Stalin's Christmas Surprise (Patreon)

226 - Stalin's Christmas Surprise - Major Offensives to Come - WW2 - December 24, 1943

Twas the night before Christmas and the war was grinding on. The Moro River Campaign continues in Italy with Canadian infantry pushing past the Gully and into 'Little Stalingrad'. Generally, the Allied advance to Rome is turning into a stalemate though, but Winston Churchill still believes an amphibious landing is the way to break this. Joseph Stalin also has some pretty big plans to bring the USSR back to its pre-Barbarossa borders. In the Pacific, there is attrition over Rabaul and stalemate on Bougainville. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Indy Neidell, Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński Community Management: Ian Sowden Written by: Indy Neidell, Research by: Indy Neidell, Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Sietse Kenter Edited by: Karolina Dołęga Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Dememorabilia - https://www.instagram.com/dememorabilia/ Jaris Almazani (Artistic Man), https://instagram.com/artistic.man?igshid=k4l2ushhbwk5 Mikołaj Uchman Daniel Weiss Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Image sources: National Archives NARA Library and Archives of Canada Imperial War Museums: IWM E446, NA9857, K 5870, NA 10075, NA 10402, NA 10402, CVN 314, NO 140, WPN 288, WPN 289 Bundesarchiv Mil.ru Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: Silent Night - performed by the United States Army Chorus Break Free - Fabien Tell Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen Disciples of Sun Tzu - Christian Andersen It's Not a Game - Philip Ayers Last Man Standing 3 - Johannes Bornlöf Last Point of Safe Return - Fabien Tell March Of The Brave 10 - Rannar Sillard Potential Redemption - Max Anson Rememberance - Fabien Tell The End Of The World 2 - Håkan Eriksson Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.