Guest: AnnibaleRecorded: December 22, 2025 The War Nerd returns to battlecast in time for the final leg of Annibale's Operation Barbarossa series: Operation Typhoon, the Battle of Moscow. This episode, Dr. Dolan describes the war inside his bloodied cranium, Ames groans under microbic occupation forces, and Annibale sets the stage for Operation Typhoon, describing the German military command culture in 1941, closer to YouTube influencers than cold steel Bismarcks. Annibale's Operation Barbarossa:-Operation Barbarossa, pt 1: German Military Mindset (EP #552)-Operation Barbarossa, pt 2: Germany's Allies & Poland (EP #554)-Operation Barbarossa, pt. 3: Soviet Military Preparations (EP #555)-Operation Barbarossa, pt. 4: The Invasion (EP #559)-Operation Barbarossa, pt. 5: Battle of Smolensk (EP #565) ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW WAR NERD BOOK:THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANGED: WAR NERD ESSAYS ON THE U.S. CIVIL WAR Total time: 1:46:31Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Buy & review John Dolan's new book, They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio