern Front, episode 91","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69d4411af44b357ce92f379e/c3069585576281720dcafb639a3fc898.png?height=200","description":"<p>After 10 shattering blows on the Eastern Front in 1944, the Western Allies and the USSR continue to compress nazi Germany in January 1945. </p>\nMap 1: The compressing front\n<p> </p>\n<p><em>1a: 1 January 1944 </em></p>\n<p><em> </em></p>\n<p><em> </em></p>\n<p><em>1b: 1 January 1945 </em></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><em> </em></p>\n<p><em>1c: 15 January 1945 </em></p>\n<p> </p>\nMap 2: The siege of Budapest, January 1945\n<p> </p>\nMap 3: The Vistula-Oder campaign, January 1945\n<p> </p>\n<p>Map 4: The East Prussia offensive</p>\nPhotos\n<p></p>\n<p><em>The Budapest Chain Bridge destroyed, January 1945</em></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Ruins of Warsaw, even in 1947</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Source: New York photographer Henry N. Cobb, taken in 1947, via<a href='https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/warsaw-in-ruins-photos/'> Rare Historical Photos</a>.</p>\n<p> </p>","author_name":"Scott Bury"}